The Yale expositor., 1917-09-20
MAYOR AGAINST HER WILL
Antisufiraaist Has Job Thrust Upon
Her and Like a Woman" Makes
Very Good Executive.

New York.-Alrs. Marian y. Horwitz,
mayor OF MOorehaven, Fla, major on
this military staff of Governor Cats OF
the southern state, has come here TO
get legal pointers from the biggest
city on how TO run her little town.
Perhaps the strangest fact about
Mrs. HOrwitZ's occupancy OF mayors
office is that she is an antisuffraglst
and opposed TO women holding pubic
Office.
Now that Mrs. HOrwitz is actually
administering the duties OF the may
orally she proves with the best argu-
ment possible that her theories are
wrong. Whether she will change her
ideas before her term of office expires
Is question which is interesting sur
fraglsts and antisuffragists alike.
From prominent place in Phila-
delphia society TO the mayors office
In the Florida municipality Is the
transition which has taken place in
the life of Mrs. Horwitz. The wom-
an mayor is the widow Of George
Quintard Horwitz and daughter OF
the late Daniel Newhall.
AT the present time she is the owner
OF the largest farm in the Florida
Everglades and even now she spends
great part of her time there play
ing the part of q farmer. The man
ner in which she handled her extern
sive farm property, the efficiency
methods which she put TO use and
hNy
her so impressed the citizens OF
MOOrehaven they decided that Mrs.
Horwitz was the one person 10 handle
the reins of the local government.
The post of mayor was literally
thrust upon Mrs. HOrwitZ. She pro-
tested to the wellmeaning citizens of
the place that she did not desire the
office and that 1t was against her prin-
ciples to take ii, but her protests were
unheeded. She had to take the nOmi-
nation and her election followed. Mrs.
Horwitz received IS per- cent OF the
votes cast at the election.
AS soon as Mrs Horwitz took Of
flee she announced a policy which
rendered the citizens of Moorehaven
grateful that they had made her their
leader. She believes in progressive
ness In politics and has declared for
the elimination of party lines. A ref
erendum on all legislation of a mu-
nicipal character, sanitation, schools,
police regulation and new financial
system are some of the steps Mrs.
Horwitz intends taking in an effort
TO make Moorehaven the best-gov-
erned municipality in Florida.
The mayor of Moorehaven is as well
| Judge of the police court.
She had been in office only five days
when soldier and restaurant keep
er were arraigned on charge of fight
| ing.
Brought before the woman judge the
soldier pleaded guilty. but asked TO be
| released on the ground that he had to
report next day TO his command go
miles away. Mrs. Horwitz lectured
the soldier and reminded him that he
owed the restaurant keeper 81. Then
she sent the soldier away with an or
der to his captain that the debt must
! he paid or the soldier returned to serve
60 days working on the streets Of
Moorehaven. Before sending the of
fender back to his company, however.
she sentenced him To ten minutes
work on the streets.
To the restaurant keeper she de-
| livered a stirring lecture Moreover.
| she instructed the marshal of the city
10 put the restaurant keeper to work
on the streets for go days in the event
of his breaking the law again.