The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1921-03-04
An Open Letter From a Woman
Interested In City Government

| On the morning of November g.,
1920, several millions of American
women gazed pensively at the moist
spots, where their pretty bubbles had
burst, and decided that they would
have no more to do with politics
We, the women of Paris began our
political thinking in the terms of
| Presidents, Governors, ETC., forgetting
how vitality interested we should be
in the election of mayor, aldermen,
and other officials OF our town.
Our city election is close at hand,
and all the Misses and Mesdames,
must go back into politics-local pol
itics the politics of the schools; the
politics of the water and light sys-
TEN; the politics of local garbage re-
moval; the politics of local amuse-
ment; the politics of taxes; the poll
ties of morals; the politics of all civ
ic work.
We must not be women without
a country" How many women know
of our local school conditions. Do
you? How many know whether the
salaries of the men and women, who
are tutIuottu WIFI the VI
our children, are within hailing dis
tance of the wages paid am average
cook? How many know whether the
men of their local board of education
are progressive or reactionary? Do
you?
l have dwelt upon the schools be-
cause they are deputy mothers" to
the future citizens of your community
your children.
What about your health conditions,
your sanitary conditions?
The beautiIying of your town be.
longs to you also.
To bring the matter home to you
| again personally, what is to be the
practical method of using your vote
! in behalf of the things in which you
are interested. You should become
interested in a PROGRESSIVE CITY
ADMINISTRATION and should
VOTE DOWN the old-fashioned pres
ent one.
Don't be satisfied with your town
| in a RUTi
| Wake up to the fact that we need
| a CHANGE in Parisi Lets have a
PROGRESSIVE ADMINISTRATOR
a really live and living mayor, pro-
gressive council, who will improve
every condition for the good of our
| | eople; who will improve school con-
ditions, sanitary conditions, who will
back up" civic work.
open your eyes to these facts!
| Let's have an administration, who
will light up the dark streets, where
immoral conditions NOW exist, un-
molested; let's cause the removal of
vile tenants, and improve social con-
ditions. Don't be satisfied with an
official, who fines prosperous business
men (for petty offense) imposing
heavy fines to secure heavy commits
sions and letting his less prosperous
neighbor go unmolested for the same
offense. Don't be satisfied with an
official, who protests against an ice
cream container being placed on the
outside of a business house, await
ing the express to remove same and
who permits city garbage to remain
uncovered and removed at pleasure.
Don't be satisfied with an official,
WIN JdhtS up spare arrest
| ing a motorist, whose tail light has
accidentally gone out, while traffic
laws are dangerously broken, by some
unmolested. Don't be satisfied with
an official, who will arrest the play
ers of little penny-ante game and
who let's the big game" progress not
a block from the square.
Let me urge every woman of legal
age, who failed to register, to do
SO. Wake up to your duty April 2,
and elect the men, who are progress
sive; the men, who will improve your
city; who will make Paris town
worth while, and who will line up
to creed, Justice to all, special
privileges TO none.'
The political unit with which the
women of Paris should be most con-
cerned, will be the candidates for IA
CITY ADMINISTRA-
TION, 1t is from this point your
interest should radiate in widening
circles, You know their platform,
stand by them!
Mrs. G. Travis Morris