New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-02-05
MISS HINCHEY IS
AFTER IRISH NOW
She'll Convert Them to
Suffrage or Throw Them
Out Bodily.

This IL 10 warn all Irishmen who are
ant-suffragists that IL they have any re-
spect for their bones they had better not
go TO dances or any such social affairs
gwen by Irish societies in New York City.
FOR Miss Maggie Hinchey IS on the Job
and has taken Irish dances for her next
field OF activity.
II Will be remembered how Miss
Hinchey threw a man out Of woman's
meeting couple or weeks ago because
she didn't like his remarks. We'll. she has
come back from her recent trip 20 Wash
ington with the working womon's delega-
ton and her talk with President Wilson
stronger OF arms and suffrage sentiment
than ever. She told the Equal Suffrage
League. which met at the Hotel Aston
yesterday, what she was going 20 do to
convince the President that the Demo-
cratic party wants votes for women.
The Irish are Democrats she said.
and they've got to want woman suffrage.
Some Of EN- don't now-more shame 10
EN-. saw an Irish woman in Washing
ton that told me her husband Pat didn't
want her to vote. I'D not put the burden
av votln' on yez. Pat says 10 her. The
nerve Of that Irishman. I'd like 10 hear
man say that TO me-" observed Miss
Hinchey
We'll, now, I'm going to make It my
job 10 see there's no anti-sufragc Irish
year from now I'm going TO every
Irish ball there is-the Irish are great on
dancing and their societies are always
having 'em-and I'm going TO talk suf-
frage. And II the men there don't agree
with me-" said Miss Hlnchey calmly, IN
Just throw 'em out"
Miss Hinchey declared she wasn't tho
least bit discouraged by Mr.. Wilson's re-
fusal to give the suffragsts the assurance
they asked for.
He was polite TO US anyhow" she said.
When we told him that there we're i've
hundred women there. representing all tbs
women trades, he said. Where are they?
I told him, Outside. The man at this
door said only the speakers could come
in. Bring them all in. says the Presi-
dent in hearty way. and he wouldn't 90
any talking TIL they were all In the ROOM
Now, it's up TO us 10 make all the
Democrats want woman suffrage. and to
make the President know II. It's up 10
us TO work for the federal amendment.
The weakly women in the factories and
stores and laundries are calling 10 Us.
Those women are being exploited tbs
same as the Kafirs in Africa-uhatever
they are-are exploited" said Miss Hin
chey Their arms and ears aren't cut OFT.
like the Kaffirs' arms and cars are wnen
they don't gather enough rubber. but their
souls are killed. and that's worse. We are
told that it's labor unions that keeps
mems wages as good as they are. and not
the vote. Now. I ask the antis. what's
q labor union without the power OF the
vote behind 1t?
THE laundry workers struck. and what
did they gain? They're supposed TO get
the nine-hour day, Well. go In most any
OF the hotels, and you'll find there is only
one set of napkins. and they're washed
after breakfast. after luncheon and after
dinner The laundresses begin In the
morning. right after breakfast. and they
work Till late at night. Make these laun-
dry workers voters. and their protestu
mean something.
Miss Dorothy Miller, store employee
who went to Washington with the depu-
tation. was another OF the speakers yes
terdav. and II. Nichol Schwartz was an
other. Mrs. Frederick Nathan presided.