The chronicle=news., 1913-02-28
TRINIDAD. COLO. FRIDAY EVENING FEBRUARY g. 1913.
Use Army swooPs
: s,:'S ON CAPITAL

sufffaEists. jhHmpion"d by Repre-
sentative Taylor OF Colorado. vir-
tualiy won III" right OF an uninirr'
rupted procession March .. when IN"
house committee Of the District OF
Columbia today farorabiy reported n
bill barrlp: street ears from Penn
sylyanIa avenue between :; aud =
o'clock next Monday afternoon,
General" Rosulio Jones and her
rufirage army marched trinm-
rhnniiy Into ihc capital shortly he
fore noon today. through the cnpi.
toi grounds and down Pennsylvania
-ycnuc. with a escort of local on
ihusinsis and citizens which fairly
chokcd the streets and delayed iraI-
tic. II was one Of the n.ost remark
able street dcmonstrati lions ever seen
here.
A presidential inauguration could
hardly hay" presented II more en-
thusiasiIc sp"rtrclc than P-nnsvi'
,nnis avcnuc IRON the capitol to
the treasury building. after the
plucky. disscycIlcd band OF suffraI.
pilgrims swung wrariiy around III.
Pcurc monument Tor the final stage
of their Two hundred ana fifIy mile
march for the c.,is" nf equal fran
Ghisc.
Incoming presidents -syc not re-
rcIycd more claLiorons applause than
did the company OF hrowG-c!ad wo-
men. huddlch in u little group. fore
ed to fivht their way through yrrit-
able walls Of shouting humanity for
more than n mil, of their historic
hike"
Police were powcricss tn restrain
Hl.N "a
tho sidewalks and choked tho long
thnrouchfarc from the capitol to the
sGffrnr" headquarters. So dense was
tho mob Of cheering men and women
that the march up Pennsylvania ave.
rue resolved itself into siruRv'.
to make progress.
To prevent disruption OF their col
unn IN tn. de nonstra'ion General
Rosali. .Ioucs and her titcd comrades
locked arms and In two lines clung
together. moving only when tie no
lice could clear the way for shSrt
advance. In every block they worG
halted recpatedly. tn" crowds greet
Ing them everywhere along the line
with tcmptious demonstrations. Men
aud women alike brav"d the horses
hoofs and chukGtng automobiles Of
the suffrage army escort to grasp the
hands OF the suffrage pilgrims. Tho
NO brass heaa. hsrelAed SAe-anrvtvors
WhO " Slaya $40 tsGt- New YOvk LOT
the advance on " sshinRton. n bed
lam of sound rent tn. air from the
mumcn; the "hIk.rs'' wcr. in sixht
OF the capital until they ~.r" jam
med Into IL struggling mass ~ mon.
women, automobiles and carriages
before suffras. headquarters. Auto
mobile horns and whistles kept up a
din accompanying the shouts OF the
spectators. Even the street grand
stands. erected for Inauguration day.
wrr. jamrned with people, despite the
efforts OF guards 10 Keep the crowd
back
when the treasury was reached 80
dense WIS the mob that tn" people
with great difficulty cleared mar
row pathway through which the
marchcrs could pass to the crowning
glory of their achievement at suf-
frage headquarters. Here. AZ soon
as she could get her breath, "Cener-
al Jones. lifted by stalwart attend
ants TO an automobile. addressed tho
crowd. Shouting through mega
phone the message OF equal suffrage
and giving thanks for the end of the
army. she begged indulgence OF the
ihrong. promising To talk YOU TO
death before she left Washington.
Elizabeth Foley. war horse" OF the
suffrage army. and Miss Catherine
Burns also spoke briefly. hut their
words were lost in the denfeninR
cheers that echoed.
For 20 minutes the "hikers" wait
cd in the street until the police could
disperse the crowd and then they
were rushed into, the office Of the
suffrage workers. where they re-
mained but moment and were taxi
en- to hotels for brief rest before
luncheon.
The marchcrs were greatly rclicv-
ed when informed OF the receipt Of n
telegram from the national suffrage
hadQuartcrs announcing regret that
there had been u misundcrsta anding 4
over who should deliver the message
to president-clcct Wilson. General"
Jones was assured that her pilgrams
would he permitted to take the mes
sage. provided an interview with tho
new president can he arranged after
tho innliv,irn ion