The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-03-05
Vol. XXXVI. No. 3.
SUFFRAGE TIES REACH CAPITAL.
GEN. JONES AND ARMY ATTAIN
THEIR GOAL AT LAST.
Dlnerence Over Delivery of Message
to President-eIeCt Settled to Salts
faction of All.

Washington, Feb. 28.-"Gen." Ros-
allie Jones and her suffrage army
marched triumphantly into the capital
shortly before noon today, through
the capitol grounds and down Penn
sylvania avenue with an escort Of
local enthusiasts and citizens which
fairly choked the streets and delayed
traffic. 1t was one of the most re.
markable street demonstrations ever
seen ere.
I Presidential Inauguration
50 could have presented a more
p .astic spectacle than PennsyI-
= avenue from the capital to the
- .sury building after the plucky,
sheveled band of suffrage pilgrims
wung wearily around the Peace mon
ument for the final march of their 25O
mile walk for their cause.
Incoming presidents have not re-
ceived more clamorous applause than
did the company of brown-clad wo-
men, huddled in a little group, forced
to fight their way through veritable
walls of shouting humanity for more
than a mile of their historical hike"
To prevent disruption Of their col
umn, Gen" Rosalie Jones and her
| tired comrades locked arms and in
two lines clung together, moving only
when police could clear the way for e
! short advance. In every block they
were halted repeatedly, the crowds
greeting them with tempestuous dem
onstrations. Men :.rd women alike
braved the horses hoofs and chugging
automobiles of the suffrage army es-
cort to grasp the pilgrims hands.
Though no brass band heraled the
survivors, who II days ago, left
New York for the advance on Wash
ington, a bedlam of sound rent the air
from the moment the mixers" were
! in sight Of the capitol until they were
jammed into a struggling mass Of
men. women, automobiles and car
riages before suffrage headquarters.
When the treasury was reached, Sc
dense was the mob, that the police.
with great difficulty, cleared a narrow
pathway through which the marchers
could pass to the crowning glory Of
their achievement at suffrage head
quarters.
Here, as soon as she could get her
breath, Gen" Jones, lifted by star>
wart attendants to an automobile, ac-
dressed the crowd. Shouting through
a megaphone the message of equal
suffrage and giving thanks for the end
of the long and hazardous tramp Of
her army, she begged indulgence Of
the throng, promising to talk you TO
death before she left WASHINGTON.
For 20 minutes the mixers" waited
in the street until the police could
disperse the crowd, then they were
rushed into the Office of the suffrage
workers, whence they were taken te
hotels for a rest before luncheon.
The marchers were greatly relieved
when informed of the receipt of tel
egram from the national Suffrage
headquarters, announcing regret that
there had been a misunderstanding
over who should deliver the suffrage
message to President-elect Wilson.
Gen" Jones was assured that her
pilgrims would be permitted to take
the message, provided an interview
with the new president can be ar
ranged.
The anti-suffragists confined their
principal activity today to a big mass
meeting held in one of the local the
ares.
Mrs. Arthur NJ Dodge of New York
president of the National Association
Opposed to Woman Suffrage, presided
The speakers We're Mrs John Martin
and Miss Minnie Bronson of New
! York and Miss Lucy j. Price Of Cleve-
| land.