New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-05
INS||LTEO SUFFRAC|STS
WILL MAKE PROTESTS
| eaders DenounCe Washington
Police for Permitting Indig-
mites to ParaderS.
SAD EXHIBITION, SAYS ANTI
Crowd Simply Unmanageable,
Saws Mrs. Dodge-"Cause'
Halted by Good Natured
Students Yesterday.


From The Tribune Bureaul
Washington. March IF Mrs. Richard
coke Burleson, grand marshal Of yester-
DAYS suffrage parade, has her way the
nistrict Of Columbia will have TO pay
Miss Alice Paul. Miss Lucy Burns. Mrs.
katherine Tinnin and Mrs Patricia Street
,olceman's wages for one day.
Those four women. going ahead in
their automobiles ploughed a way for us
through the crowd" she said to-day. by
all the laws Of justice they should be paid
e a recognition of their valor."
In every place where two or more suf
frasists congrecated to-day the inefficiency
q, the notice was the topic. Every woman
had some fresh tale TO tell of indignities
received during the march down Pennsyl-
vaula avenue. though they didn't call IL 4
march. they called il a struggle. Miss
,sul chairman If the local committee.
M, one bit aupeased by the fact that the
matter had been taken up by Congress
and an investigation ordered by the SEN
ATE on motion Of Senator Nelson. an
rcunced that nor committee was preparing
3 nroiest TO ne sent 10 the District Com
missioneis.
we are not hvsterical," she said. hut
ne think the commissioners should be IN
formed that We consider the treatment
women received on the streets Of Wash
hrton Yesterday WAS objectionable.
Men to Make Protest.
Mrs. Burlcson plans protest To he
signed by men.
several men. know" she told Tho
Tribune -crc sentative. "aro 80 outraged
at the insults their wives suffered yes
,crlay that they wish 10 voice their feel
jngs. and know many more who would
Ike to do 80.
81 ann ashsmed of this CITY," she went
On. hcr eyes flashing. II told Major
Sy,ycsjcr the day of The parade that. ie-
meutering what occurred when Resale
Jones army came in. ! feared.
Can We not have troops asked
him
He answered that his police could
control the situation. And they will obey
your orders. lac assured me.
obey my orders. The police laughed
al me when ! asked them TO help me in
forming the line ~ the start. On. the
conditions up there were horrible-i@er-
ing crowds sweeping III apart. shouting
insults Al as. And then. wher ! saw fhe
sixteen mounted men in front Of ne
break their line, when ! saw them swal-
lowed up. and nothing between me and
that awful mob. / thought should sink
In my saddle.
81 don't know how we got through: 7
only know that yesterdays affair was the
best argument for woman suffrage We
have had yet. We've got to have the
ballot TO protect ourselves.
Mrs. BurlesOn said she interviewed po-
ncemen all along the line of the parade
to-day as to why tho order was :" much
better than yesterday.
Sylvester May Les. Job.
zone Of them told ne that thng'n lose
Sylvester his job.
Several people in the grsndstand
hjssed the major whom ne rode past
was So glad. for the policemen Yesterday
took their cue from him. They told me
they were 'obeying orders.
Miss Harriet May Mills. president Of the
New York State Woman's Suffrage Asso-
citation. said that what made her anGries;
was the insults hurled AZ Mrs. Henry VII
lard. the white-haired mead OF the Will
lam LLOYD Garrison League.
TO have rowdies yelling At q woman
Ike that: Hey. what's an old hen like
you out herc for? We come 10 see
chickens. To have row lies doing that.
10 r1..1a mo
PRETTY mad" she said.
Il saw. worse" said Mrs. Patricia
Street IL saw man spit tobacco juice in
q womau's face. So that IL RAJ all over
her face. and when some ono protested to
AZ officer. no said We'll. the women
ought 10 be At home ] could not nave
imagined such things could happen. You
see I'm used to living in Melbourne.
Australia. a city Of beasts. not men.
Was hustled Yesterday Mrs. Ray
mond Brown. president Of the New YORK
Political Study club. said. 81 never saw
such q disgusting sight in my life. and
some OF the remarks ] heard shouted BY
the rowdes were such rs ! could not re-
peat But it's good WEAPON IN our
hands-no,hing could better prove our
hted OF the ballot.
Anti Makes Light OF Affair.
Mrs Arthur Dodge. president OF the
National Association Opposed 10 Woman
Suffrage, said that she thought the whole
affair "a sad exhibition" but nothing
made her sorrier than that women should
eet out on the streets and march.
It's all wrong. and does no good, she
ooserved. Il say that not as an anti
Sunrasist. bat as a woman. I'm a womat
hrst you know"
10 meet or not to meet. was the quey
uon that agitated the breasts Of suffr,r
iists here to-day. Should they take AZ.
vantage OF the Inauguration day crowto
"hd turn ogt their soapboX brigade 70
preach on the street corners. or should
'hey let the men have this day TO them
selves? They discussed the matter for
? nours AT the headquarters The final de-
ision was
We won't butt in
College Songs Silence Speaker.
One thing that made them feel that way