SUFFRAGIST'S- REVENGE.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 88, 7 January 1908, Page 7

SUFFRAGIST'S- REVENGE.

■ HOME SECRETARY'; ATTACKED.- .. "You ..area-' disgrabo'-'to 'jour, name!"' shrieked a suffragist, 'ds : : sho -flung .a- liat which sho snatched from a steward ' at. Mr: Herbert Gladstono when' sho ; : Avas. : being thrown out of his mooting-" at'- Devonshire Hall, West Leeds. ••• ' Never had tho suffragists "been so' vindictivo or so well, organised ■ ns when- they utterly spoiled tho meeting; tliat- "night. When* Mr. :Gladstono arrivcilat Leeds. Station in tho afternoon a'forco'of police had been summoned io protect him from tho women, and ho was driven" rapidly' awayi : -' : Ho had spohen about'U/lozen-words I: '.at tho subsequent meeting! when a Vpman- roso and said: "Why does -Mr.>.Gla'dstono- — ; ?" Tho stowards were prepared, and- tho woman was thrown violently out. '—~ , ' ' Within three minutes-- three others- had mot tho samo fate. Tho work of expulsion was rendered very difficult'- by tho .'overcrowded state of:tho hall. t Mr. Gladstone then began to talk- about Socialism, when another woman shouted': "What about ! tho women?" '■"Sho was'thrown out. . - ■■■:■- '■;■ - ;' ■ Tho roughness with which tho stowards treated tho women -created •-•sonic- anger among members of tho a'udionce. Normercy, was shown to them, and they wero'handled as roughly as if they had been men. . When tho first woman had been ejected tho audience was in an uproar. Some • took sides with tho suffragists,- . and others were hostilo and struck 0110 .woman who was' being carried out. " "" After a long pauso. Mr,... .Gladstono. 'attempted again to speak, and tho seventh suffragist snouted, "Aro you in favour—7—?" Sho was literally hurled .out. The-eighth suffragist was amenable; When she shouted "Votes for women," tho'"chairman'.roso and begged her to be a "vise.woman."' .Slid relapsed into silence, and."',was allowed ;, to. remain. _ •". When tho ninth suffragist. - interrupted there were cries of "Turn her out," and counter cries of "Leave her alone;" Sho maiiied. Tho tonth, eleventh,, and" twelfth. 1 , werb ejected with violence.' . It was tho eleventh —said to be tho redoubtable Miss Kenney— who snatched a hat' from.' tho head of a steward and hurled it at .Mr. Gladstono. Sho only succeeded ill hitting, a reporter. Tho entiro meeting was a fiasco. . When Air. Gladstono mentioned, old ago pensions thero was a loud laugh, and .the ■ speaker, retorted that it was a "very foolisli.'Jaugh," Tho chairman was booocl, and when lie expressed regret at tho injection of the s'uffr ragisls thero was a terrific, uproar. Although there was a dense fog, tho suffragists held a meeting outside' tho hall.

Messrs. Cndltiny llros., Ltd.', notify in another column that they have'-decided, to continue the distribution of -their jewel -caskets of ehoeolates. for which coupons collected before December U1 will still hold good. At the. Mount Conk Tolice Court yesterday, before Mr. C. W. Bonbow, J.P.. seven persons chained with drunkenness were dealt with. Timothy Donovan, one first offender, was convicted and discharged; .John ShanaghanWas fined 10s. or 24 hours; John Scott, ss. or 24 hours, John Do,-erase. ss. or '24 hours; William Tierney, a habitual'driiiiku'd; Was sentenced to one month's imprisonment; and John Russel, for disorderly conduct, was fined 20s. or 7 days. ■ ■■ • Sutrragitis differs from fever. At its height it is not catching;. Tho more ' ono sees of it tho less ono' is susCoptiblo to its syinjitams.—