The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-11-04
SUFFRACET BURNS
POLLING OFFICERS
WITH DEADLY ACID
Leader of Movement Says
Governments Policy Drives
Women to Crimes.

London, Oct. 3o.-Mrs. Chaplin, q
suffraeet, furnished an early morn
ing thrill at tho Bermondsey bi-elee-
tion today whom she smashed a bottle
containing corrosive acid on a ballot
box. Her intention, evidently, was to
destroy tho ballots In the box as a
protest against tho exclusion of women
from the right of franchise. What she
accomplished was tho painful burning
of some of tho election officials and
the assurance of her own arrest.
Slipping into one of the booths. where
perhaps a thousand ballots a been
deposited, Mrs. Chaplin drew from I'M
der her cloak a bottle in which ink had
been mixed with corrosive acid, and
before she could be stopped, hurled the
bottls upon the box.
1t broke into many pieces and the
acid splashed upon the election officers.
A number of these were SO severely in
jured as to require medical attention.
Similar Outrage Attempted.
About the same time a similar out
rage was attempted at another booth
by a girl. who wore the suffraget colors.
In the latter instance little damage was
done beyond the burning Of the finger
tips of the election officers who removed
the bits of broken glass. So far as
could be ascertained none OF the acid
had reached the ballots.
Later, in an interview, Miss Christa-
bel Pankhurst, while depioring tho
wounding of h officials, asserted with
much emphasis:
TT is the government that is respon-
sible. 1t is the government that drives
n to these acts"
Violence Pearranged.
1t appears that today a violence was
planned by the Women's Freedom
league, the members of which glory in
what was don Members of this same
League ptcketed the u of commons
for Is weeks. The leagues secretary
Is Mrs. Edith Martyr. In al interview
following the attack on the ballot boxes,
Mrs. Matryn said:
w thought that as Premier AS
quith had not shown himself amenable
to III requests, he time had come to
AXE active measures. Our plans
were thought out most carefully and
we found delight in the opportunity to
carry them out on the anniversary Of
he Grille protest In the house Of COM
mons, which was perpetrated by the
Women's Freedom league.
our object this morning was to in
validate the election. We had various
plans and the others would have been
tried during the day had hi one
failed"
On October %. 1908, a suffraget DEM
onstrat1on was made in the ladies' gal
leries during a sitting of the house OF
commons.
When attendants sought to employ
the galleries they found that two suf-
fragets had firmly chained themselves
to the grille or lattice from behind
which feminine eyes must view the pro-
ceedings Of the house.
For a time the two volunteer prison
ers resisted the efforts to remove them,
Today's bi-election in the Bermond-
zey division of Southwark Zone of the
parliamentary b%oroughs Of London), is
Of unusual interest and 1t is expected
to afford a good test Of the feeling in
London n the country generally on
the impending struggle in parliament,
A strong fight on the budget against
tariff reform has been waged in this
constituency. The candidates are: Lib
eral, S. L. Hughes; unionist, John
humphreys; labor, DR.. A. salter.
At the last general election the lib
erals had a majority Of 1859.
JULIA CLARK HALLAM LEADS
MILITANT sUFFRAGlsTs
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