The Washington times., 1913-03-10

saw three or four different officers
strike men over the head trying TO
get them to stand back and they
would not. They fell right in behind
the policemen's horses as fast as they
would drive them back and ! firmly
believe that the police did all they
could to keep order. The women need
not try to take Major Sylvester's place
from him. far as long as they parade
around over the streets they Will get
The people have more respest Tor
the inaugural parade. and all ways
Will have, because 1t is men IN men
places. Please tell me what the wom-
ems husbands and children were DO
around. / think they ought to feel
grateful that they got off so lightly.
The best thing they all can do is keep
quiet and not cause any more haro-
ness than they have all ready: l am
p woman myself and was really glad
that my husband did not see that
parade for he might have become dis
gusted and left me. When our sex
forgets their modesty and womanii-
ness enough to parade around IN
mems places they should take all that
about 1t. don't know one policeman
from another. but I do know that they
kept order as well as could be expect
ed under the circumstances;
A WOMAN.
To the Editor Of THE TIMES:
Until the suffrage parade / was in
the class termed suffragist, rather than
the suffragette. General Rosalie
Jones tells a story which illustrates the
difference. "The suffragist is the
woman who believes in the women vot-
ing. but has not the courage to work
publicly for the cause; in other words,
she has the wishbone, but lacks the
back bone; while the suffragette has
both the wishbone and the backbone"
The disgraceful mismanagement Of
the crowds and the indifference of the
police has no doubt shaken many a
timid one from the fence and landed
her in the suffragette ranks.
1t Is deplorable that a man with the
record which Major Sylvester has held
at the head Of our police force should
so far forget himself, both as a gen.
tleman and as Superintendent of the
Police. as to allow such a spectacle as
was enacted in the streets Of our city
the Sd Of March. The glaring contrast
of the disorder Of the Sd and the per-
feet order of the 4th. proves that order
could have been maintained for both
occasions.
II. as some claim, the idea was to i'm
press Congress with the need of a larger
police force, then all fair-minded peo-
pie. whether In favor of womans suf-
fraSe or not. must agree that the chief
took a decidedly ungentlemanly and
cowardly method of doing 1t; inasmuch
as he subjected ladies to insult and
rough treatment. while on the follow
ing day men and soldiers who were
armed were shown every courtesy, re-
gardless of the fact that there were
a few in the parade who staggered as
they walked. To be sure, those few
needed to be protected from themselves.
but they should have been protected at
the police station instead of in the
street.
II a man who has failed in his duty
as gentleman and allowed prejudice
to sway him from his duty as head
OF the police, he Is without question
not the man for position of such i'm
portance to the public safety. II such
men can hold such positions under exist
ing conditions. is It to be wondered at
that thinking women are demanding the
vote? MRS. OLIVE s. McGREW.
1855 Newton street northwest.
To the Editor of THE TIMES:
I stood in an automobile Marchs3, at
Sixth street and Pennsylvania avenue.
at e:3o p. m, and an almost solid wall
of flesh reached from curb to curb on