Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-04-19
SUFFRAGISTS
INVADE CAPITOL
Presented to Congress 100000
Individual Demands for
Votes for Women.
PETITIONS TIED WITH RIBBON
senator BOrah the Favoritc While
senator Root "Our Ficrcest
Enemy"

Washington. April 1S-With banners
ahoat, inery afutter, and occupying a
procession OF taxicabs a mile long. the
suffragists, inconvention here. moved
ON Capitol hill today and presented 70
Congress 10000 individual demands for
votes for women. The mammoth ma
tional petition was divided into little
ones. each tied with a bi. Of yellow rib
bon and grouped into little bundles Of
convenient size for suffragette TO car
~ under her arm.
Senators and representatives from
every state received SOME part Of that
petition. Representative Wiley Of New
Jersey announced ne would refuse 70
present the petition OF the New Jersey
delegation because Of the Kissing Of
President Taft az the suffrage conven-
ton. SO Mary d. Hussey just marched
up 20 Mr. Wiley and thrust the Pc
tition upon him with the invitation TO
do as he liked with IT,
sCHLEY WILL COOPERATE.
Admiral schley passed by during the
parade.
The sunragettes hoped out OF a taxi
cab and pinned a Votes for women"
button on the admiral
Thank YOU ladies'" ne said. Il
will cooperate"
Dr. Anna Shaw. who had been elect
ed president Of the National American
Suffrage association a few minutes be-
fore. RODE in the first automobile About
75 others followed in single file down
Pennsylvania avenue and on TO the
Capitol
It had been expected the suffragettes
would advance on the senate side. but
they went first 20 the house side
Many Of the delegations had appoint
ments with their Representatives. but
there was a sharp tilt on the rules in
progress In the house between Speaker
Cannon and Representative Henery Of
Texas and they had to wait.
Miss Fola Ia Toilette daughter OF the
Wisconsin senator hustled up to the
senate side to present Wisconsin's pc
tition 10 her father but found the SEN
ate In session and according TO the
order Of business the petition could not
be received until later. Some other
suffragists construed this delay 3 in
dicating opposition and made quite a
noise
The senator's placated them by Civ
ing assurance that the petition would
be taken under the order OF new busl-
ness later
BORAH GREAT CHAMPION
senator Borah was easily the favorite
In tho senate chamber Re was pre-
scented with petitions from the District
Of COLUMBIA. Idaho, New York, Kansas
and Hawaii
"Seu1tnr Root is our ncrcast enemy.
AMI we could not asF Air pepew." de-
cl8rcd 1do" in Zoe New Work dele
CATION $50 we had o. go away out to
Idltn 10 get a senator TO Introduce our
petition"
One of the petitions Of ZOE persons.
am famous lon the world Of literature.
was headed by william Dean Howells.
Another was signed entirely by actors.
and another by persons in educational
work
Mrs Dcming OF the New York dele
cation applied for admission. with some
other suffragists. az one of the senate
galleries Mrs Deming was pleasing 20
look upon
Il win let you in" beamed the door
keeper. but I don't think there is
room for your friends"
You're very brassy. aren't you?"
retorted Mrs. Deming sharply If
there's no room for my friends, there's
none for me-"
Mrs Dcming and her party were adj
mittcd 10 another OF the galleries
The crowded senate galleries ap-
plaudcd when Senator LaFollette pre-
scented his armful Of petitions and said:
II hope the time viii come when
this great body OF Intelligent people