New-York tribune., 1901-10-22
JEROME TALKS TO LEAGUE
HE TELLS THE WOMEN TO KEEP THEIR
POLITICAL WORK ABOVE FOUR
TEENTH-ST. IF THEY WISH
TO BE OF SERVICE.
TO BE OF SERVICE.

Women in politics are nowadays so accustomed
to being patted on the shoulder and made much OF
by the in politics that Justice Jeroues on
slaught at the Woman's Municipal Leagues meet
ing yesterday, in the Charities Building,
complete surprise.
When Mrs. c. R. Lowell. who presided. intro
duced the speaker she said: Justice is the
real issue of the campaign, both the candidates
for the mayoralty clean. good men. and II does
not make much difference which is elected. But II
does make great difference whether Mr. Unger
or Justice Jerome is elected"
Justice Jerome. in beginning his speech. vigor-
ously objected 10 that statement, saying: The
fact that Mr.. Shepard is personally honest man
does not make him a safe Mayor II elected by
Tammany votes. He has been every side Of
every question in the last ten years" Continuing
he said that he hardly knew what he was expected
TO say. but he wanted TO repeat what he had said
TO friend few days ago.
He told me- said the speaker that he under
stood that the uptown women going 10
the East Side for votes. exclaimed IF you
have any influence. make the who live
above Fourteenth-st. stay above Fourteenth-st.
until after election
The women on the lower East Side know more
about politics than you do" he continued. 1T is
part OF their daily lives In political address at
Carnegie Hall one needs a blackboard to make
diagrams OF the allusions, but down there the
subtle reference 10 politics is understood because
politics interferes with their very life.
They have not fine clothes. you have nor
gent audiences You would go down there with
your new fall bonnets. and perhaps In a carriage
with footman on the box, and lose more votes In
the tenements in ten minutes than We could regain
in a month.
1T is not that do not need your help that l
say this. We need it very badly and it is late
in coming. You belong to a class that has been
negligent OF its civic duty for years. Your husband
or son will subscribe literally charities but do
nothing for the inevitable expenses of campaign
work or some OF them. perhaps. will send $40
TO the fund. and then spend S25 luncheon at Del
nonico's- When We want TO raise a campaign Fund
we do not go TO the brownstone houses Their
owners nave taken no interest in good government
You belong 10 the class as these men and
now ali that you can 90 is TO go home and snend
the next Two weeks In urging them to contribute
fun OF enthusiasm in work who do All thev can
IN the evenings TO present the matter squarely 10
nose % IN thelr districts. but they cannot give up
lheIr ddlly wage for campaign work Ne ouPht
TO nave money enough TO hire them
-, our real work begins after the election" Jus
few men elected 10 office do not make the morals
OF the city. There viii be true reform until
individual responsibility in creating an atmosnhere
of progress and decency''
Union armed that tRat 2a he Citizens o
either anti-Tammany anti-Platt but wholly for
g9oa government No reformation could be expect
resents only policy Of spoliation Mr. C'uttinr
compared the present social condition of New.York
10 that OF Greece at the beginning OF its decadence
when love OF wealth and luxury had DESTROYED the
sense OF civic responsibility and killed civic patriot
James B. Reynolds head worker at the Irniver
Sit settlement: was the last speaker and explained
his late arrival by the fact that he was detained
to try to undo bit OF Tammany's work on sun
Gay ! Iammany agents" he said. went through
names were attached to the nominating petition of
the Citizens Union with destruction of business
names"