New-York tribune., 1921-11-03
Wo1nen's War
On Tan1nnany
Stirs Country
Hall Itself in Desperation
at Prospect Of Disaster,
Crlrran and Associates
Tell Feminine Audience
Must Save City's Morals
Teachers and Other Strap
hangers to Rebuke Hylan
for Sc. Fare Hypocrisy

The eyes of the whole country arc
upon the women Of New York City as
they APPROACH their frst opportunity to
wipe out Tammany Hail. so the mem
bcrs Of the Women's National Repub
lean CLUB were warned yesterday
afternoon, at one of the largest
women's rallies of the campaign. The
gathering jammed the assembly hall,
and second meeting was hastily ar
ranged in the drawing room, to which
the candidates were sent after address
ing the main audience.
Henry H. Curran, coalition candidate
for Mayor, and Vincent Gilroy, Charles
G. Lockwood and Miss Helen Varick
Boswell, his associates on the ticket, all
urged the women to redoublc their
efforts in the last six days of the cam.
paign.
Hylan Advocates Misinformed
Don't let Democrat or an indie
pendent escape YOU" said Mr.. Curran.
"The Republicans are all right. You
don't have to talk 20 them, but go out
after the others, who haven't the same
information as you as to the actual
facts in the case of the city against
Hylan-H Hearst, its double Mayor"
Mr.. Gilroy reminded his auditors
that when Chicago gave women the
vote it was said they did nothing to
change municipal conditions, that they
merely doubled the partisan vote.
II hope the women of New York will
rise to the moral issue in this cam
paign and realize that this issue tran
scends party lines" he said. "The
question before them is whether this
core men, who will give it decent
government, or by the hypocrites who
are merely the instruments of boss
power. We rely on the women. They
are less likely to be deceived by cant
and hypocrisy than the men, because
they have more time to investigate the
facts.
"Don't think that Hylan can win,
even if you do hear people say that
Tammany cannot be beaten. Tammany
knows different and is in desperation
to-day. This is shown by the guerrilla
tactics to which it resorts, by the
| speakers, by attacks on men distribut-
ing literature and bricks thrown
through the windows that show Henry
Curran's picture"
The 7th Assembly District women
held meeting at the Hotel Majestic
in the morning, at which Mr.. Curran
spoke on the issues which specially
interest women, the schools and the
| five-cent fare.
Women Strap-hangers Rebel
| Miss Mary L. Wood, chairman of the
women's activities at the Murray Hill
Hotel quarters, issued a statement last
night, in which she said that women
strap-hangers and those who had to
travel On crowded street cars for 10
! or 15-cent fares, were convinced that
!Curran will protect thep interests
better than Hylan.
"Mr. Hylsn is taking money from the
pockets of the poor with his pay as
you change policy" Miss Wood de-
clarcd. "He did not give US fve-cent
fare. We already had that, but he did
take from us, the strap hangers, the
free transfers, which enabled us to
travel about New York for nickel
He even limited the lines on which
transfers were issued. until now it
costs teachers and other working
women anywhere from 10 to 20 cents
to 60 to and from work"
Women volunteers were sent out
from headquarters last night with 4
new batch of transfer Sandwich
boards" to patrol the points where
formerly transfers were issued. They
went in pairs, the corps being in charge
of Mrs Walter Scott Badger.