The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-09-25

I'VE expect to get them to call on us at
Least she said enthusiasm in her eye;
Of the woman's East Side Democratic Club
Is very different from this. They lay
less stress on the value of distributing
literature and Of inviting women In to
listen to speeches than they do on the good
results Of house-to-house visiting. So. far
other than the Tammany Association tTenth
district) headquarters at ~ Second avenue.
Sometime within the next ten days we
shall hold meeting there" Mrs Julius
inquirer After that we snail i' 90 to , work
tooth and nail. The club has now nearly
200 members. and about fifty active work.
era. BY that l mean workers who give a
great deal OF time to visiting, Every
member does something
The way We manage Is to divide the
district up into sections of one or two streets
and then portion them out to as many
women. believe firmly in giving a help.
ing hand az We &c. along. for ! find that
when the caller befriends sick or desti-
tute child or woman the man Of the house
| always hears Of it, along with the political
talk which was tackled on, and 1t IL bound
to influence him il he is on what we con-
slider the wrong side OF politics.
First, of all. though, the, visitor finds
out il the man or men OF the house are
naturalized citizens. II not, we see TO 1t
that they become citizens and that they
| register and vote.
This club gr9w2 We'll. I should say
it had! When l started it. three years
ago, there were just ten members"
The Women's Democratic Club is unique
in one respect. Most of the members pay
no dues The Tenth district is not peopled
by women Of means. Half a dozen women
port OF the club and after that, whenever
need arises, the treasury is replenished
by Julius Hamburger, who is also chief
ad wiser and manager Of his wife In her con-
| duct Of the organization. Mrs. Harburger
| is not in favor of having women vote.
Men, even the most ignorant, she said
"know enough to fall in line and do quietly
what ia expected of them. l am afraid
there will be lot Of fussing II women ever
get near the polls
There is no district in New York, per-
haps, where woman's influence is felt 80
much in politics as in de Ate There Is
no regularly organized club in that dis
trict, but all the same Mrs. Max Porges,
who is known from one end Of it to the
of women in her work Of gathering in Demo-
cratic recruits. Like Mrs. hamburger Mrs.
! Porges puts forward personal influence as
the most valuable OF her means to the
end she seeks but she says that she gets
better results from calling on men than
drinking tea with the women.
'The majority Of men, l find, won't pay
/ any attention when their wives begin to
talk politics to them" Mrs. Porges said,
-and ten chances to one, anyway woman
forgets all / have been telling her long
before her husband reaches home. or at
best she only holds on to smattertng OF
it. No, 60 straight for the man whenever
l can.
How do reach them? In fifty different
ways. In this district there are Russians,
Poles, Scandinavians and men OF other
nationalitiss. Each needs to be won In a
different way. l seldom begin to work
hard till after registration. and, OF course,
! | never waste any time on any but doubtful
subjects-that IS men Of whose politics l
am not sure. A man who has voted either
ticket for years / let alone.
There are q good many Socialists around
here-Social Democrats they call them
selves--and these, of course, ! can't in
fluence directly to vote the Democratic
ticket, but can get them to do a lot Of
! shouting for my party. For instance,
| three weeks ago q man came to see me
and said his brother-in-law had been ar
| rested and would have to stay In Jail over
Sunday unless he got bail. A bondsmhn
had offered himself, but he was one OF the
professional sort and was blacklisted. so
the brother-in-law came to me. | knew the
prisoner. He lie a decent enough fellow in
the main, but he had been run in for max
ing things unpleasant for non-union men
went to court and bailed him out, and
he was so grateful that in return he prom
ised to work a month for me before cleo
! tion 10 Bet III No'ee' he IL ncoP h'' N'
Il bailed dozens Of men who, by giving
way to temper OF getting drunk, have been
locked up, and they always pay me back
the way ss b ssd Won't fEf hep h seTes
when am after a man l go to see him
at his home 60 at night or on Sundays.
| don't care il 1 am out till or o'clock in
! the morning, so long as / get what ! am
after am so Te dra sn0~ ~ barmne mere
! Sometimes, when l approach man on the
! subject OF his vote, he tells me to mind my
/ own business, but as rule he listens TO
1 what have to say.
| cart men because had 80 many times paid
their fines. No, never 60 on the stump.
! don't believe in women stumping. Ihey
are never impressive, 1t seems to me- Men
always laugh at them. Neither DO l De.
lieve in women voting. But am sure that
women can do lust as good political wor't
as men IL they try, although they may do 1t
in different way Women are beginning
to find this out and to get TO work, even the
very Ilainest OF them.
Fa-fhe Democratic women work harder
think, than the Republicans. even though
we don't ALWAYS organize clubs. / don't
care to have club in this district, for l
find that we can work just as systematically
without organizing. 49,,
man now holding a place in the Sherih's
Office When not hunting votes, she runs
a millinery shop in Division street.
Over on the west sids 81 to wn; ,, under
OF The McManus Of May party fame, there
are at least one hundred women who, after
the fashion Endorsed by Mrs. hamburger,
are beginning a house-to-house visitation
in a chase for Democratic votes
The McManus takes a lively interest
in the proceeding, even going 30 far as to
post his mother on the best and quickest
way Of gaining the end in view; and Mrs;
McManus says that women, young, old and
middle aged, work enthusiastically
aTbe Coming campaign will aleo be
marked" said woman who knows, 'by
an unusually large crop of women sneakers.
WHY hear of n new one every day. whether