Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-03-09
SUfFRAG|S1S IN
SCRAP over CUE
TO GUST SECRETARY
RESULTS IN FIGHT; FEW
LEAVE CONVENTION

DCo N1OluCo, N1dA III o. SoSS L ~
walls today within the ranks of the
leaders of woman suffrage. The meet
ing yesterday was the scene of the
widest disorder in the history or
Iowa suffrage organizations. The
meeting, which was largely attended,
was for the purpose of giving mem
bers Of the Political Equality club and
the Mems League for Woman Suffrage
an opportunity to voice their opinion
on the question of removing II. G. Cue,
secretary of the committee in charge
of the campaign in Iowa from office.
Amid stamping of feet and wild shouts
from excited suffragists a resolution
demanding his removal was read and
almost unanimously adopted.
Mr.. Cue was charged with having
given information to newspapers and
with having discourteously treated
suffragists who called at his Office
He is alleged to have ordered them
from the rooms.
The first bomb was fired at the
meeting when a member of the Cue
faction attempted to read a resolution
commencing Mr.. Cue for his excellent
work in the interest Of the cause. The
meeting suddenly was in a tumult
Excited suffragists loudly protested
against the reading of the resolution
and the voice of the reader was
drowned by the shouts.
Mrs. Iona Ingham Robinson, leader
of the Cue faction, then took the plat
form and attempted to make speech
in behalf of Mr.. Cue. She became the
center of storm fury and refused to
leave the platform until She had
finished. Branding the fourteen
charges of alleged incompetency filed
against Mr. Cue as falsehoods, she de-
manded Justice and characterized the
work of his opponents as concerted
plan to block the entire suffrage move
ment in the state She declared it was
an underhanded effort to secure his
position as campaign manager for an
other, together with the fact that he
was unpopular with few suffragists
who wished more authority. After an
impassioned speech during which hot
words were passed between herself
and other suffragists, Mrs. Robinson
declared that she would start an indie
pendent faction and she made strong
plea for all fair minded and earnest
suffragists present to accompany her
to an adjoining room where plans
would Immediately be discussed.
Striking dramatic posture, Mrs. Rob-
inson left the platform and waived an
inviting hand to those who believed
in Mr.. Cues sincerity and babe them
follow her to the adjoining room.
Thereupon two other suffragists and
Mr.. Cue arose and started to follow
her from the room.
Before the small party had reached
the door, however, Mrs. ] C. Byram.
leader of the ANTIQUE faction. arose
from her seat and looking at Mrs.
Robinson said: -
Every time I come to town, the
boys keep kickin' my dawg aroun';
makes no difference if he is a houn',
they gotta quit kickin' my dawg
aroun.'
There may not be connection that
can be seen by you at present. con-
tinued Mrs Byram, "but just couldn't
help mentioning Champ Clark, Mis-
souri, and the campaign song"
There certainly is no connection"
snapped Mrs. Robinson.
Other resolutions were adopted, sew
eral speeches made and then what
probably was the stormiest session of
woman suffrage meeting in the his
tory of Iowa, came to close.