New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-04-19
SUFFRAG|STS At CAPITOL
Great Petition Presented to
Congress.
AN AUTOMOBILE PROCESSION
Document Asking for Ballot
Bears 100000 Names-Con-
vention Elects Officers.
TTron me Tribune BuroauT

From The Tribune Bureau
Washington. Ap-iI 1S.-The stones 81
Washington did not cry out for woman SUI
fragt this morning They knew. perhaps.
that the women who want 10 vote had
Kissed the President but the dandelions
seemed TO know nothing about the faux pas.
and the lawns were bright with their gold
en- heads as the followers OF the yellow
banner swept past in their automobiles or
their way TO the Capitol 20 present the Pc
titiOu signed By four hundred thousand men
and women for women suffrage. The COW
slips. too, were sympathetic. They bios
scmed for the occasion. and small boys
reaped rich harvest from the sale OF yet
low blossoms. which were worn BY the dele
gates to supplement their yellow badges.
The procession which bore the petition
with its almost half a million names 10 the
Capitol represented every state and terri
tory in the Union. while Hawaii though r.
had no delegates. was represented on the
petition. II took i've cars 20 carry the
New York petition. with seventy-three thou
sand names. each delegate taking charge OF
TWO large rolls OF il. each one being tel
with a yellow ribbon
These are moral bombs" said William
Lloyd Garrison's daughter. Mrs. Henry
Willard Of New York when the rolls had
all been deposited on a table in an ante
room Of the House and Congressman Will
lam s Bennett had come out To meet the
delegation. which was headed b. Mrs. Ella
HawIey Crossett. president OF the New
York State Woman Suffrage Association
II am sure" answered Congressman Ben
net CALAMITY. that they are quite harmless
bombs -
New York received no precedence on az
count OF the size OF its petition. the states
being arranged in alpha beticaI order. with
two cars at the head OF the procession for
the officers. and number Of unofficial cars
and carriag es in the rear. making about a
hundred in all The officers cars were drapsd
with large American flags, and the delega-
tons had yellow placards with the names
OF their states across the backs Of their
automobiles. The unofficial equipazes were
also decorated with yellow smblems. and
the procession presented quite imposing
and picturesque appearance as II moved
along Pennsylvania avenue TO the Capitol
New Jersey Gets Petition in.
Everything went off without a hitch
and the delegation was only ten minutes
behind the scheduled time-12 o'clock-in
reaching the Capitol. The one regret Of
the day was that Mrs. Carrie Chapman
Gait, head Of the woman suffrage party,
who initiated the petition and supervised
the collection and arrangement Of this sig
natures, was unable to be present. being
confined 10 her room az the Arlington by
illness Indiana lost its petition in the
confusion Of the start. but 10 turned Up
again before the Capitol was reached
e.
present it's petition. having found no one
10 take the place Of William H Wiley.
who refused 70 perform this service on
account Of the Kissing Of the President.
but this difficulty was adjusted in good
time. Dr. Mary y Hussey. head Of the
New Jersey delegation. gave Mr.. Wiley
another chance. but he sent word that he
was too busy 70 come out and speak 20
her. Then she sent her card 20 Richard
Wayne Parker. chairman OF the Judiciary
Committee. another New Jersey man, who
ia chairman OF the committee thai VII
have 10 report on the petition. Mr.. Parker
thought II better that he should not pre-
sent the petition. but was sure that any
member OF the New Jersey delegation
would be happy to do SO. and that John J.
Gardner. as dean OF the delegation. was
the proper man 70 have the honor
Mr. Gardner accordingly took charge OF
the petition and the New Jersey women
went home happy
In the Senate Senator BOrah. Of Idaho.
took charge Of all The petitions that had
no sponsors Senator Depew had ex-
pressed his willingness 10 present the New
York petition. but was out OF town
The petition was brought into the House
during the rollcall and when the first in
stalr1ent appeared II was greeted with sp-
plause. which Speaker Cannon promptly
suppressed Business then proceeded a.
usual. while the rest OF the little rolls were
deposited with the journal clerk In the
Senate there were some brief speeches. and
Senator La Toilette ELECTED loud applause
from the suffragists in the galleries when
he said.
II take great pleasure In presenting the
petition of seventeen thousand intelligent
men and women OF the state o. Wisconsin
for tine granting Of suffrage % women. and
I sincerely hope that N IL near future
women win not have 20 petition. but will
possess the right that should be theirs in
this land OF equal opportunity"
Senator Kean. who was in the chair
raped for order. and when the applause
broke forth again at sympathetic speech
from Senator CIapp he threatened to clear
the galleries.
Senator Perkins obtained an order for
the printing OF the petition N The Con
sressiO1aI Record"
one Of the Jriumphs OF the day came lust
when the procession was starting and had
halted Cor few minutes at Lafayette
Square. IL happened that Admiral Schley
was taking his constitutional in the square
az the moment, and that Miss Bertha
Ryshpau. head 81 one OF Mrs - n. r
Belmont's political settlements. was in one
of the cars She knows the admiral and
as soon as she spied him she jumped from
her automobile and pinned a .'votes-sor-
women" button on his breast She after
ward reported that he declared hfusers
pleased to wear the emblem
Election Of Officers.
Before the visit 10 the Capitol the associ-
al.