Semi-weekly herald., 1913-08-04
sUFFRAGIsTs INVADE CAPITAL

WASHINGTON, D. c., July 81
An army of peace invaded Washing
ton today and laid scige to the ma
tion's legislature. The object of the
attacking forces" was complete suf-
frage for women to be granted by
constitutional amendment. The DEM
onstratior was the greatest display
of suffrage strength the capital city
has yet seen. Before the day was
over, at least two fair invaders had
engaged" each representative and
senator in personal appeal for the
immediate consideration and passage
Of a constitutional amendment which
will place women on political equality
with men throughout the United
States.
Delegates representing every state
in the Union were in the line of
march. The paraders were afoot, on
horseback, in carriages and on floats
in classic costumes. When the parade
began there was every indication that
the Washington police department
would not repeat the mistake it made
on March 8, last, when insufficient
patrolling of the streets permitted the
hoodlums to break up the parade by
swarn1ing into the floats and car
riages in which the young and elder
ly women alike were trampled and
in some cases subjected to insult.
The paraders made the pilgrim
aage to Washington, by boat and by
train. Along the way they gathered
thousands of signatures to petition
urging congress to immediate favor
able action on the proposed measure
to give women the vote. On floats
representing the various states the
women and girls were costumed to
represent the figures in the seals of
their respective states.
Early this morning the suffrage
forces were modified at the little
Maryland town of Hyattsville, eight
miles from the capitol building. Mayor
Harry Shepard delivered an address
Of welcome when the pilgrims reach
ed the town park where a grand re-
view was conducted by Miss Alice
Paul and Miss Lucy Burns of the
national congressional committee. The
suffrage colors were run to the top
of tall flagstaff the moment the
first delegation, travel-worn, stepped
into the reviewing grounds. An Or
derly crowd Of several thousand wit
messed these preliminaries.
Among the paraders were Miss Ran
kin, president of the Montana suf-
frage organization, with party which
came all the way by automobile; Miss
Harriet May Mills, president of the
New York association, who has just
completed tour of the Empire state
in caravan built in 1776; Mrs. Susan
Walker Fitzgerald, of the Massachu-
sets Political Equality union, who re-
Gently led campaign of the New
England states, and Mrs. Frank M.
Roessing, president of the Pennsyl-
vania suffragists.
A delegation of men of unusual
numbers was led by R. C. Beadle,
president of the New York Mems
league, whose party had presented
plays and given dances in Swing
around the circle" in New York, to get
funds for the cause. Chaplain L. Ri
ley of Plainfield, N. j., who held meet
ings at Ocean Grove and other New
Jersey points en- route here, headed
another large delegation of men. The
brigade headed by Miss Mabel Ver-
non has just completed sweep down
the Jersey coast in a series of roller
chair parades at all the resorts. Miss
Margaret Foley, heading one of the
Massachusetts, delegations carried a |
banner which had been torn from her
hands during the March melee" and
afterwards "recaptured"
Mrs. Inez Haynes Gilmore, the mag
azine writer, and Mrs. Glendower Ev-
ans, both of whom were chiefly in
strumental in having the minimum
wage law passed in Massachusetts,,
we've among the Massachusetts dele
ection.
Forty automobiles, gaily decorated, |
were sent out from Washington to es-
rort the pilgrims to the capitol. Wives
Of senators and representatives and |
government officials formed the escort
party. With band leading, and |
state banners mingling with the ma
tiona. party colors of yellow and white |
the parade moved along New York
avenue to Fourteenth street northwest,
south on Fourteenth to Pennsylvania
avenue and east on Pennsylvania ave-
nue. to the capitol steps.
While the demonstration was made
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