The Washington herald., 1908-08-06
.SUFFRAGETTES FAIL
TO SEE PRESIDENT
"YOteSfOr Women Delegates
Barred from Sycamore.
RAIN SPOTS THEIR CURLS
Mrs. B6rmann Wells and Her Party
Badly Routed by Elemenfs-Try 10
AutO, But Are stopped by Secret
Service AEent-PrOmise 10 Return

Oyster Bay. y Y. Agg- 5.-Four suf-
frdgettes descended upon oyster Bay vii
Iage this afternoon TO make the conquest
Of the executive Office. and Il necessary.
TO march upon the secret service guard
and President Roosevelt at Sycamore Hill
They came and saw. but the conqgeriRg
VIII have 70 be done some other day. for.
after al. sufragettes are only women.
and when the rain began 10 dreEch pretty
white skirts and UucurI the pIanes on the
merry sunrags-tes' hats. the game was
called OF on account OF wet grounds.
Even Mrs Borruann Wells. the Eng
lish sunragette. who has faced brick
bats and bad eggs while pleading the
cause IN her own country, had 10 con
fess herself beaten by an Oyster Bay
evening train back 10 New York. while
The executive Office staff and secret ssrv-
ice guard breathed a sigh OF relief and
the villsgers several Of regret
They had the literature" distributed.
and were all primed for something more
exciting than moving picture shows IN
Fleets Hall. As ore disgruntled vfIIaEer
expressed IL. The circus never come near
Oyster Bay this sumner. and now this
tarnsr rain up and spoiled a good show. "
Headed By Mrs. Wells
Headed by Mrs. Borrmann Wells. the
Sufragettes phalanx climbed down from
the 81 O'Clock train for its first view OF
oyster Bay, II a trip taken a few days
ago by Miss Mary Coleman. lawyer
member. who came down TO SPY ont the
land is not considered
Besides Mrs. Wells. those present were
Dr. AIaude Glasgow, Miss Margaret Hs1nt.
Of Colorado. where they let her vote as
early and as often as she pleases. and
Miss Mary Coleman. the lawyer. who had
been here before The quartet was
greeted bv the newspaper men and joseph
Murphy, second in command Of the Secret
Service guards who had dropped in at the
station TO size up the situation and the
Sufragettes-
Mrs. Wells Scents Battle.
Mrs. Wells. all In white except for g
crimson sash and a wide sailor hat trim
med with red ribbon and set at a rakish
angle, seemed 10 scent the battle from
afar and be glad
The fact that President Roosevelt de-
cHnes to see US doesn't matter at all, '
I she said 1t is enough that he has re-
/ fused. We have chosen 10 come here foi
very obvious reasons. and ii is sufficient
for our purposes that we are TO addres.
| the Oyster Bay people in front OF tn,
government Executive Offices BY the
way, how many people do you think vii
/ come to hear Us? We were told tha
/ sometimes as many as eighty people z,
/ together at one time here to hear a speech
and if that is al we can attract TO hea,
US. the awful ride out here was hardly
! worth while
Just about then the rain began to COM
down and Mrs Wells and Miss Hun
I took refuge IN a store directly acros.
( from the executive Office They locke,
/ at and lonSed for the seat Of government
/ but did not venture, much to the deligh
/ of Acting Secretary Forster, who. al
though not clothed with the persona
placitude Of Secretary Loeb. has stlu ;
/ very attractive manner
/ Mr. Forster had refused earlier IN ths
/ day TO say whether or not the sUfrragette
| would be refused If they asked permIs
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