The Washington herald., 1913-03-07


the line of march on March 5 and Just
before the suffragist procession came
along. the crowd had surged to the CEN
ter Of Pennsylvania Avenue, after the
police mad stopped the cars. He said no
effort was made by the police to clear
the streets. and when the sufraCists
came along headed by an automobile
which had a police flag on IT, the crowds
merely fell back to let tn" automobile
go through and then pressed in front of
the on-cOming paraders.
Il saw men pOking fingers at the ladies
on horseback and sneering at them
said the admiral.
"IIow close were they to the march
ers?' asked Senator Jones.
They wer" right within a foot OF
them" replied the admiral. There was
only one policeman in sight and he was
busy arrcstinS one Of the drivers of
was trying TO keep the crowd back
The ladies in the committee room vigor
ously appiauded at this point and Sem
ator Jones warned them against future
demonstration of this sort
Cavalry Clears street.
Admiral Van Reypen said that. after
the pneccssion was about one-half past
Nintt1street the cavalrymcn rode down
the Avenu" on either side, pressing the
people back, and making a clear passage
way for the marchers.
After that there WAS no trouble. Sem
ator Pomcrene asked what, in the opin-
ion OF the witness, was the cause of the
cOngestcd conditions: whether they were
duo to insufficient force or negliCenC"
the part OF tho police. TIL" witness
said that, in the first place, there were
not enough police. and. In the second
place. with the exception OF one man,
they were not cndeavorinE to clear the
way. lie expressed the opinion that the
crowd was beyond the control of the
police. He saw no ropes along the
Avenue.
Miss Julia I.athrop. chief Of the Chill
drcn's Bureau. who marched with tn.
government employees in the suffrage
parade. told the committee that she saw
very few policemen and that none OF
them w"re making aRy determined at
tenpts t" keep the crowd back. y few
made slight demonstrations. such as
spreading out their arms.
What were they doing to keep the
crowds back" asked Senator Jones.
principally standing in tn" front row
OF spectators," replied Miss Lathrop.
Senator Pomerene asked her il she
noticed any discourtesics on the part of
officers.
..It was their general air of indiffer-
encc which struck me most forcibly at
the time" replied Miss 1.athIop. They
seemed to display no active interest IN
the procession in the protection of or
the people who were marching in it one
man when appealed to iauehingly
stretched his arms out and replied that
he was .loius all he could.
Mrs Harriet Taylor Upton. Of Warren.
fINNsy
from the Buckeye State. Mrs. Taylor
said that when they turned into the
Avenue at Peace Monument. they were
marching five abreast, but by the time
they reached Seventh Street it was all
sh. could do to keep n small boy carry
ing the ba nds banner at her side. (which
she said, that there was jusI
ajpout room fer two persons This
sally at her generous own proportions
brought out one of many laughs OF the
afternoon.
Drunken Men Plenty.
Mrs Upton said there were a good
many drunken men. all gsod-natured. lin
ing the streets. and that one man gave
her some little anxiety because he ap-
pcared to be on the verge OF falling into
their ranks.
But We moved on just then she con-
cIuQed, 'and he 1el IN WISCONSIN UT
Wyoming, couldn't see which" Mrs.
Upton declared that she saw no vicious"
indignties. and that remonstrances from
the women often had their effect upon
the men. Asked if she had noticed the
special policemen. she remarked that she
saw "a lot of men who looked as though
they came in on freight trains"
Mrs. Agnes NJ. jerks. Of Concord. n.
H., declared the crowd near Seventh
Street was so rough that she made the
young girls In her contingent. including
her daughter. get behind her for fear the
men would do them injury. Two police
men, she said. stood by talking to each
other and laughing at the fun, while an
other stood near by laughing. She said
one man put his foot out and tripped
her daughter. who would have fallen eX-
cept for the denseness of the crowd. She
said she saw one uniformed policeman
who was working hard, but that he had
no help and could do little. One uni
formed policeman, she said, had ad-
dressed ore OF the young girls as a
Georgia peach" Mrs. jerks could not
ofrer any means of Identifying the officers
she complained of.
Mrs. Della Odenheimer. of Jessup Md,
said that while walking west on Pennsyl-
vania Avenue before the parade began
A file of men with locked arms accosted
her at Ninth Street. tore a badge from
her coat and almost knocked her down.