New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1901-11-03
A STRENUOUS WORK.
HOW ONE MILLION COPIES OF FACTS
FOR FATHERS AND MOTHERS" HAVE
BEEN DISTRIBUTED BY woMANs
CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE.

TT may be g question whether the women have
not done IN week more campaign Work tnan WIS
ever before accomplished IN this city In the same
length OF time" said James ". Pryor. manager o.
the youau's campaign committee which has its
headquarters IN rooms Of the City Club. No ~
West Thirty-fourth-st. He referred 10 the accom-
pii.hed dst,frtior Of the million copies OF Facts
for Fathers and Mothers issued by the Woman 5
Municipal League under his direction
Certain 1t IS that Il al quarters of New-fork the
present anti-TammaIy campaign has been charec-
ferized BY greater enthusiasm on the part OF the
women than IN anv previous year This is the
more remarkable because Of the character or the
literature which the women have been foremost in
spreading broadcast through the community, and
which, under ordinary circumstances they would
deem. indicate Indeed. although the little books
rife with uuadorned "a cts. have discussed matters
which ordinarily would make them subject sup
preston in the mails, not remonst-ance has been
heard On any side. Rich and poor alike, who are
loyal at heart 20 childhood womanhood and home,
have coined hands IN this effort TO check mon
ster which threatens the foundations Of their dear
est institutions.
Said one Of the committee yesterday: THE well
known women have responded with more enthusi-
asm than dreamed-women mean, who
are known essentially society people. the wives
and daughters Of the sort OF men that go auto
mobiling Election Day. Their courage too, has
been astonishing"
EVERY ONE A POLITICIAN
On the other hand. al the branch headquarters OF
the Jerome campaign, No. 81 Delancey-st, Daniel
Browne, who is in charge Of the six East Side dis
tricts said: 81 have been through good many
campaigns. but before much
thusiasr by all classes Of people in this section of
the city II amounts to a popular uprising. Every
man, woman and child down here is politician.
Il isn't unusual to urchns OF eight ten
-sturnpilg' soap boxes in the street Scores of
women drop IN here daily tell Of their SYM
pathy and to get literature.
So far the Jewish young Of the East Side
are concerned. one Of their number is responsible
for the statement that TO man. every member
Of the Educational Alliance, East Broadway and
Jerersonlst., is working for Low and his whole
ticket The willingness with which certain Jewish
rabbis, OF the orthodox synagogues laid
aside religious scruPies ani spoke In Yddish 10
their people yesterday (their Sabbath). showed
nothing else could their strong feeling in the mat
One OF this number, the Rev. DR.. Maurice H
Harris, OF East Side synagogue. who addressed
& throng at the Progress Assembly Rooms, No %
Avenue a. yesterday afternoon, responded the
letter Of invitation 10 speak that occasion in
the following terms:
Dear Mr. Browne: l shall gladly preside at the
that ! can do TO further The cause for civic re-
generation gladly Will. At first reading ] felt a
day Bus feel the cause to Be an igRteons one,
a5S Z preach on this same theme in The morning:
October 50 MAURICE H HARRIS.
The Rev. Dr. P. Jaches who presided at an anti
Tammany mass meeting :n New Irving Hall yester-
day afternoon. and who is also rabbi OF an ortho-
cox Jewish synagogue. explained his appearance
there on the Sabbath in similar terms
Many ministers replied the circular letter sent
TO clergymen Friday calling their attention to
the pamphlet and begging that they alude in their
sermons to-day to the great moral issue and also
station men al the doors of their churches to dis
tribute the pamphlets after the services AS early
a n. yesterday thousands of them had been
ordered for this purpose. and similar demands
tfnued through the day Among the churches thus
supplied the Pro-Cathedral, in Stanton-st. DR..
Hills, although he had received large number be-
fore, sent word that he could use almost any
amount.
-Four thousand dollars more Will cover all the
penses of the entire enterprise and leave the wom-
ans Municipal League without the burden OF a
debt. After election Will be too late to send
IN contributions" said Mr.. Pryor yesterday Among
the recent checks received at the Office one
for $50 from Mrs. John Jacob Aston. and one for
11ee from Mrs. Seth Low.
MAILING THE PAMPHLET
Considering the fact that the SIS 600 voters reg
istered in this city this fall exceeds former
bers. IL is fair to conclude that literature has
never been issued the same scale in pre-