The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1910-11-25
STRAY TOPICS FROM
LITTLE OLD new YORK

thony'' Comstock, the great apostle
of purity" of whom it is said that
his adherence OF things obscene is
80 great that he will not even toler-
ate the nakedness of truth, had a
spirited encounter with Emma Gold
man, the notorious anarchist, free
thinker, free-loyer and frve-every-
things else, the other day 1T was Il
sorry spectacle and it cannot be
truthfnlly said that either of the
combattants came out OF the con-
test with flying colors. Mr.. Com
stock had delivered an address be-
fore large audience at the Labor
Temple on Fourteenth street and
Second avenue and had given prop
erly colored version of his fight
against vice and obscenity. After he
had finished his address, the chair
man of the meeting announced that
questions were in order. That was
ing for. She was armed with long
list of questions which she had pre-
praed in anticipation of this occa-
sion and she opened her interroga-
tory without further ceremony. Her
questions were. to say the least, eX-
fremely pointed and in some cases
even venomous and Mr.. Comstock
evidently did not like their tenor or
purport. He became irritated and
plainly showed 1t. Some other
friends of Emma Goldman wished to
ask questions and when the chair
man refused to recognize them, there
were loud protests and considerable
commition. Mr.. Comstock was so ex-
asperated that he threatened to ar
rest one of the most persistent ques-
TONERS for disorGerly conduct, but
the chairman finally restored order
and the tempestous meeting came to
an end.
For several months one of the
teachers at one OF the local high
schools has been the victim oI d re-
w
him to the brink of nervous prostra
tion and compelled him to go into
hiding. The persecution began with
an anonymous little note, neatly
written, that came to him one morn
ing by mail and simply read, You
are an ass" The next morning there
were three more notes, each mailed
in a different city, and each read
ing merely Yes, you are" Daily
thereafter notes or postal cards came
to him, all anonymous and all sug-
costing or insinuating the same
thing, so plainly expressed in the
first note. Sometimes collection
of mules and donkeys, cut from agri-
cultural publications was sent to
ture postals ornamented with don
key heads. Again, on his birthday,
he received telegram containing
but the single word "Donk' Anoth-
er time the telegram contained the
question, .tHow are your aars?"
This relentless persecution soon be
gan to show in his temper 1t made
him fretful and irritable and seri-
Ously affected his nervous condition.
About a week ago the climax was
reached. He received letter from
4 farmer upstate, informing him
that some anonymous correspondent
had bought a young donkey from
him and had requested him to send
It to Mfr, who is no other than
the victim of this persecution. The
letter contained the information that
the animal had been shipped. That
was the last straw. The young
teacher pulled up stakes in great
haste and moved to some other part
of the city without leaving his adj
dress.
For the first time In the history of
this city women-or rather suffra-
gettes-took an active part In the
campaign which preceded this
years election. The suffragette ora
tors who took part In the recent
campaign. have come to the conclu-
sion that campaigning, at least IN
New York City. 10 by no means an
anmitigated Joy. Four Of these suf-
fragettes, who were making an ora
torical assault upon the Twenty-fffth
Assembly District short time be.
fore the election, had a rather excit.
ing time. The constituents Of the
district were evidently not particu
larly enthusiastic on the subject O
women's suffrage and received thu
suffragette orators with volleys o
s. Over-ripe henfruit. The lombard
NJ ment was SO furious and the aim a
II the bombarders so deadly sure tina
the chauffeur Of the automobile II
which the orators In petticoats wer,
travelling. put on full power and sped
away AZ fast as he could from tn.