The sun., 1918-09-29
Candidate Pauses Not for Com
pliments as He Talks on
Campaign Issues.
FUEL AID PLAN OFFERED
Says Democrats Will Complete
Barge Canal-Urges
Loan Purchases.


terday. and rewarded the women for
his good feed by giving them the same
direct, plain sort Of speech he would
have delivered had he been talking to
men. Pausing not for the compliments
which most male politicians seem to con-
slider they must hand out to the "fair
sex" even though the latter are voters,
al" as Lewis Nixon and the five other
men called him when they mentioned
him, "the Governor" as the chairman,
Mira John sherwin Crosby and the 500
other women christened him, plunged
right into brief straight out from the
shoulder outline OF the issues involved
in the campaign this fall. Then he
gave an equally brief talk on the LIB
erty Loan. and hastily annexing Mrs,
Smith rushed away to his next engage
ment.
-nere would have been 1000 women
at the luncheon had the Biltmore been
able to accommodate them. The
women's Democratic League. which
gave It, turned down 400 applications for
tickets In the last three days
Answer to Republicans.
Mr.. Smith started out by replyins
to what he termed Republican prop
aganda," which has spread rumors. he
said. that the women upstate are all
Republicans.
1--WE Just come back from a trir
through the southern tier of counties,
he said, "and l bring the news to you
that the Democratic party Throughout,
the State Is organized and united. DIS
sensions that have existed for years are
brushed aside. and determined enor,
will be made to take control OF the
State January l. Republican propa
ganda has spread about IN this city dis
couraging rumors that upstate womer
are all Republicans. 1t is not 50. The
upstate women know the issues In this
election as well as the men do, as vel
as New York city people do. l wa'
most enthusiastically greeted by womer
In all the towns I visited. and In Syr'
acuse, where we had meeting Thurs
day night. There are plenty of women
Democrats up there.
There are four issues In this cam
paign. four things we want to work fol
In order to put New York state In
position to help to the utmost In win
ming the war at the earliest possible
time The first Is the completion Of
the barge canal
II stand responsible for the statement
that the canal is not completed: $lb4.
0o0. 900 was appropriated for the pur
pose Of building it. but after 81 pei
cent. of it had been finished durinl
Democratic control at Albany TIT
work stopped dead when the Republi
cans went In. The Democratic party
intends to complete that canal In order
to relieve the congestion in shipping
and at terminals that has held back ou'
State.
Plan for Heating state.
Issue No. 2 The coal shortage las
winter brought home to US as nothinl
else could that we must have some othe
way to generate power and heat. New
York has the greatest water power o
any State In the Union. counting
Niagara. which should belong to tn,
State. and had the Democrats been II
control there Is no doubt a beginning
would have been made toward Stat
ownership Of all water power. Do yo,
know that Niagara generates the powe
| that runs the street cars in Syracuse
Water power produces the gas Il
WATERFOWL. II Niagara can be brough
to Syracuse it can be brought to New
York city.
Issue No. 8 10 the proper distribution
Of food supplies. There Is something
wrong about a State when such grav
differences In price are allowed to groy
In the passages OF food from the farme
to the housewife. That Is one thing tn
Democratic party is determined I
| remedy. The fourth issue is the neces
sity of extending the benefit OF labo
laws that have been enacted to ou
women who have been forced by tn
war into new lines of endeavor."
| Mr.. Smith warned the women tina
| II was up to them to get out and exer
else the vote now they had IT, "Lik
all privileges the franchise carries wit
! II a responsibility, he said. You kno,
what is thought of the man who doesn
vote. Your responsibility is Just tn
| same as his.
Call to Aid Loan.
Then Mr.. Smith turned to the I.lbert
| Loan. which, he said. must be first Will
the drive lasts.
| The President Of the United State
|
remarked. "And we stand by what III
| State Democracy has told It's worker,
| that no man OF woman must do anythIn
in politics that will take one grain c
| the effort the loan needs A campaIs
can be wa8ed in two weeks II need b,
| The loan comes first.
| Get out OF your minds that you ar
giving TO the Government The Gov
eminent doesn't take gifts. Those youn
fellows on the other side are the one
| who are giving. We here are asked I
lend only-and to lend on the best st
| curity in the country. Banks may cruu
BILE and business fail. but the last thin
to topple IL the Government.
when the war ends-and It's boun
to end-when one nag goes down and ar
other nag, you know which, stays VI
and when our troops come home. I'd hat
to be the man to stand on Fifth avenu
when they hit II and know that I
boarded my money For there will /
remorse. and It will bite deep"
Mr.. Smith ended by saying that or
bright page in this war IL the work II
women are doing. Keep II up!" \
flung back as he hurried away.
Others who spoke were two wome
candidates for the Assembly. Mrs. Lii
Of the Seventh Assembly district an
Miss Myra Marks: Bird 8. Coler. Robe,
l.. Luce, william Marmon Black ar
Lewis Nixon. Some OF the lunchers wei
Mr.. and Mrs. George B. Mcclellan. Chi,
City Magistrate McAdoo and Mrs. NJ,
Adoo. Miss Jean Norris, Miss May Pa
terson and almost every other Dem,
cratic woman leader In the city.