and unparalelled outrage to sacrifice them from mere
prejudice, or in the belief that their presence would injure the
chances of Mr. Dunlap. Then arose Collector Elliott, his face
fairly glowing with honest indignation, and his voice sharp and
stinging in his tirade against the newspapers. What did he care
what the newspapers said? What are the newspapers but sheets sold
out to the highest bidder? The newspapers, he cried, are all in
the market, to be bought and sold the same as coal! That was
their business, and they didn't want stability so long as there
was cash to be got. Then he came down upon them in a perfect
whirlwind of wrath for daring to favor the women candidates for
school directors of the Thirteenth ward, and sat down as though
he had accomplished a noble purpose.

The question on the resolution was pressed, and resulted in its
adoption by a vote of 20 to 12.[269] A resolution was offered by
David T. Smith that Mrs. Paist and Mrs. Woelpper be thrown off
the ticket, and this resolution was carried by the same vote as
the preceding one. The meeting then adjourned. In consequence of
this action Mrs. Paist addressed to the citizens of the
Thirteenth ward the following card, in which she declares that
she does not intend to resign:

_To the Citizens of the Thirteenth Ward.:_

Unpleasant though it may be to thus appear before the public, I
feel that I must, in justice to myself, expose the fraud and
deception that have been practiced to defeat my election on the
17th of February next. I received the nomination and certificate
of election signed by James M. Stewart, David T. Smith, clerks,
and Charles M. Carpenter, president. Certainly they would not be
guilty of deceiving, for are they not "all honorable men"? John
B. Green, George M. Taylor and A. W. Lyman then (Ezra Lukens
having been on a similar fruitless mission) called on the eve of
January 30, 1874, wishing me to withdraw; stating that Mrs.
Woelpper had done so (which was false), and they thought it would
not be pleasant for me to serve. They also placed it on the
ground of expediency, fearing that their candidate for council
(Mr. Dunlap) was so weak that a woman on the ticket might
jeopardize the election. I knew not before that woman held the
balance of power. After se