The New York herald., 1922-02-09
GET BUSY, GOVERNOR
TELLS G. O.P. WOMEN
Tammany Gathering Large
Democratic Vote Upstate,
He Warns.
URGES UNITED ACTION
NOn-POlitical Groups Seek
ing Power a Menace to
Institutions.
LOYAL WORKERS PRAISED
Republican Party Stands for
Principle, He Says at Lin
coin Day Celebration.

Special Dispatch to THE NEw YORK HERALD
New York Herald Rurcau.
Albany, Feb. 8.
The Republican party never has
thrived by trying to catch the popular
fancy, but has made Roadway by op-
posing the clamor of the moment
Gov. Miller said to-day when he TOLD
women Republicans of Albany county
at a Lincoln Day celebration at the
Ten Eyck Hotel that he had not
changed the opinions he pronounced
ut a somewhat similar gathering g
year ago. The address last year stirred
ZIP big fuss among women voters.
Tammany is purely job procuring
Governor said, adding that the Re-
publican party could not flourish or
that alone. The New York organiza-
tion is getting out larger Democratic
vote among women than are the up
State Republican women, the Cover
nor said, advising his Republican as
sociates to get busy.
Mrs. Frederick Pruyn was chairman
The Governor said:
II am afraid of getting the reputa-
tion of being a common scold. I haven't
come here to scold or to criticize. In
deed, did not address the ladies last
winter who asked me to speak to them
10 scoid or criticize them. 1 have al
ways said that 1 entertained the very
greatest admiration and respect for all
women interested in public affairs.
II said some things last year which
represented views that l entertained and
which after a years more active OBJ
cervation of the way public business is
done I am more strongly convinced then
oyor were sound.
Scores Group Influence.
"1'he two propositions / advanced were
that there should not be any sex divi-
;'ions in politics and that non-political
groups who undertook to exert political
pressure so as to exercise political power
were menace to our institutions, and
my observation of the last year. in a
position 10 note the influences that OPP
crate on those charged with the dis
charge of public functions, have con-
vinccd NE that those views were sound.
"One of the perils to this Government,
in my Judgment, Is irresponsible group
influence. and ii there is one thing more
than another that I am pleased to have
observed. and which l am sure those
who have noted what has been happen
ing on the hill have observed. is that
there Is less attempt to exercise that
kind of influence both in the Legislative
halls and in the executive chamber than
has been customary for few years past.
"I came here for the purpose of indi-
eating by my presence my appreciation
of the work that Is being done by the
loyal Republican women of the State.
The Importance of that cannot be over
estimated. I call your attention to the
fact that in this State Republicans have
to contend against a great machine in
the great metropolitan center which, un-
like Republican organizations, Is able to
flourish on jobs, md that machine. as
the vote indicates. Is able more nearly
than upstate to double its vote as the
result of suffrage. The proportion OF
gain since suffrage in New York In the
vote is greater than upstate, and II Is
I'D to the Republican women to arouse
the women upstate to their duty"
Praises Miss Robertson.
Paying tribute to Representative Alice
NJ. Robertson of Oklahoma, one of the
speakers the Governor continued, "She
has said 1 helped give her courage by
showing backbone. The Lord gave her
courage and backbone"
I'VE have fallen into times in which
II is important for people with courage
and backbone to stand UP and help
each other. One of the great diff
culties of the present is the tendency on
the part of those charged with official
responsibility TO do things which seem
at the moment to go with the drift
of popular fancy. The Republican
party never has achieved anything by
doing that. The great things the Re-
publican party has always done have
resulted from opposition to what seemed
TO be the most popular thing to do at
the moment. More and more 1t seems
TO me there is disposition to give
way to pressure of the temporary fleet
ing opinion brought about by agitation
by irresponsible groups, some of which
/ have referred to. 1t is a good deal
easier to WELD sometimes than to stand
up against such pressure.
Women like Miss Robertson ought to
shame some men in public life. She
furnishes an example by her stalwart
Depublicansm and her courage in stand
ing up for the things she believe TO
he right.
~ wish you women godspeed in the
work YOU are doing IN arouslng the IN
terest OF your sisters In the cause OF
Bcpubicanism. Unlike the organiza' ion
10 which ! have just referred. the Re-
publican party does not live on jobs.
j. has lived by standing for principle.
and II will live just SO long AS II con-
tinues TO do that. and It certainly ought
20 attract the interest Of the womer."