The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-11-18

with its excitement. its surprises and
disappointments is thing of the past
and everything has resumed its nor
NAL state throughout the city. How
ever, there are some exceptions and
one of these Is the headquarters OF the
Woman's Political union on Madison
avenue. The women, unaccusromed to
the disappointments of political cam
paigns, are still suffering from intense
chagrin over their defeat in the Thir-
teenth District. For many weeks the
women had carried on most siren
uous campaign against Louis A. Cuv-
illier, the Democratic candidate for
the Assembly from that district. who
had aroused the ire Of the suffragett
by voting against women's suffrage
during the last session of the legisla-
ture.
The suffrage women had declared
war against Cuvillier and had concen-
trated their campaign work upon the
Thirteenth district, with the openly
avowed intention of defeating the 'un
desirable" candidate A small army OF
suffragettes mounted on automobiles.
invaded the district, harangued the
crowds on every street corner. Tons
of literature, intended to prove the I'M
fitness Of Mr. Cavalier for the posi-
ton to which he aspred, We're dis
tributed in the district and even on ell
ection day the women did not rest but
made the most determined effort to
influence the vote of the district by
personal appeals to the voters. In
spite Of all these herculean efforts Mr..
Cavalier was elected-with a some
what diminished plurality, it is true
but undoubtedly elected. The women
are still detected over their defeat,
which came to them as a perfect sur
prise. They had been absolutely con-
fdent of success and seem to be I'M
able to understand why their strenu-
Gus efforts did not meet with success.
1t is fairly safe to say that Governor
Wilson has, by this time, found out
that it is not all beer and skittles"
to be governor of the Commonwealth
of New Jersey. The Governor had the
reputation of being a great reformer
and it was for that reason that the
people of New Jersey elected him to
the governorship. He continued to
talk reform after his election as he did
I before, but the people of New Jersey
, who had evidently expected more from
Mr.. Wilson than lung exercises, soon
grew tired of his utterances and. at
the recent election manifested their
disappointment by electing Republi-
can legislature. To cap the climax the
New England Society of Orange, held
a meeting the other night and, after
an acrimonious discussion which last
ed until after midnight, passed reso-
luton with nine preambles, calling up
on Governor Wilson to drive out or
etxerminate the mosquitoes which, as
the resolution states, least reproach
upon the fair name of the state The
resolution does not suggest any meth
cd and does not indicate whether the
members of the n. E. S. of Orange eX-
pect the governor to talk the mosqui-
tos out of the state or dispose of them
, in some other way. Those intimately
acquainted with the character, size
and number of the New Jersey mosqui-
tos fully realize what herculean task
it is which the members of the socie-
ty mentioned so nonchalantly saddle
upon the Governors shoulders.
The suffragette agitation seems to
have a demoralizing effect upon wo-
man of all sorts and conditions. The
other day one of these rampant SUI
fragettes was the complainant in an
assault and battery case before po-
lice magistrate. She avs SO impu-
dent to everybody, including the
judge, that the latter finally warned
her, saying IF you insist with your i'm
pudence I'll put you in jail
Il just guess you won't and I'd like
to see you try it," was the militant
suffragttes retort, whereupon the
judge sentenced her to thirty min
utes in Jail and ordered a police Off
Ger to remove her from the court
room. The assault and battery charge
was promptly dismissed, as the Judge
evidently considered the woman's sas-
siness a sufficient provocation.
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