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visits to women, write to thousands,
and telephone as many more, asking
the question: why Murphy?"
Mrs. Walker says: Eve started
the campaign during registration
week and brought out thousands Of
women to qualify "a voters by
merely asking them Why Murphy?'
when they showed Indifference
toward the election And We
have been repeating the question
ever since, and will keep it up until
the polls close on election night"
While primarily organized to
bring about the reelection Of New
burger and Smith. the why Muir
phy?" committee has developed into
city-wide organization. with
women in every borough asking Of
the Indifferent voter the question
which gave the organization its
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won't. We will give him the cue for
his exit now, for he has served our
purpose, and we will proceed with
this story, which will recount some
of the part the women are playing
in politics in the city Of New York
in the year of Our Lord Nineteen
Hundred and Nineteen, and of
American Independence One Hun
dred and Forty -three, and of Hearst
and Hylan Two. We shall confine
ourself largely to Manhattan and
The Bronx, which gave the people
of the entire city an issue in this
off year.
1t was the turning down Of
Supreme Court Justice Newburger
end City Court Justice Smith by
Charles f. Murphy to make way
for favoritcs-political and other
wise-which furnished the issue.
And the issue brought out the
women in droves. First they came
Of their own accord to resent this
outrage against the sanctity of the
Bench. And then Tammany be-
stirred itself and began to organize
women's committees, and soon the
entire town boosted womens COM
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-02

ing secretary Of the National
Woman Suffrage Association and
former president of the New York
State Federation of Women's Clubs,
now chairman Of the woman's cam
paign committee for William II.
Chorosh, running mate of City
Court Justice Richard H. Smith
who was turned down by Mr.
Murphy--and Harry X. Davis, was
asked to explain this part the
women were taking.
"There is nothing strange about
it," said Mrs. Shuler. "The women
are strong advocates of good gov
eminent, and this fight has shown
that they regard the attempt Of Mr..
Murphy to control the judiciary as
vital blow at the very foundations
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-02

Of our institutions But the women
will parry this blow successfully
and strike back so tellingly that no
party boss hereafter will dare to
try to control the courts. Women
do not recognize partisanship as
men in general do. With the women
there is always uppermost in their
minds the thought Of protecting the
home, and, unfortunately for the
bosses, the women will persist in
looking after the government in the
same way in which they look after
the home. And when the latter
needs cleaning, the women know
how to do it.
"Just now the city needs a house
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-02

phrase even to the rent payer, but
that it means higher rents; that
higher rents affect not the house
holder alone, but the business
man; and that he in turn must
charge relatively more for his
wares.
A singular thing about the
women who are out to rebuke Mr..
Murphy and his hand-picked judi
ciary candidates is that a goodly
number of them are enrolled Demo-
Gratis and come from every walk of
life. Included among them are law
yers, doctors, writer's, artists, bust
ness women, those who work for a
daily wage, as we'll as those who
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-02

York inspired Mrs. Norris to write
the primer before the election in
1918. 1t is a book which almost any
voter might read to his advantage.
A 1919 edition was published a few
days ago.
To begin with, the book gives the
qualifications" of q voter, man or
woman. There is difference, owing
to the laws governing the forfeited
citizenship Of women married to for
eigners. Polling places and chal-
lenges and mandamus and ballots
are taken up in question and answer
form. The sample ballot is given,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-02

to act the part of the old Greek
chorus
eyes, said he, looking wistfully
ct the smoke that curled up in
thin, streaky lines Of blue from a
CIGAR that he had Just taken from
his lips, "the women have changed
the grand old game of politics in
this Grand old town. 1t used to be
'What'll You have, boys?' and every
one lined up at bar. And here
let me tell of saloonkeeper know
who always charged candidate a
dollar for a round Of drinks. 1t
might be four beers, ordinarily
costing 20 cents. Or it might be a
double row at the bar where the
tax generally would be So or 81.
1t never mattercd. 1t was always
a dollar to the candidate. He called
it going easy on his friends And
I'm sure he lost out N it. Then
there was another but this is III
crossing. I was saying it used 20 be
one thing and now it is me other.
And the other is teas AND mirrors
with the pictures Of the candidates
on the back, and the only potables
tea and lemonade and fruit punches
without the suggestion of kick in
,hem. And maybe it is just as
we'll we have prohibition. But I'm
testing again. A fault of mine.
The Babe thinks Pm funnier than
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cations Of the newly enfranchised
voters, and SO they were left to
their own regrets and devices.
House to
House Canvass

One candidate--a woman, by the
way, Bertha Rembaugh, running
for Justice Of the Municipal Court
in the LIST District on the Republi-
can ticket-has gone to the other
extreme. Miss Rembaugh has q
campaign committee made up en-
tirely of members Of her own sex,
and the Rembaugh headquarters
is a saloon which our friend Bill
Anderson put out of business. And
party workers, with one foot on a
brass rail, drink tea and eat thin
buttered slices Of bread while dis
cussing plans to put their heroine
on the winning side.
In their campaigning the women
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-02

women of the Democratic party.
according to Mrs. Norris. would do
we'll to stand by them, and she be
heves they will For Surrogate.
Mrs. Norris is an ardent supporter
of James A. Foley. Senator Fol-. 3
record is food for many campaign
addresses.
"The work of the Surrogate has
to do with handling of estates and the
appointment of guardians, and re-
quires man of the highest integrity
and ability, SAID Mrs. Norris. Mr.
Foley IS, to my mind, one of the
most hitting persons that could be
put IN the place. He was chairman
OF the joint commission that re-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-02

two in Madrid and one in Valencia
and three publications devoted TO
the special interests of women. OPP
portunltieS for the higher education
nave long been open to women. With
a british Queen and a liberal mind
ed King, and with considerable sen
ument among the people for more
democratic government, an inter
national convention for promoting
the Acknowledgement Of women
should meet with friendly recep-
ton.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-02
BY HA N N All MITCH HE'LL

cisions already made, is help to
the voter in making up his or her
mind"
Mrs. Norris is working for her
party this fall. Her belief in the
Democratic candidates for the Judi
ciary is firm in spite Of the fight be-
ing made against them by other
women. And Mrs. Norris arrives
at her decision through personal
and professional knowledge of the
candidates, she says.
I'VE have all been campaigning
for Robert l.. Moran for President
of the Board of Aldermen" said
Mrs. Norris last week. MIR. Moran
has been i'll for several weeks and
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-02

will not be able to do anything to-
ward his campaign. But every
Democratic candidate has put in
his word for the sick man in max
ing his own speeches.
81 believe in Mr.. Moran for the
place because he has the local view
point, while that Of Mr.. La Guardia
IS national. Mr.. Moran has been
on the Board Of Aldermen for six
years. He was acting vice-presi-
dent and then president. The women
of the Democratic party have or
gained a special committee to carry
on a systematic campaign for Mr..
Moran because Of his inability to
work for himself. Elisabeth Mar
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-02

bury, recently returned from over
seas service with the Knights of
Columbus, is chairman of the com
mittee of the five boroughs."
Robert L. Luce is resident of
the 10th Assembly District, IN
which Mrs. Norris is leader Of the
Democratic women. She is sup
porting the candidacy of Robert l..
Luce and Irwin Untermyer for
Supreme Court justices.
Thomas T. Kelley, Joseph Cal
lahan and Louis Wendell are the
Democratic candidates for the City
Court bench, the so-called hand
picked judges against whom so
many women are working. The
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-02
Finding a
Neutral Country

1t was decided finally by both or
CARNATIONS that the war would be
far enough in the past to call a
meeting IN 1921. At the last con-
gress Of the International Council,
which was held in Rome in Nav,
1914, just two months before the
breaking out of the war, the invi-
tation of the Norwegian council was
accepted to have the next quin-
quennial in Christiania in 1919.
The invitation has been renewed
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-02
A Strain on
Conradeship


The old comradeship, so strongly
founded on a mutual object that it
could surmount differences in race,
language, creed and politics, has
been too sorely strained ever fully
to recover. The women of the
United States always have been
more cosmopolitan in their attitude
than those of other countries, and in
the international congresses of the
last twenty years have served as a
buffer between the women of the
various nations. 1t had taken that
long to harmonic the diverse ele-
Z !
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resort more to the personal cam
vass-the house-to- house method
Of getting votes-than the men
ever dreamed of doing. And since
their drive is directed to get re-
cruits from their own sex the
women party workers depend to a
large extent on line Of thought
in which the old familiar argu-
ments Of electioncering are re-
duced to household terms. They
point out that municipal extrava-
gance means higher taxes; that
higher taxes is not an abstract
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any clown, and when they're about
three years old they are good judges.
Mixed or Straight Committees?

And I'm beginning to think she's
right. saw it coming, but con-
tented myself with mixed COM
mittee. Others with less expert
ence in the game saw clearer than
l did and formed their women's
committees, working independently
and harder, let me add, than the
committees made of the alleged
sterner stuff"
And this candidate we know asked
us not to use his name, and SO we
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mittees, and they worked with a
zeal unsurpassed by men. Not
until the last two weeks of the
campaign did the old-line poll
ticians begin to realize just how
effective the women were as cam
paigners, working Independent of
the men. But it was then too late
for those who had not already en-
listed the aid Of separate organi-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-02
"Why Murphy 2"
On the Telephone

Perhaps the most novel campaign
ing Of all is done by a large group
of women operating under the di-
rection of Mrs. Estelle B. Walker,
chairman of the "Why Murphy"
committee. These women, number
ing several hundred, make personal
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and will come with crushed ambi-
tons and broken hearts, and still
others, if they come at all, will do so
with minds filled with resentment,
bitterness and hate.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-02

voted for at this election. Repre-
sentative f. II La Guardia. And
1t has been repeated for him over
and over by the members Of the La
Guardia women's campaign com
mittee, which IS headed by Mrs.
James Russell Parsons. And Ike
La Guardia, the women drive home
in every talk to voters the need Of
electing not only an Embossed Presi-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-02
Candidates Turned Do,rm BY Tan1nany Are Being Doomed
BY Women OF Boil, Parties Who We're Trained in Folit
ical Tactics by Tedious Suffrage Campaigns

have nothing else to do but mind
the home and bring up the children
and minister unto fathers wants
without end.
Sufragists in
The Game
Foremost among them are those
who took leading part in the fight
for woman suffrage, and it is to
them in no small degree that the
fight for an Embossed judiciary has
come to transcend party politics.
Mrs. Frank J. Shuler, correspond
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-02
Women Of Serbia
Garry On

Before this last war the unfortu-
nate women of Serbia. with their
country continually at war or
threatened with 1t, had neverthe-
less a national council Of women
and suffrage association and sent
delegates to the conventions. After
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-02
Working for
La Cuardia

And the question. Why Muir
phy?' has been asked in all the Dor
oughs by the Republican candidate
for the only cty-wide Office TO be
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-02
NEAN NORRIS, New York's ne

NEAN NORRIS, New York's new
:. city magistrate and the first
woman to be appointed to a
court in the state, has been a strong
Tammany personality since New
York women stepped out into poll
tics.
She has compiled the primer
for New Voters" one Of the best bits
of party propaganda ever put out
by any political party.
The vast number Of first voters"
brought into the elections with the
passage of woman suffrage in New
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-02
NHE last remarkable meeting Of
the international Suffrage AL


lance in Budapest in 1913 is
wildly recalled by the announce
ment that the next meeting of the
alliance Will probably be held in
April, 1920, in Madrid, Spain, ap-
parently as remote now from an en-
franchised womanhood as was the
Hungarian capital six years ago. At
that time the delegates parted to
meet in Berlin in 1915, the German
women asking for the convention in
the hope that it might make some
impression on government which
then, it seemed, would be the last
in two hemispheres to give the suf-
frage to women.
T. But neither that nor any other
'6aeetinG QT<<he <sIsiance has taken
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as uncompromising, some members
from the Allied nations declaring
they would resign if those of the
central countries were invited, and
Mrs. Gait insisting she would not
call a conference of the officers
without extending an invitation to
all, so this plan had to be given up.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-02
BY DENIS TILDEN LYNCH
w re KNOW a candidate.

w re KNOW a candidate. In
M fact, we know several
candidates. This one in
particular is friend
and has train of thought parallel
ing our own. And, of course, we
form a Society Of Mutual Com
miseration So it is apparent by
now why we have selected this man
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ganda, the other information being
purely educational and unbiased.
Nevertheless the little graphic, the
reproduction of the ballot with de-
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with the Democratic candidates
names in large type and the cross
opposite their names. That is prac-
tically the only prima facie propa-
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-08-31
SENDS SPEEDERS TO VIEW
BODIES OF THEIR VICTIMS
Chicago Court IL Finding Plan Inn
pres.tvc in Dealing With
Reckless Drivers.

CHICAGO. August Colts a good
IDEA. ought TO stop speeding" said
Deputy Coroner Samuel l.. Davis. As lie
conducted a party Of strangely quiet
motorists from the dinSy door of tho
county morGue TO their waiting auto
mobiles. He stood and watched with
a grim smile as the motorists drove
away
Sam Davis has been at the trade OF
deputy coroner and around morEucs
and hospitals so long that he is al
most hardened to 1t. But such was not
the case with the motorists. caught
speeding and sentenced by Judge Stelk
IN the automobile court to view the
bodies Of persons Killed recently by
hard driving automobiles.
There were four bodies. a man who
left q widow and six children. another
who left still larger family. and two
little, children. Sam Davis conducted
the motorists under that strange sem
teEce through his morsue. They said
little. Ono man remarked in a hushed
tone that he had heen going thirty
five miles an hour. hut never again.
coroner.
II hope it does" said Judge Stelk.
II am going to continue sending them
out there. and fine them, too. of course"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-08-31
SNAKES END DANCE
Practical Joker Slips Two Through
Open Window and Hysteria
II Result.
tRv Universal Scrvicc.D

WtLLIAMSVILLE. DEL. August 80
Who broke up the dance at Ellis
Brittingham's home and nearly threw
all the girls into hysteria by slipping
couple OF husky. wrigGling black
snakes through an open window?
That's what the young people want
to know whose dancing was so .rudely
interrupted.
AT one moment the room rang with
pat-pat Of trim. slippercd feet and
the happy laughter of the circling
couples. At the next it rang to Il
different tune.
A girl saw a long, sinuous body
then another. drop from the window
sill. She let out scrcech that would
have done credit to- Comanche In
dian. and collapsed for moment in
her partners arms
Then, as one after another OF the
girls saw the cause for her fright,
they joined in chorus Of screams
as they made for doors and windows
The latest styles in silk hosiery we're
on exhibition as they clambcred
the order of their going.
saw the snakes, noted that they were
not pink or green, they were not far
behind the girls in reaching the win
dows.
1t is supposed that small boys wero
the perpetrators OF tho job. although
because Of the known opposition on
the part OF church members to dane
ing, some OF the young people are hint
Ing that perhaps that was the method
taken TO keep the .'devil' away from
the Williamsvilo young people.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-08-31
CHORUS GIRLS AT VICARAGE
Group Of Them Camps on Grounds
and Now All Huddershcld Is Dis
cuBsinE the Event.
fRy Universal Service

HUDDERSFIELD ENGLAND, Au-
gust 30.-Thc spectacle of chorus girls
camping out in the grounds of the
vicarage is interesting the people OF
HudderSfield.
The members of the party are three
girls playing in the Cash on Deiiv-
cry" farce now being produced at a
local theater. and the husband of one
OF them is an eX-army captain, who
is also playing in the piece.
The explanation is not merely de-
sire TO live in the fresh air. but is
concerned also with the difficulty OF
obtaining rooms.
In Huddcrsfield the shortage OF the
atrical apartments. as of houses gem
orally, is acute, and rather than crowd
into lodgings already full they have
chosen this novel means OF obta lining.
temporary accommodations.
On being approached by the local
theater proprietor, Alfred Wareing.
Canon Topper Cary. vicar of Hudders-
field willingly granted tho use of the
vicaraSc grounds.
The party occupy two tents. do all
their own cooking, and rise at Z, re
veille" being sounded by the cx-cap-
tain.
The ladies are delighted with their
experiment. and say the canon has
done everything possible TO make them
com fortable
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-08-31
SHIPS FIZZ THIRST NOT
DENIED AT LAUNCHINGS
Sea Superstition Must BE Upheld or
Vessels Will Not Plov
Across Waters.
DIV Univcrsal Servicc.l

OAKLAND, CAL. August 3o.-'Dry
America must bow TO sea superstition
or the ships of the United States will
not sail the seven seas
trickic down the stem OF a vessel wncn
II is launched or il is a hoodoo ship
and every one knows no a. B. will tax e
his sea chest aboard a jinx.
So, TO meet the situation, the ship
yard owners of Oakland have stocked
10 "foa. battleship.. and for years
to come every vessel that slides down
the ways here will he christcned in
the time honored fashion.
We had TO do it," expla ined George
ShipbuildinE Company. "or we could
not have sold our ships. No man is
going to buy a shin knowing that il
is hoodooed and take the chances of
not getting a crow TO man it,"
launching in Oakland. It was in the
case Of the City of Berkeley. an honor
ship in the Victory loan drive. Bcrke-
ley. the namesake, is exceedingly dry
through being the seat of the Univer-
sity of California. local option. State
So. when the plans for the launch
ing were made. great outcry went
up against the use of wine. As a sub
stitute certified milk. ginger ale. grape
juice and even carbonated water was
urged by numerouslv signed petitions
CARNATIONS.
Apparently the Union Construction
Company. which built the boat, acuui-
esced. But when the big steel steam
ship started overheard" there was
fizz from the smashed hottie and a
No hoodoo ship goes out of our yards"
said an official of the company.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-08-31
CALIFORNIA WINE MEN
STILL HAVE LARGE STOCKS
Crane Growers Are Now Wondering
What VIII Happen IN DRY"
LcEisl.t ton In February.
lRv t-niycrsal Scrytcc.N


SAN FRANCISCO. August 5n.-Mil-
lions of gallons of wine remain unsold
in California. and the owners are turn
ing 10 possible markets in which to
sell what was left over on July /. An
unknown quantity of beer. some OF II
running over 4 per cent of alcohol, is
held by the brewers.
Should the government not declare
demobiliza effected before the ma
tionai prohibition amendment takes
effect next February. the wine men
will look TO foreign countries and to
the drug trade 10 absorb their stocks
In recent years the export trade in
California wine has grown to rather
large dimensions.
In 1918 the total exported Was p
472.S47 gallons, valued at sl419S!I.
Not drop of il wcry TO Europe. The
largest buying countries in order we're
JaPan. China. Tahiti. French East India
and Dutch East Indies. Smaller amounts
were sent to over twenty different
countries. European possibilities are
considered good now that the steamers
arc beginning to leave for Europe by
way of the Pana ma Canal. after an in
terval of about four years.
Beer exports in 1918 were valued at
s7l7.s96. consisting of 422.4I6 cases OF
bottled beer and 799 gallons of bulk
beer. The Dutch East Indies was the
biggest foreign market for American
brewer beer. taking S42S,2fa worth.
Large exports we're made 10 British
India. Singapore, China and HongkonS
and Tahiti
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-08-31
AIRPLANES CHASE HUGE
EAGLE UNSUCCESSFULLY
Dig BIRD Puzzled at First, But Soon
Clears Itself OF Its Foes In
Aerial Combat.

ATLANTIC CITY, August 3o.--Thc
first chase of an eagle by an airpla e
took place the other day over Atlantic
city. For a week the huge bird has
been seen over the city. 1t appeared
to have a wing spread OF not less than
fifteen feet.
Two land planes and sea plane
started in pursuit. The former was
pilotcd by Earl T.. Ovington and Lieu
tenant r. L. Dunn and carried two
passengers. The scaplanc WAS piloted
by ~ Livingstone Allen and carried n
passenger.
The flyers carried shotEuns.
The chase begun at altitude of
5000 feet. The bird seemed puzzled
at first and flew aimlessly, paying no
attention to shots
Suddenly it divcd clear OF the planes
and made off in the direction OF the
Pennsylvania mountains.