The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-06-06
JUDGE .HILTON'S REPLY.

THE woMEN's CHARGES AGAINST HIM NOT
prsERyIxG OF NoTIcE-THEIE COMPLAINTS
RIDICULOUS WAY HE CONSIDERED THEM
OBJECTIONABLE FL MALES,
The proceedings of ths woman's indignation meet
ing at Cooper Union \, esday evening" as set iortn
in the HERALD OF yesterday, has evoked good deal
OF com ment throughout tho CITY. AS rue tue
sex applaud tho coudelnnatory addresses maao
on the occasion, but sens be business men ana men
Of Inc world regard that eruption OF fem nine wrath
as un;alled Tor and usenscaL Al the meet
ing alluded TO, however, there was an important
omission and that has 'ot escaped paoHc NOTICE.
This consisted III the fau 10 read mat ''ietter
which Mrs Doctor Lozer Tuesday last, told rep
resentatiyo Of the HERALD the late Mr. Stewart had
written 10 young lady connected Win INV
Cooper Union School OF Design, and which would
be read nj the mass meeting. In this ictter, ~ was
asserted by the authority mentioned aooVe' NJ
Stewart ..gave a number OF details" IN cohnecuon
with the structure thon designed as " iome or
workinc women and among other things that the
price OF boord there class OF person named
was 10 be only So 81 per week. not over ~ a. mo
outside.
a HERALD reporter called on Judge Hilton y'cster
day and found that gentleman Ia genial mood' not
withstanding the missiles OF woman vcngeA nSe
which had been hurled at him from the RialIoIm
the Cooper Union the previous evening. IL was cv =
dom at a glance that these weapons had cSmpieseiy
missed their object, whose unrulcd serenity o. NINA
gave no indication OF having been disturbed Dy me
storm OF denunciaton no had raised On Dcing
asked by the writer whether he thought sucn
letter from Mr.. Stewart that above alluded 70 nad
been written by the gentle Judge Hilton
replied substan TALLY as iollows:-
at Is all bosh not WORD OF truth IN the assertion
There IL no such letter in existence those women
had sucn a letter DON'T you think they would have
bean oniy too glad 10 read and publish IN certainly
nj ha new
publicity the vile SANDERS OF those iomae creatures
some OF whom would not DC allowed 70 enter inc
they indulge In all nonsense. No one knew Mr..
Stewards intentions better than myself, and they
have boon carried out the letter by Mrs. Stewart
and me- He never INTENDED that women should SIT
al tables who we're earning less than tho ser
wants vino waited upon them. He never designed
| whcn he planned that magnIhccntly nnisncd build
ing with it's elaborate appointments, costly furniture
| and marble floors, that " should DO tcnanted by
scrub women. The idea too ridiculous to DO enter.
tatned Tor moment Why, some OF these
/ females were not satisfied unless they could
| have men cali upon them IN their rooms state OF
things. you know that could not be tolerated. Again,
others Of these women VINO are louaest IN tner &c
nuncatons OF myself evincea habits Of very onen-
sivc character while stopping there, and frequent
complaints were made by the respectable donates.
who said, among other things, that they could not
use the library account OF one person IN particu
| lar, who was in the habit OF taking OIL her shoes
there elevatng her feet on the ssais 10 the
discomfort and disgust OF those who might be near
| her."
| charges against you"
| .sYes but can't answer those charges. II IN
dcrtook to reply all said against it would
be calculated 10 drive me crazy. would have no
time attend to the business Of tho 1rU or 10 The
estate don't see now II Is that tho ne wspapcrs
,aeh 20 much mportanco 10 anything may say or
do. ! certainty have never exerted mysoif TO
entertain the papers WIN my anairs ,. .. 70
am connected. On the contrary, you know with
what reluctance talk with newspaper reporters At
any time. Some newspaper mea have como here, and
by their persistence have, perhaps, induced me 10
oxpress myself as occasionally they have said that II
frrv amid
only say ap.r so %c NoW
see by such should be the case or why am gicd
out as an OBJECT OF Importance than any other
business maa in the CITY. One thing you say from
me is that am responsible tor anything that APP
pears IN the papers from me- ross
/ elicit q remarks from me on somc topic. and thon
they 20 and wriic their reports, In which they pat
into M mouth coarse expressions aud vulgar words
InaI fever utIercd-words that had consult
the dictionary 70 nd the meaning o. although laugh
language In this way tho newspapers often
mako appear not only vulgar but an tcraic man.
You have seen here before to-day aud have heard
converse, ana submit whe Their my choice OF Lam
guage has been objectionable, think possess some
claims having recevcu an education. some OF these
complaining females represent me being harsh in
disposition In these stores and In our factories
have Z, 900 girls at work, and you never saw more
nae'y or ''n''n''a o. people 'h'n 'h''
OBJECTIONABLE womEx''
"fhc expression attributed TO you In regard to
women pairing OF securing husbands while on
the sunny side of htv seems 10 nave been the latest
4
even II did intimate such thing IL is nothing
| more than the newspapers have themselves SAID
hundred times No right minded female could or
would take exception to it. But the fault Is being
found only by some OF Gloss OF women
| who would not DO received into any
spectacle society. In THIS connection l would
again remark that am not responsible for anything
that appears in the newspapers unless II Is over my
own signature. Tho respectable women who took
bonrd the hotel wcre well pleased with tho treat
mcnt they received, and even proposed TO hold n
meoting md adopt g. memorial OF thanks to Mrs.
Stewart ana myself, but when their intention was
made known to me by the manager forbade it.
tnnk proceedings are wholly unnecessary
The rules of that house were the same ms those
governing any frst class hotel. Having had some
experience in that line think | oGghtto know how
a good hotel should DO kept. 1t was not TO
past eleven O'clock that the doors oil the reception
rooms wore moi to DC closed while men were being
| entertainea in them. Why, OF thcse CON-
! planning women actually wanted to entertain
4 lnnlo visitors IN her room, and when that
could not be done she wanted the doors
OF the reception room closed when men visited her
there. Now, you know that nothing like this could
DO tolerated for instant We had applications from
over hundred women when tho house was first
opened, but thcy did not come Tho reason for this
\ am not able to explain. You can state, as coming
from me, that nothing those objectionable fe-
males, who making theso complaints, can ray
| is deserving OF my notice In any form. have
enough to do In attending TO my own AFFAIRS, snd
cannot understand why should be singled out o
target Tor the newspapersn
AS several gentlemen waiting to speak with
Judge Hilton, VINO had paused in tho middle OF bust
ness letter he writing TO communicate the above
uttcrsnccs, tho writer nj this point thanked MIN for
! his courtesy and withdrew.