The Mayor said he would investigate the legal phases and also look into the character of the play before he decided upon steps to take.
Threatening letter received by Lady Gregory
MCINERNEY LEADS FIGHT
Ald. Michael McInerney led the movement for the council order.
“The play is a studied sarcasm on the Irish race,” asserted Mr. McInerney, reading from a typewritten sheet; “it points no moral, and it teaches no lesson.”
“Press agent!” shouted some one.
“No, I’m not the press agent,” asserted the alderman. “This play pictures an Irishman a coward, something that never happened, and it attacks the Irishwoman. There are no Irishmen connected with the company in any way.”