The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-31

lowing is q sample:
II you are for businss, and want business and
are not opposed TO doing business, then mean
business by voting and WORKING Tor BENJAMIN
+. TRACY.
Another sign said:
Get out and do missionary work. You can
Cts will never be heard Of again. our motto:
VIM. vIGoR. VICTORY.
The first meeti 6 of the day lasted from 1880
o'clock until noon. 1t was for women only. but
there was no keeping the men out. Several
hundred managed to got by the doorkeepers.
and they were allowed to remain. There were
about 500 women present when Miss Helen
Varick Boswell called the meeting to order.
I'm not going to apologize for being at a
business meeting said Miss Boswell. because
I'm a business woman myself, and believe that
everybody who cares one rap about business and
the welfare OF the country ought TO get out and
work for Gen. Tracy and the cause OF the Re
publican party. [Applause.l There's no doubt
in my mind that Gen. Tracy will win.
1t is too much to ask a man to
believe, let alone a woman. that the
people will throw over the Republican party
when they are just beginning. after years OF
privation. TO taste the fruits OF its success. This
prosperity that is coming over the land is due to
tue INtpuDIlItn IAlts Sp1"'i' an it'is Shs wy
to deny st. IApplause.l 1t is II little hard to be-
lieve that the people. less than a year after
st mping the enemy out OF existence, will vote
to resuscitatc him. | don't believe it,
Miss Boswell spoke fcclingly Of the late
Henry George. She said that she regarded his
death as n severe blow to the thous ,nds who
foliowcd and loved him. She declared. how.
ever. that she was sure a large percentage OF
the vote wI;ch would have gone Tor Henry
timeut which caused n great ClapplnK OF nanub
ana waving OF hdnIkerchiefs.
Mrs. Jane Pierce. the next speaker. said that a
dozen years ago "a woman in politics would have
been regarded rs u remarkable person.
Pierce. women have advanced With the times.
ami to-day they have the interests Of the rcpub-
i iRa as m miSa I The "V s,ron a : s%G appeal a1I to brins about
national prosperity gets It's frst impulse In
the home among the mothers, who have TO
study economic matters III their household
affairs and are thus brought into close
contact with business matters. AS a
consequence woman has learned 10 understand
the value OF a dollar. and instead OF being a
mere figure IL the household she is the wise
can I've reached. and it is the duty OF every
woman in the city TO urgSS upon her husband or
candidate on the Republican ticket
Mrs. J. Ellen Foster OF Washington. who
spoke next, said tn I she had no use Tor the Citi-
zens' Union or LowisIn.
The non.parIi'an government they want"
for o the city. 30 party pa can z give us real good
government un!css it Is thoroughly organized
and has been Tor years. mere bnOllIu ne no
bushwackers in this campaign. Tho Republican
party is t c party OF the people. and having al
; ways stood by them. there is no reason why the
people should desert 1t now
just before the adjournment OF the women's
meeting Miss Boswell read the following letter.
sent TO & J. G. ry. who has been conducting the
Monday meetings. by Senator Platt:
DkAR SIR: The II publicans OF Greater New York
d daIs - With ut nt the result nns nal s ' GSn. Tracy y vii! tn't be = e the
hrst Mayor Of TIE new municira.ity
, sp ration of their campaign. that the X publican
: party is the only fore, mat can DE- dsp'ndn i on In
, in thi. city. an 10 Withstand the dangerous doctrines
a Mugwump couspiracies. which have their roots in
y nation free I AIDE. cannot break 1t down. They have
Thr Republican strength this year Is greater than
ih,, OF n any or the IN ,b pe irpS Ins com mo-, ,na rarssn, WI es en-
0 vases and the enthusiasm ut Republican gatherings
stamps led Ly the incidents OF the campaign. and
they will not he deceived or %stamped"d by any roor
backs put forth by their enemies between now and
o They are solidly for their ticket. which is itself q
t guarantee of honesty and abby in III, conduct OF
the business OF the great city. and they stand fol
t the wise and conservative In every State IN tho Union
o They are the only avowed opponents OF Torylsm In
The Republicans are united for Republican, princl
o p pie .,, TN II To SsP, ,hst ,be are s, a,y, ns nr a. TO fsaa nG s.r,
II simply rema ms for Republicans to maintain theil
= position and with constant activity prosecute this
oI PAT, f i fr i IN ays s211 q siaes G N,nte TIVE VIII R" o"is Ss%ss. tbel
victory. Very tru y yours. T. c, fLArr.
r The principal speaker at the meeting from
( until 2 o'clock was William NJ. wins. Mr.. lvinl
: rounaly denounced the Low movement as IA delib
!. crate attempt TO bctrny the Republican party
. His advice to all good citizens. whether Repub
Leans. Democrats, or nothing in politics. u
- stick 10 Gen. Tracy as the only representative,
0 OF good and nnselhsh government. brought ou'
round after round OF applause.
Later in the afternoon District Attorney W
NJ X; o,co1t and Thow gsrl /; Hamil,on; the ni Re
" Ing. Gen. James il. oBeirns. candidate. iol
h County Clerk, also spoke. ana other speakers
= were cX-Julge Llnsing Of Nebraska, Senators
h Mnlhy and Payne, Col. w. J. Parkinson, ant
u Charles IL. Moore.
Al q o'clock, when the meetings ended. Their,
i were AT least 100 persons in the room. SOM
d OF them had sat there since noon md the large
p part of them for three hours. They gave three
. cheers for Gen. Tracy as they filed out.
Tho Rev. DIR. storrs supports Justice Willar,
Bartlett.
u This letter from the Rev. DIR. Richard S
a Storrs, the venerable pastor OF the Church Of tn
Pilgrims, was published In the Brooklyn Edgl
yesterday:
"In the present rush OF discussion concerninl
candidates for the Mayoralty, is there not DANCE
that the Just and eminent claims OF Judge WI
ia lard bartlett I his high Office may be in a meas
ure overlooked One or more of those named a
competitors with him are doubtless men of hig
character and OF distinguished legal learnin
ana ability. But |. for one, cannot forget no,
he stood like a rock amid the fierce swirlin
currents OF tho Mckane trial. nearly Tour year
ago, serving the interests OF no party, nut OF IN
city and OF public Justice | may add, the inter
ests of The people OF tho State in all comm
elcctiOns-with u fdithfulncss, u power and
a. majestic self pOise which, IL seems to me. hav
g not been surpassed in our judicial annals.
Il. should feel myself personally unRrateful 6Or S