Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-10-29
WOMEN HECKLED
DURING ATTACK ON
LEGISLATOR NJ NABB
Lively Scenes Last Night at Third
and Madison and Fourth and
Jackson Streets.
BOYS ANNOYED SPEAKERS

Exaggerated reports u a disturbance ~
the yicinlty o{ 1hlrd and Madison streets
last night whom group of anti NcNabi'
women attempted to make npen-aif talks
apaingt Mr. NcNRhh, were contradicted
today hv business men and residents IN
tho district Tho trouble 20 the speakers
was ca,iaod outlrcly by crowd of pos
sihly ~ bows. who hooted the speakers.
interrupted their talks hy hca'lnR upon
tan mans otc residents sav 0no egg WAS
thrown. but wItncssca said that the report
that stink bombs weTn thrown y ialae
The crowd, which MAS attracted hy the
ptpeakerz, numbered between 100 and 2u0
persons about so pcr cent os whom were
women and children The few mon ~ tho
scene had no part ~ the active disturbance
Il IS claimed The women first attempted
~ speak 10 front of the store pi GeorEe
Ha,lor, ~ Third and Madison streets Mr.
Rader saws that ho requested them ~ hold
thor meeting across the street at the park
corner or on the opposite corner, where y
place Of business was closed. 20 that ms
own business, which, II rushing nj that
hour. would not he interferad with. lie
declares that the women refused % do this
and AS a result ~ their defiant attitude n
crowd "a hs-s ffcl he disturbance
Tho rral trout, one man said today,
was resentment when one 81 the women
speakers began 20 attack the home lue
az Mc<abb
Later the women moved across the
street. and then went 20 Fourth and Jack
son streets. where they tired 70 hold their
meeting on the steps of St Paul 5 X &.
Church. but were told by Rev. Thomas
+ WaIdrHl pastor OF the church, that
the step, al a church were not proper
place u conduct a political meeting \
SQUAD Of police officers arrived on the
scene about tins time. and their efforts -
stIpDress noise created by the boys were
unsuccessful The women, dlsheartened
hv the ,Inavailing attempts 10 make thein-
selves heard above the clamoT Of the boys,
got IN the- limousine and drove away.
While there was lot OF NOISE at Fourth
and Jackson and the speakers were
heckled. witnesses SAY no vile language
was used and there WAS no violence.
The group of women speakers included
Mrs Florence Bayard llilles Mrs. Annie
McGee and Miss Alice Boyle. The
charge Of anv rowdyism by Democratic
men and women was denied today by wit
nesses including business men and resi-
dents III the district At Fourth and Jack
son streets a banner, urging voters 10 send
& W
a group Of boys Rev. Thomas L Wal
dron. pastor Of st Paul's Church, who
requested the women not to speak from
the church steps. said today that there
was no profane language used by the boys
against the speakers and that the entire
matter seemed to him a manifestation OF
boyish exuberance He declared that no
stink bombs or eggs we're thrown IN
that locality The speakers we're warned
off the church steps, as are all political
speakers
After leaving Fourth and Jackson
streets, the speakers went 10 Eighth and
Lombard where addresses were given.
STATEMENT ~ 4 ". BADER
'-Thc cause of the disorder at Third and
| Madison streets, last night with all due
/ respect to the ladies who came here 20 talk
! 10 the women voters in regard to j. Ed
ward AicNabh for Senator, was brought
/ on bv the speakers themselves said MIR.
/ Badcr Under the Constitution of the
! United States there IS guarantee OF free
/ speech 70 all people The same law
/ guarantees man certain rights.
These women came into my place of
/ business last night and asked permission to
make speeches from the steps of my store
! tit an hour when | do more business than
i during the balance Of the day. told them
/ | couldn't do this rs it would interfere
with my business after which they de
/ liberatelv opened their meeting on the
pavement right against the steps of my
| store. ] went out to them in gcntlemanly
wav, and called attention to the blocking
Of nv business with gathering OF 200
women and children, and q crowd of dis
orderly boys in front Of the store. called
attention to the park corner, opposite, and
also to the corner opposite where place
of business was closed. My request was
! not needed, though it would have given
| people free access to my store.
Il called police headquarters, asked the
the capatn, and told him that my place OF
business was being blocked by a meeting
and he promised to send an officer here.
haven seen the officer yet. These women
| should have come down into the Third
| ward with police protection for themselves
as well rs for the people IN the neighbor-
hood When | found out that they defied
my request | turned out large light in
front of my store ! presume that when
the boys saw the women were defying me
and interrupting my business, that they
started the disturbance.
"Thc women have no one but them
selves to blame for the reception they re
ceved | have been an advocate Of equa
suffrage for number of years, and believe
in free speech and freedom of the press
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