The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-03-04

Washington, March :,.-Fi,c thou
sand women. marching In The uonnn
suffrage pageant to-day, practically
fought fhrir way. foot by foot, I'm
PcnnsyINanIa Avenue, through n surg
ing mob that completely dcticd the
Washington policc, swnmpcd the
marchcrs md broke their proccssiop
into Iittlc companies. The women.
truds'nS stouti. along under great
difficulties, were HbIc TO cOmpIctc their
mnrch ont. when troops ot cnyaIry
from Sort N!cr were rushed into
"ashipGto" to tnkc ciBrIc OF Penn
>yiNnnIn Avenue. No inauguration ho.
produced such scenes, which In mauy
thaD riots.
Later. in Continental Hall. the wo-
n"n turned what was 10 have boon Z,
suffrage demonstration into AN indir-
uation meeting. in which tho Wash
inGtom police were roundly d.nounceI
for their inactiNty. and resolutions
were passed calling upon lrcside,i-
Elect Wilson ami the incoming Con
gross To make investigation and
locate the responsibility FOR the in
disnities ibc inarchers suffered Miss
Helen Keller. the noted dea and blind
girl was 50 exhausted and unncrycd
hS thc cNpcricnre in attempting to
reach = GTandsiand. whcrc sl,c was to
have hccu guest of honor that she
Was unable to speak later at Contineu-
tai Hall.
Women In Tears.
The scenes which attended tho entry
of General Eosalic Jones and her
"hikcrs' on Thursday when tic be
draggicd women had To fight their way
up Pcnnsy lvania Avenue, swampcd bv
mob with which, = few policemen
struggled in vain, were repeated to-
Gay, but upcn :, vastly larger scale
Tho march"ra had TO rgl, their way
from the start. aud took moro than one
hour in making tho iirst ten blocks
Many Of tho women wcrc IN tears ,it-
dor the icers and insults that lined
the route.
Although stout wire ropes had been
stretched up and down the length of
Fenhsylvania Avenue from the Peace
Monument to the hall behind the White
House. the enormous crowds that gath
cred early to obtain points OF vantage
overstcppcd them or crawlcd beneath
Apparently no effort was made to drive
back the trcspasscrs in tho early
hours. with the result that when the
parade started II faced almost every
hundred yards a solid wall OF human
ity.
On the whole il was hostile crowd
through which the women marched
Miss fncz Miholiand. herald Of the
procession, distinguished herself by aid
cd the way and threatened to disrupt
tho parade. Another woman member
OF the "pctticoat cavalry struck n
hoodum stinging blow across the
face with her riding crop in reply to
a scurrilous remark as she WAS pass
ing. The mounted police rode hither
and yon, but seemed powcrlcss to stem
the tide of humanity
group OF hoOdlums gathered in front
or the reviewing stand. in which sat
Mrs. TAFT and Miss Helen Taft and
halt dozen invited guests from the
Wh'tc House They kept up running
hrc OF caustic comments Apparently
no effort was made to remove them.
and evidently dIsgustcd. tho White
House party left before tho procession
had passed in its haItimg and inter
ruptcd journey toward Continental
Hall.
TRblcnuN Arc Beautiful.
Ihe tableauX on the steps Of the
treasury Building, framed in the great
columns and the hroad stairway of tho
government Treasury house. were be
gun when the parade started from its
rendezvous at the base of the Capitol.
Beautiful in coloring and grouping. the
dramatic symboli<ation Of worncn's as
pirations for political freedom was com
pleted long before the head of the ma
rade was in sight
In their thin dresses and bare arms
they stood shivering for more than an
hour. and finally they were forced to
seek refuge within the building.
Abound the Treasury Depa rtment the
crowds were nassod so tightly thai
repeated charges by the police were
seemingly ineffective. 1t was as il the
biuecoats charged a stone wall Occa-
sionally the mob gave way in one place.
only to break over and under the wire
hedge at some other.
When the cavalry suddenly appeared
there was. a wild bathurst OF pplause i'm
the reviewing stand. The men In brown
virtually brushed aside the mounted
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