New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-16
DISORDER ENDS MEETING
Mrs. Snowden's Pankhurst De.
nunciation Is Interrupted.
MISS MACKENSIE DEFIANT
Breaks Into Speech from Bal.
cony of Brooklyn Academy
of Music with Censure.

! sttutional suffragst. interrupted her
speech on the cause at the BROOKLYN
Academy Of Music last night with fer
vent denunciation Of Mrs. Emmene
Parkhurst and her and Of mllitants. She
had barely got started. though, when
clear voice from the gallery cut across
her words: You leave those women
alone.
II was Miss Elsie MacKensie. the pretty
| English girl. who went to Jail for SUI,
rage back in London. and who. as chief
aid in Mrs 0. II. p. Belmont's suffrage
! unchrooms. at No. 10 East .lst street.
has so charmed the men patrons that they
! put up special request for her to hold
suffrage meeting for their benefit after
! luncheon every day.
! But Elsie wasn't doing the charming
| girl part last night. She was the furious.
| ~ angry militant Mrs. Snowden likewise
was angry. very much SO. when she
| heard that voice.
Young woman" she cried. Il shall give
my speech In my own way. I'll not leay.
/ those women alone. when they are injur.
/ ing my cause"
: DO you think demanded Miss Mac.
! Kensie. that 1t in ladylIke or kind 10
! come over here and talk so about your
| countrywomen who have suffered sou
/ The audience stirred and Grained necks
I To- see who was talking. and a nice little
male usher. with a suffrage RIBBON across
/ his bosom. adeed up toward Miss Mae.
kenzle ana wondered il he'd have 10 try
! to put the pretty hcckler out. as he'd
/ read the stewards did women who In
! terrupted English NEE tings. Bur he was
/ saved the anguish of deciding. for. after
Mr's Snowden's next retort Miss Mac
! kcnzie ,ubsiGed-for the time.
DO YOU think" tie speaker asked
+ sharply. that H. f. ladyl!ke Or SLOWS in
! tellgence 10 come here and ask questions
and not wait a. YOU ought. TIL the end
! OF the meeting
; Mrs Snowden told the Idiencs that
( her husband-to whom IN another part Of
. her speech she referred a. her crippled
husband. wnom loye"-her husband.
; VINO. "as Member Of Parliament. had
always stood by the sufrra gists who va.
{ known To believe in woman suffrage To-
! haG at various times received letters
sent ly militant surragists which gay~
out poisonous fumes when BE- opened
! them. and endangered his eyesigh,
That is one OF their methods " war.
! fare" she dsclareI. Because ms hus-
J band sometimes. wner government meas.
ures Were good voted with n, govern
} ment. they employed it on him. They
} have employed il on other members OF
. Parliament who are equally their friends
The methods Of the followers Of Mrs.
+ Pankhurst axe indefensi5le Er,n .a war
/ it is customary for the fighters 20 respect
/ the rights of non-combatants. But Mr..
Pankhurst's followers have injured ihe
: innocent. destroyed the property Of IN
, offensive shopkeepers. WHO had no part
/ Ia the dispute. Shall ! keep silent about
those women who are committing yio-
lence. breaking windows. making IL IN.
safe FOR Young women 10 10 out on The
streets alone at Bight?"
At the end OF her speech. Mrs. Snowden
? said that the Womans Social and Poli;i-
cal Union. Mrs. Pankhurs;' organization.
was really small and Insignificant bOiy
of women" \ polite litter Of incredibly
greeted this.
/ But" insisted Mrs Snowden. they
are. The National Union Of Woman SUI
! frage Societies. OF which | am a memocr.
! comprehends the real suffrage strength OF
England. Mrs. Pankhurst IS socictr Is
great only in the injury ii is doing the
! cause. ask tho young woman who NJ
terrupted the meeting 10 tell me row
many members il has
Tell il Yourself" cried Miss Mackous.r.
Then she proceeded 10 interrupt some
( more but "A hald-headed man n the ave
! dience and a tall young man OF thu STAGE
came To Mrs. Snowden's rescue %, jump
! ing mp and saving that they were Eng
! lishmen and suffraGists. and they were
I terribly ashamed that females could act
a. the English mili,ants were lctine.
| Well shouted second bald beaded
man. II think IT'S time for Mrs. Snowden
to leave the party that calls Mr.. Asquith
fool and join the party that calls him
! knavc"
He's neither a TOOL nor knave"' cried
! Mrs Snowden But M that point tact
I ful officer OF the Woman Suffrage party,
under whose auspices the meeting "as
| held. declared IL adjourned. and the hug
audience strcamed out. uttering invectNcS
against those New York people that
come over and butt into our meetings.