The sun., 1918-10-28
HELEN TODD TELLS
OF HER SMITH TOUR
Only Complaint Is That Can.
didate Treated Her Too
Luxuriously.
WILSON APPEAL UPHELD
Factory Girl Says She Knows
How 1t Feels to Be
"H0llered At"
WILSON APPEAL UPHELD

Alfred y. Smith. Democratic candida.
for Governor, took with him on his 70.
cent upstate campaign trip Miss Uo,.,
Todd, suffragist. factory investigate,
&c. Mr.. Smith says the reason he mad,
her headliner at all his meetings w,s
that he realized that women wan, IA
learn woman's point OF view on IN.
issues and men about which and WYNN
they are 10 cast their ballots Nocemb.,;
Miss Todd. who saw reporters yesttr.
day at Smith headquarters at the Bit.
more. says she had a great time and he,
only complaint is that the men OF ths
party treated her too well. They toos
little rooms at the hotels themselves M,
gave her grand suites with paTlors full nj
mahogany furniture.
IT protested" she said. "and NJ
Smith said he thought the parlor wou,4
be a nice place for me to rest in soon
convinced him that a little room W,
enough for me, and I wasn't there to res
Il wanted to get out and talk with The
women"
The last DAYS Of the trim Presias,,
a Democratic Congress rather obscures
State questions. Miss Todd says she
questioned at least four hundred womsn
Of every class to get their reaction 10
that appeal and always found 1t sym.
pathetic.
Doesn't Like "HoIIerers."
A factory girl in Albany expressed {,
lea IT, IA rT.l.
to her and then one dark eyed little ma.
chine operator spoke up.
We'll" said she, II can't stand hsy!r'
folks hollerin' at me. When the boss
hollers at me II drives me crazy. Sure
the President don't want men in Wash.
ington that hollers at him Amt !,
enough to have Mr.. Roosevelt hollern.
t him in Oyster Bay? Sure the Pres.
dent wants his friends around him
When should he have them II not now o"
Miss Todds brief speeches In opening
meetings were devoted to Mr.. Smiths
record in the State Legislature.
Women don't care about promises"
she said yesterday. '-They say they
didn't have to get the vote 10 learn thI.
man will promise all sorts OF thngs
only to forget them after elected Won.
en- are rather cynisal about male p''.
ttcians. That Is the reason they want
to hear about the issues from women
speakers. Well, the women upstate are
leaving Whitman for Smith, aud {.
because during his thirteen years in tie
Legislature he stood for laws safeglald-
ing human life. He put more good Law,
on the statute books for workn1en. aui
for women and children in industry tia.
any other man | know. Aud Wherey.r
women know the truth they are flr him
smiths Labor Record.
They know he went ont and fan..,
for the ffty-four hour week measur.
They know that when the Canneyies men
tried to gain exemption for their p'a0''
from the fifty-four hour law. tried 70
fix II so they could work women al
children any number Of hours thsv
chose. Smith stood out against them 2
was Smith who stood up for the II. nhsss
pension bill II was he who worked ~
get seats and sanitary convenience tor
girls working in stores. Ard W'..-.
know that when Zion r.. Brown snUg.'.
under the pretext of war necessity TO
sweep away measures OF protect ON -
women and children in industry, Smah
stood up to the Republican leader =
the Senate and fought him with al ;
might"
Miss Todd WAS asked II upstate
women didn't fear that Tammany would
run the State If Smith became Govrruo-
AS / said they look at his reroro %
she said. "They think man who stood
for good laws in the Legislature NJ O.
on doing II. They believe Smith is p"
Wilson, big enough to be his own MAJ -