New-York tribune., 1896-09-30
GOOD WORK OF WOMEN.
,,p DING TO CONVERT DELUDEp BRY-
ANITES.
.ury TELL WHAT THEY ARE poiN" Al '"''
MEETING IN GRAND UNION HALL
,,,ss posvvr,5. MISS BosrwIcK AND
THE REV. ALICE WRIGHT SPEAK.

MISS ROSWELL. MISS BosTwICK AND
THE REV. ALICE WRIGHT SPEAK.
cra,d Union Hall, in Court-st.. held sixty-two
~,omen seven men and several reporters yesterday
of,ernoon nearly all of whom came TO near sood
Ropublican tenets taught 10 those who wanted 10
learn The Womans Republican League OF BROOK
,vn had called the meeting. but before 1t was I'M
ished II had resolved itself into more or less OF an
"experienco" meeting wherein many of the women
20, nm and told what they had done TO convert
Rrvsrites TO Republicanism. Miss Helen Narick
Boswell was the chief speaker Miss Boswell Is
TWENTY-FIVE yeas old. Miss Bosiwick, secretary
of the league. said In burst or confidence. she Is
q co-worker Of the National Republican Committee
IN New-York and has been in many parts of New
York City, principally In The tenement-house dis
tricts in order 10 talk sound money to the work.
,ngmen to their wives, and to those who do not
work Her talk yesterday was principally upon
what she had been doing. 1t was veritably her
own nersonal experience In the political field. She
told of the good work women had done in past
campaigns how great their influence was and what
they could and should do in the present campaign
m nrorote the success of the Republican ticket.
women" continued Miss Boswell do rot
alize what they can do In this direction until they
once set about IT, While men may understand, In
many instances. the questions Of the day in
deeper and more varied sense. woman. by her
perior intuition. ofttimes make point clearer
4
have had occasion very many times to go among
the tenement people in Hells Kitchen. on the West
Side one OF the worst places in NewYork over
on Cherry Hill scarcely less So and in other parts
of the East Side l have taken women interested
In politics with me. and never at any time have
been molested or treated otherwise than courte-
ously. When you make those people understand
that you do not come TO ask anything Of them but
are there 20 give them something help them,
they are ever ready 10 be courteous Our work has
largely been In distributing leaflets among those
people We can do this better than the men can"
Miss Boswell held up the finger of gentle scorn
TO the men who Instead of voting on Election Day
20 away, she did say where to enjoy them
selves With mild sarcasm she pilloried some of
the Weather men OF New-York and Brooklyn toe
for tha; tier who did not consider their vote of
sufficient value II.
There much applause. and Miss Boswell
gave way Miss Kate NJ. Bostwick the ener-
getic secretary Of the Woman's Republican League
OF Brooklyn
work in the campaign. She told of missionary
labors right in her ncighborhood which she has
been engaged in for the last week more. During
this time ii has been her visit the labor
ing men in her immediate neighborhood. II
started out" said she. with the intention of be-
coming acquainted with those men and finding
how they stood. Every noon l have visited them.
They sat around on the curbstones and under the
shade Of the trees wherever their work was. !
waited until they had had their luncheon and their
teer and then spoke 10 them. Men, said, i
would like 10 speak to YOU about politics il YOU
are willing should We have no objection, num-,
replied OF the
4 founG." continued Miss Bostwick. that four
nfihs Of them Mere Bryan men and the o{her nfth
Republicans. How is this l asked well mum.
the spokesman said. If Mr.. Bryan Is elected We
get twice as much wages. and we buy everything
cheaper. Mr. Hryan Is fine man. and Wen work
for him You're all wrong l exclaimed
And then Miss Bostwick proceeded to explain
what She had said 10 convert them She found
that the Republicans among the laboring men
were inclined to be ashamed CT being IN the
and now she thinks that light has broken in
upon the clOuded brains Of the Bryan men, and
that they Will come TO the right way of thinking
added Miss Bostwick "and every day after they
have had their luncheon and their beer l shall go
The Rev. Alice Wright. who is co-pastor with her
husband Of the Greenpoint tnversalist Church,
was called upon. Mrs; Wright was not willing to
make political speech yesterday, because. as sne
said 81 am studying IT now, and after while
expect 10 have something 10 say that Will be worth
hearing" Mrs. Wright however. told of visit
she made among some Of her poor parishioners.
She found three men out Of work In the house.
She learned that they were Bryan men, and asked
''WeIl" said one OF them. '4f Bryan Is elected
any buy bullion for 5S cents and get 1T
money he wants. Oh, yes. Bryans the man.
Times will he easy then"
Now" continued Mrs Wright, did any of you
ever hear of such downright foolishnoss? Can 1t
be possible that people can be deluded to such
degree as that? It's Just such people who need 10
be converted, and Shall do all in my power that
Mrs Wright will during the campaign, throw
open her church during weekdays for lectures on
Mrs Andrew J. Perry presided at the meeting
Yesterday. and at its close announced that meet
ines would be held at the hall every Tuesday until
further notice.