PETTICOAT GOVERNMENT
TROUBLES OF A LADY MAYOR,
j-aoxi own, special coeeespondent. LONDON, October C. The town of Hunnewell, in Kansas is certainly under petticoat government. The mayor,'the city marshal, the city clerk, and chief of police are all women, and manv of the men councillors and citizenshavo risen ia revolt, with what promise to be lively results. The lady mayor refuses to mince words over the iuiquiiies that she considers exist, and she asserts "the town is morally cleaner now than it ever was '"-hen a man had the job. Women can tell by sense of smell whether the law is being broken and gaming places and other resorts are open, and my nose is as good as any one’s. . . . There aren t any nolitical pulls in our town since 1 became mayor. ... Any man who works for the city's money is going to earn it or he gets fired. . . . -I ll.add, also, that when I quit the office of mayor, there won’t be any men crowing, around over what they ‘put over’ on me. The entire State,, it is said, is aroused over the matter, the Governor being one of the mayor’s supporters. She has threatened that, unless there is a change in the masculine attitude toward her, she will oust the men and fill every post with women. She has the appointing power over most of . the Hunne’uell departments. -
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 7978, 8 December 1911, Page 10
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