Omaha daily bee., 1906-02-04
WOMAN VOTES IN ENGLAND
Name wronRfuIIy on ROLL Book and
She Casts Ballot Despite
officials.

| LONDON. Feb. 3.-(Special Cablegram to
The Bee J-London politicians have evi-
/ IDENTIFY taken a leaf from the methods Of
| Tammany hall, in one respect. at least.
When the votes are once in the boxes
they stay there and there appears to be
no way Of opening the boxes and getting
! out the votes, even though it is admitted
on all hands that the voters had no right
| to vote.
The most noted case in point was perhaps
that of the only woman in all London who
voted so far as known for the Parlia-
mentary candidates during the recent gem
eral elections. And like the famous only
woman Mason" she appears to have but
ted into the game" without being ''butted
out" again and without appearing to know
exactly what she was doing
In the first place her name was mis-
leading She is Miss Alwyn Bussey. and
the local politicians appear to have thought
"Alwyn' was the name of a man. She is
Of German descent. her father being a
naturalized Englishman. She is teacher
OF singing and the place where she voted
at the polls was East Marylebone. Telling
the story herself she said:
How did it happen? 1t is hard to say.
For eight years / have lived here I'm my
house CThe Studio. welbeck house. No. &c
Wells street,. One day a man came to me
and said: You have a vote 1t appeared
that my name was on the register. Was
II for me to quarrel with the authorities?
mentary election that I have been through
and naturally didn't know much about II.
Lord Robert Cecil sent a canvasser. He
asked in loud voice. is MIR Bussey in?'
I answered: There is no Mr.. Bussey. l
am Alwyn Bussey. II that is any infur-
mat ffnp f1V IL. fI,a
door and left the man standing speechless.
l didn't want to talk with him all day
and he really wasn't very civil
Then his opponent. Mr.. Langdon, sent a
canvasser. He was a nice mana real
politician think He said ALVIN Bus
sey, l presume? I said. Yes lie smiled
and added Well you have got vote ana
we will send a carriage for you. With that
he smiled and went away.
ION the day of the election the carriage
came, and I couldn't resist getting into It
and going for the ride It such a
frolc. / was driven to the Little Titchfield
polling station. There was u policeman at
the door. and when he saw me get out
of the carriage he waved his hand just as
they dc when th=y try to stop traffic
Il said: What is the matter, my good
man? l am going in to vote He looked a
me as though he were paralyZed with sur
prise, and then perhaps concluding that
there might be woman in the country
entitled to vote. he fell back and said moth
ing more. allowing me to pass sort Of re-
spectfullike. So l walked in.
''The presiding officer declined TO issue
polling PAPER. l said, MY name is on that
register and ] am going to vote He
seemed impressed, then said Wait little,
and then there was a consultation.
Then young man with a red face came
up TO me and said, You can vote. and
issued a polling ticket, and / voted. But
before he would give me the ticket he tried
TO coax me and temporize. Won't you
please come around this afternoon he in
quired anxiously. And | of course replied:
No, shall be very busy this afternoon.
am here to vote now and | am going TO
vote now And did.
II don't know how my name came on the
register. No doubt they misiook me for "a
man. but in that case they made big
mistake. / thought it was funny at the
time and l still consider ii amusing. but
hope that won't get my candidate into any
trouble. even though I should get into
trouble myself"