The Washington times., 1913-03-08

3, on Pennsylvania avenue. known as
the nations great boulevard" What a
picture of the American Capital to have
presented to the country and the world
1t will be folly to attempt to lay the
blame upon the captains or the ser
geants wholly. The fault appears to be
with those higher up" Why were not
the police and specials on duty along
the line of march earlier than 2 O'Clock
the afternoon of March 8? Why were
the masses of spectators permitted to
surge upon the Avenue early in the af-
ternoon until the roadway was jammed .!
Once the Avenue was filled. why was
il sufficient number of mounted men
were not formed in solid lines from
sidewalk to sidewalk, the intersectinG
streets opened and the lines of mounted
men moved along. forcing the throngs
in the roadway to go into the intersect-
ing streets at the several corners? AZ
ter this had been accomplished the foot
men could have held the others on the
sidewalks within the ropes.
The deadly parallel is the unan-
swerable argument without words-the
pictures of the Avenue March 3. with
the women paraders struggling to get
along through the dense crowds, and
those of March 4, with the magnificent
parade of men in action.
IDA V. WHITE.
To the Editor of THE TINES:
Seemingly the investigation now under
way before the subcommittee of which
Senator Jones is chairman, raises a far
greater question than that of woman
suffrage or anti-woman suffrage Con-
Sress under the Constitution has exclu-
Sive jurisdiction over the District of
Columbia. and in the exercise of its
lowers passed a joint resolution that
Pennsylvania avenue between certain
ot rfatr,
tain day named should be cleared and
Kept cleared for the passage of a
parade. The kind of a parade or the
purposes of the parade or even whether
there was a parade are infnaterial to
the greater question.
Was the resolution obeyed by the citi-
zens of the Capital OF the United States
and the visitors hereto!
Did those charged with the power see
that il was obeyed?
Has it come to such a pass in the his
tory of the United States that a joint
resolution or act Of Congress is over
ruled and paid no attention to in its
Capital City?
Has Congress no power to compel
compliance with its resolutions or acts?
Those who failed in obeying the law
and those charged with seeing that the
orders of Congress were carried out
should he punished, and that severely.
Loss of position is not sufficient punish
IHtHt tIioSt III pONeI W were tohi-
manded to do certain things. They
should be made to know that an order
of Congress is serious thing and is
made to be obeyed.
Is Congress and the laws it passes
to be a farce to the nations of the
world? Such will be the case if it and
its mandates are not enforced in the
nations Capital. Shame, Shame! 1t
makes the blood of a true American
boil to see such disregard of law. The
time was passed years ago. il 1t ever
existed, when sIIch disregard would be
passed over. B. n. NEEDS.
1910 Pennsylvania Avenue Southeast.
To the Editor of THE TINES:
In The Times Of yesterday afternoon
| 7 found the following statement: The
people were In the streets. where they
had no business to be. The sidewalks,
where the people should have been.
were vacant" / don't know where the
pictures to which you referred were
taken, but / can assure you that be-
tween the Peace Monument and Eighth
street northwest. this was not the con-
dition.
I tried to make my way in the crowds
in Pennsylvania avenue. but on account
OF the great crowds 1 could not do so,