The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-28
WINNING VOTES FROM LOW
REPUBLICAN UOMES FIND TIE
PROPHETS MEN EASY TO CoNYERT.

Low Men Not Enih.slnstic for tho Presence
and Quick TO Bc Convinccd-Tammnny Con.
verts Arc MANY. but George Wen Arc Hard
to win-AI Cutting Into Van " Scl aud Low.
Tho Republican women who arc at work on
the cast side put in q good day Tuesday.
1--WE converted about forty Low men," said
Mrs. Clarence Burns, got three George men to
promise to vote for Tracy, and four others to
say that they would think it over seriously.
Tammany mont Oh, yes, we got n great many
more Tummany mon than the others all put to-
gcthcr. We are working in Tammany dis
tricts, you know.
I'VE are not tho only onos, however, that
arc stealing Tammany's strength" she contin-
ued. ut is surprising how Henry George is
cutting into that vote. And it Is pretty hard
TO convert a man who is for George. We've
found that out. The Low men arc few over
there and are easily converted. They are not
very strongly decided, and it Is easy to win
them. The Tammany mon arc sometimes very
hard to get at, sometimes very easy. 1t de.
ponds on whether it is a question Of s~clf.inter.
est. Tho George men are the least open to con-
~viction, because they sincerely believe they are
In tho right. Some of the Tammany people are
getting afraid of us, 1t seems. The men stand
in front Of tho houses and won't lot us 20 In.
They hear we are on that street and they don't
intend to lot us get at the people inside. But
with O careless laugh, that doesn't make any
difference. We 20 back some other time.
i've been telling you so many stories about
tho women who promise us that their husbands
shall vote the way we want them to, that now
I'm going to tell you about one who couldn't
promise. Her husband is for Tammany and he
must BIO q very brutal man, for snc was evil
IDENTITY in terror of him. She is an ignorant
,rnp,nn I dnn't think shp cOul1 read or write,
but she Is intelligent. For instance, she said to
me: Why doesn't the Government try to keep
out the emigrants for n whilci l wish they
would shut down on emigrants for five years,
then let them como in again, and then shut
down for another i've years. You see she had
q notion of restricted immigration.
well, we talked quite n while and she be-
came very much Interested. Finally she said
that she wouldn't dare to speak to her husband
about 1t. but she would leave the literature
where he could see 1t. / gave her some litera-
turc, put the name and address in my book flor
we send q report daily to headouarters) and
left. / was in a shop near there when she came
h~urrying around after me. She was trembling
like a leaf. She said it had just occurred to
her that her husband might find out that she
had allowed me to talk to her and that, II he
did, ho would beat her terribly. She begged
me to lake her name of my !yh book y Well ea.d !
SO l spelled it out for her, showed her the num-
Der and then rubbed 1t out. ! assured her that
ness and told her to destroy the literature i had
left with her II she wanted TO. But she said
she was determined that he should see hat at
any rate.
are everywhere for that matter. Some Of the
men are unwilling apparently to have their
wives know there Is such a thing as the Mayor
of a city. Others like to talk politics at home.
Ono man said to me: Lady, II my wife knew as
much about politics as you do, Wouldn't have
to go to the saloons to get a chance TO talk about
them. just love politics. he, said, and l cam
get anybody to talk to about 'em except at the
well, I must tell you about another Tam
didn't caro- for it. oh, | don't care to heal
about IT, / told her. I'm a woman, and Iv'
got to talk. and your woman enough to kno"
that si yoq, am.S got to .b lis'e msr she said. come II
$50 l went in and commenced to talk to he'
about tho schools. Oh, she wasn't interested
in schools. oil her children were grown, up,
asked her If she didn't care about, the children
daughter had a child that couldn't get into tn
some more small parks where the people coule
get fresh nir and the children could playi sure
Didn't she w want more o AK asphalt ia ,h pa ricnmiinss IN a .I'
comfort, Well. rather! She was promptly in
terested and after she had seen a few facts ant
TuEt SuC was Ellil Dloi
But. she said, y couldn't talk to my hus
band about Tammany. Why. II would be Xix
ta!kin' agin my religion! I've been for Tam
many ever since / could remember
We'll. mother said her daughter. a yount
woman who had stood listening. IL you won
talk to father, | will so that's settled.
1--WE are working harder every day. Do W
find TINT the Low women ramIpaigners hay
accomplished muchi oh. no. They don't DE-
anything except leave some literature. Beside
t%hat-why. they didn't get TO work until a ieN
days ago. We have put in "A month of soli'
campaigning. Before we even began that
had spent six weeks going over the ground an
perfccting plans. | had the whole thing al
ranged; l knew just what language was spoke
in certain districts and even the very houses I
which TO send our workers. There are som
places whore work would be wasted. l knew
these places as well as the weak spots, an,
when we did get TO work VIC lost no time in eS
pcriments. / defy the ELECTROMAGNETIC Is. tn
Low ladies-to cover in three months the groun
we have covered in one month";
THE SAME OLD Low I'll
Mr., Reaua Scores the Cts Caudldhte-Th