Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1920-10-28

Them Names Two Hfgh TRADE
college Wcmen For Clerk And
Judge, Bus They We're Refused.
T0 fhe Egttor u the Ereaing Capital.
ii you Will allow me sufficient space
in vour columns TO speak Of the fol.
loving incident an open denial Ct
legal rights Il tRo estinahle women
Hat aar community viii be under
YER. deep obi cations 70 YOU
Yes erlav. the representative of he
/ Republican Party having sueh maj
.frs HI hand. consulted me about the
appointment of Judge q Election
and i CLERK g serve ii he polling
I room On November IND. IN the First
| Precinct III this eity
Feeling tllai wattld be proper ans
right Ina Il would itf IN accord with
/ he aarl, ana progress q the aay
4 in agreement With siie attitude OF the
Republican Party towards the en-
! reimbursement ~ women, feeling thu
they have the gilt Of representation
in Tho pe!lag room where HES can
parts eiDate IN the practical maehilery
\ ai election and assist ~ COZ milne
I the ballots is Mell ny exercise the
4 right of CASTING them and wishing
to recognize and accept tlle fTanehi
rights of women III tlIll and AXE thai
stand openly RICH NOW, selected
two high grade ladies Of tie afore-
aid nrnrnci. Hiss Nancy Walton and
Mrs Maurice 0gie - prevailed
upon tllem. againsi their nclination
To serve in he polling room
sent them 10 tie office ef the
| Supervisors of Election IN The Court
House. 10 be sworn in as officers OF
election They went u ilie Office
mentioned bnt the Clerk 4 Demo
raj resasad 70 accept them q swear
them in
The President ii the Board IF SUI
pervisos L Democrat appeared and
also refused 10 accept them or swear
them ii AZ Officers
/ On inquring the reason for refasz
| ing hem, they received the reply that
We want men
iii other words women are not
wanted by d Democratic Board Of Su-
peryisors 81 Election ana need not
pply 10 those IN Anne Arundel
county Consequently, rights cons
4 ferred upon women in this county by
10000 600 people of the United
states. by an amendment written into
he Constitution OF the United States.
are denied them nv a Supervisor Of
\ election, and i Clerk to the Board
The women Of this county are with
IL fifty miles Of the seat Of power of
This government and when rights con
ferrea upon them by our Constitution
1 ran and will be denied them by the
officials of any party the time has
rome for such emphatic rebuke tc
that party that there will be No
tanger liz i repetition of such injus
! tiee al any time i'll the future.
Both ladies selected are Of high
grade intelligence, one Icing a grad
uaie of Wellesley College and this
! other. 81 G9nciler College Thcy arr
HE equal III intelligence. IN experf
ence. in judgment, or any Of the male
i officials already appointed there aud
when they can be refused as officers
/ OF election on no other ground than
that they are women. the women yot-
/ ers of This community county and
State should know it,
II The wonea of this country have
/ heen indefatigable in their effort for
full franchise rights. for fifty years
and it is about time that the repre-
sentaiiyes Of every political party un-
Ierstand that they have come infc
those rights and mean to have them.
And if they fail to receive what lie.
longs to them through the action Of
Representatives Of any political party
the women who have worked 80 hard
and 80 long. as we'll as an Other
women, should know what party it is
that stands for such deniat
! ia Pennsylvania IN Ohio. and i'll
New York women have been appoint
cd Is serve il the election room on
i November end II wanen ara com
! potent TO perform the duties of Off
4 GERS In those States the women os
Maryland eaa do ike service. for
the women Of this State surely meas
4 IRE up in ability. Intelligence and
4 judgment to those OF any Stale in
Il the Union aud To he aonipd rights
/ given them By 4 lIigiieF power than
;lIe Democrat Part 5scausc they
are wunen--is a tailure on the mart