The Washington times., 1913-02-16
.SUFFRAG|STS WILL
INSIST ON MILITARY
GUARD IN PAGEANT
Hope Arguments and. .'InfIu-
ence" WilIMove Commission
ers, Without Need Of Fight.

ers, Without Need OF Fight.
sufragettes today are ready 10 pre-
sent strong arguments to and use in
huepce" with the District Commission
rrs If the request for a military guard
on pageant day is not fulfilled.
They are hopeful, however, that the
influence OF their friend, General Mills,
with his friend, Commissioner johnson,
will obviate the need of any battle. The
women have tired of hghting, inasmuch
as their plans all through have requir-
ed bitter contest against decided OBJ
position. -.-E
At the time they received permission
to use the Avenue on March 3. they de-
clared they would be protected sufti-
GENTLY and feared no insult or disorder.
Since then. indications point to a pau
city of policemen, so the women are
determined to have a military guard
timation Of their position in this mat
ter.
Three Speak at Baltimore.
Mss Alice Paul., chairman of the
suffragettes, declared this afternoon
that she Is optimistic over the prospect,
and does not believe the request will
m>ot with any opposition of a serious
nature.
Senator Moses Clapp, leading a delega-
ton Of ardent suffargettes, went to
Baltimore this afternoon to speak be-
fore a mass meeting in. the Baltimore
Academy of Music In the interest of
the pageant His .'chaperons' were
Mrs. La Toilette, wife of the. Senator
from Wisconsin, and Mrs. GIendower
Evans, of Boston. The trio were listed
as the principa! speakers at the meet
ing, which was scheduled for $50
o'clock.
BY means of this meeting the pageant
organizers expect to increase the BaIti-
more delegation, already large. to at
least. 2.0oo The latest news from Bal
tirnore workers is that six Swedish
gymns sium women of that city will
take part in the foreign delegation OF
the parade. They will wear native CO.'S
tunes.
Have No Fear of "Antis."
. Entries for the pageant will hot close
until March 2, the day before the pa
rade.
During the coming week, however, It
is expected that practically all the list
ings will be classified and organized.
So strenuous has the work of the
committee become that headquarters
ere kept open until late IL the night
and on Sundays TO-DAY bevy OF ar
dent workers are conferring at heal
Quarters, and getting a large pile of
letters out of the way.
The 'antis are organizing a gum
shoe campaign. Suffragette headquar-
ters expresses no fear of the results of
the mammonth anti mass meeting
this month. nor do they expect any gen.
sadonal or spectacular demonstrations.
= Hefin Is Challenged.
The suffragettes are decidedly
peevish over the fact that Congress-
mani. Thomas Hefiin of Alabama, has
been getting lots of fun out of the
wordy war with the votes for women
advocates. So they have challenged
him TO debate for, not later than
March j. Hatpins and other weapons |
are barred. 1t will be fight to the |
last word, II Congressman Hefiin viii |
only accept. -~a.'
Miss Constance Leupp, the only |
Washington ."hiker" in the army of |
Gen Rosalie Jones. writes here that |
the hardships described in newspaper |
reports are suffered only by the cor
respondents. She declares that she is |
having the time of her life.
The series of suffragette meetings of |
last night viii be followed at $3.50 |
o clock this afternoon with q mass |
meeting In the National Rifles Armory |
with Mrs. p. 2. ClaXton, wife of the |
Commissioner Of Education, presiding.
re
Grown and Mrs. Louis Ottenburg
Other meetings this afternoon are at !
Mrs. Christian Hemmick's, 230S Massa-
,husetts avenue, and also a suffragette
tea at the studio of Theodore Molken- |
boer. 1916 H street.
Urge Cause to Students.
Suffragettes last night put one
over" On the freshman class Of the
University Law School The
students had assembled for a lecture
on The Legal Aspects of Woman's
suffrage" by Senator Townsend of
Michigan. Suddenly Mrs. Beard, Miss
Hill and Mrs. Con- appeared
President E. W. Pierce. OF the class.
invited them TO speak. They did This
nearly precipitated break In the class
rsnks. for certain members didn't want
[ known that sufragettes had inter-
upted the meeting and secured the
ioor. Likewise, they had broken a
irecedent that no women are permitted
o attend freshman class meetings
The suffragettes declare that they are
'eady to meet the -"antis" in debates at
my time before March g. This note of
lefiance followed the announcement
hat the ants are planning an active
anpaign to detr-rct from III. effect OF
he suffragctte pageant propaganda.
Mrs. ]. Sanford. of Brooklyn. to
whom an invitation to march in the
,arade was extend ID has replied that
he Is unalterably opposed to the cause
II equal suGrag2.
Foe of Suffrage Speaks. l.
Che ridicules the idea Of movement
which requires a demonstration such
is the pageant and the New York to-
hike as its chief claim for
In place of the suffrage movement
jrs. Sanford declares:
"1 am old-fashioned enough 10 think
hat woman. instead OF rushing head
ong into every new fad and ism II
hould get up a mighty parade and re-
race her steps back to her RESPONSE
responsibility of so training
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