The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-05-04
Maud Malone, First
American Militant
Suffragette to Test the
Law in New York, and
What the Supreme Court
Has Just Decided About
wild Women

sHp question is often asked,
"Whgt would be done to the
militant sunragettes If they
Ia IA on q campaign Of lawless-
a America as they have IN
|sndT'
nd this question can now be an
"a. at least for New York, be-
g the Appellate Division Of the
York Supreme Court has settled
raatter In no uncertain terms.
"a court has no fault to find
& fhe worthy movement In favor
roman suffrage. In fact. the
sa take pains to point out dis
N that "thoughtiul men and
ren recognize that the principle
oman suffrage is supported By
"a arguments" But wanton
||essness cannot be excused be-
e OF the plea that 1t Is in behalf
merltorious cause.
e young woman In Brooklyn, Maud
.111e, took 1t upon herself to IL
|upt q political meeting last Fall.
a President Wilson was speak
Like her misguided English
1ds, this American militant suf-
stfe had notion that she would
+ har name into the papers and
tably escape any serious conse-
ices for a disorderly act She
promptly arrested, dragged out
ne meeting, taken to court and
for disorderly conduct.
ne was quits a shock to Maud
Dne, and she and her friends ap-
Ia the case. The Appellate d.
IA has Just handed down a pretty
re rebuke TO Maud Malone, oon-
pg her conviction and warning
y lRwless suffragettes that the
VII make no exceptions because
are fighting for Votes for
nsn."
Rus 4 is pretty we'll settled that
1ort Of disturbances which are
ing the true progress Of woman
1ge IN England would be prompt
1alt With by the courts II at
Zed In America. But the oues-
4 III remains as to what the au-
'les would do If the American
mould become filled with law
zunragettes who went on q
! er strike. On this matter
u Hamburger said to reporter
10 newspaper:
mere is little fear that militant
settles. If there be any such
4 "a outlaws In these United
would dare to commit the
4 'ues they are undertaking IN
y ND. II any such uprisings did
nere, however, we would lose
nme In failing the offenders
1pject1ng them to the strictest
! sDl{ne,
4aralng the treatment Of mill
4 remind the bars, there are lust
4 courses: 1) Permit them 10
Il themselves to death land good
! zee It would be) (2) feed them
y ~; lS) release them after self
lion had reached the danger
y le emlnently inhumen TO allow
n women 10 starve themselves,
i 9 would never permit such n
= 4Qre IN this country. On the
n nand, 1t does absolutely nc
% release a woman, for she
i take her release as a prece.
Il 'na defy the law all her life,
e .clpie feeding is the only al,
), .Fe We should resort to.
= want to put myself on rec.
n oeing IN favor OF giving
"a e tne vote What | take ex,
= 'u 70 Is mlsbehavior and riotIne
IL Eserted females, Then the,
!. pe treated the same as mer
y made to suffer"
j. Fallon, Warden Of tb,
eook the same viewpoint a,
. hamburger. He said:
inilltant suffragettes tina
'siseo and placed under m,
= = would feed forcibly. But
e nIsl nave them all examine,
g ~ ailenlsts to decide whethe
~ pulo serve their term in prisor
y, eat TO the insane asylum"
y LIS no conditions would we Re
q woman who refused 10 eat
ts "ouid only laugh at us afte
NJ ous, and the first thing "
~ oooy IN the jail woul
. " same game In nm attempt t
lug women offer stubborn r,
20 manhandIing. We can civ
4 isnfnent by injections. Br
~ IRE OF this. and the fl.
III know we find them eotin
s u 1vvd IN spite of themgclve
'lsH &bt "oniah can generally
y N ,ste. Terms by refusing to gly
90 ser except Oh fhe ccnditIc
w. ~ eat the food we put befol
N j, Wright. Commission,
& o department. of Correction
" h' under whose care convIc
S d se'tes would come, bad th
- no conditions do I belle,
dn ausal to take food should ,
Ior the liberation of O
4 ~ ons militants. Such ,,r
:, y would never remedy matte, n =,
y q. you'd | sanction the barha
III LOG Of allowing the fouati
7, ~ ~ tse themselves. or the r.
o ~ " forcible feeding / won
. NJ dou auvocate examining nouris
he ~, woman's throat, b
ds: Y: = inclined to try injections