Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-18

Congress this afternoon, and it took fifty
automobiles and a ton of paper to carry
the message to the Capitol. Those who
expected to see a suffragette demOnstr&-
ton, as often occurs in the halls of the
English houses of parliament, were disap-
pointed.
With banners afioat and finery afiutter,
in a procession Of taxicabs nearly mile
long, the suffragists moved on Capitol
Hill and presented to Congress 100000 in
dividual demands for votes for women.
The mammoth national petition was di-
vded into little ones, each nicely tied
with a bit of yellow ribbon and grouped
into little bundles of just the convenient
size for a suffragette to carry under her
arm.
Senators and representatives. from
every state received some part of that
petition.
Some OF the Iowa delegation were
frightened when they heard some mem
bers OF the House had refused to present
the petition They sent for Senator Dol
liver.
Il would advise those members to take
a day Off and study the Constitution OF
the United States" declared the sena-
tor. as he shouldered an armful of petit
tons. Il COnetrue IndI uOHOIdulc III
strument to make the presentation of pc
titions mandatory, but / would present
them gladly even if no such duty were
imposed upon me.
The senator made a sweeping bow and
the women applauded loudly.
Gave Up Truck idea.
1t had been intended to carry the pc
titions to Congress in an automobile
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load.
Goodness. no: some of them might get
lost-' exclaimed half a dozen delegates.
So while the procession was forming at
the Hotel Arlington, the petitions were
unloaded again and distributed among
the delegates. Meanwhile some of the
enthusiastic did a little electioneering.
Admiral Schley passed by on his morn
ing constitutional. Two suffragettes hop
ped out of taxicab and pinned votes
for women button on the admiral.
THANK you, ladies'. said he. Il will
cooperate.
Dr. Anna Shaw, who had been re-
elected president of the National Ameri-
can Suffrage Association a few minutes
before. rode in the first automobile. About
seventy-five others followed in single file
down Pennsylvania avenue and on to the
Capitol
berneck wagon" proud of its numbers.
The New Workers went in nine automo-
biles Hawaii squeezed in with some of
the other territories. A long line OF BIZ
cycle policemen saw the procession safely
to the Capitol.
Went to House Side
1t had been expected that the suf-
fragists were to advance on the Senate
side. Somebody said they were told to
IL said il
such thing. Anyway, they all went to
the House side. Many of the delegations
had appointments with their representa-
tives
Carrie Chapman Gait, credited by the
suffragists with being the author of the
movement to present the petition to Con-
gress, was prevented from being present
by illness
AS soon as a delegation presented it's
petition there would be a rush for the
Senate gallery. Speeches on petitions are
allowed in the Senate but not in the
House, and the suffragists wanted to hear
speeches. The galleries filled rapidly and
there was not room for ALL
The crowded Senate galleries burst
forth in applause when Senator La Fol-
lette presented his armful of petitions and
said
great body of intelligent people will not
find it necessary to petition for that
which ought to be accorded as right in
country of equal opportunities.
The suffragists in the gallery demon
strated so loudly and long that Senator
Kean. who was in the chair, banged the
gavel and reminded them that applause
was not permitted in the Senate.
Petition to Be Printed.
Senator Perkins obtained an order for
the printing of the body of the petition
in the Congressional Record. Senators
Clark of Wyoming and Smith of Michi-
gan announced that the petitions pre-
sented by them contained the names of
the governors of their states.
Senator Gallinger of New Hampshire
announced that one bearing the sigma
ture Of the governor of his state would
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