The sun., 1918-10-02
MOTHER SCOTCHES
PRO-GERMAN SNAKE
Mrs. Lilly, Assembly Candi-
date, With Son in War, Dis
turbs Socialist Meeting.
RESENTS PACIFIsT TALK
WOmen's international League
Rebuked for Criticisms Of
Victory First Policy.

I'll re cheers for Mrs Mary, Lilly,
Democratic candidate for the State As
sembly In the Seventh Assembly dis
trictI Unaided and alone, In group OF
Socialist women candidates for various
offices, at tea at the Fifth Avenue
Restaurant yesterday. she dealt the pac-
ifIst snake a blow on the head that sent
it. kissing but subdued. to its lair. 1t
certainly was a beautiful sight to see
this dauntiess lady politician. with moth
ing but her tongue for ? weapon, wal
loDlng that incipient peace drive heart
felt wallops.
II made her few sympathizers in the
room groan with regret that Candidate
LILLY Is not running for the United States
Congress instead Of just the lower house
in Republican silk stocking district.
where. as she remarked, she has just
about AZ much chance of being elected as
the other women have
The occasion was a reception given
by what the cards OF invitation called
the Congressional district leaders OF
the Woman's International League for
the first woman candidates for Con-
gress from New York State. There not
being very many women candidates for
Congress-. bids were mailed to candi-
dates for the State Legislature also. Now
the address Of the Woman's .Interna-
tionai League is 70 Fifth avenue, long
the home Of various societies OF pacifist
tendencies. and the w. L. l.. was not
so long ago the Woman's Peace Party.
Socialists Predominant.
The guests OF honor were Miss Pauline
Newman. Socialist candidate for Con-
gress in the Nineteenth Congress dis
trict Miss Fannie Witherspoon. Socialist
candidate in the Fifteenth Miss Elinor
Byrns, Socialist candidate In the Flew
enth Mrs. Kate +. Southmayd Repub-
lican candidate for the State Senate in
the Fifth Senate district; Mrs. Mary
Lilly and Mrs Catherine Peck Wylde,
whom the Democrats have put up for the
State Senate in the First.
Mrs. Henry Willard, Mrs. Mary Ware
bennett, Mrs. Robert Adamson, wife OF
the former Fire Commissioner. and about
hundred other women were there to
set them afloat on their campaign. All
the ladies had social cup OF tea. and
then settled themselves In chairs to en-
I Joy the feast Of reason scheduled for )
O'Clock.
| Miss Witherspoon. n short. determined
person who Is a Bryn Mawr graduate
and a suffragist, but first and foremost
Socialist. made a long speech giving
| . programme for the regeneration of the
! world, with a lot about the peace t.
| follow the war, but nothing about win
ming the war. The large group OF So
cialists whom she faced listened rap
turousiy, and off at one side few lone
some Democrats sat and waited pa
tiently for Mrs Lilly 70 be called upon.
| The call came not. Other Socialists
spoke. telling the Government all abou'
how that peace table must be managed
( but the thing that reused Mrs Lilly:
ire was Miss Newman's condemnation
| OF the espionage laws
! Attacks Wilson Administration.
I'VE Socialists stand for free speech,
cried the candidate from the Nineteenth.
! I'VE condemn the autocratic Admins
( tration which gives the Postmaster-Gen-
/ eral censorship over the newspapers and
magazines, and we condemn the sup.
/ preston OF free utterance. The laws
which make 1t possible for some OF our
ablest citizens to he unjustly imprisoned
are bad laws. II that is sedition, added
Miss Newman, II don't care"
This obvious defence of the Masses
editors made Mrs, Lilly and her little
pand OF pemoera's turn IN tne'r chalrs
nut the SOCIALISTS continued TO monopo'
lize the platform, ana Mrs. Lily got uI
to leave. But Miss Katherine Blake
principal OF Public School No. 6. Man
| haitian. pulled her back and told the
chairman that she must be permitted ia
speak. Reluctantly the Socialists yielded
| tho floor.
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