The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-06-10
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SiOnGTS Resign.
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perchance you pay a social call upon
Mayor Fred G. Miller o. this famous
city. ask him casua1ly what he thinks
of woman's suffrage and ero you cross
the Mississippi river. racing for the
safety Of the Rocky mountalns. you
viii be convinced you touched upon
delicate subject.
The women. be it known. have upset
another dynasty. Samson had his
DeIah. Mark his cleo and the woman
who ruined Mayor Miller was Susan
B. Anthony. the founder OF suffrage.
It IS apparent that several thousand
Michigan City women received q mes
sage somewhat as follows on tho oui5a
board this week
Ny Dear Mortal Sisters:
Give 'em the axe.
sUsAN.
These several thousand ladies
crowded the polls Tuesday and voted
tyes- on the question OF whether or
not Michigan City would adopt thA
city-1nanager form OF government.
January /. The boys who stood by
Mayor Miller-the German allen ga
loon keeper-were swamped. The
Miller machine was 5unked. DeAtn
sentence was passed on the regime OF
bootlegging, open gambling. vice ana
alleged graft. Michigan City. reput-
ed by many OF her own citizens to be
the worst governed city In the state.
Was cleansed. The old order is out
A $4,000 a year manager will direct
the affairs OF tho city. Not only will
It be the fret city manager IN Indiana
but in all probability the nrst woman
city manager in the United States.
The ladies OF Michigan city have
decided to have a woman city man
ager-an experienced, capable trust
worthy. progressive business woman.
Applications are being received at
the office of the city clerk
WOMEN LEAGUE WITH FARM
BUREAU.
Michigan city and LarOr,~ are ths
principal cities OF LaPorte county.
They are Industrial towns much the
same as the cities of Lake county ex-
cept that they have a retired farmer
element. LaPorte Is the county seat
and trading center Of a rich agricuI-
tural district. There is a large for
eign- speaking colony in Michigan City
but none TO mention in LAPorte.
The enfranchised women of Nlcni-
gan City and LaPorte are ieaEued
with the Farm Bureau. Lending their
moral support. tho women have as
sisted In one OF the most revolution
ary campaigns ever put over in rndi-
ana An investig alton was made OF
the countys road and bridge con
tracts An expert was employed b.
the Farm Bureau to check up betwix
the specifications for improvements
and the finished contract. It was
found that roads and bridges dh not
conform TO the specifications. The
Farm Bureau with the power Of the
women vote gathered mass Of evf-
dence that could not be refuted in
court.
LaPorte county Is fortunate IN one
thing It has tho aweeome presence
Of the state penitentlary at hand as a
warning to miscreants.
Whether or not they felt guilty Of a
crime. the contractors began kicking
back with ill-gotten gains
The county has been reimbursed TO
date 10 the extent OF S44 GOO and the
county commissioners have resigned.
Thus does the hand that rocks the
ASNN FOAANAIH. IN LEuIn QQllL1CH
have been Jared ror the count Of ten
in LaPorte county. Without politi-
cal machinery. campaign funds. or
ganization or headquarters ths women
OF LaPorte county hold the balance
Of power. by simply making a solid
front on every issue IN which right Is
plainly dIstinguishable from wrong.
WOMEN oUT-sIARTED IN LAKE
OOFNTY
Before recounting tho achievements
Of the women voters or I4aPorte
county. t. seems timely to ten what
one Of the prominent women republ-
cans Of Michigan City had to say
about her enfranchised aisters IN Lake
The women OF Lake county nave
no conception OF their power shs
said. They have let the men outs
smart them. have friends In Lake
county and I am fairly well acquaint-
ID with the situation there During
he county campaign the party lead
ers not only made the republican
women swallow the whole ticket Nv
pull doing tactics but as soon as TIE
election was over they silcuced tbs
leaders BY giving them Jobs. Ths
.ew Lake county women who held the
reins and could guide the women OF
he various cities now have political
obs or promises az Jobs. 1t siYnpfv
means that the real leaders have not
some forward Youu have a revoit
IN your hands some DAY and II win
,ome like Il did in LaPorte COUNTY"
TIRE CHANGE AT MICHIGAN CITY.
Ten representative women OF Aicnr-
san City were asked IL they had voted
IN the question of q change Of gov
'rnment. Two said they did not go
o the polls. One Of the vote slack
RS was the ticket seller in a moving
picture house and the other the wife
y one OF the wealthiest men in the
sity. Seven replied they mad vosed
or change and one said she favored
he old form of government because
John Miller the honest alderman
vas q candidate for mayor.
The seven women who voted to have
city manager discussed the advant-
.ges Of the change more intenigently
han the average man the reporter
alked to.
we have round IN our study OF pc
itical economy that waste and insTi-
.iency cannot be eliminated from rnu-
llcipaI government said Mrs. r. f.
Davidson. TT is almost Impossible to
ret men OF the proper qualifications
o run for the office Of councilman.
sity councils in small cities arc gen
rally a joke and in tns large cIttsa