The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1914-03-03
NOW THAT THEY
VOTE WANT JOBS
Women Taking Advantage Of
New Rights In Illinois.
CANDIDATES BY The SCORE.

FOmIVtue VoteTb W ttdCo EoV FuphC
Offices In Many counties-Give Pref
erence to Position of Township Col
lector--one Woman Seeks 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 oil
Of the statutory offices for which they
may vote. Reports to the Chicago
Tribune from many Of the 101 down
state counties indicate there is a large
field of women who have fled nominal.
ing petitions.
From all over the state reports come
that there is to be an exceptionally
heavy vote of women at the township
elections in April. owing to the fact
that the local option question is TO be
submitted in more than 300 townships
Township collector is the job that
most of the women candidates are aft
er. The cOllectorship In the larger cit
les is the "fattest' political job. paying
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 a substan-
tial squad Of the new voters.
Woman Aspires to MayoraIty.
There is but one announced candi-
date for muyor-Mrs. Mary Kennedy
of Mount Carroll-and there are scat
tering reports of women who would
like to sit In town councils.
Mrs. Kennedy. who has the distinc-
ton of being the first woman candi-
date for mayor in Illinois, is a Demo-
crat in national politics, but is running
for mayor of Mount Carroll on the
Citizens ticket. She is ffty-fve years
old. married and has two daughters.
On the ticket with Mrs. Kennedy
will be Miss Mary S. Hunter, daughter
of former State Senator James NJ.
Hunter. She wants to be city treas
urer. Mrs Rebecca -. Ank, widow
with five children, is candidate for
tax collector of Mount Carroll town
ship.
Mrs. Ida Steldl. recognized in Paris.
Edgar county, as the dominant factor
In meat packing establishment In as
sociation with her three sons. Is can
didate for alderman as n Progressive.
The Progressives also have Miss TAFT
Link US 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
TaylOrville township; Mrs. o. #. Snow.
Independent, Assumption township;
Mrs. T. Il. 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, in
ShelbyvilIe and Miss Flossie KirkwoOd.
Democrat. in Windsor
lectOrs at Lincoln. Logan county; at
Edwardsvile; III two townships in Ma
sou county; in Hartlnnd township, Me
Henry county; at Monmouth. at AIedo,
at Griggsville. ut Pittstield. at Lacon
and in one township in Winnebago
county.
Madison county has two women in
the field, both running as Socialists in
the. coal mining territory, where there
is heavy Socialist vote.
! Miss Dollie Oler. n young newspaper
woman OF Grant township. vermilion
county. has entered the race for tax
collector there.
J There are three women candidates at
Quincy. and all three are Socialists.