The Washington herald., 1912-01-25
SHORT AND UGLY
HURLED AT PASTOR
ElIioott City Wrought Up BY
Charges of Drinking at Meet
ing of sufragettes.

Baltimore, Nd, Jan. 2L-Because Rev.
s. NJ Engie, a Presbyterian pastor OF
Ellicott City, Md. saw men under the
influence OF liquor, at a suffrage meeting
held about a year ago. in the home Of
Col. w. s. Powell, and being an anti
promptly made the fact of the drunken
ness known to Mrs. Robert Garrett, the
leader Of the anti-suffrage movement in
Maryland, he has been called the short
and ugly by the irate colonel. and has
been threatened with a horsewhipping by
the suffragetes.
The whole trouble came about by Mrs.
Garrett telling a suffragette that she had
received a letter from Rev, Mr.. Engie, In
which he Is supposed TO have said that
the conduct Of the men at the suffrage
banquet was disgraceful and that the
women served beer and whisky punch.
As soon as the suffragette could get the
news TO headquarters she did so, and soon
the whole township OF Ellicott City was
teeming with gossip.
Rev. Mr.. Engle. thinking that an ex-
pIanation was due his friend. Col. Powell.
went TO the latter's office this morning
and was promptly told to get out. The
clergyman tried TO reason with him and
was promptly called a liar.
Il want nothing TO do with you. sir." !"
the colonel shouted. Get out OF this
Office"
''what I said was the truth" answered
the minister.
You're Har." responded the angry
colonel. Get out of my office"
Rev. Mr.. Engie then left.
After being so unceremoniously ordered
out OF Col. Powelis Office, Rev. Mr..
Engle prepared a statement which he
submitted to the anti-suffrage organiza-
ton and the newspapers. In the state
ment he says that he, himself, only saw
one drunken man at the banquet. but
that he learned from a reputable citizen
the next day that several left the Powell
residence in a very Intoxicated condition
He maintains that he saw Mrs. How
ard T. Schwarz and Mrs. Donald r.
Hooker. two OF the prominent leaders in
the suffragette moyement, serve the
punch, which, he says. was mixed with
whisky and not tea or claret punch. He
further says that there was an abun-
dance OF bottled beer at the banquet
which the men helped themselves to very
literally.
Rev. Mr.. Engle says that in taking the
course he has in his expose OF the ban
quet, he was merely acting as an anti
suffragist. THE place for the woman Is
as queen of the home,' he says, land
when they get to mixing punch and pol
iticS the nome Is nothing.
In the meantime the suffragists are
not idle with eloquence on the matter.
They were stirred to the deepest indig-
nation by the alleged charge, not so
much on account OF individuals con-
cerned, but because they feel that a
charge against suffrage like that imput-
ed to Rev. Mr.. Engle, IL allowed to go
unanswered. might have a far-reaching
effect to the detriment Of the cause.
Mrs. Schwarz has boldly advocated
horsewhipping for the minister.
"Only a coward would attack innocent
women in such a manner" said Mrs.
Schwarz. ''It seems that his object is
not to further the cause OF the antis but
to make a direct personal attack upon
Mrs. Hooker and me. He had better be-
ware, for II he says anything else about
US he will get a horsewhipping. can
promise him that"
The horsewhipping's the thing for the
clergyman, according to Miss Kate
Ernst. a secretary OF the suffragists.
"A man who will violate the courtesy
due host from the guest and say what
Mr.. Engle did thirteen months after the
AFFAIR is not worth shooting, he ought TO
be horsewhipped."