New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-11-10
Suffragists Lose 2 Hours
Because Some One De-
Ceived License Bureau.
WARM WORDY WAR
IN SUFFRAGE SHOP
Skeptical Inquirer Overwhelmed
by Answers, Information and
Knitting Needles.

some person or persons unknown
suspected, however, to be anti-suffra-
Sists-almost prevented the moving
pictures from moving at Mrs. Norman
he r. Warehouses; suffrage shop yes
terday. An extra large crowd came
to 500 Fifth av. at the hour announced
for the show, 4 o'clock p. m, to see
them; but in consequence of the
tantiO plot they didn't appear until o.
Mrs. Whitehouse applied to the Blu
reau Of Licenses last week for the
necessary permit, but the bureau re-
quires the 0. X. Of the Department Of
Water Supply, Gas and Electricity,
and just as Joseph Honey. head of the
Electrical Bureau. was about 10 give
this, feminine voice informed him
over th" telephone that Mrs. White
house had changed her mind about
having moving pictures. So he hung
up the receiver and thought no more
about II until the sufragists logged
the Bureau Of Licenses, and Mr.
Honey learned that the voice had TO
connection with Mrs. Whitehouse ct
all.
The meeting didn't lack excitement
even IL the films were delayed until
nearly everybody had gone home. Al
fred Il. Conklin. who gained fame as
an explosive orator in the New York
Legislature, injected himself into the
speeches with a demand 10 know what
women would get with the vote that
they didn't have now. He said he had
10 be told right away, because he
would see his daughter in half an hour
end wished 10 enlightcn her. Mrs.
Frederick Nathan devoted ten minutes
70 answering him. She was aided by
Mrs. NhitehOuSe and by two men in
he audience, lawyer and a socialist
When II was over Mr.. ConkliE went
out. looking as II he wished he hadn't
Not that he was convinced, for as he
left he was heard TO mutter:
You're jumping at conclusions, just
as women always do"
II was Mrs. Nathnn's speech about
labor conditions which led Mr.. Conk-
lin TO jump up and tell her that the
labor laws were all right for women,
and he'd like 10 know what woman's
vote could do 20 better them
'I'll tell you one thing" said Mrs
Whitchouse. a bill was introduced
in the New York Legislature TO IN
crease the pay of the women primary
school teachers in this city from $3.50
year to 5000. Another bill was in
troduced TO increase the pay OF the
men primary school teachers from $3.50
year to 5000. When the woman's
bill came to Mayor Mitchell he refused
TO sign it. II was too mandatory, he
objected. But when the mems bill
came he forgot about its being manda-
tory and signed it. ! don't believe he'd
have done that il women voted.
"If we voted fewer women would be
burned TO death in factories"
you don't know that; you're jump
ing at conclusions" denied Mr.. Conk-
lin.
"Tm trying TO answer your Ques-
ton" said Mrs. Whitehouse. "If you
will wait till I've finished"
But at that moment a socialist in a
gray sweater bounced in with arFu-
ments to prove that women got the
worst of it in all occupations. When
his breath gave out Mrs. Nathan
dropped the muffler she was knitting
for the EuropeaL soldiers and sprany
INTO the ring.
pointing her knitting needles at Mr..
Conklin. chat on the commission
formed under the wormen's compensa-
tion act there are threescore men
counting the whole force and not one
woman Not one woman TO look out
for women's interests or hear the
stories OF the factory girls, some OF
whom are very reluctant TO tell their
stories TO men ~
Miss Dree-er is on" shouted Mr.
Conklin.
III you mean Miss Dreier," said
Mrs. Nathan, "she is a member Of the
Factory Investigation Commission, but
not Of the one l am speaking Of"
Mr.. Conklin had had enough. Sup
ported by Miss Annie Peck, the noun
tain climber, who gave him an arm to
the door, he went away.