New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-22
WOMEN MARCH FOR VOTES
Big Mass Meeting Then Hears
Legislature Denounced.
AUTOS GALORE IN PARADE
Programme in Union Square Mid
Banners Quickly Resumed
When Rain Stops.

Votes for women has been a battle cry
all winter, but II was never cried louder or
more enthusiastically than yesterday. when
hundreds of women marched down Fifth
avenue TO Union Square. where speakers
for the cause voiced their protests against
The treatment which suffragettes received
In Albany New York State Denies the
Vote 10 Idiots, Lunatics Criminals and
Women" were the words one of the
lavender and blue banners. and this was the
theme Of several of the speeches.
There were almost one hundred automo-
biles in the parade which started from seth
street, and at 18th street another large body
of women Joined the procession. Many OF
these were in cap and gown, representing
the college women who ask for suffrage.
Among them were lawyers, doctors, dentists
and school teachers Bands played as the
procession moved and flags waved while
banners swung triumphant above the
marchers The number of the district repre-
scented was painted on the muslin stream
ers on the motor cars. and the names of
the several clubs and leagues on the BAN
ners and flags.
In the first in the parade were Mrs
James L. Laidlaw. chairman of the Man
haitian branch of the suffragists; Mrs
Martha Wentworth Sufren, secretary Of
the committee; Mrs. Jacob H. Ecob. chair
man of the Borough of Queens and Miss
Ida Craft chairman of the Borough of
Brooklyn Other members OF the committee
were In the second car with Mrs. Mckinley
Mrs. Priscilla Hackstaff. Mrs. Mary w.
bennett and William H Wood, one OF the
speakers.
Among the orga nizations represented were
the Woman Voters League for President,
the Womans Suffrage Association, the CO.
operative Suffrage Service League, the Joan
of Arc Suffrage League, the Woman's
Suffrage Study Club the Flatbush Political
Equality League, the Mount Vernon Po-
litical Equality League and the various AS
sembly districts.
DR.. Anna Howard Shaw and Mrs. Harriet
Stanton Batch arrived in front of the
Surragst League of Self-Supporting Wom7
en-. who marched from their house, in East
22d street. Miss Jessie Ashley, president,
led the Collegiate Equal Suffrage League
and delegation, and the New Jersey Suf-
frage League also represented.
The banners. with Taxation Without
Representation Is Tyranny Women Vote
on Equal Terms in Colorado" Six Hun
dred Thousand Women Need the Ballot
and other suffragette notices, had hardly
been unfurled when the gentle rain from
heaven came down and interfered with the
speaking. But it was not long before the
programme was resumed, and Miss Jessie
Finch scored the judiciary committee of
the Legislature for its refusal to submit a
favorable report the suffrage bill
Mrs Suffern Immediately submitted reso-
lutions declaring that the action of the
committee was tyrannical, and the audi
ence adopted them vocferously. Robert
Elder an Assistant District Attorney of
Brooklyn, followed Miss FINCH, saying: II
fear the fact that there is no reason against
woman suffrage is why the Legislature
would not record its vote in turning down
the BILL" and when il began to rain he
added Even nature is weeping over the
outrage that has been done by the LegiS-
lature.''
There were plenty OF speakers at the
three booths in the square. Platforms were
erected on either side of the park house.
and they were hung with a wealth OF Law
ender yellow, white, orange, purple and
blue streamers, losettes and other decora-
tons. 1t was estimated that four thousand
people were in the audience DIR. Julia
Sears. OF Colorado; Miss Florence King.
William Wood. Mrs Mary W. bennett.
Dr. Anna Shaw, Mrs Blatch, Mrs Lille
nevereux Blake and Mrs. Elizabeth e.
Cook spoke Mrs. Batch and Mrs. Shaw
were kept busy answering questions asked
nv the crowd DR. Shaw spoke of the pos
sibilities of women policemen In the Ten
derloin an argument which the suffragists
frequently have made.