New-York tribune., 1908-12-05
NR. ROOSEVELTS LETTER
CAUSE OF TROUBLE.
Police PrcserUt Order H7hen Suf-
fragettes Try to Break Up
1Foof;- ,F st.;
Meeting Of ".fntis. .


have suffrage ideas Of their own.
L was at this afternoon session. held under
the auspices Of the National League for the
civic Education Of Women. that letter from
President Roosevelt was read. Mr. Roosevelt
believes in woman suffrage. but isn't enthusi-
sstic about II. He said 50 in his letter. That
vas signal for trouble. followed by a police
6er1onstration Neither side liked the letter
rsrticularly
The pro-ballot mass meeting in the evening
under the auspices Of the Interurban Woman
Suffrage Council in Carnegie Hall was de-
cided success in the eyes OF those who had the
meeting in charge Ir spite of the weather and
The 'horrid" things that had been said in the
afternoon BY the anti-suffra gettes there was
long lire outside the hall shortly after o'clock
waiting for the doors 10 open The hall filled
slowly as the favored ones with tickets found
ther seats. but was filed to overhowing when
the general public was admitted.
n yfev Of the excitement at the afternoon
meeting there was number Of policemen on
hand al his meeting also, but they
necessary. as everything went of perfectly
Iovelz.~ Many women prominent in New York
sarietv we're among those in the boxes, and the
carriage Iine outside the hall extended for sew
eral blocks
The meeting was presided over by Mrs. Carrie
Chapman Catt. The speakers were Mrs. Philip
srowdes.- wife Of a Socialist member OF the
the suffrage cause for women in England and
this country for some time: the Rev DR.. Aked,
pastor of the Fifth Avenue Baptist Church. and
tie Re- Stephen :. Wise. rabbi Of the Free
SynaE7 gEe who made the bitter attack the
ether day on Richard Croker and the Supreme
Court justices who attended the dinner given
to him Dr. Wise during his speech last night
did ror again refer TO Mr.. Croker. but DR.. Aked
soathingly alluded 20 the Supreme Court justices
and rhe District Attorney who went to honor
the former retired rum seller and the ex-chief
Of the Tammany Wigzyam."
MRS. CATT's REGRETS
In her closing remarks Mrs Gait spoke Of the
letter from President Roosevelt read at the
afternoon meeting by saying:
IRE lUleH arrruess Of the President in our move
ze ,ta Tree toad Who o-hei be ste under a brown
J-ee becomes drown toad and when he sits under
takes ~ ne color Of his environment and the color
s ] sists IN i 81 votes OF e H e 's IS Eo P5f5et on3
spoken IN his opinions because women do not as
Thank God tha. ue have elected 70 the White
l1a no IS in favor OF our cause When the eec-
Tn q MI Tai vas assured We resel,ed tele-
countries because he had spoken in favor of woman
President Roosevelt is not the only lukevarm
cne. howeTer There are some in ,Ey Albsny, % %soroe
Ire Governor what want and make him stand
for i.
n spite Of the fact that the meeting
called 70 demonstrate that women were just as
veu poised and all that as men. there was
T-onounced chorus Of screams. soto voce. on
the platform when a fashIight exploded. and
enc OF the earnest leaders looked though
trey had just seen mouse.
After this excitement had died down and the
photograp pliers had been retired to safe dis
tsnce. where they could longer alarm the
VouId-be voters, Mrs. Gait as chairman, got UP
10 introduce the speakers She said that one Of
tr4 troubles between England and this country
VS. taxation without representation" Now
she said. the United States IS subjected to en-
hsrrassing remarks because Of our Inconsistency
II lighting or that issue and then refusing this
representation to women
Wher Ms Snowden was introduced the ap-
plause lasted FOR some minutes She confined
rer speech TO telling of the progress Of the
movement in England. She dissipated the re
ports The English press had spread abroad about
olt-ages committed by sufragettes. and said
thar they were not female Hooligans," peo-
Ile had tried to make them out 10 he She ad-
mitted that some Of her fellow workers had
done things that might have been ''unwise."
rut said that she thought that the only way TO
obtain anything was by activity She told of
the exact position Of women in England at the
present time and gave great praise TO Aus
tralia and New Zealand for their franchisement
81 women as voters. The Liberal party in Eng
lana she called the party Of progress while
me Conservative party she characterized as the
party q privilege" The former party, she
SAID. was the one that aiding the suffrage
cause in England. and declared that its sue
cess in politics was due mainly 70 the aid that
had been given it Toy women
DIR AKED's TRIBUTE.
Dr, Aked was the next speaker introduced,
and during his address ne took occasion to at
tack both the leading American parties. but
paid glowing tribute to Mrs Snowden and her
associates for the work they had done for the
suffragette cause The woman question. he
said. neither local nor national but was a
question as large as the world. on every social.
political moral OF religious ground. Il human
question and that any attempt to sectionaIize
il would be assault on the solidarity Of the
human race
American women he called the flower Of civil
ization and ne reminded them that \ great
many of them were Indifferent 10 the fact that
velnen q other countries. women less favored
Of .ess progressive countries. were going ahead
II them in the suffrage work. and he said that Il
was all very. very strange
Dr. Aked told Of the progress that had beer
made all over the world 10y women in their
6ght f8Y their rights and he said f. was a fair
question and he would submit IL for the serious
cousiderati tion of his hearers whether or not the
American woman was 10 be displaced from her
? si1ion as leader in the civilization Of the
world There were cries Of 40. Mo- from
aTious parts Of the hall.
In sreating Of the political situation in this
country and state DR.. Aked said: What sort Of
conditions can It be that brings Supreme Court
justices and your District Attorney II gr0yel
nefo-e retiro3 seller and chief Of the