New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-08-21
Then a Riot" Follows.

And a. II there weren't enough excite
r.nt involved in changing a speech to
meet conditions. and that just after being
elected to the national presidency Of the
organization she had started, there cam"
q riot. a real riot that had TO be qneilen
BY policeman who inserted his oulkF
form between Mrs Hartman and the
rushing. trampling crowd Of men and ooys
who stampeded the platform demandlhS
the Wilson buttons.
The strenuous efforts or Oliver B. Har-
rman and Henry May 10 keep back the
surgng crowd were unavailing ahi Mrs.
Hartman was driven back into corner
Of the porch until some one could sum-
mon distant cop TO eXtricate her.
Meanwhile. Mrs. j. 3. Eustis continued
giving out buttons quietly from her cor
ner Of the porch. Perhaps the crowd
didn't know. who she was. Vt any rate
they were good humoredly amused at her
attempts 10 throw buttons into their up
turned hats. all but ono newsboy in the
crowd who exclaimed dlsgustcdly: "AV'
DID yer ever see goil what could thrG\
Straight" She had missed him,
Others who addressed the few hundred
men and boys and eleven women that
the brass band and morning newspaper
accounts had drawn TO the cottage were
Borough President Cyrus c. Miller. who
spoke on his favorite subject, public mar
kets. an earnest young man who con-
fesssd to being y. y Arnold. Princeton,
1911. OF pittsburgh Penn, and now Of The
Democratic speakers bureau; Moe
Frankel who could scarcely be heard. Tor
his gestures, which were fearful and won
derful, attracted all the attention one
could spare.
Miss Alberta Hin, we'll known as a sur
frsge speaker. was introduced as repre-
sentative Of the working girl. She pounds
typewriter AZ the Wilson headquarters,
twas explained. but for love Of the cause
and not weekly wage
Miss lfll told her audience with whom
shs became popular IN second. that
'os sbyied them the privilege they had OF
gong 10 the polls in November and vot-
hs for the one candidate who had proved
ne could keep his promises
Roosevelt IL the candidate who be-
9s'es in the divine right OF the Presi-
uehey and IN order TO prove his right
mas started Irritation with the suffra-
settes. Taft is just unfortunate. He was
unfortunate even in choosing the beast
serve as an emblem OF his administra-
aon' In Latin, 'pOssum means am
s@e' but Taft isn't; and the 'possum
mes TO fool his enemies by pretending
70 % desd To a. n f0Ol liG nv
"etsndng 10 believe he's alive"
Miss Hi also made remarks about the
's' OF living and said that when women
p' TO housekeeping for the government
u would be different
Woman Of Seventy.fv Speaks.
he last speaker Of the session was an
reapecteG one Mrs. Abbio 5. Nibbert'
Wspringheld. Mass. now visiting her son
no liz West e5th street, read abont
F, ' meeting IN the papers and, since she
as been sufragist for fifty years. ever
W. she was twenty-five years Old she
Noed 70 come down and see what new
ann women we're doing IN politics these
Mrs. Hartman prevailed upon
a. speak, nut AFTER she Hdu 7"i" Z"
words, which we're loudly applanded
nose who could hear. the battery OF
!, "sras pointed at her frightened her
.aen came the distribution OF buttons
md the riot.
me platform with the speakers were
NJ rank Lyon Polk, Miss Sally splint'
i. katherine Leckie, Mrs. David Comp
~ =, Or. Mary Lines, Mrs. Francis J..
pp''ese. Miss r. Brickell Holmes. Mrs.
Nm Fitch. Oliver u. Hartman. Henry
~ Wills J. Abbot and James H.
n,s. vac meeting Of the organization COM
an OF the Woman's National Wiisoh
hs<.srshsl Organization. held at t"c
suhriers, Room 1858, Fifth Avenue