Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-07-31
ARMY OF SUFFRAGETTES
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the New York association, who has just
completed a tour Of the Empire state
in a caravan built in 1776; Mrs. Susan
Walker Fitzgerald, of the Massachu.
setts Political Equality Union, who re-
Gently led campaign of the New Eng.
land states, and Mrs. Frank NJ. Roes.
sing, president of the. Pennsylvania
suffragists.
A delegation of men of unusual mum.
bers was led by R. c. Beadle, president
of the New York Men s League, whose
party had presented plays aud given
dances in "swing around the circle
in New York, to get funds for the
cause, Champlain L. Riley, of Plain.
field, N. j., who held meetings at Ocean
Grove and other New Jersey points en-
route here, headed another large dele.
CATION Of men. The brigade headed by
Miss Mabel Vernon has just completed
a Sweep" down the Jersey coast in
a series of roller chair parades at all
the resorts. Miss Margaret Foley
heading one of the Massachusetts dele.
cations carried a banner which had
been torn from her hands during the
" March melee" and afterwards Gre.
captured" "
Mrs. Inez Haynes Gilmore, the maga.
zine writer, and Mrs. Glendower Evans
both Of whim were chiefly intrumental
in having the minimum wage law pass.
ed in Massachusetts, were among the
Massachusetts delegations.
Forty automobiles, gairly decorated
were sent out from Washington to es,
cOrt 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 national par.
ty colOrs Of yellow and white, the pa.
rade moved along New York avenue to
Fourteenth street northwest, south on
Fourteenth to Pennsylvania avenue and
east on Pennsylvania avenue to the
Capitol steps.
Growth of Movement.
While the demonstration was made
ostensibly for the purpose of presenting
petitions urging action during the pres.
ent session of congress, the real object
of today's "request" was far more
serious. The national leaders of the
movement now count their Strength
in congress" " as nearly double that of q
year ago, There are IS senators from
suffrage states, two from Illinois which
has partial suffrage and a dozen from
non-suffrage states who are favorable
to their cause, Among the latter are
Senators Hollis and Gallinger, of New
Hampshire; La Toilette, Of Wisconsin;
Clapp, of Minnesota; Owen, of Oklaho.
ma, and even the ltra-conservative
Penrose, Of Pennsylvania. In the house,
the friends Of woman suffrage are le.
gion. Several members of the cabinet
are known to favor woman suffrage
and majority Of the "cabinet ladies +"
have openly expressed favor Of the
cause.
During today's demonstration, the
women who don t want the vote for
themselves and don t want other wo.
men to have it, were active. To the
thousands who we're attracted by the
suffrage demonstration, the Can't g -
distributed voluminous and innumerable
circulars explaining why they don t
want the vote and @hy nobody else Of
the sex should be given the right to use
the ballot
Chamberlain Speaks.
Senator Chamberlain, author Of a
constitutional amendment to give them
the suffrage, said today in welcoming