The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-01-07

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ARDMORE WOMEN PLANNING TO
ELECT A WOMAN ON BOARD
OF CITY COMMISSIONER FOR
COMING TERM.


stated that the women of the cit!
were making arrangements to pu
| one of their number out as a candi.
date for membership on the board o.
city commissioners. The womer
have selected woman in the Fourth
ward and have offered to get IN be-
hind her candidacy if she will allow
her name used. The woman has the
matter under adyisement and her
name will not be dvulged until she
| decides what course she will pursue
Another speaker in the crowd of
men assembled said; at would add
a dignity, n serenity, sincerity,
which might be good for the city.
don't know but what IT would be
a good thing"
Another man gave his comment
to the effect that the women are
modest, that they should take one
of their strong women and put her
out for mayor Continuing, he said:
| "a woman for mayor would please
me better than woman for com
missioner The women have demon
strated that they can hold executive
offices. AS rule, they are more
determined than men, they are kind
er to the poor, they are more loyal
to duty, they do not wink at law
violations, there would be clean
up campaign that would count for
something The woman would not
be afraid of slugging, she would not
fear a shot in the back, she would
prosecute her campaign without fear
| think of the matter the more !
favor a woman for mayor"
Another voter who stood near
heard broken bits of the conyersa-
tion and moved closer, that he might
hear it all. This speaker was firm in
his views that he would not use his
vote to install petticoat government
Women should stay in the home,
they are not experienced in the af-
fairs of life, they do not know city
building. and have never given
thought to the science of government.
All will know no end of trouble if II
attempts to shape its business affairs
to suit the whims of the women. A
woman never knows when she is sat
istied she is always wanting some
thing else, and a woman as an exec
utive would drive the police from the
service.
From a conversation begun with
three, there soon gathered a much
larger crowd. Politics always forms
an interesting topic of conversation,
and the thought of women getting in
the limelight added to the usual in
terest
IF the women really want to try
their strength" said one. "let them
come out for mayor. As mayor, they
can try their skill, as mayor they can
do something, whether that some
thing is for good or i'll, and that will
depend upon what it is that is done.
If one woman runs and half dozen
men. there might be enough votes TO
elect her. The woman will get the
votes of those who will want to see
every joint put out of business, and
who believes woman can do it,
There will be a mighty prejudice
against the woman, many Of them
will not want their names handled
about in every crowd of local poll
ticians. but there should be one
strong woman in Ardmore who would
be willing to make the sacrifice"
None of this woman-for- office
racket for me. | got enough of Kate
Barnard to do me for one natural
life time. | voted for Kate and she
ran on after the Will-o' the -wlSp
| would vote for a woman for county
superintendent of schools but for no
other office on earth \ woman does
very well for the first administration
but she tries to reform the world
The world refuses to be reformed.
and the woman becomes an anar-
chist Just put it down, please, in
your day book. that no woman for a
city office gets my vote"
Men are more generous TO women
than women are 20 themselves. 4 /
woman can come nearer being elect |
ed with only men voting than she
could if both men and women voted. 1
The ordinary woman believes that |
no woman should mix up in matters /
OF the public. T
Women folks in Ardmore are busy I
They are cooperating with the |
schools. they are organizing civic /