The Washington herald., 1913-02-20
DISSENSI0NI in
PILGRIMS RANKS
Gen. Jones' Hikers Divided
Over English Sufragettes'
Dynamiting Tactics.
"ARMY" Is THREATENED
Question Of Whether Negro Women
Should Be Given Ballot Evaded
by Leader of Marchers.

wilmington, Del, Feb. 19-Gen. Rosalie
Jones' suffrage pilgrims took a strenuous
rest to-dey. The even tenor of their way
to Washington was disrupted by threats
OF bodily harm and mental anguish
While thus perturbed they went about
Wilmington making curb speeches and
suffering internal dissension before va
ried opinions on the dynamiting of Lloyd
Georges residence by the English suf-
fragettes
They all arose with the sun, partook
of hearty breakfast, and hobbled forth
To spread the propaganda OF votes for
women among the factory girls and mil!
hands of the town. Two business men
from Baltimore called upon Gen. Jones
early I'm the morning and asked her Just
how she stood on the question of votes
for negro women.
One of the men told the little leader
that 1t was the general understanding
here below the Mason and Dixon line
that she favored equal suffrage for all
races without qualifications. IF you do
not set the public straight on this thing"
he said. your army will never reach
Washington. You know that the negro
vote is problem here in the South. II
you declare that you would give the vote
TO colored women l am afraid that you
and your band will be mObbed when you
get around Baltimore"
Gen. Jones Is Diplomatic.
Il am not prepared TO enter into de-
tails on this question now was the dip
lomatic reply OF the general. Il think.
however. that the question which you
PROFOUND is one to be regulated and set
tied upon by the several States them
selves Many OF the Southern States
regulate the negro vote question by
State laws Why can they not do the
same If they choose II the women are
given the ballot
Once on the street. the pilgrims who
delivered speeches were bombarded with
questions as TO their opinion ON the ac-
tons of the English militants. Said Elz-
abeth Freeman, who has seen English
service and spent time in Holloway Jail
ar London for smashing Whitechapel
windows:
Il am a firm believer in miIitantism.
| sympathize with my English sisters
and rejoice in their work. With them.
| believe in smashing windows, attack
ing the mails. and applaud this dyna-
hitting of Lloyd-Georges house. We
over in America do not understand
their problem. ] hope they do right.
] draw the line at destruction Of hu-
man life only
1t so happened that Elizabeth AID
rich. who votes in California, was the
next speaker. and she started an argu-
ment that almost disrupted the army.
Incipient Quarrel stopped.
The actions of the English suffraS-
cites are unnecessary and outrageous"
she declared. Il would not break so
much as the tiniest pane of glass IL my
doing so would give the vote to every
woman in the world
Then Miss Freeman and Miss AID
rich started TO debate the question be-
tween themselves. There was much
and their voices arose to
a sinister pitch. Miss Aldrich began
10 weep. and Miss Freeman fired a gem
eraI broadside into the sy-foot ele-
mcnt.'
There is no telling what might have
happened had not Gen. Jones come
along at this juncture and put her
arms around the COmbatants and made
them shake hands. Miss Aldrich dried
her eyes and dabbed her nose with
Miss Freeman's powder rag certain
sign of re-establshcd friendship.
The pilgrims leave for Elkton, Nd
tomorrow morning. twenty-mile
hike. They will stop for i while at
Newark, Del. where they will visit
Delaware College. They will be in
liavre de Grace on Friday. RoIair on
Towson on Sunday. and Bal
timore on Monday.
According to schedule. Washinton
will be reached on February IS.