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Show Women Causes Scene by Trying to Reach President a Hotel Lack of Courtesy Deprecated by the Head of National Suffrage Association New York, May 17. Mrs. Stanloy McCormlck, vice president of tho National Na-tional Woman Suffrago association, In a statement tonight declared that tho association had no sympathy with tho act of two women suffrnglsts who today caused a bcciio by trying to reach President Wilson In tho hotel ho-tel whero ho wns a guest of honor nt n Itiutheon. They wero taken In hi ml by so-cret so-cret service men, but j ri r to this they had succeeded In delivering to Secretary Tumulty a letter fur tho President. It wns written on tho stationery of tho national executive committee of tho congressional union un-ion for woman suffrago, and appealed to tho President for his powerful aid to remove, the political disabilities ot women." Mrs. McCormlck in her statement said: "The natlonnl association depro cntes tho lack of courtesy shown toward to-ward tho President of tho United States by a small band of American suffragists. It is nn unfortunate application ap-plication of English methods to tho American situation which In no wny warrants them. Tho President, so for as wo know, has never refused H to receive tho women suffragists of R this country when properly npproach- Hl cd. Tho attempt to forco tho Prcsl- M dent to rccoivo this delegation was lH not mado In good faith or with any it1l real hopo that tho Prosldont would fiUI consent. It Is this sort of thing which ,M In tho opinion of many women, might ! servo to sot back suffrago In this country. " ' |