Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-06
DEFENDS THE METHODS
Mrs. Pankhurst Tells the Story
of the Suffragetes.
THEY walked UP ENGLAND
Succeeded Where Petitions Had
Failed.
BELIEVES IN MAKING A NOISE
"No Reform Comes without Making
Q Nuisance" She Declares in Meet
ing at Old Masonic Temple.
J BELIEVES IN MAKING A NOIs


The next great English leader in tn,
who will visit the city will be Mrs. Philip
Snowden. the leader OF the English WON
an suffragists. Mrs. Snowden is said tt
be without an equal among women a:
| a public speaker. She will speak in thi.
city November ~ on Peeps at Parlia
ment Through a Woman's Eyes" Mrs
Snowden. during her stay in Washington
will be the guest of one Of the member.
OF the College Equal Suffrage Club. Mrs
Snowden is said to represent the Other
methods" employed by the women o.
England in their efforts to obtain tn.
rlght or franchise. The difference be
| tween the ''suffragettes" and the .'suf
| fragists" was described by one of TIL,
| ladies' at the woman suffrage headQuar
tiers by saying The suffragists was it,
bit the 'suffragettes' gets it,
Mrs. Pankhurst's Story.
Mrs. Pankhurst last night in the ole
| Masonic Temple told her story OF the
struggle for the right OF woman to cast
the ballot and to have a voice In the gov.
erning Of the nation. Her hearers saw q
| motherly woman-one with plenty OF
brains and steadfast purpose.
Among the auditors were District Com
missioner mcfarland, Admiral Baird
formerly president OF the District board
Of education, and President GUIDE of the
Chamber OF Commerce.
Mrs. Jessie Waite Wright, president OF
the Woman's Equal Suffrage Association
OF tho District of Columbia, presided ov.g
the meeting.
At the opening of the session a sonk
uted through the audience. The tune
was Dixie and the title was. For
woman 1t ran as follows:
The day Is dawning clear and grand,
sunshine now Ger every land.
Lo '%t. aw w,n. LOOK away away! Look away
For woman now arises.
Retoice Retoicel
To shine. for now her light has come
10 tighten every nation.
Rejoice! RejoiceI
Rejoice to live In freedom
There were not many singers In the
audience at the time and a lady with
Snow-white hair led the singing. The vol
ume was not large, and some folk got the
idea that the meeting was going to fall
fiat.' as one lady expressed 1t. But they
were mistaken, for when Mrs. Pankhurst
TOOK the platform she started the meet
Ing going In earnest, carrying her hearers
with her as she recounted the story OF
the fight In England.
Mrs. Pankhurst told her story in sim
pie language and with dignified bearing
POrtia standing before the bar of pub
lie opinion pleading for her cause. To be
sure. the court last night was friendly
1t listened with close attention as she
described the early work for the suf-
fragette cause in England, and time and
again was repeatedly applauded.
mo Reform Not a Nuisance"
1T is not my intention to teach the
American women how they should win
the ballot. but to give them encourage
ment and to tell them how we are work.
ing in England" Mrs. Pankhurst said.
NO reform comes without making a
nuisance. 1t Is a civil war we are wag-
ing. We have succeeded by our METHODS
where petitions have not. L believe we
are going to win
She defended the methods which have
been pursued by the women Of England
and asked her hearers not to give undue
creoence TO many Of the stories from the
British Isles as to the scenes there en-
acted. She admitted that the suffra get es
had gone into the women's gallery in
the house OF commons at the height of
the session and had called upon the
members for Votes for women
Then When the speaker looked alarmed
and ordered the gallery cleared of the
women they had made as much noise
as possible"
This campaign OF making as much
noise as possible according TO Mrs
Is what mas caused the Eng
iish press TO sit ~ and take notice, and
as she expressed 1t soon as the press
look notice that women were I'm the arena
demanding votes then the movement took
root and she said il is now i'm fair way
to succeed
Il ask you," she said in the course of
her remarks. mot to believe that the
movement OF the English suffragettes is
one composed OF a few screaming. reck-
less women going here and there In
| q l,..
been going on, we have built up the big
gest political organization in the world.
And our money comes straight. too"
Broke UP Lloyd-George's Meeting.
She told how. recently, when Lloyd
George. the English leader, went to New
castle to deliver an address, the suffra-
gettes. after being refused admission to
the building. took positions in the win
dows OF nearby buildings. and soon the
noise on the outside was greater than on
the inside The suffragettes. with meg
aphones. got in their deadly work The
meeting was unable to proceed
She told how one Of the suffragette
leaders assembled 10 the top OF a large
building In order to interrupt u political
meeting. and the fire department was or
dered to direct the hose on her. and the
Sunragette was nearly washed from the
roof before being pulled down from her
peTilouS pOSitiOu.
In closing. she repeated a recent re-
mark credited to President Taft that
If all the women want suffrage. then they
will get it, Then, to the tune of THE
Battle Hymn Of the Republic" the fol-
lowing was sung:
There IL justice now In heaven.
And justice must be done
Ere thAs earth becomes q heaven.
Ere mans race on earth 10 run:
Ere our world rolls up its parchment
In the cycles Of the sun:
For truth Is marching oni'
Bombarded With Queries.
Mrs. Wright then announced that Mrs
Pankhurst would be glad to answer any
questions regarding the movement. The
questions came over the footliRhts I'm q
stream. But Mrs. Pankhurst was equal
to the emergency. Ono man asked her II
she wanted to attach her party to the
socialists, and she remarked that sine
wanted suffrage before che did any at
taching to political parties. Some one
sent up the question Are you a democrat
or a republican, She laughed. Her
manner went to say that she'd first have
to look over the issues and then decide
after she had the ballot.
do yoa believe a woman will ever be
President of the United States?' one
young Mytron seated In q front row asked.
and Mrs. Pankhurst nodded and replied IN
q low tone. II was thought by some that
she said Yes" Others said the answer
was Let the women decide"
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