New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-07-01
UOuAN,S INFLUENCE CLUBS


UOvAN,S INFLUENCE CLCBS.
A Climb composed Of the mothers, wives,
sisters and daughters Of New York Democrats
has been started in this city under the namo
rs tho Frances Cleveland Influence Club NO.
- It originated in meeting at the residence
Of Mrs. Mary Frost Ormsby, who is the presl-
don't of the new organization. According 20
the announcement which appeared in two Dem
ocratc newspapers Thursday morning, ana
which, as the account is identical in both is
presumed to be official and authoritative, the
name was suggested by ga sweet-faced woman
in black The purpose is expressed IN lct-
ter from Mrs Ormsby to Mrs. Cleveland IN
which it is stated that the members OF inc
cl,H "feel that this campaign is to lift the
burden of taxation from the homes OF inc
land.o and that they desire part IN the
s,rucrlco It is something OF an innovation
in American politics, but with the feeling that
the ladies have upon the subject we do not
see that any reasonable objection to it can be
raised.
IT, seems to have been the desire OF the ladies
70 keep the movement secret, for time aU
least and it was so kept until some time the
following day. The reason for preserving Sc
crccy so unusual length of time was gwen
by Mrs. Ormsby in the official account COM
municated to the Democratic newspapers. enc
saws that the members are mostly home
women who "are timid about having their
names 20 out until they see how the move
ment is taken by the public" and "would
shudder to give their names before the move
ment progresses little further" In this feel
ing the home women" will have the cordial
sympathy of great many home men who have
always had the same timidity and who spend
n large portion of their time shrinking from
tho public gaze and shudderng lest their names
should appear in print. very notable case
OF this kind is that Of Mr. Cleveland whose
timidity during the last three years has been
the occasion OF remark among active Demo-
cratic politicians. So late as February OF the
present year he was shuddering at the posi-
bility of his name appearing in print before
the movement had sufficiently progressed"
and wrote a letter to that effect, stating his
" misgivingsr to friend in Wisconsin. This
letter was promptly given to the press. And
this leads us to remark that it almost always
happens that persons who devote themselves
most assiduously to shrinking and shuddering
do somehow get into the public eye We should
not be surprised if. before the Frances Cleve-
land Influence Club No. 1" has completed its
work of "lifting the burden of taxation from
the homes Of the land" the name of the
" sweet faced woman in black who named the
club should appear in print
Mrs. Ormsby was led to form the club, she
saws, by her experience In Rome, where she
was cndeavorng TO enlist the sympathy of ltal-
ian women in the Worlds Fair. Going
among them" she says, she found how their
lives were narrowed their aspirations frosted
and their homes burdened by the oppression
of their odious tariffs" Nothing she says,
" gave me moro modification than to try to
explain the Mckinley BILL When she came
home, possibly fastening her return on account
Of her modification at not being able to ex-
plain the Mckinley bill, she says she went
ont shopping one day after the country had
been McKinleyized and found prices almost
doubled In some instances" We feel com
PEELED to say to this that Mrs Ormsby must
have done her shopping in the wrong places.
Our impression Is that with the exception OF
one or two articles Of luxury, the prices Of
everything n common usc arc lower than be-
fore the cot V was Mckinley lied" IL we
are wrong she will correct MS, we hope. AS
TO the Italian women whose lives are narrowed
and their aspirations frosted by their odouS
tariffs, wc are able to say that a great many
Of them are coming to this country daily, and
there has been no perceptbe decrease in i'm
migration since the passage Of the Mckinley
bill In the great work of lifting the burden
of taxation from the homes Of these Italians
the members of the club will do well to visit
them, and give them list of the articles which
have been doubled in price. IL may not be
a long list but they can at least tell them about
the advance in the price of kid gloves, which
will no doubt be an eye-opener to them.
IL is the homes Of the laboring men that the
members Of the club should visit. The women
they will find there do not probably spend so
much time in shopping as the home women
Of the club, and very likely they give more
thought to the wages of their husbands and
fathers than they do to the price of kid gloves
but the clLo women will all the same find much
there to interest them and great many ways
To lift the burden of taxation from the home"
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