Honolulu Republican, Volume IV, Number 493, 10 January 1902 — WOMAN'S WRATH AT "ADVERTISER" [ARTICLE]

WOMAN'S WRATH AT "ADVERTISER"

"I r‘*d the Advertiser every day to d ke-p track of the wicked lie* that are | 1 told al-oul roe." cried Mr*. Theresa 1 Wilcox. wife of Hawaii’s Delegate to * Congress. to an Advertiser reporter as', after the Home Rule Republican f meeting in Foster Hall last night. “I want to *eii w j that you have printed what is not true and that you } OT ph* to l>e a>r,atn*d to misrepresent , thinp' the way you do. I give you in- < formation and you deliberately twist . • to suit th‘- r ;rpo«es of the Advertiser I demand that you make an 1 apology that is if the Advertiser has t enough decency left. * There was considerable excitement • 'n Foster Hall last night just after the 1 Horn*- Hub* meeting broke up Mrs. Wilcox had a copy of the Advertiser | in h« r hand and waited for the re- j porter of that paper to speak to her She then broke forth with indignation, asking when the Advertiser intended to let up on i«s policy of warring on women. 1 Mrs Wilcox specified numerous incorrect article* and waxed more indignant as she recalled the many mis representations of the Advertiser in regard to h< rself p rsonally and the Home Rule Republican party. The lad' followed the Advertiser man around the room, shaking her flat m bis face and telling him what shethoughl of the Advertiser. She announced that she was an in-

dependent woman and that she believed in speaking the truth and that her husband wanted h r to tell nothing but the truth ab ut party affairs The Advertiser man naturally looked embarrassed, but manfully tried to stand up for the pap°r for which he was working- H-- said that no mire presentation bad been intended in anv case and that he would say any•h;ng in the Advertiser that Mrs. Wilcox wanted him to say anything to please her. be said. This did not satisfy Mrs. Wilcox, however. She said she knew what the Advertiser was; that it was continually telling falsehoods and that the reporter ought to be ashamed of himself for being a party to tnem. Members of the Home Rule party gathered around some attempting to persuade Mrs. Wilcox to cease her tirade against the Advertiser, saying that everybody kn*-w what kind of a paper it was and there was no good in trying to reform it Some as Mrs Wilcox’ voice rose in justifiable anger, playfully called for the police. As the Advertiser reporter went down stairs Mrs Wilcox followed him and continued her remarks, scoring the Advertiser for its fight against a woman. The last seen of the two. long after the meeting had dispersed. Mrs. Wilcox was still shaking her fist at the reporter and the latter was still promising to apologize.