Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-07-24
Sever Mi!ss Of suffragettes.

The largest demonstration ever made
by either men or women TO ask for the
franchise, took place in London ON June
II. Thirty special excursion trains We're
run TO London from all parts of Eng
land, and the seven great professions
and other features announced in our
columns last week came off as scheduled.
The dispatches say:
Favored by beautiful weather. and
again displaying totally unexpected
genius For organization, the sutlragettes'
demonstration IN Hyde park today was
an unparalleled success. Encouraged by
previous successes, the sutfra gettes
planned toaay's demonstration as Il eli
max in the years fight for woman suf-
trage 1t is hardly too much 10 say that
never was such political demonstration
seen in London before
Fully 100000 people assembled in
and around Hyde park as active or pas
size participants in Ehe great meeting,
while for two or three hours in the mid
die of the day the whole center of the
city was in a ferment. Various process
SONS appeared, each about a mile in
length. and the routes through Which
these passed were densely crowded with
spectators.
The suff"agettes from the provinces
We're met at the various railroad sta
tons by delegations from the London
| organization. and these. forming them
selves into line. marched from different
points of the compass to Hyde park.
Arriving there, the leaders and speakers
for the various sections literally had 10
fight their way to the platforms
These womens demonstrations are
far more attractive from a spectacular
point Of view than those held by men.
Almost all the suffragettes Wore white
dresses with sashes of their eolers,
green, white and purple, inscribed
Votes for women and the scene as
.fs,g sc
of color"
There were 6000 police on hand to
guard against trouble, but very few
disturbances took place. The women
were happy and good natured, and the
attitude of the thousands of specta-
tors is said in the dispatches to have
been mainly one of amused tolera-
ton" If they were merely amused
by this unprecedented demonstration.
of the signs of the times. Political
wisdom has been defined as the abil
ity to tell a band wagon from a hearse
1t is pretty clear now in England
that the suffrage cause is the band
wagon and the opposition Is the hearse.
There was some fainting from the
pressure of the immense crowd. A
few rowdy youths armed with bells
ard ;rumpets gathered around fhe
4
| speaking and tried to drown her
voice, but were taken in charge by
the police. Similar scenes took place
around the stand occupied by Mrs.
Murte. the Australian lady; and at
these two out of the twenty stands oc-
cupied by the eighty women speakers. i.
vas almost impossible for the speeches
to be heard. by the way, Miss NJ ,lony
and her bell have been a text for anti-
suffrage editorials all over the United
States: but we have not seen any as-.ttt
ments put forward as to the unfitnass OF
all men to vote because NUMBER OF
young roughs at the suffrage meetings
have for some time been trying 20 drown
the speakers voices with bells. trumpets
aud catcals Sauce for the goose il
no sauce for the gander,l
Thirty persons were treated for minor
injuries caused by these disturbances.
but no one was seriously hurt-a re.
markable record for a demonstration i'm
Guiding 100000 people.
A tower had been put up In Hyde
park overlooking all of the twenty
stands, and from the tower bugle note
gave the signal for the speaking TO be
gin at all of them, and for the resoiu.
tiOn to be put 10 n vote demanding the
immediate acknowledgements of women.
end finally the signal for all the audi
enCe to cry in unison, 'Yotes for won.
eu.'-W oman's Journal.