The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-23
talks TO rRACY WOMEN.
JudEe Conway TcIis Theua ne Converted One
Nan-They Promptly Assure Him
That They Have Landed several Hundreds.

lhmmnuN Mnn-Iney uuAb sNNhFt hhhm
That They Have Landed several Hundreds.
The women Of tho West End Republican
Club listened yesterday afternoon to a rousing
campaign speech by Judge Lansing OF Ne
braska. Tho women are stirred up at present
on the: subjectsof schools, and they approved.
particularly on this point, Of the remarks OF the
Judge.
seth: low" said Judge Lansing, has pub.
lished n platform and this is tho first item in 1t:
L believe in good schools and plenty OF them
Humph! Isn't that %originali Now, who, cx'
cept Tammany, doesn't believe in thcml How
about the Republican partyi Why, when Seth
Low was, as a great writer says, 'mewling and
puking In the nurses arms the Republican
party was founding the great free school sys-
TEN to which he owes his education and the
Judge thumped the table while the women ap.
plauded vigorously.
He followed this with a great many other
! remarks which reused the enthusiasm of his
listeners.
you notice" he explained, "that I don't say
much about Henry George. l believe he has a
grand work to perform In this campaign.
only with q wry smile, hes performing
more than l want him to. His work is to take
votes from Tammany. 1 don't want him to
take them all, however.
Il don't so much mind q man who has prin.
ciples and will stand upon them, even though
hi, principles are. mistaken ones. But a man
who goes floating around on n sea CT spcculn'
ton, with a cargo OF nothing, bound for the port
of nowhere, what use have we for such n man
at the hclmi'
Judge Lansing's eye twinkled relcctively as
he said we"
How 1 happen to be in this campaign" no
remarked, is something l shall never really
know. But there is one good reason for it;
the issue is between Rcpublicanism and Dcmoc-
racy. and I'm a Republican! l wasn't always
one. l was unfortunate enough TO be born a
Democrat. But l soon learned that the only
road to salvation is to be born again. Conse'
quently l made haste TO be born u Republican
the next timc, and I've been one ever since.
And tell you you may be sure that the Repub-
lican party will not go into complete disSolu-
ton so long as l live; for until l die. therell be
one Republican, and you may rsmenoer tha aa
party, anyway 1t was good enough last year.
by 100000 votes. to rule the nation. It was
rood enough. by 100000 votes. to rule the state.
Why isn't it good enough this year to RUE a
municipality which gave 1t 10000 plurality "a
Il ain unalterably opposed to Seth Low for
this reason: l am a Republican. but l DO h2t pe,
lieve that he is! Let me tel you TINS, W men h
then read his paid advertisement IN the papers,
insisting that he is honest, look out for hiin
when you have any money with you. Hes a
robber! And when n minister advertises, in
the paper that he is %virtuous and ~good-weli, II
you want to see him after he dies take a ticket
white throne. Now, when a man hnds ~
necessary to advertise in the papers that a. he n IS
publican burving ground, for 1T wont be there.
seth Low makes me think OF a story OF a
had been fattening up to a beautiful point, and
we were sorely Grlcved when she was iouho 10
look for her, but we found no traces: Finally
we came TO the farm of an old African, who
FASTENED to the gate to meet Ssi,S us; h. said She
Nobody had said 'heifer' to him. but it was
his guilty conscience. OF course. we found her
out in HIS barn, nice as could be; skin all OIL.
fea aTbn 10 is pe t PeN way .with-Mr. Low. Are Won
looking for a Republican, I'm one; he has.
tens TO assure us, but. he isn't. But every
man ma 1--WE wop pnow boy aS Snd u F1Tl 0G HnS SR our that Me1 germ
Tracy is a Republican. be Is no wild man oil
Borneo in n side show! ,..
for me. Ii Is TO that party / owe the state
live in; The Democrats used e get up our
sippi:valley is put down as the Great american
party passed the Homestead bil-passed il
Vetoed it. The second, time it went to:a Rcpnb
lican, the Rrandest leader this, or any Other
country ever had S, old Abe ns,t Lin moas tb ne f nsmo
cratic desert to blossom like the very rose gar
den OF the gods! :, .,. ho,w.or ,,r
ties. 4 boy was brought before me in ccur'
".Do you live with your fatherf'
Amt got any father
"'DO you live with YOUR motherF
Amt got any mother!
Where do you liver
Don't live anywhcrct
| "Hc was'a vagrant and ! had to send hint
the reform school. Now. ladies, he was a liv
ing example OF q non.partisan candidate; \
ties, no responsibilities, no accountabilities
Mayor Strong is n non-partisan official, ant
/ while Two nothing to say against him. HOY
much more efficient his administration nigh
5 have been il he had been aided by party organ
5 iZation. He was responsible to evcrybOdy-o
10 nObody-and he therefore gathered aroln'
; him n lot OF commissions, which have broke
. the record for fighting and qlarrelling.,
) Judge Lansing ended by declaring that III
election is all over except the shouting, but h
! asked each OF the women to try TO win at leas
l one vote for the Republican candidate. II
| said he had himself determined 10 get one vot
from Tamman and. he exclaimed triumphant
: ly, II have landed my man! -
Z Mrs. Clarence Burns. who presided, assures
I the Judge that the Republican women hay
duced State Senator Ford. who said anon
Mr.. Low had so insnlted the rank an
I file Of the So.n Re IRmaaIss5 BB% r r Tho .hf Iesde eysn =
|. could not have been elected. i think NJ
I George may get 100000 votes. and OF tina
number so. 900 will be taken from Tnmmnny.
J The meeting was an enthusiastic one: Iher
: was one resignation; whether or not 1t was o
I account Of political differences was not al
Q nounced. However, three new members wer
. elected and about n dozen others proposed: &
Q that tho club Is gaining steadily. There WEI
n a number OF contributions for campaign pu
I poses
! HOUSEHOLD ECONOMICS.