The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-20
WoMAN,s CAMPAIGN FOR TRACY.
Cauvassers Bringing Most ENCOURAGING RE-
ports Daily.

The Republican women put on ton additional
trained workers on Monday morning and they
are going at the tenement house people hammer
and tongs. Mrs. Clarence Burns has rather de-
serted the headquarters at 1473 Broadway for
the past few days and Is giving the better part
Of her time to district work, while Miss Boswell
is also out a good deal OF the time looking after
details. Several typewriters are kept busy from
morning until night at headquarters getting
the daily reports of the district workers ready
to turn over to the County Committee each
evening.
1t is interesting to hear the off.hand reports
Of the workers as they come in toward dark.
or course each one turns in a detailed report,
but all invariably have q lot besides that is in.
tercsting TO tell. Mrs. ]. RcehIll, one OF tho
most energetic and successful of the workers,
was one OF the last to come in yesterday after.
What makes you so late 7" asked Mrs.
Burns,
to find SO little Low sentiment that l keep on
looking for it just to see If l can be mistaken,
and dark overtakcs Inc before l know it. One
thing strikes me very forcibly in my work. and
that is that the people in the tencmcnts realize
that Low stands for nothing but himself, while
good government. Another, thing; | am sur;
priscd to see SO many of the daughters and
mothers OF the tencments who are Republicans
and who would vote il they could.
Last year, when We worked in the national
campaign, we only discussed the money and
protection questions with the women. This
year we talk to them about the schools. the pub
lie parks and the kindergartcns for their chill
dren, and clean streets; in short, our III
are for tirst.Class housekeeping on u larger
scale, and these points lie very near to a
woman's heart. The one thing that has i'm
pressed me above all others. however. is that in
all of my campaign, work | have never heard
man. woman. or child, be they .Tammanyite.
Lowitc., or Georgeite, say one word against Gen.
IRE cy."
Miss Ettie Jones. another very effective
worker. came in just as Mrs. Reehill stopped
speaking. Her big eyes were sparkling with
mischief, and she exclaimed:
"Oh, I've Just had the funniest experience!
You all know I'm working in one of the rank
est Tammany districts in the city. l met a man
a few minutes ago who was n very strong
Tammanyite. He shricked Mt me in n loud
voice that he had never voted for anything but
TanmaDy Hall, and never would vote for any
thing else. because IL there was anything ne be-
lievcd in it was n high protective tariff.
l explained to him Tammany's position
on that question. and he said that II" had never
been told that before and never knew that the
Republican party stood for protection: Many
tell us that they have always voted for Tam
that they hate Croker so they are going TO get
as far away from the WigwaIn as possible this
time, and so are going to vote the Republican
ticket. We find Low people very scarce indeed,
and ! think I'm competent to Judge. for | visit
nincty.thrce families on an average every day
Miss Boswell spoke yesterday afternoon at
the Harlem Club. To-day she will organize an.
other woman's club in the Twcnty-seventh AS,
sembly district.