The Washington times., 1913-03-08
DERS SCORE SYLVESTER FOR POLICE FIASCO MARCH 3

| thoroughly able to protect themselves.
! Tho spirit which the crowd seemed to
! be in was that of school boys hazing'
+; or trying to haze. one unaccustomed TO
being away from mothers apron Strings
| 1t seems to me that great deal OF
| the trouble may have been invited by
the lack of humor of the women march
! ers.
! or course, the crowd should have been
! kept back. But why make a scapegoat
| of anv officer of The law to save the
; face of the so-called majority OF our
; people who seem to be credited pretty
! generally with being opposed TO genuine
| american principles in the matter OF
{ voting. The system of sexocracy has
automatically made a great many In
! fuential people also politically snob-
. bish / think that 1t is time not only
of Columbia were enfranchised. but that
. the remaining thirty-nine states. where
equal suffrage does not obtain, were
! enfranchised by Congress and three,
{ fourths of their number; This should
be handled by the legislators and not
by the people Of the Eastern states;
I saw this because in MANY OF those
| states changes in the constitutions can
only be made after long intervals, and
in Vermont. not until ds% ls.ISnnt SSnsidsp sa
! recommend such action at the coming
| special sc ssion of Congress. If he fails
to be true not only to the principles Of
the Democratic party. but to American
cerning the loss to people in having
guardians, then the success Of that
| party in 1916 will not be safe predic-
! ton.
The Democrats have long needed a
| new issue. There is none 30 vital to
! human welfare as this issue. 1t Will
| throw into proper perspective every
| other reform measure and make people
| consider beforehand the cost OF some
of those other measures, and weigh that
cost in a truer scale, since the cost OF
| elections under a full constituency will.
| of course. be greater, but 1t Will also
make some very questionable reforms
| unnecessary and ultimately be an eco
nomic as well as a life-saving meas
ure. GEORGE w. WEBSTER.
| To the Editor Of THE TIMES:
| The stand you have taken on all ques-
/ tions relating to the best interests Of
a., the people of the District should be
| commended by all good people, and /.
as a citizen of the District of Columbia,
! desire to express my sincere apprecld-
| tion for the good work your paper has
done. i. ii. CRAbiLl-
S2s Randolph street northwest.
! To the Editor of THE TIMES:
| Since what the women want is equal
rights, equal with the rights of men;
! and since the movement to gain these
rights is entirely political, declaring
as they do their ability, physically.
| mentally, and morally, to bear their
share Of the political burden, why
| should they become hysterical in their
| denunciation of the Washington police
because of their 'unchivalrous' con-
| duct March 3.
| Chivalry has no place in American
politics. and the pageant was essentially
political demonstration. Furthermore,
| was at the point along the line of
march which is said to have been the
| worst between Tenth and Eleventh
streets, and the only criticism / had to
make Of the crowd was that the jokes
were crude and the humor Of not high
quality There was positively nothing
| insulting or indecent said within my
hearing OF course. they hooted, but
the hooting was entirely impersonal and
was meant as an expression of disap-
proval Of the movement.
If everyone had cheered the women
would have pointed to that fact as
, proof positive that all were in favor of
women voting. They hOoted and jeered