The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-11-13
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ThS Trenbles of Woman Mayor What aFeat calamity will befaIl us when the fair sex is given the cleo five franchise. and women become stockholders? Iris. a grave question, and we oft bow our heads in silence in an aktanpt to bauish the thought. As we look into the mirror of that com ing are we cannot fail. to see, In our resulting from woman being placed on the rulers throne. and the down sell. of mere man; For a concrete ea- lure with a pinch of reality. In Kan sRs there is a small city known as HunneweiI, containing about 200 in an election and a womans Mrs. Ella Wilson, became mayor. The council was made up of men They took their
 mayor desired a woman gsslas for m City clerk. The council preferred man. who had sufficient knowfedge and experience to fnsisted that the city needed g mar sfaI At a salary of $3o a month. The council contended that the city had had had no marshsI for several years. and: d: which a deputy sheriff resided, that a salaried marshal was unnecessary and would cause needless expense The mayor next got an idea that the city should levy tax The council pro- tested and urged that the city had no indebtedness and had sufficient money
 
 sity of tax levy. The mayor be- lieved 1t was the duty of the council to confirm any appointments she made and that 1t was their duty to give rea- s0ng for failure to confirm. The mem bers of the council dislilced the idea of serving with a, woman mayor, and were set in their notion that they would not submit to dictation by her. By reason of local gossip a council meeting soon came to be regarded as a great attraction and amusement, and even people from the country W011ld come in to attend, the result being an unseemly and disorderly gathering, with but little accomplished except the Entertainment of the assembled crowd The result of this disorder and tur- moil is recorded in 124 Pacific Report CT. 3s4. s7 Kan. 474. in State vs. Ian der. an action to remove from office three of the counci1Inen. The mayor asserted the above incidents, and, fur Sner. that the council had sought to further insult hereby choosing a ho- tel bedroom for place of meeting, and upon all this was based the prayer for custer The Supreme Court of Kansas, without deciding whether the councilmen have been guilty of wil- full misconduct or neglect, call the at- tention of the parties ''to certain mat ters which they should know and ob- serve" namely, the statutes under which they act and the duties enjoin-7 ed upon them The cause ia contin- ued for final disposition, when the court becomes satisfied whether or not the mayor and council are acting to- gether in good faith for the welfare of the city
 Specific Performance of Adoption Agreement.-An excellent example of will end it's jurisdiction to the end that justice be meted out and relief grant ed is the recent case of Furman vs. crsine; ss as Psc1ho ec EepoT1sr. % 1ooI ,fFe Tns was. four years of age her parents entered into an agreement in writing with a woman who was a child1ess widow and an aunt of plaintiff. where by they forever surrendered to her the control and custody of plaintiff, in consideration of which the aunt agreed to adopt. rear, and educate her as her own child, and give her all the rights of a child in her estate, and make plaintiff her heir at law so she would took charge Of. plaintiff, ana thence forward, aantH plaintiffs marriage, had exclusive control of her as though her own child, but never legally adopted her. Thereafter. the aunt died intes- tate leaving neither issue, husband, father. nor mother surviving her. An administrator having been appointed, plaintiff joined him, with certain nephews and nieces of two deceased ercthers and a deceased sister of the 7zeceasd aunt. as dfendan&ts & in an & ac. efect that he would, unless restrain cd. pay over and deliver to said other defendants the estate in his hands to agreement executed by her parents The court declared plaintiff to be the equitable owner of the whole estate and directed a conveyance to her, en- joining the administrator from the payment or delivery of any of the property to defendants On@ appeal by to the District Court of Appeals of California the judgment is sHrmed, the court decreeing to plain tiff specific enforcement of the con- tract The court holds that the sur | savf5ar of 4l,aar- oI.f1d av, inc mart of l the parents. the presumed detriment 1 tp. plaintiff due to the severing of the l ties, and the love, obedience, | and companionship given the aunt, fol- |