New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-03

;ne in town meeting, SO, Of course, we
have 20 let the men vote on u We
shall abide BY their decision. We Con-
cord sufrragists are law abiding, even
n we can't speak In town meeting as to
how the laws shall be enforced
Flag Still Waves.
During the interval between the nrst
skirmish on Monday and to-nights pat
Ito the suirragist flag has hung from
Nv Browns store. II still faced the
,ou,p hall. and the angry eyes of Judge
Kevs. hut he couldn't do anything about
mat. because il was on private prop
erty.
Itried TO see Judge Keys, hoping that
n him AZ least. would find the deter
mined anti for whom | have hunted so
long. Alas. he was not at home, ana his
wife. a picturesque figure in her gray
silk and old fashioned gold brooch
stood with her back to her old grand
fathers clock and explained That
neither she nor the judge ever had any
dealings with reporters.
The suffragists say that all Concord
is up in arms over votes for women,
anyway. regardless OF the flag issue. =,
"It's the blood Of our forefathers,
said Mrs. Brown. Were fighting the
same old fight against taxation with
out representation"
sure, Concord's always ready for
scrap" said the village policeman, not
entering into the matter OF ancestry
According 70 Mrs. Robertson James
president OF the Suffrage Club, the
women who have made house 20
house canvass OF the town reported
that Concord had more mind OF us own
than any other town in Massachuset'S'
due, no doubt. TO the philosophers IN
fuence. Every man, they said, kne"
which side he was on. One-thlrd o.
tho mon promised to vote yes on the
amendment, and the town was sure 10
carry for the cause, they said.
ANTS" Are Reticent.
! called on one Of the leaders Of tn
anti-suffrage society.
1--WE never talk for publication she
said. chat is what il means TO be auti
suFragists. You must go TO the otne
side II YOU want interviews"
She stated only that the ant-sui
frage society had one hundred active
members, large number for town o.
Concord's size.
"You expect 70 win In November,
don't YOU" | asked.
1--WE are hoping" she said.
That it is hardly true that all Con
cord is lined up on one side or the
other | discovered in a visit to the
Public Library. Here. beside the white
marble figure OF Rath Waldo Emerson
and surrounded on all sides by relics
and portraits of Concord's great men,
is a quiet little woman, with the wise
ewes and smooth gray hair that belongs
to Concord. She, however, was not IN
terested in suffrage.
81 have not thought about II, she
said. owe have the literature OF botn
sides on our shelves, but II is USED
mostly By the school children for de-
bates"
Three out Of four merchants on the
mill dam were for suffrage, especiaily
since the episode Of the flag, but the
fourth went right on measuring beans
when | sought his views.
whether they win or whether they
don't. III be here Just the same the
next morning he said.
On the Safe Side.
you're not going to vote?"
"No. ma'am, I'm not going 10 vote
either way Then III be perfectly safe"
In the Wright Tavern. famed fJr
stirring scenes just before the battle
Of Concord, the girl who sells post
cards was much excited a. the pros
pect Of suffrage street meeting.
Il never heard any one talk about
women voting before" she said. nc
like TO hear what they have to say
Things couldn't be much worse,
though. Look what gets into Office
now"
| hurried away. lest should hear
too much about a town whose NORA
standards are supposed to have beer
established by Emerson and Olcott