Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-04-19
PETITION Is PRESENTED
TO EVERY CONGRESSMAN
SuffraoIsts Personally Take the Oocu-
ments TO the Legislative Halls and
Hand Each Senator and Representa-
tive Section With Names From His
Terrltory-Great Procession.

Try Associated f'ressD
WASHINGTON, ID. c.. April IS
With banners afloat and finery atlut
| ter. in a procession of the taxicabs
nearly a mile long, the suffragsts, in
| convention here. moved on Capitol
Hill today and presented congress
| 400 900 individual demands for votes
| for women. The mammoth national
| petition was divided into lutte ones,
| each nicely tied with Bit of yellow
ribbon and grouped into little bundles
OF just the convenient size for sun
ragette to carry under her arm.
Senator and representatives from
every state received some part of the
petition. There was no getting out vi
| il. Representative Wiley, of New
Jersey. announced that he would re-
fuse to present the petition of the
New Jersey delegation. because of
TIE Kissing of President Taft before
thea suffragists on the opening night
of their convention. Mary ID. Hussey
just marched up to Mr.. Wiley and
thrust the petition upon him with
the invitation To do as he liked about
1t.
Held Up Admiral Schley.
Some of the enthusiastic delegates
did little electioneering. Admiral
Schley passed by on his morning
constitutional. Two suffragettes hop
ped out of a taxicab and pinned a
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
American Suffrage Association a few
minutes before. rode in the first auto
mobile About seventy-five others
| followed in a single file, down
Pennsylvania avenue and on to the
capitol
The Indiana delegatirr rode in a
I o.. -. we. c New York
ers went in nine automobiles. h.
wall squeezed in with some OF the
other territories. A long line of
bicycle policemen saw the process
sion safely TO the capitol.
The delegation went first to the
house side
| Representative Bennett. of New
York. blushingly received 10000
names and told the petitioners he
would do all he could to start the
documents on their way" He did
not say where.
Senator Borah was easily the fay-
orite in the senate chamber. He
was presented with petitions from the
District of Columbia. Idaho, New
York, Kansas and Hawaii.
Senator Root Is our arch-enemy
and We couldn't ask Mr.. Depew," de-
clared a leader OF the New York
delegation. so We mad to 20 way out
to Idaho 10 get senator TO intro
duce our petition. Just think of it,
she exclaimed.
Get Their Rolls.
i The suffragis;s waited outside
the house doors and called the men,
bers out to receive the petitions. The
sight OF a member of congress stag
gering to the speakers deck. with
his arms piled high with the little
yellow girdled rolls. evoked much
applause.
l. As soon as a delegation presented
its petition. there would be a rush
for the senate gallery. Mrs. Dem
ing. Of the New York delegation. ap-
piled for admission with some other
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leries. Mrs. Deming is pleasing TO
look upon.
IN let you in. beamed the door
keeper. but ] don't think there is
room for any Of your friends
You're very brassy. aren't yOu?"
reiorted Mrs. Dcming sharply.
If there's no room for my friends.
there's none for me Mrs. Deming
and her party were admitted to
3nOtrsr Of the galleries.
The etpwdeu senate galleries burst
forth in applause when Senator La
Toilette presented his armful OF
setiiions and said.
ApplsUc LsFoiictte.
I hope the time viii come when
this great body Of infclligen; people
viii not find u necessary to petition
for that which ought 10 be accorded
a. right IN a country Of equal pe0.
Pies
The suHragists ir the gallery
demonstrated 20 ioadly and long that
Senator Kcan. who vas in the chair.
banged the Tavei and reminded them
that applause was MT permitted IN
the senate.
Two or three Of the offenders
laughed out loud. That seemed 20
/ frrffafa the chair and ne drrfarn.f