The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-13
WOMEN At worn FOR TRACY.
EnthusinstIc ut the Success which Their Efforts
are Meeting.

Enthusinhtic nt the success which Their Enortn
are Meeting.
The Republican women sent ten more trained
district workers into the field yesterday. The
scene at headquarters, 1873 Broadway, was
an interesting one about o o'clock. Half a hun.
dred women gave in their reports and waited
eagerly to receive instructions for the days
work from their leaders, Miss Helen varlck
Boswell and Mrs. Clarence Burns.
I've had a new Womun's Republican Club
organized last night" said Miss Boswell, en-.
Enthusiastically. 1T is in the Seventeenth As.
sembly district. and started off with a regular
boom. Miss A. l.. Bannon was elected Prcsi.
dent, and Miss Barbara R~eisenweber Secre-
tary. The latter is the daughter of John Reisen-
weber. the leader OF the district, and two Of
her sisters also took an active past in ~cffecting
the organization. The first public meeting of
the new club will be held at 500 Ninth avenue,
between Fifty-fourth and Fifty-ilfth streets.
next Monday night. at which time l shall speak
and also a number of prominent men. The club
started off with forty-ive members. who will
for the present contine themselves TO working
exclusively in the Seventeenth district.
"rhc reports OF our district workers are most
encouraging. We hear from all sides TINT tho
Low support is being strongly cut into by the
George people. We. OF course. continue our
daily 1ignt as the one solid organization against
the three Iarti-colored candidates in the neld.
gaining among the German clement in the tcnc-
ments is most interesting" volunteered Mrs.
Burns. They won't have anything TO do with
an Notwithstanding worker, but when u wo.
man speaks 10 them in their own language they
open. wide thor doors and bid her enter. The
idea That the German women have of politics
is amusing. They think that going TO the polls.
voting and putting. Il man in office Is the be-
ginning and end OF politics. so We do not APP
proach them ON the subject Immediately. We
talk to them about their children and ask il they
lead up to M; Hmsiness in hand They are YER" Wery
much surprised to learn that politics has any
thing to do with providing schools, for their
children and keeping the streets clean. and
wake up to the greatest imaginable interest in
tho subject. 1t isn't at all 10 hear
them say after listening to our arguments:
My goodman will vote for Tracy or III know
the reason WHY
"In our rounds we find so many. people who
nobody ha. taken the trouble to show them
how, and others because they have not had tho
time to spare from their work. The Demo
cratic portion Of these people nrc always taken
gets their pnpers out for them and pays for
them. Those ignorant foreigners who incline TO
heretofore, had no one to take any Interest in
them, and there's q work for the Republican
men to do. Our, district leaders should take
up these, men and look after them. Dozens Of
them tell us that they would vote the Rcpub-
lican ticket il they only knew how 20 go about
it. The women district workers take.the name
and address of every man who is not natural.
lied and these are turned yer to Mr.; 2nigg;
mo cAno honss thi mSr has s aaneIad %i II mr a.is B 'ene,
earnestly.
"Tho majority OF the mon VIC meet say: We
aro open to conviction. Why don't yOm invite
us to your big Republican meetings uptowni
We never get any tickets down here. You seem
to give EN- all out TO Republicans. What's tho
use Of talking TO people who AFRO already on
your Sidoi Give tho workingmcn u chance to
hear your arguments. and you'll see what n
roTsing majority. Your candidate for Mayor
worked down in tho tenement district for
months previous to and during, the national
campaign, and Two spent II good part OF this
our work Tor this campaign. and nm con:
WINGED that il tho Republican leaders would
downtown places 10 which tho workingIncn who
AFRO not Republicans were invited, the ranks of
would thin out amazingly. These workingmen
have: lots Of common sense, and common sense
cannot stand out against the sound doctrines OF
the Republican party, or. Mt least. that's the
way We Republican women are finding 1T in