The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1913-03-01
SUFFRAGE ARMY Is
IN CAPITAL AT LAST
Gen. Jones and Thirteen Sur
yivOrs End 258 Mile Walk in
Fourteen Days.
CROWDS LINE STREETS
Mawhcrs Differ Over Giving Tn
Mcssagc-Ail FOOtsOre.
but Proud.
'OWDS LINE STREETS

WAsHiSGroN. Feb 2s.-"Gcncral"
Rosalic Jones and thirteen survivors Of
her army entered Washington shortly
after noon to-day. Crowds thronged
the streets for two miles.
Footsorc and tired but fresh in spirit
the little band Of pilgrims closed in
triumph the march of 25S miles from
New York in fourteen days. one day
ahead Of the original schedule
Although the little General had
been relieved last night at her hotel at
lladcnsburg, Md. of the SMcssagc to
Wilson, the delivery Of which was the
real purpose of the march she APP
pcared cheerful and upon reaching the
suffragette headquarters In T. street
climbed lightly into an automobile and
addressed 1000 persons. She said she
had turned the message over to Miss
Alice Paul, IN charge of the Washing
ton headquarters and that 1t was in
safe hands
Colonel" Ida craft. and the other
Officers and privatcs of the army were
not 50 comp'acent, however They
voiced their resentment Of the action
Of the swivel chair stan contingent"
Ill taking away from them their mes
sage and credentials and thus robbing
them OF their real excuse for the march
After formally visiting headquarters
the rank and file of the army disap-
peared spending the remainder of the
day in their rooms. resting up for the
big banquet for them tomorrow night
The crowds everywhere were keenly
Interested but lacking in enthusiasm.
II was Il curious populace men. women
and children of all classes including
many Government officials and society
leaders having come out to get glimpse
Of the women who had covered the long
hike. They crowded the streets and the
small police escort had the greatest
/ difficulty keeping path open for the
marchers.
For half an hour or more n crowd Of
several thousand persons surged about
! headquarters. The crowd followed the
army to n restaurant nearby There
was rush for seats and the tables
were soon tilled and the doors closed.
| In the meantime II rival perform
ancc" went on in the Relasco Theatre,
where IA meeting was held by the Ma
! tionai Association Opposed to Woman
Suffrage for the purpose of detracting
| attention from the arrival of the suf-
| fragist army.
TIL" meeting was presided over by
| Mrs. Arthur NJ Dodge of New York
| president Of the association Mrs. John
| Martin, wife Of the Commissioner of Ed
! ucation of New York State was one of
| the speakers. In the audience were Mrs.
| Elihu Root and Mrs. Wickersham. wife
! of the Attorney General.
| In box were Mrs. Oliver Livingston
Jones and Miss Jones mother and sister
OF Gen. Jones. both strongly opposed to
suffrage.
The suffragists under Gen. Jones
started on the last leg OF their hike
from Bladensburg at 8 o'clock this
morning. The roads were heavy from
yesterdays rain and rhe sun shone
warm, Miss Paul had arranged last
night that the pilgrims should be met
by herself and d committee from head
quarters in "A comfortable automobile
on the Bladensburg road just out of
Washington at 10 o'clock.
Somehow Miss Paul and her commit
tee straycd off the road and the
mixers" We're compelled TO rest on their
arms more than an hour awaiting the
committees arrival. Some of the pill
grims threatened mutlny and demanded
that Gen Jones cut loose entirely from
the headquarters staff and lead her
army on to the capital alone.
The General refused and waited for
the committee, so 1t was nearly l
O'Clock when the goal was reached.
Behind some dozen automobiles con-
veyinS suffragist enthusiasts came the
escort. headed by Mrs. Burleson. wife OF
| Lieut.. Burleson of Fort Myer. Va,
mounted Oh big black charger. Be-
hind her were two heralds. Miss Mar
garet warrell and Miss Genevievo
Wimsatt of Washington. dressed in
white duck and mounted on white
horses.
Upon entering the city Gen. Jones
advanced TO the front ~ the line and
the thirteen mixers joined STATS and
ma rched all the way to headquarters
abreast "All on an equal footing" AS
Gen. Jones expressed II.
Tho army women addressed crowds
about the city in the afternoon, describ-
ing the march of the army, its advent
Into Washington and the message Gen
IJones had brought to ner fellow women
of the national capital and the world
The original marchers VINO We're In
at the start and the nnish were: Gen.
Rosalie Jones, Col. Craft, Mrs. John
IE. Boldt, Mrs. Marie Baird, Miss Emma
Doertsch. Miss Constance Leupp, Miss
Elizabet Aldrich, Mrs. George Wendt
Miss Minerva Crowell, Miss Phoebe
Hawn, Miss Martha Klatschken. Milton
wendt. bugler: Dr. Ernest stevens and
Miss Elizabeth Freeman, the oficial
speaker.