New-York tribune., 1913-07-28
National Association Expects
Trouble at Meeting To Be
Held Next Thursday.
BOUQUET USED AS WEAPON
Flowers Hurled Through Tran
som Interrupt Conference
Insulting Words" Scrib-
bled on Doorsteps.

that the anti-sufragists will seek police
protection at the suffrage meeting in
Plainheld y. J.. next Thursday night is
contained in a statement given out to-day
by the Washington headquarters Of the
National Association Opposed 10 Woman
Suffrage The statement says:
Because Mrs. Thomas Preston, former
~ Mrs. Grover Cleveland, and her friends
have given a tremendous impetus TO the
fight against woman suffrage In New Jer-
scy the opponents Of votes for women
may ask for police protection against the
sunragists at the anti-suffrage meeting
TO be held in Plainfeld next Thursday. At
this meeting Mrs. Grace Dufiield Goodwin
and other noted ant-suffraglsts will de-
liver addresses.
"Anti-suTragists who were in confer
encc in the auditorium OF the public Ii
brarv i'm Plainneld a few days ago were
interrupted when an immense bouquet Of
flowers was thrown through the transom
and catapultod into their midst. Attached
to the flowers was a card with this in
scription:
we desire to express our gratitude
for the kind work which you are doing i'm
our behalf and beg for a continuation of
your favors.
THE LIQUOR INTERESTS.
THE CHILD LABOR INTERESTS.
THE WHITE SLAVE INTERESTS,
THE OTHER VICE INTERESTS.
"The anti,suffragists recognized the sem
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offensive cartoon in a weekly pro-suffrage
publication. The bouquet incident was
merely the sequel TO the recent activi-
ties of hvsterical sudragists in PlainGed.
their methods having been to scrIbble In
chalk insulting words and sentences on
the doorstcps of prominent Plaindeld
women opposed to equal suffrage
In front OF the home Of Mrs Charles
Sykes was written Here lives the presi-
dent of the women traitors. Upon the
steps Of the residence of the vice-prcsi-
dent. Mrs j. Constable Moore was in
scribed To hell with the antis! Votes for
women, Hurrah for Mrs Pankhurst"
This is merely an indication Of the
desperate and Objectionable measures by
which the sunragsts have shown their re-
sentiment because Of the sctbacks they
have received. not only In President VIII
sons state. but IN various other sections
OF the country. New Jersey is striking
example OF the growth OF anti-sunrage
opinion.
"Tho New jersey State Association OPP
posed 70 Woman Suffrage. although il has
been IN existence little more than "a year.
has a membership Of FIVE thousand wom-
en-. all twcnty-one years OF age or over.
and has branches throughout the state.
Elizabeth recruited SIX hundred members
In three months mems advisory com
mttec consisting OF the Hon Henry
Leavctt. judge Huston Dixon. Charles
Minnegerodc and Colonel William lib
hey. has been formed 10 bring the men Of
New Jersey into active support OF the
anti-sunrage doctrine The Very Rev
James 4. McTau'. Bishop Of Trenton. has
stated cmphatically that he VIII support
no political candidate who stands FOR
equal suffrage and socialistIc principles.
confronted by TINS powerful question. %
saws the ant-sunrag, statement in CON
clusiou. "the suffTagsts are exhibiting I'm
their hystcria their consciousness that
New Jersey will tc added to the list Of
states that have given decisive no To
the clamor FOR votes for women"