The Washington times., 1913-03-07

eral, and not at one lone chief OF po-
lice. / believe in the protection OF
humanity and women especially, and
they have a certain right to voice their
sentiments in regard to the welfare of
their homes, but the good Creator who
made them never for one moment in
tended that they should ever enter
politics.
Yours respectfully,
CLARENCE JAMES HOLIDAY.
2e13 Eye street northwest.
To the Editor Of THE TIMES:
To any fair-minded person, it is rea-
sonable to understand at this time how
much more difficult task the police
had in their endeavors to keep order on
the day of the suffrage parade than in
the inaugural parade on the next day.
The one created ridicuie from many
people
The rare and spectacular scene which
the suffragettes wished. TO create for
advertising purposes they have gained.
That Is not enough to suit their pur-
poses. The people were too anxious to
get good view of the paraders and
pressed forward against all objections,
and. beyond the ropes, under them, and
breaking them down. This formed an
other opportunity for QUERY and adver-
tising, and they would now unseat
Major sylvester. enlistIng the sympathy
of-the community as IL the police chief
We're at fault
Their policy is advertising, no matter
at what cost u
The inaugural parade had the good
wishes sof al who came to@do Aoner to
cur President. and no close inspection
vas desired by any one.
One parade was surging mob Of
Snocfat0TC and the other sensible
crowd of well-behaved people.
After the experience or the previous
day the police might have learned bet
ter how to handle the same people, and
II the suffrage parade had been re-
peated they would probably have held
the crowd back. A WITNESS.
TO the Editor of THE TIMES:
As Connecticut newspaper man who
has witnessed many large parades, II
seems to me that ii was just as easy
for the police to have afforded protcc-
ton to the suffrage parade Monday as
TO the inaugural parade Tuesday, had
the same precautions been taken.
witnessed the suffrage parade from
the corner Of Pennsylvania avenue and
Fifteenth street At ! o'clock the ave-
nue. at that point could have been clear
ed by four or five mounted policemen.
Everybody expected II would be. At 3
o'clock the crowd covered every inch of
space and there was no place to which
10 drive them
When the parade approached, half
dozen mounted policemen worked val
fRntly, swinging their clubs and calling
TO the crowd to move back. Apparent
1y they did al they could but il was
then too late. They were greatly aided
by cavalry, but at that time after the
crowd had packed itself like sardines
into the avenue ii was physical i'm
possibility to do more tha nforce a mar
row passageway for the parade.
THE trouble was lack of preparedness.
Had the police cleared the Avenue at
noon. as they could easily have DONE
the parade would have passed along as
successfully as did the inaugural parade
the next day. F. w. BOLANDE.
Ts the Editor Of THE TINES:
1 wish to complain Of the treatment re-
ceived in the wonnen's suffrage parade
on March 3. Weewere forced to walk
single file nearly all the way and all de-
serfptions Of sinutty, insulting remarks
were cast at US. The remarks were
made by drunken men and negroes who
blocked our way. PARTICIPANT.
To the Editor of THE TINES:
wish to complain Of the brutal treat |
ment received while myself and friends
were marching IN the suffrage parade
While standing behind the ropes at !
the south corner Of Pennsylvania avenue
and Seventh street We were knocked |
down and trodden on and painfully !
crushed Wnise n'en and negroes cursed |
US, and we were unable to get out of |
the mob. There was not policeman in |
sight. SPECTATOR.
TO the Editor Of THE TIMES:
In regard to the Inadequate protec- |
ton given the suffrage parade Monday.
] would like to say that the governors |
from some Of the States who were here |
should come In for some of the critI-
cfsm.
When the women failed to receive
promise of protection from various /
sources they frantically appealed to the
governors to allow their National |
receive lame and Indifferent excuses.
One of the excuses was that IL the
Guard did duty Monday they would be
In no condition to parade Tuesday.
happened in the most civilized
In the world Is past belief. The
saTages of darkest Africa are gentle
men compared to the brutes who par
ticipated in their so-called fun.
Our nation may well blush, and es-
pecially for the reason of its happen
Ing in our beautiful city right at the (
doors os-the Capitol. Now is the time
for the antagonists of women's suffrage
70 enter the House of Representatives.,
snd. holding up their hands,. cry, Eye
gods, what are we coming to-" II
With proper policing. the magnificent
parade would have gone down in his
tory as a credit to American men and
women, but now It only makes an in