Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-02
BANQUET TO H|KERS
H0bS0n and Others Talk Be-
fore Suffragists.
NEARLY 800 AT FEAST
Given Pilgrims to Show Esteem of
National Heads of Order.
ROSALIE JONES A SPEAKER
Gov. Shafroth of Colorado Saws
Women of State Have Done Great
Good With Ballot.

Declaring that he would like to be the
author of the joint resolution in Congress
that will put equal suffrage In the Con-
alive Richmond Pearson Hobson of Ala
ba.ma reused his hearers to a high pitch
of enthusiasm at the banquet given at
Rauscher's last night. in honor of Gen. =
Resale Jones and her army of fourteen
pilgrims from New York.
Representative Hobson's talk was q
strong defense of equal suffrage as a
matter of common justice that needed no
defense or argument. and the hero of
the Merrmac was interrupted time and
again by the hearty applause that punctu-
ated his speech.
Banquet Evidence of Esteem.
Nearly 300 women and men were pres
ent at the banquet, which was arranged
as an evidence of he esteem In which
Gen" Jones and her band Of "hikers'
is held by those at the head of the ma
tional suffrage movement Mrs. William
Kent presided as toastmaster. the list
of speakers including. besides Repre-
sentative Hobson and Gen" Jones. a
dozen or more women and men promi-
who spoke with the authority OF first
hand knowledge of the aims purposes
and achievements that have marked the
campaign for votes for women.
Gen Jones, in five-minute talk, told
the banqueters of the object sought to be
attained by the march on foot from New
York to Washington. and discussed in a
half-humorous, half-seriOus vein. some of
the experiences OF the pilgrims. In the
course Of her remarks Gen. Jones paid
hi OIL, frih IN he n thn ocf
and especially to'the Washington news
papers for the attention that has been
given to the pilgrims and the pilgrimage.
Address by Miss Leupp.
Miss Constance Leupp. formerly of
Washington. a newspaper woman. who
was one of the mixers declared that equal
suffrage is so manifestly just that there
is no room for discussion. Miss Leupp
manifested her admiration for Gen
Jones in the whole-souled tribute she
paid to the little leader of the pilgrim
band. as well as to Col" Craft. Capt.
Gypsy Freeman. Corp" klatschken
and others of the band.
DR.. Anna Howard Shaw, president of
the National Equal Suffrage Association,
who was expected in Washington early in
the evening arrived during Representa-
tive Hobson's speech, and was greeted
by the banqueters standing, who gave the
Chautauqua salute as the president OF
the womans organization entered the
room. DR. Shaw at the conclusion of
Representative Hobson's talk, delivered a
stirring speech on suffrage, at the con-
clusion of which she expressed her per
sonal gratitude. and the thanks OF the
organization of which she Is the head.
to Gen" Jones and the other pilgrims
for the march they completed Friday.
Good Achieved in Colorado.
Senator Shafroth Of Colorado. speaking
as "A member OF the United States Senate
from a state where women are on an
equal political footing with men, told of
the good that has come through the par
ticipaton in the states political affairs
of the women.
THAT man or woman" said Senator
Shafroth. who tells You that the good
women Of Colorado do not vote and that
the bad women crowd TO the polls, tells
you a deliberate untruth. The exact re-
verse is true. The good women of Colo
rado do vote. and the good they have
done in the nineteen years they have been
voters in the state is manifested by the
score or more OF laws. all of them Of vital