New-York tribune., 1894-10-24
WOMEN STUDENTS OF POLITICS.
ruey HEAR A PAPER on THE CITY ELECTORS
AND THEN DISCUSS IT.

-,,rv HEAR A PAPER on THE CITY ELEclOho
AND THEN DISCUSS 1T.
.... wsoklv meeting Of the Society for Political
studv held Yesterday afternoon a. no iff """I. ,s
ave a paper was read by Mrs. fiorenee De r,
Chn giving facts and figures in regard 10 III
CIV Electors" and elections In genera
c,.. dac,ared that n delicate task had peeh gwen
-, nor when she was asked to present before
uonoan's club a subject which. reduced 10 us o"'
,erms meant man. and while every "o'''" ,,
said supposedly to be thoroughly acauaIn'eu "''
., leas, one man II was considered a diincu' 'asN
n treat the subject clearly as whole' ny
o,ao.ore continued Mrs. Shaw, are IN fed''!,
our male relatives and friends, Coo oiess I'M
In explaining more fully the real power anu anu o'".
Of q city elector, the six necessary oua''0
were quoted and paupers. seini-o'o's' I.,u
and representatives to Congress we're 'hpa'"a''
cassed together as having '"e S
voting. , ".
"Elec,or." II was said. unlike poets can w
made" and the laws Of naturalization were - -
and the ease with which these same ia"S nav :,
repeatedly broken was demonstrated i"e "' "
foreigners who have been naturalzei IN 'n'S 81,
,,oa 1870 was given as O3 5s5 and this was aIese'
~ have becn nearly one-haf Of the tota VOC ~ "
Presidential election in 1892. II was a's' :.
that when the final returns are IN LOT 'nS !'" 49,.
liz, OF naturalized voters since ls'1 VIII e'"' w
vote cast here for Tilden. The ch'ef loos"'s go.
In the lower part II the city were SAID 10 " "O'
thriving business equallng the record OF hs' y'H''
the number OF dodgers in last November ha''s poe"
| given as 22.oOo or per cent OF the votes car.
| "In 1895" continued the speaker i-''o~' p
were lodged IN the city tas. the majority pes nv"
| 80 ara called the lodging house voters or more
| nropery .hoaters.' Now, are not the men ""o ." '
| intelligent and who through encouragement NJ 'l
| overwhelming majority OF uninteiiseht '''e' e"'
| or on account Of personal indifference. reluse ~
vote responsible the corruption in our Guy gov
| eminent II proportonate representation hau GU"
,,nued IN force the result OF our city elections "ou'u
| have been far different. The problem OF muhio'p"
| government is the important problem OF 'ie nv, -
and its solution Is In the power OF our city e'ee'' "
| Mr.. Stimson Smith was appointed Chairman u'
| ing the discussion which followed '"e 'e"
| tho paper Short pithy remarks touch'ng OF vi.
| .uh,ect or the day and the present condiuoh VI
| the CITY government made by many OF oI,,t ,ns
women present Mrs Van ,n0 nouosh os the dscourage
ment Of good voters by repeating the qhi
BY man who haa acs Gsen Shich was as follows
where do go, sorr? DO so to Albany or w
Wrs ss Anna Randall Dehl told of another methoc
NJ Tammany which had just come uhder ,, ncr nj ~
!l6e hts ,ncppence which he explained It was neces
sary to do to secure position IN me Sno,nteS tf
he ihe place he Would paid 81 % until afer e es ssG
tion when he ,hs YOU'D GecIen TeGeiTT fund ' the
going t9Ta,o All Aian attributed the existing condi
1asn 81 Pa s that aopee@ p9X %T5
business. . -. ,,.oues,on which was golnt
Al ", rpch dignity a l!to diversion was caused
by Miss Garter who, in emphatic tones ana tn wr n
~ snft huf unmistakable stamp OF her ioo'' W
,.pod Ell that one word explained everything. anc i
that word ''selshness Men wahi 10 ae@l,n' can
certain amount from their business she con- con-
a,,ued ~ the city goes 10 the dogs, ana the Ne,
who do this thing are neither good nor respeo'"o''
This assertion was heartily appauicd. .,,o, .,
Mrs Scudamore. English woman ooJccteu i !.
having the foreigners blamed for the corfup..oh :,
80. cItv government. and advised Americans U
.iook after little things. duty they failed To- per
form and in this way II was said there "oul'
hn no necessity 10 look after big things. .
Mrs Emma Beckwith read an interye" "iu
N.vor Gilroy which had been published, ana ~
tersnersed her reading with sarcastic comfnrht
wbjrh heartily amused her hearers, and with "hIch
anparently they all agreed. ,,. .
! '6ther speakers were Miss Barcalow preslient, o .
the society; Mrs. Clara Neyman. Miss Collins Ms Ms
| Wes,over Dr Huldah Green, Mrs Lecper VI !.
KirkWood Miss Myers. Mrs. Monat and Mrs Can
ney.