Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-29
CLERKS MAY ENTER PARADE
Civil Service Commission Rules in
Favor Of Sufragists.
SPEAKERS DEFY BAD WEATHER
Advocate "Votes for Women at Out
door Meeting Held During
Rain and Snow.

MISS constance Leupp, prominent in
Washington society and in civic move
| ments looking particularly to the better
ment of the working women, is to march
with Gen" Rosalie Jones and her army
of suffragettes from New York to Wash
inSton Miss Leupp said today that she
was enthusiastic over the long "hike'
and that she was making preparations
| to join the army in New York in time
for the start February IL, and that she
will march in the parade here March 3
Miss I-eurp, who is the daughter OF
Francis r. Leupp. former commissioner
OF Indian affairs, has been leader in
| the organization Of the Washington
branch Of the National Consumers
League, and she is a member Of the
board of governors of the Associated
Charities. She is graduate of Bryn
Mawr College.
Federal Clerks Can March.
The civil service commission today
put its seal of approval upon the suf-
1rase parade. so far as allowing the
woman clerks of the departments to
take part in it. In reply to a letter
sent to the commission from suffrage
headquarters. President John C. Black
or the commission wrote:
The commission holds that section
of civil service rule forbids
political activity on the part of COM
marching by such employees in a par
tisan procession or parade during a
political campaign.
1t does not, however, consider that
participation in the parade and pagean;
described in your letter would be
violation of the rules
Partisan Politics Avoided.
The suffragists explained in their letter
that the women had been careful. in
their organizations for votes for women,
not to mix up in partisan politics.
The suffrage leaders hope that the gov
ernment departments will give half
holiday. SO that the women may parade
and the other employees may see the dem
onstration in favor of wOman's suffrage.
A merchant on F. street has agreed to
give the woman employees in his shop a
half holiday if they wish to parade.
Undaunted by Snow.
Undaunted by the snow and rain. the
suffragfsts held an open-air meeting be-
fore their headquarters 1920 F. street, at
1870. noon. today. The speakers were
Mrs. Anna Jenness Miller. Miss Florence
Etheridge and Mrs. Leslie Street of Aus
tralia. Mrs. Miller and Miss Etheridge
spoke enthusiastically of the coming pa
rade and urged the citizens of Washing
ton to give II their support. shivering
crowd of several hundred persons gath
cred to listen to and applaud the suffragis;
Mrs. Street made an appeal to the pocket
books of the audience, declaring that
money was needed to help carry on the
work for woman suffrage.
Mrs Jenness Miller was appointed
chairman of the s-cnds committee today.
and Immediately began the consideration
of the erection Of stand south of the
Treasury Department with a number of
contractors. She Will take up also the
proposal Of W. S. Riley. who has the con-
cession for inaugural stands on the Ave-
nue.. to use these stands for the parade
March 3.
Will Lead Marchers.
Miss Adele ". King of Baltimore, Off
cial trumpeter of the suffrage hosts of
that city. will lead the hiking suffrage
army of Gen" Rosalie Jones from Bal
timore to Washington on the last lap of
its journey from New York to the capital
When the big pageant is held on the
evening cf March 3 she will lead the
parade, riding milk-white steed and
garbed in the Official costume of a me-
dieval herald, while her bugle will, make
Pennsylvania avenue ring with martial
music.
Her little sister Garcia. will ride on a
float and will blow valiantly on her cor
net. which seems srotesqueIy large in
comparison with her height. which is
only four feet and a few inches. She
will be dressed in the Maryland cOiors.
and. of course. she will play from time
to time the stirring strains of Mary
land, My Maryland
Indian Representation.
The Indian woman as a Suffraget may
be represented in the suffrage parade.
Mrs. Marie l.. B. Baldwin, a Chippewa,
connected with the Indian bureau, has
been asked to arrange for some sort of
float which would portray the Indian
woman as in favor of the voting right.
81 have not yet decided said Mrs.
Baldwin today, whether | will obey the
request of the parade arrangers or not.
AS for the Indian women they have had
virtual suffrage also the power of re-
CALL since time immemorial. Whenever
they We're dissatisfied with a chief of the
tribe all they had to do was to make
their wishes known and he was promptly
recalled.
And as to voting, | do not know that
they exercised the right often, but it
amounted TO the same thing, for they
would inform their men what they want
ed and the result of the election usually
showed that their wishes had prevailed.