New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-28
To Reach Albany To day.

Miss Jones returned, greatly excited
81 don't even know If that poor driver Is
lying frozen I'm the road" she cried. She
insisted. however. that a.! the party
would be able to continue the march to
Albany tomorrow. saying:
We are going through. II Is eighteen
miles, but We are tired OF this pink tea
travelling, doing only four or five miles
day, and We will make Albany between D
and b o'clock tomorrow afternoon. our
first plan was to reach the capital on
New Years Eve. but We held council or
war this morning.
General Dock insisted that her feet
which are our only concern. would be
equal 10 the tramp. We made "A forced
march OF twelve miles to-day and VIII
do eighteen tomorrow. Governor SulZcr
won't be there. but We have plenty nl
work TO do while we are waiting for him.
\ friend OF the cause has offered US the
use Of an empty store. which VIII serve
as Headquarters. where we can hold
meetings and sell our literature.
Scouts from Albany reported that the
city was thrown into confusion by the
unexpected presence OF the suffrage
army" at its gates. The Albany women.
who had arranged big reception Tor
New Years Eve, were not prepared to
meet them on Saturday.
Mrs Joseph Gavit. leader OF the Al
bany Suffrage Society. said at first that
she could not possibly leave home Satuv-
day afternoon but later IN the evening
she called up General Jones and prom
ised that she and Miss Elizabeth Smith.
president Of the Albany Equal Sufr iSe
League. would meet the army N East
Greenbush. where a halt for quick mn2n
will be ordered. Mrs. Gavit. who Is cor
responding secretary OF the New York
State Woman Suffrage Association, VIII
entertain the army" on sunday. Other
Albany friends will meet the pilgrims at
the Rensselaer, Bridge and escort them
10 the Capital. There Will be brass
band, too. | am sure" General Jones
said. But we're going TO march into
Albany. band or no band"
The change In the "army's" programme
threatens to spoil the plans of the 3ev-
oral New York women who had promised
TO come up and march into Albany with
them. Miss Harriet May Mills. Mrs.
James Laidlaw, and Miss Elizabeth Free
man. General" Jones's partner on her
trip through Ohio I'm the little yellow cart
when Albany is entered unless they can
adjust their plans at short notice.
Marchers' Most Heroic Day.
The march to-day was the most heroic
OF the whole trip. 1t showed hard all day,
and the roads, which had been bad enough
yesterday, soon became almost impossible
with four inches of snow and slush. 1t
was not cold, and the wind was quiet. but
the SNOW was OF the wet. clnging kind,
which drenched the women TO their knees
and soaked through their cloaks II lay
in deceptive white layers over beds OF
slush, into which the pilgrims slipped
and slid, wasting their fast waning
strength.
General Jones slumped along I'm her
now famous rubber boots which never did
such good service as to-day. Poor little
DOC" Docks sore foot was In such bad
condition. however. that she could wear
nothing but her old Boy Scout boot with
the slit In the top. which the water in
vaded the moment she left the hotel. At
Stuyvesant Falls the marchers made a
speech TO a crowd.
Baesed Their First Moose.
The army was escorted out Of Stockport
at 9 o'clock by Max S. Hyman. Of Ger
mantown, chairman OF the Undertook
National Progressive party. an honor
which surprised the suffrage marchers, az
the Progressives of the countryside have
not greeted them as effusively as might
be expected from champions Of the wom-
ans cause With the exception OF 'Sus-
BENDER Jack" MCGEE. the Undertook man
is the first Bull Moose the party has
bagged. This one did not march on an
equal footing with the sisters though. He
saw them out Of Stockport and took the
trolley car to Undertook. where he
waited for them.
Two hundred people were there with
him. and SO the pilgrims held a meeting.
General" Jones asked for questions.
well" cried one man, my wife has
too much TO say already. Do you think
she ought TO have any more to say in
things"
The General" laughed. and admitted
that was a poser" Just then the stu
alton was saved by the arrival Of the au-
tomobile from Mrs. Datus c. Smiths
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