The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1894-10-16
WOMEN FIGHT TANINiANY.
Leaders of Gotham Society to Enter
the Campaign and Battle Against
Corruption

hcaucrS OF GOtham Society to Enter
the Campaign and Battle Against
Corruption.
NEW YORK, October 11.-If appear
ances are not altogether deceitful, the
Iammany organization will have to
fight life and death struggle in the
campaign now opening in this city
Not only are the opposing forces of
long standing botter united and there
fore moro powerful, but an entirely
new element has been introduced
which threatens to make the wigwam's
hight harder than ever before. This
Is the female clement, including many
OF the most prominent society women
OF the metropolis, who have detcrmir-
ed to enter actively into tho fight for
the overthrow of the great municipal
Office trust.
Many of New York's most fashiona-
BILE, most influential and richest wo-
men have bcen enlisted in the cause.
a stronger list Of names could hardly
have been set forth. Perhaps never
In the history of municipality have
women, occupying the position that
these do, takcn such II stand before an
election.
The announcement Of the awakening
OF the women comes in the most COM
mon-placc and business-like manner.
the plain notice of q meeting to be held
on Friday at p. m, at Association
hall, where Or. Parkhurst will deliver
an address. This is the work OF Jose
phine Shaw Lowell, the woman whom
Dr. Parkhurst declared is the best fit
ted OF all to take the leadership in the
uprising of the women. Not an au-
thOrltHtlVn word hoe
Lowell or from DR.. Parkhurst, but
both tacitly admit that she has taken
the burden upon her shoulders.
DR.. Parkhurst will sound the slogan
OF the women. 1t will be q universal
cause OF women, rich and poor, lowly
and influential, banded together for
their common good. 1t il proposed
that tho fight will be carried on with
| all the vi@or, intelligence and activity
at the command of New Yorl<'s high
est, most influential and abicst women.
They will open their homes, their lux
urious and splendid homes, for meet
lngs when the spirit Of women may be
| aroused.
In the upper part of the city another
| uprising OF women, which had its be-
ginning at a public meeting hold last
Thursday, has crystalizcd in the or
| ganizatiOn Of the Woman's Anti-ram-
many Society.
A meeting was held at tho homo of
| Mrs. Brick" Pomeroy, No 80 West
| Ninety-sixth street 1t was decided to
widen the scope of the society from an
assembly district organization to a city
one. Mrs Pomcroy was made prcsi-
dent, Mrs. Nj. II. Kecly vicc-president.
and Miss Anpa M. Hoag corresponding
secretary. Mrs. j. j. Clifford, Mrs. A
j. Shrievcr and Mrs. l.. Noah were
made an executive committee. 1t il
! hoped to secure one hundred won
from each assembly district in u
| city, making at least three thousa
| in all.
Mrs. Cynthin Leonard, who is
mother OF Lillian Russell. made
only speech ut the meeting. She spC
OF the relation of women to the mo
ment against Democracy.
Many working women have alrca
become members of the society.
the TendcrlOin district women III
decided to work for purity in nun
pal politics. a number voted to dc
at IL meeting of the Young Peoples
cial Culture Club. At the conclus
of the regular club program n
Grannis explained that she wished
the young women present to stand
who would influence their relatives;
friends to vote at the coming elect
for men who would agree to rem
unpolluted by the environments
politics. There were about thirty pl
ent and two-thirds of that number
sponded by rising to their feet.