The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-10-01
porULIsrs IN saoox1YM

Proposes 90 Break the Back OF Capital
| "A Tuesday Eventng at Popuiist Hail
rthere is one thing Brooklyn woman Ia
| determined upon. 1t IL not to hide her light
| under n bushol.
In her own particular way she tries to imi-
| tate The Sun. which shines for all. II people
see her good works and go away and do not 10
likewise. she Is sorry. but not discouraged.
| Whether the multiplicity OF the trolleys has
| surcharged the atmosphere with electricity or
not. certain it 10 that the Brooklyn woman has
an overwhelming desire to tackle some kind Of
an enterprise. 1t doesn't much matter what.
Some OF them with good incomes and lofty
social positions do hack writing, teach sewing,
and concoct fearful Jokes for hu N rous papers.
Life being so serious to them. 1t is not strange
that most OF their Jokes are returned.
But above AMI beyond anything else. the
Brooklyn women thirst after politics. They
have had their dainty fingers in the mud pics
OF the Street Cleaning Department for. 10!
these many months They have political
economy clubs. Republican and Democratic
clubs, whose members have a deadly AMI
mostly toward the others OF opposite political
tenets: woman's suffrage clubs. which talk OF
woman and tho ballot with such eloauence
that you weep for the millennium they predict
they have single tax club COMPOSED OF
women Of extraordinary intelligence. who al
most understand the principles they upho old :
and now. now let Mrs. Mary l.ense. the Hans ans
Trumpet Flower, hold on tight to her laurels!
There is n Peoples party in BROOKLYN. and not
a few Of the chief vertebrD OF its backbone
are feminine.
Did you ever hear OF Mrs ImogeneC G. Fales
Probably not Still there was a time whom
you had not heard OF Mrs. Lease. Aud Mrs.
Fales. It must DO understood. is Just as much
the loading feminine Populst in BROOKLYN as
Mrs. Lease Is In Kansas There was Cornelia.
the mother OF the Gracch!. and Martha Wash.
ington. the mother of her country. aud Neces-
sty. the mother OF Invention. and 30 on. But
Mrs. Fales ia the mother OF the Peoples party
Ia Kings county. So says Miss Frances Hobbs.
and so say all the other members.
Mrs. Fales Is widow. and must the refore
be credited with independence In politics.
That is. she is not Populist because her
husband Is" which is said to be the usual po-
litical plank upon which women stand She
has very much grown IN son. but he is not
Popullst That does not alter the convictions
OF Mrs. Fales. She is the mother OF this de-
luded young man. but she 10 also the mother
OF the Peoples party. She argues her cause to
him. and he finally takes refuge in flight with
the parting remark:
MY dear mother. you don't know what
you're talking about"
But mats Just where he Is wrong. She
does kno W what she is talking about. She
wouldn't be atrue Brooklyn woman II she did
not. When she conversed with a Sun reporter
she knew so well what she was talking about
that she made herself quite clear. That lie
always sure test. When woman can ex-
plain her theories to an other person 30 that the
latter comprehends them she is mistress OF
her subject.
distant in nor nor eQSt direction from the
City Hall. BROOKLYN being one labyrinthine
fore stated. it is several knots to Mrs. Faless
house. But the seeker after information need
there is a hall. and here on Tuesday evenings
the Populist forces meet and talk.
ton is ho party q the Tsey %fs nre
With i an absolute through and through convc-
rsapln9 where they have not sown. but they
keep on sowing. sowins sowing tracts. In,
out of season. and they expect to reap har-
vest Of votes which win give tho scales OF
What DO You womsn ind SO attractive
about the Peoples partyr" the reporter asked
The mother q her party is a tall woman. re-
fined and Intelligent in appearan.s. to whom
is not denied the consolation ot being wei!
her gray hair on the side. but It isn't agares-
sively done. IT is with the air Of being more In
I u h.
and not politics: was at the root OF that part.
Well" said Mrs. tales. in response to the
Of the Peoples party platform that attracts
women. 1t is almost II religious movement:
and women arsalwsys ai ,S t. m ti REFORM"
forests are they notI'
suppose 80.
And the Peoples party Ia very favorable to
womens Arrangement isntit
How docs it stand on woman sufrrage?"
Every State convention which has IN at hca
declared in favor Of it; But" pursued Mrs
By that fact In joining the movement you are
mistaken. All lopui lists are allied cranks by
certain people. but there are plenty OF conser-
sure that all the women in the ward club to
which belong would care to vote. At least.
not. What can the Peo Pies psriy do for women
You speak II ward clubs. Whatare they"
Four months ago the more progressive
members Of the party here in Brooklyn. led by
pr. Bocoek. began the formation Of Popnlst
four months fifteen wards have been organ
iZei. Each ward club Is ALE. allowed 70 e!eet Ave
tions from the other clubs to form the County
Are there women on the County { ON mi tee:"
The mother OF her party gaze the reporter a
Are there :" with tie accent on tho are.
she said aloud being elected from the clubs
OF which they are members In good and
%ksn ho na POM s TGst '1S
the gentlemen wanted the ladies' 10 form
IA Kind OF annex. don't you know? Useful
as listeners and ornamental in appear
ance. but not burdened with any Of the panoply .
OF power. We were TO be spectators only |
couldn't consent to that. said We would work
for the party aS mem bers OF il. or We wouldn't
work at all. So the mon yielded. don { be-
sr rseE s s Women tey s :Sel work s,
Indeed they are. The women are the
housek eepers as il were. OF the party. They
"A
Miss Hobbs IL the Secretary. The women at
tend to the renting Of the hall the collection
OF dues. payment Of bills. and raising OF money
by entertainments.
How often do you meet
Every Tuesday evening there is q general
meeting at the nall in Court street. In add.
ton to this each OF the ward clubs holds a
weekly mesting. 1 am in the Twenty-hfth
ward. The club there has nifty or sixty mem
hers about Il fourth VI whom are women"