The sun., 1908-10-06
COULDN'T EVEN REGISTER
SUFFRAGETTES SVAINLY TOURED
THE BARBER SHOPS.
One OmcIar Almost succumbed. but Hard
ened His Heart when tho Boss Got
Back and the Law Closed DOW1-An'
other Squad to Try Again Saturday.

Back and the Law Closed DOWn-ATis
other Squad to Try Again Saturday.
DR.. Julia Seton Sears. who In addition
to being president Of the New Thought
College In Carnegie Hall is voter. a
graduate Of the Gross Medical School In
Denver and cousin once or twice re-
moved Of Ernest Thompson Seton, headed
fruitless suffragette invasion OF the
registration offices yesterday morning.
Not a single member Of the Women's
Progressive Suffrage Union got her name
on list Of those eligible TO cast ballots
on November 8.
The little band OF enthusiasts. reinforced
by half dozen photographers and an
escort OF interested spectators, proceeded
first to a small barber shop at eo7 Sixth
avenue, and DR.. Sears. Miss Mary Cole
man, corporation counsel Of the W. p.
| 8 U.; Miss Gertrude Coils and Miss
Murphy managed to get in A portly
inspector kept the rest out.
When Peter +. Finney. chairman OF the
board Of inspectors expressed a desire
to know what he could do for the ladies
Mrs. Sears replied that she wished to
register Mr.. Finney then read words to
the effect that only male citizens were
permitted to register. Thereupon Mrs.
Sears Indignantly informed the inspectors
and the men who were getting shaved
that she had voted at three Presidential
elections in the State Of Colorado and that
tho Constitution Of the United States
forbade any State to deny or abridge the
rights or privileges Of the citizens OF any
other State.
Mr.. Finney slapped the big book well.
this laws good enough for me- he said,
-and this says you can't vote, so that's
all there is to it,
very well,' remarked DR.. Sears. Il
am above all things law abiding citizen,
so will 20; but before leave l wish to
enter a protest. Be my Witnesses she
concluded, turning TO the crowd. that
| Mt quarter before eleven on the morning OF
October the Sth the right to register was
The members OF the W. p. s. U. and
their friends. among whom was E. s.
where in another barber shop Miss Ger
trude Cpllis, miniature painter, at.
tempted to register. One OF the board
who gave his name as George Wisener
said that he didn't care a hang how Miss
Mary Coleman interpreted the Fourteenth
Amendment or any other amendment; he
knew perfectly well that the bosses didn,t
intend to let the ladies vote. because II
. they had they would have provided big
| ger books Of registration.
Miss Coleman replied with spirit that
the women probably paid just as much
toward the purchase OF those books as
the men did, and that she thought that
those who came hrst should Do served
first.
There was nice man up at Ienox ave-
nue. and lt5th street, where Miss Mary
Murphy tried to register. and he
nearly yielded to Mr.. Davidsen's eio-
ouenoe His name was Thomas J. Brady.
and he said il he had the power he would SiI
be only too pleased to inscribe Miss
Murphy's name on a page all by itself
but he was afraid the chairman wouldn't
stand for II.
But Mr.. Davidson protested. you
are taking no possible risk In registering
Miss Murphy. II the worst comes to the
worst she will be arrested for Illegal
registration and you will merely he called
as a witness Then IL 1t goes through all
right think how your name will go down
to postcrity in company with Abraham
/ LincolnR!"
MIR Brady was beginning to weaken.
He, actually dipped his pen PENN, In the ink
At that point the chairman. Julius s.
4 Brussel. came back from luncheon. Mr..
| Brussel scowled
Il have no tine to talk, he said
abruptly Il must attend to business.
| And he nodded to the man who stood at
! the head OF long line OF real voters,
/ swell want to register said Miss
Murphy. Il live in this district, and
according TO the Constitution ! have a
perfect right to do so, Isn't that your
/ businessf"
+ NO. growled the chairman, 1T isn't.
I have nothing to do with women
/ The union will send out a second squad
Of picked representatives on Saturday
morning Mrs. Sophia Loebinger who
has been spending the summer in Ger
/ many, will arrive in town on Wednesday,
and to her has been accorded the honor
/ of heading the procession.
! The union held meeting last night al
/ l28th street and Seventh avenue at which
Nary Coleman and Helen Murphy were
/ TO be the two main speakers. When the
/ meeting started there were only about a
dozen women and some boys In the vi.
cinity, and things we're dull until two OF
! the women got into a dispute. The boys
took sides and began hooting. The dis
pute of the two women became hair,
pulling match and Mrs Coleman appealed
to a policeman to stop IL. After the police
man had separated the fighters the meet
ing br oke up.