The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-05-10
S0FFRAGISTS PRESENT
THEIR DEMAND FOR VOTE
tions Asking Passage of Consti-
tutionnt Amendment.
brilliant Pageant Viewed by Immcnse
Crowds, Which Line Rontc Dctwccn
Lafayette Purk and Capitol.

Washington. May 9.-Thousands OF
eufragcttcs from every state in tho
Union parnded through Washngton's
streets to-day TO the capitol. whore
they besieged Congress with petitions
demanding passage OF resolution for
e constitutional amendment giving
women tho right to vote There were
t3i women in the petition brigade,
and marching with them were hun
drcds of nowcr- g0rlandcd girls,
chorus OF loco strong. ten bands. d.
visions of suffrage cavalry. girl her.
aids. members OF many suffrage or
Limitations and delegation from mo
PENNSYLVANIA Mems League for Suf-
frarc.
ThronGs lined the route OF the pa
radc from carly in the day. They
stretched to the Capitol from Lafay-
EFT. Park the starting point of the
rarcant, where the suffragists began
to gather hours before the parade
started Many Of the demonstrators
made no attempt to crowd Into the
theatre. at which Immediate pussaGo ~
the suffrage amendment resolution re-
Gently reported TO the House was urged
hv ,uriou, speakers. and In rcsolu-
ton proposed by Mrs. Ernest Thonip
sou seton. and passed unanimously.
senator Bristow. Of Kansas. and Rep
resentativc MonGcn "f Wyoming, au-
thors of the constitutional amendment
before Congress, were among tfose
who addressed the meeting.
Senator Bristow urged the women to
concentrate their efforts on forcing
congressional action on the amend
ment and Representative Mondcll pro-
dicted n vote In the House on the mems
ire at the present session. lie said
that II necessary special rule would
TO bring all available pressure to bear
to force q rcport on such II rule.
PETITIONS PRESENTED
TO CONGRESS- MEMBERS
With banners dying, ten bands play
inC and the women singing march
ms song. several thousand sutirne'sts
from various sections OF the country
to-day paraded along Pennsylvania
Avenue from Lafayette Square to the
Capitol. There. 53l of them, repre-
sen'inr every state in the Union. and
assigned one To each Senator and Rep
rcsentative. presented to the members
OF Congress petitions asking the pass
age of the Bristow Mondell resolution
calm, for Federal constitutional
amendment enfrnnchlsing women.
Immense crowds viewed the process.
sion along the route. When tho Cap
i,oi was reached the bands wcr"
nassed on the plaza before the enst
front, where they played the March
of tho Women, composed by Dr..
Ethel Salytl, OF England, accompany
ing q chorus of 1000 women. wearing
robes OF white. with green stoles and
nlicts OF green on their heads.
The parade followed mass meet
ing III u downtown sthcater. presided
owe; by Mrs. William Kent. wife of Rep
resentative Kent. OF California. and At
which stirring addresses were made
by Miss Caroline LcNow. field score
of New York. Mrs. Donald Hooker. OF
Baltimore. and Miss Lucy Burns, of
Brooliiyn. vice-chairman OF the Con-
gressional Union tor Woman Suffrage,
under the auspices or which the dem
onStration was held. Among those
occupying boxes At the meeting we're
Mrs. O. II. =. Belmont. OF New York;
Mrs. Florence Bayard Hlles, of VIII
mington, Del, daughter Of Presihcn.
CleNcland's Secretary OF State: Miss
Julia Lathrop, chief OF the Federal
Children's Bureau: Mrs Harriet Stan
ton blaich. OF New York. daughter of
the late Elizabeth Cady Stanton. one
OF the pioneer leaders in the suffrage
movement; the EQUAL Franchise So
ciety of Philadelphia; Mrs Antoinctte
FUNK. OF Chicago. and the Pcnnsyl-
NaniR Mems League for Suffrage a
number of young women, many OF
them prominent in society, acted as
ushcrS
MANY NOVEL. FEATURES
CiiEGRED BY CROWDS
here were many novel features IN
inc parade, ana the marching women
wcr" cheered loudly by the thronss
that lined Pennsylvania Avenue ri
ihe wa! from Lafayette square. oppo-
Hlie the White House to the Capitol
fifSt and foremost was borne aloft Il
bnnncr. twenty feet wide. bearing III,
inscription: I'VE demand th,i. llasaag c
oil the Bristow -Mondell ,.,es.lution "
men came me iirst section. the pagean,
division, typifytnr Spring. Youth ana
ROPE, which had been arranged under
The direction of Mrs. Eliphalet An.
drews well-known artist Thou