The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-03-11
NOW THAT THEY
VOTE Want JOBS
Women Taking Advantage of
New Rights In Illinois.
CANDIDATES BY THE SCORE.
Feminine Voters In Race For Public
Offices In Many Counties-Give Pref
erence to Position OF Township Col
Iector-One Woman Seeks to Become
Mayor.

iector-One woman oeekS TO become
Mayor.
Illinois women. as active candidates
for office at the approaching spring
elections. are smashing political prece-
dents all over the state.
The new suffrage law grants to WON
en- the privilege of running" for all
of the statutory offices for which they
may vote. Reports to the Chicago
Tribune from many of the 10l down
state counties indicate there is q large
field Of women who have filed nominal
ing petitions
From all over the state reports come
that there is to bc AN exceptionally
heavy vote Of women nj the township
elections in April. owing to the fact
that the local option question is 10 be
submitted in more than 800 townships
Township collector is the job that
most of the women candidates are aft
or. The collectorship in the larger cit
les is the ''fattest' political Job paving
the largest compensation for the least
physical work. Many of the women
candidates want TO do the township
assessing. Some are seeking places as
school trustees. The county board OF
supervisors looks good to subStan-
tial squad of the new voters.
Woman Aspires to MayorsIty.
There is but one announced candi
date for n4ayor-MrS. Mary Kennedy
| of Mount Carroll and there are scat
| terin- reports Of women who would
| like To sit in town councils
| Mrs Kennedy who has the diStinc-
| ton Of being 1.-THE first woman candi-
| date for mayor in Illinois. is Il Demo
| era in national politics, but is running
| for mayor of Mount Carroll on the
| Citizens ticket. She is tifty-fve years
cid, married and has two daughters.
| ON the ticket with Mrs. Kennedy
VIII bc Miss Mary :. Hunter. daughter
| Of former State Senator james NJ.
| Hunter. She wants To be city treas
| nrer Mrs Rebccca +. Ank a widow
| with five children, is candidate for
| tax collector of Mount Carroll town
ship.
Mrs. Ida Steidl, recognized in Paris.
| Edgar county, rs the dominant factor
in a meat packing establishment in as
ISOLATION with her three sons. is a can
didate for alderman as Il Progressive.
The ProgreSsiveS also have Miss TAFT
Link rs n candidate for assessor of
Paris township.
MANY Women Rivals.
Christian county has many women
candidates for township offices The
collectors office is sought by Miss Net
| tie Vaughan and Mrs. Josephine Hill
as opposing Democratic candidates in
Taylorvillc township: Mrs. q. l.. Snow
independent. Assumption township
Mrs. T. f. Gregg and Mrs. Maud Doty
battling as Republicans in Stonington
| Mrs J. w. Sidell and Mrs. Ella Leigh
ty, Democratic opponents in Tower
Hill: Mrs. Mate Headen, Democrat. ii
Shelbyvillc and Miss Flossie Kirk wood
Democrat, in Windsor.
Women are also candidates for col
iectors ut Lincoln. Logan county; n
Edwar,lsyillc; in two townships in Ma
son county: in Hartland township, Nc
Henry county; ut Monmouth. ut Aledo
ut Griggsvillc. at PittSfield, at I.acoi
and in one township in Winnebag,
county
Madison county has two women il
Z the field. both running as. Socialists il
{ the coal mining territory, where there
is heavy Socialist vote.
Miss Dollie Olcr. a Young newspapc
\ woman of Grant township. NermiliOi
county. has entered the race for ia,
collector there
There are three women candidates "a
Quincy. and all three are Socialists.