The Washington herald., 1913-03-10
MEN ASSAIL LAX
Police METHODS
Legislators, Diplomats, and
Merchants Attend Indisna-
tion Meeting at Theater.
BLUECOATS PUT ON GRILL
Department Is Target Of Speakers,
Who Address Assemblage
Of ], 500.

Men representing every walk In life as
sembled yesterday afternoon at the
Columbia Theater to voice their protest
against the Indifferent police protection
afforded the women who marched in the
| suffrage pageant on March J. Men of the
District were not the only ones who
voiced Indignation. kilograms from men
in every section Of the country. con-
graduating Corp. James Tanner. at
whose instance the mass meeting was
called, were read.
Statesmen. diplomats. and business men
Joined in condemnation of the police.
Charles Edward Russell, noted author
and advocator Of equal rights: Senators
Works of California, Thomas and Sha-
froth of Colorado. and Clapp of Mime
sofa assailed the police and praised the
prompt action of Congress In ordering an
investigation.
Charles Edward Russell declared that
the suffrage pageant represented the fu-
ture. the upbuilding of a greater nation,
while the inaugural parade was a mo-
notonous uniformity Of militia rism of the
ancient and medieval. an instrument OF
destruction, not Of upbuilding.
Il. for one said Mr.. Russell, felt
that IL such a beautiful pageant can be
conceived and carried out by women, that
II would be well to have a woman at the
hSou VI tht Nushihktou OiICt btpdrl-
ment. Everything that the women had
anything to do with on March was sue
cessfully carried out: everything that men
had to do on that day was a dismal fall
ure."
Treatment Aid to Movement.
A telegram from F. J. Mccormick. OF
Dayton. Ohio. was read. best expressed
the feeling of the 100 or more men and
women who attended the meeting The
telegram was received with rouslng
cheers. 1t was as follows:
IF ever a set OF men gave proof that
women need suffrage. in order to obtain
simplest Justice and primitive courtesy.
the Washington Police Department and
the inaugural authorities did so most con-
vincingly by their indifference and hos
tllity during the last few weeks"
Actual denunciation OF the Police De-
partment was not voiced in the ad-
dresses of the speakers. They all dwelt
particularly upon the aftermath of
March 3.s< They characterized the affair
as the greatest impetus that could pos
sibly have been given the suffrage move
ment.
Senator Clapp of Minnesota said that
thousands Of women. who could not pos
sibly have been interested in suffrage
otherwise. rebelled at the treatment ac-
corded the women in the Capital and
stood ready to serve the cause. Senator
Clapp told OF the effects of woman suf-
frage on the ballot in his State. Sena-
tors Thomas and Shafroth Of Colorado
declared that woman suffrage was no
longer an experiment. They asserted
that the ballot had been greatly i'm
proved in Colorado by women exercising
the voting privilege.
Among the kilograms received by
Corporal Tanner and read at the meet
ing were those from Henry Stoddard vice
president and treasurer of the Dayton
Equipment Company; S. T. Wise, New
York; Grace Wilbur Trout. Chicago.
ILL.,: ]. b. Thresher, vice president
Fourth National Bank, Dayton. Ohio;
Anna Howard Shaw, national president
of the National American Woman Suf-
frage Association: Travis Cochran. Day
ton. Ohio: James Allen Rice, Canton,
Ohio: John Collins, Cyrus J. Kepsart.
Oswald G. Willard. and Rev. f. F. Pital.
Among the prominent Washingtonians
who occupied seats on the stage with the
speakers were Corporal Tanner. who
presided: Commodore and Mrs. Moore.
Capt. and Mrs. Adams, Col. and Mrs
Day. Mrs. Lord, DR.. ]. Stephenson, and
Percy Mackaye