The sun., 1915-11-01
THAW COMES BACK
TO COUNSEL VOTERS
Advises for Suffrage. but Is
Against the New Con-
stitutiOn.
SURROUNDED BY A GUARD

SURROUNDED BY A GUARD
| Just In the nick OF time. with only a
few hours to spare before the polls open.
Harry Thaw came to town yesterday
and prepared a long statement giving
tho people Of New York the benefit Of
his Views on tho proposed new Constitu-
tion. He's against It. but is for woman
suffrage.
Thaw arrived about $40 in the morn
ing from Pittsburg. and a few minutes
later blew brecziIy UP to the desk at
the Waldorf.
"It's been a long time since you saw
me IN here" he said 20 Paul Haney. the
clerk.
at has been, indeed" Haney re-
sponded with all truthfulness. The clerk
Is q young man and never saw Thaw
before IN his life. He didn't know who
the newcomer was until he had
registered.
Ta,aw was assigned to q single room
! on the tenth fioor and disappeared after
giving orders that he wasn't TO be dis
turbed. lie permitted no one TO know OF
his presence save Publicity Agent Crock
ett. and Crockett considerately refraaned
/ from teiephonang to more than six news
paper Offices
Guarded at the Hotel.
Thaw had barely arrived VIXEN II. !.
Rice. whom ne calls his secretary. ap-
peared in the hotel On his heels came
Val OFarrell and Norman ]. tHxsim-
/ mons. dctectives. with W. ]. Bittinger
and d. W. Dean. friends Of the detec-
| tives. All five remained with the Pitts
| burg man Throughout the day. Thaw
explained tho pueeence OF the detectives
by saying:
/ MY lawyers were afraid somebody
might try to play a trick on me here
! in New York. But I'm not looking for
! trouble and I don't think any OF my
friends are. or any OF my former orpo-
, nents either"
! During the afternoon he worked stead
| lily and pcrspiringly on his address TO
/ the public, stopping once to make an APP
! pointment by telephone TO receive the
newspaper men at 5 80 o'clock. When,
half an hour after the appointed time.
he stepped from an elevator he was
| flanked on one side by his secretary and
on the other by q house detective.
The procession formed with Thaw at
the head, then just In front OF the ESQ.
| vators In the Thirty fourth street ccr-
! ridor. The line Of march WAS cas-; to
the entrance OF Peacock Alley. south
, through the main lobby and she lounge
/ to the Thirty-third street corridor and
southeast to the Egyptian rom. Every
| i.ody seemed To- recognize the man in
! front and a good many men and ono
woman fell into linc.
Thaw didn't appear to notice the at
! tention he WAS attracting. though he
! gave no evidence OF 4 desire 10 shr'oS
away. lie looks well. by the way. lie
n stout.r than when he left New York,
declared sane, and his auto trip to San
| Francisco tanned him.
! Settling back on comfortable settee
in the Egyptian room he cautioned his
intervtewers:
I'm willing to talk about anything
but my private affairs. understa nd
that the subject OF the proposed new
Constitution Is the chief topic OF discus
sion here. 70 have reduced my views
! to writing and have u copy for each If
you.
ress," he said. mo. I haven't seen any
of my lawyers. but talked with one OF
them on the telephone really can't
discuss my divorce suit Have l seen
Mrs. Thaw? or course not But I am
| against tho Constitution"
How do you stand on tho suffrage
question. Mr.. Thaw?'' was asked.
! I'm for It. That is. II had reg
tstered I should vote for It in Penn.yi-
vania on Tuesday. But, understand.
am giving you only my personal view.
But az to this new Constitution. In
my judgment the Constitution would be
better IL ElIhu Root hadn't been allowed
to write all of u. / think Samuel
Gompers should have been allowed 10
write part. II the women OF New York
get the suffrage I don't think II will do
them much good don't think voting
will do the men much good eithcr-un-
less tho Constitution Is defeated
lie Hasn't Fallen in Love.
Thaw denied an apparently irrespon-
sible report that he fell In love with n
Pennsylvania school teacher IN San
Francisco and that he came to New
York TO urge his lawyers TO expedite
the divorce proceedings. After giving
out his statement Thaw and his party
| went to the Biltmoro for dinner.
Evelyn Nesbk Thaw appeared as usual
at the Alhambra last night When told
that her husband was In town she
shrugged her shoulders and said: Tin
not at all interested" But for all that
an extra guard WAS placed outside her
dressing room. which was maintained
until word came that Thaw had left for
PAtsburg on the 8:3t train.
Here Is the principal paragraph Of
Thaw's prepared statement:
''Under the old Constitution vicious
private influences held too much power.
The new one would intensity the evil.
My own case Ia only one OF these wherein
a Jury's verdict has been disregar rded
Mine is only notable because had some
money and many friends yet was held
for seven long years after my acquittal.
For men who are poor or friendless there
will be little hope IL wealth or official
weight is against them. In the very
first article OF the new Constitution there
IS a method whereby rich criminals can
obtain a trial before a single Judge and
avoid the consequences OF jury trial :"
For good measure Thaw dictated his
views on the Sheriff and District At
torney campaigns also, He is neutra