Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-03-06

Washington for the miserable showing
made in handling the suffragette pa.
Trade son Monday, but the arrangement
yesterday was nearly as perfect as
it could be. ~
Mr. Archibald says:
! Nothing could have been more In
adequately planned nor more INSULT.
GENTLY carried out tnan the police ar
rangements in Washington yesterday.
I would incline to be more charitable
to the local police if / had not seen
the crir1inally negligent work at the
time of McKinley's funeral, where
several were killed and many hurt, and
had not seen them fail so lamentably
at the suffragette pageant on the day
before yesterday.
at is noticeable that whenever they
get into tight place they use bru.
tai methods and irritate, rather thar
try to remedy the cause. The police &c
not seem to realize that it is not the
man against the rope who IS pushing
his way into the line OF marc:l, but
that it is the crowd behind him. AT
Ninth street and the avenue yesterday.
half all hour before the parade start
ed, l saw a policeman knock g wo-
mans hat off with his club and choke
her escort back with a blow in the
throat with his open hand because
they did not obey his order to move
back when there were hundreds push.
ing them forward from behind. !
saw gray haired old lady OF evil
IDENTIFY gentle circumstances literally
dragged along by two unkempt specla
policemen, one colored, and one white
and showed into mass Of crowdne
humanity because she had fallea,hal1
fainting, under the ropes into thu
street at time when they were trying
to push back a crowd of hundreds
SURFING in from side street.
The special policemen who stood at
the, upper gate of the White House
at the end of the Presidents review
ing stand was typical of the stage
tramp, in a ragged coat, green with
age, rough brown cap, and three OF
four days beard on his face,and yet
it was the man who pointed out to
many of our foreign diplomatic visi
tors their direction to the President
stand, and this without taking dowr
his leg, which was swung over post
If the numbers of our police are Sc
inadequate, then would it not be bet
ter to call the military to do the polio
ing?"
The writer of this article, spent
eight hours within the police lines
on Tuesday. He walked the length
Of Pennsylvania Avenue on both sides
Of the street and spoke to practically
every policeman on duty from tbs
White House to the Capitol. lie was
impressed with their extreme neat
ness, their smart appearance ana the
patience and courtesy they exhibited
to the crowd that vainfy pushed ~
the barriers. There were few arrests
made, practically no disorder, and tho
crowd was kept behind the llHc5 ant
the entire manner Of handling the BIZ
gathering was excellent. 1t IS true
that there were some special police
men who were neither well dressed o,
overly clean, but is the po1rce depart
ment of Washington to merit con-
demnation because of their employ
ment for a few hours special duty
Mr.. Archibald points out that the
civic portion of the parade was un'
interesting and unnecessary. 10 u
it was the most remarkable part OF
the whole pageant, as it represented
the political significance of the oc-
casion, something which Mr.. Archl-
bald was perhaps unable to under
stand. They were the flower OF
Democracy sweeping along the great
avenues to see that the man VITO Was
chosen as their chief servant was SUIT
ably installed into office.
Election in London.