Semi-weekly herald., 1911-04-03

treasurer, we support Mrs. Clara M.
DAVE, the regular Democratic nomi-
nee.
We have several reasons for this
move, and as any single one Of them
is perfectly satisfactory to US, We
have no apologies to offer to any one
for our course in the matter.
The Herald began advising and ad-
vocating the nomination Of woman,
or few women, for places on the
city ticket, as soon as the matter of
making nominations for the city cleo
tion began to be talked Of, we gave
what we believed were good reasons
for SO doing and the action of the Re-
publican caucus in neglecting to nomi-
nate woman for any place on the
ticket has not changed our mind In the
least for our mind, such as it is, Is
our own individual property and we
control it, or rather it controls us.
We believed then and we believe now
that the election of woman or two
on the board of city officials would
be good thing.
The only opportunity we have Of
supporting woman for a city office
at this elction is to support Mrs.
Dave and we are going to do it.
There can be but little politics in dis
bursting money, collected by taxing
Republicans and Democrats alike, on
the orders of the city council, so the
fact that Mrs. Dave received the nom-
nation at the hands of the Democrats
is not going to be regarded by US as
an objectionable sin, her politics may
be very strongly Democratic or they
may not, we care very little about
that part of the matter, the fact that
we started out favoring a woman's
nomination and election is going to 60
along hand in hand with the fact that
We shall be consistent and continue to
support the woman nominated until
the polls are closed ON election day.
II we cannot get chance TO support
q Republican woman NOMINEES then
we'll do the next bsst and support onl
nominated by the Democrats.
Another phase Of the mattsr, and
one for which We cars very httls, haa
been sung into our ears during ths
last twenty-four hours, and that il
that the city treasurer fight is in real
ity only fight between the city banks
for the use of the city deposits and
if this is true, it only helps to
strengthen our purpose of supporting
Mrs. Dave, for If any one bank has
had the undivided deposits Of the city
for twelve years it is high time that
whatever benefits there may be de-
rived from these deposits shall go to
scme other bank, if it is q good thing
then why not pass it around? If 8
burden, why not distribute it?
So far as the city banks are con.
cerned they all look alike to us, nc
bank has extended to US any unusua
favor and no bank has asked us .te
champion their cause, SO it looks to u.
as though this bank fight talk hao
better have been left out of the mat
ter even for the good of those who
are talking it.
We have not the least grievance il
the world against Mr.. La Count, We
believe that he is worthy and un-
fortunate gentleman, but if the sub
ject of charity MUST be injected into
the matter we cannot see why a widow
who is struggling to make her own
way in the world is not just as much
entitled to charity as a man. If it is
good argument in the one case it is
good argument in the other. Per
sonally we do not regard it as good
. argument in either.
Mrs. Dave may, or may not, be
elected, time will tell that story. II
the Democrats stand by their owr
nominee, and if the women voters OF
the city have the political acumen te
make themselves a power which will
be felt and which could work great
good for the city, she will be.