The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-03-26
ROOSEVELT STOPPED
BY SUFFRAGETTE
Pandemonium Broke Loose as Crowd
Bombarded the Woman Who Dis
turbed the Speaker Last
Night.

New York, March 26.--In the fifth OF
six meetings which Colonel Roosevelt
addressed in the east side last hight on
the eve of the primary elections to-day,
he faced a situation which had the bet
ter of him and other leaders at the
meeting for Is minutes. 1t was all due
to woman.
After Colonel Roosevelt had launched
into an attack upon the new primary
law, exhibiting the l4~foot ballot as an
example of its encumbrances, and begun
on the fright OF the people to rule one
of the few women in the audience upset
things by crying in loud voice; "IIow
about the womenY"
Many identified the interrupter as
Maud Malone, militant suffragette,
who has upset similar political meet
ings in the same way. There was at
once wild confusion of Kisses and cries
to 'put her out"
Mr. Roosevelt was self-possessed and
after the clamor had quieted somewhat
he replied affably:
Madame ! have asked that you wom-
en- yourselves be allowed to vote to
determine whether you shall vote This
was greeted with general cheering, but
Miss Malone kept her feet and was about
to make further Interruptions when the
colonel said:
Apparently, you don't feel contented
with this. In that case, ! have deal
better opinion Of your sex than you
have"
The men auditors added to the sally
bT wadding up their paper programs
and throwing these and other missiles
at Miss Malone. The colonel pleaded
for courtesy but the crowd persisted in
the pandemonium notwithstanding the
colonefs shoutings from the platform.
The riotous demonstration continued for
a quarter Of an hour. during which Colo.
mel Roosevelt was absolutely helpless.
The situation was saved only by the
sending for a special policeman, who
elected the militant Miss Malone
When the colonel was finally able to
proceed with bis speech he reiterated his
views as to wonan's suffrage 81 want
to give the women everything they want
II they want to vote want to give
it to them. If they don't, ! don't want
to say | know their business better than
they do. If that is not square deal,
don't know what isl"
81 don't blame the poor woman added
the colonel Probably il is all put-up
job by the opposition. was delighted
to answer anything she asked me in
good faith ANYTHING the women Of this
country want, ! wish to give il to them
il ! can I think the American is
mighty good fellow, but his wife's
better"
Proceeding with his speech, Colonel
Roosevelt attacked the Union League
club Of which he il member. and which
recently placed itself on record in sup
port Of President Taft and denounced
the principle Of the resellsof Judges
"The other day the Union League club
of this city singled me ont for attack
and incidentally for misrepresentation.
he said because ! to-day take toward /
Justice and toward the courts exactly the /
attitude which half a century ago Abra- /
ham Lincoln took toward Justice and /
toward the courts The Union League |
club was founded to aid Lincoln when |
he led the plain people in the great |
struggle to secure to the lowly their |
rights and 10 remove from the oppressed |
the burden Of wrong But far indeed +
have the professed leaders Of that club /
from the ideals Of its founders +
who upheld the hand Of Abraham Lin I
'oln Apparently they sympathize with /
The wrongs Of the great and not with the |
wrongs of the small"
Gaynor Wouldn't Offer Police.
Colonel Roosevelt did not 90 into the
silk stocking" wards He spent most I
)f his time on the east side, in which /
section Of the city he hopes to receive
he largest measure Of support. The i
'act that the colonel was going into the
over east side. which is the congestcd
.enement district, prompted George Hen
" Pavne of the Roosevelt committee
o make particular request Of the
mayor for police escort from one meet
ng to another.
Mayor Gavnor responded with epi
rrams at has never been the custom
o assign police escorts to spellbinders
Is they 90 about making their speeches.
do not saw that Mr. Roosevelt is n
pellbinder. but will YOU please ask Mr.
oavne whether Mr. Roosevelt wants to
,ring in the innovation of assigning
'scorts to spelbinders ?" The mayor
vas in the act of putting on is coat 20
70 home when he said this. lie hurried
rom the city hall. leaving pol siTairs
II the hands OF the department
Colonel Roosevelt proceeded without
,olice protection and met no difficulty. +
II his first appearances N the tlickly
populated east side he found the halls
omfortably filled, and he was given a
ordial reception. although il lackcd
omething of the whirlwInl excitement
which characterized his appearance dur.
ng the campaign of Henry /. Stimsou
or governor