Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-01

hike. the mixers and the object Of the
hike.
Suffrage meetings were held at noon
today at the National Capital Press. 425
of the census. Meetings will be held to-
night at the Universalist Church and
at Ingram Memorial Church. The speak
ers at the first meeting will be Mrs.
Tinnin and Mrs. Street. William Spencer
will be the chairman at the Ingram Me-
mortal Church meeting. the speakers be-
ing Mrs. Glendower Evans and Judge
Montgomery.
Meeting at Public Library.
DR.. Celia Parker Wooiley of Chicago
will be the principal speaker at meet
ing to be held at the Public Library at
o'clock tomorrow evening. other speak
ers being Mrs. Flora Denison. president
of the Cana dian Suffrage Association, and
DR.. StoweGullen. honorary president of
that organization. Miss Janet Richards
OF Washington will also speak
suffrage meeting at Congress Hall at
$50 O'Clock tomorrow night will be adj
dressed by Mrs Ovid Butler Jamison of
Indianapolis. who is a sister of Booth
darlington, the novelist: Mrs. Raymond
Brown OF New York, Miss Harriet Noble
OF indianapolis. Mrs Champ Clark. who
VIII be chairman of the meeting, and Mrs
j. Ohio Stevenson
day under the supervision of the police
department. 1t is the intention of Mai
Sylvester to have the ropes in position by
noon, so that after that hour crossings at
intersecting streets will be closed to traf-
fic.
Proposed Suspension of Traffic.
sistance to the success of the woman
on P~oer NV, CT mo-
a resolution stopping traffic on Penn
sylvania avenue along the route Of the
parade while it is going on. The parade,
as regards the stoppage of street cars
and vehicles will be accorded the same
cOurtesies the inaugural parade
every four years. The resolution must
still be passed by the House.
Senator Sutherland proposed the reso-
luton in the Senate soon after todays
session began. and asked immediate con-
sideration. Senator Overman suggested
that If traffic is to be suspended for the
suffrage parade it also ought to be sus-
pended for the inaugural parade. Sew
eral senators fastened to explain to him
that Congress hHd already given author
ity for the suspension of traffic iuauSu-
ration day.
There was no further delay in the pas
sage of the resolution.
Helen Keller at Headquarters.
Among the notable arrivals at suf-
frage headquarters yesterday was Miss
Helen Keller, the blind deaf and dumb
girl. who spent part of the day as
sisting those at the T. street headquar-
tiers. Miss Keller will speak on equal
suffrage and votes for women at the
meeting at Continental Memorial Hall
Monday evening.
DR.. Anna Shaw upon her arrival here,
is expected to speedily determine the
question as to who will present to Presi-
dent-elect Wilson the letter that was
borne to Washington by Gen" Rosalie
Jones and her band of pilgrims.
Copy Of the Letter.
This letter. which was given to Gen
Jones and her mixers by the national
officers in New York, which was later
recalled, and still later restored to the
little general and her pilgrim band. fol-
lows:
In behalf of the women of the United
States, the National American Woman
Suffrage Association begs that you in
Your inaugural address and in your first
message 10 Congress advocate the ma
tional enfranchsement of women
I'VE also respectfully request that you
begin your administration by urging an
amendment to the SCohstitlrtion of The
United States granting to the 47.OeO;0U
women of this country voice in the af-
fairs of government
I'VE are sending you this message in
the name Of Justice and democracy, in
behalf of the women of this country,
who, like the fathers of this nation,
protest against taxation without repre-
sentation.
NO force can stop our cause and we
look to YOU, the chief servant of the
people of the United States and the
representative of the democracy of the
country to support our fight for justice
and equality
The letter was signed by Anna How