The Washington herald., 1913-03-07

| came to the Senator and his group of
marchers he protested and halted the
chauffeur. The man in charge of the
| ambulance jumped out and displayed his
| badge, according to the Senator. and
ordered the chauffeur to run over the
Senator. Mr.. poindeXter testified that
| he stood his ground with a raised stick.
| and that finally the ambulance drew out
| of the parade. He furnished the COM
mittee with the numbers OF the two ser
C"ants and about fifteen or twenty pa
| trolmen, who. he said. had shown no
| disposition To protect the parading col
/ unn or to turn back the crowd. Sena-
tor PoindertcN oppressed his unwilling
ness at first 10 give the numbers of the
men.
Tho responsibility rests on men higher
up said he. When asked for an eN-
PLANTATION. he declared that the ordinarv
policemen would not have dared TO per-
nit the conduct that took place on Mon
day il they had not known that they
would he projected by the Supcrlntend-
cnt OF Police.
Mrs. Weed TcStiRcs.
Mrs. Helen IIilr Weed. Of Norwalk,
Conn. daughter Of former Congressman
EbeneZer J. Hill. testified that the only
two police officers vino showed any dis
men. She told of one incident in which
! 4 drunken negro seized the Connecticut
State banner, being carried in the parade
from the hands of a young girl. while
n white policeman stood by laughing
y negro special police officer finally
seized the miscrcant and hustled him
back behind the line. Mrs Weed de-
clared that indecent language and in
sulting epithets were hurled at the
paradinS.
IF the committee will pardon me.
will say that most of these expressions
and epithets hurled by drunken men and
boys at the parading women. appeared
10 have been borrowed from the speech
OF Congressman Hefin OF Alabama"
said Mrs. Weed. 1T was harnyard lam
gUaCe. such expressions as 'roOSterS.
and hens and COWS
Mrs. Weed declared that policemen
stood hy and laughed a the futile ef
forts of boy scouts to try to keep back
the crowds from the marching women.
She declared that tn" language used
was not only coarse. but ''obsCenity,
absolutely indecent, addressed to young
girls" She declared that the police
joined in and used the epthcts. Mrs.
Weed told how she appealed to one Of
ficcr to keep back the crowd. He stood
looking at her with his arms folded in
silence. with a smile on his face. while
the crowd jeered at her. When she re-
peated her appeal. he replied:
Il can't keep them back. and l amt
going to try. Suppose YOU try"
The witness said that many drunken
soldiers Joined in tho insults. Witnesses
testified that one policeman bawled ont:
There comes the chicken brigade
This was addressed to young girls who
wore as emblems white doves. Another
policeman referred TO the girls as
Georgia peaches
Interest in the hearing became intense
when one woman witness testified that
she saw a policeman grab and choke
Boy Scout who was trying to keep the
crowd back and protect the marching
column. At this point the Boy Scout was
produced, Philip Elliott who testified
that he was thirteen years old: that a
policeman pushed him down on the pave
ment and raised 4 bump on his head
simply because he was trying to do police
duty that the policemen ought to have
performed.
Mamma said that the policeman wasn't
a very decent man to treat me that
way" testified Philip. Philips teacher
was present and furnished the committee
with the number of the policeman. which
woman had thoughtfully taken and
supplied to the boys mother.
Has Humorous Features.
The hearing was not without its hu-
morous features. Mrs. Jeanette CALM
ger, daughter-in-law of Senator Gallinger,
testified that the Boy Scouts afforded
the only protection to the suffragists.
Would you advise the committee to
discharge the policemen and substitute
Boy Scouts?' inquired Senator Pomerene.
Il have no opinion to express" replied
the witness, smilingly. .,
Mrs Walter Fisher testified that she
witnessed the parade from the Washing
ton City Post-office Building, and that
it was interrupted and halted by the
crowds that We're allowed to rush in and
break up the marching column. Mrs.
Fisher was concerned about her daugh-
ter. who was marching.
Your husband is Walter Fisher, Sec
retary of the INTERIOR inquired Senator
Jones of Washington.
Not at this moment" replied Mrs.
Fisher. with a smile. while the suffra-
gists applauded vigorously.
Il regret to say that you are right"
replied Senator Jones' who is a Repub-
iican.
Admiral Van Reypen. former surgeon
general If the navy, was the first wit