Evening star., 1914-07-13
WOMEN At CAPITOL
IN QUEST OF VOTE
Demand Calling of a Special
Meeting of House Rules
Committee.
PLAN TO MAKE DEMOCRATS
BEAR BURDEN OF REFUSAL
Republicans and Progressives Sign
ing Petition Directed to Acting
Chairman Pou.

Several score of suffrage advocates.
under the auspices of the Congressional
Union for Woman Suffrage and led by
Miss Mice Paul. chairman. and Miss
Lucy Burns. vice chairman. of the Con
Eressiona Union. were at the Capitol
this morning to urge on members of the
House rules committee their desire that
special meeting be called within one
week to consider the suffrage resolution.
They wore Congressional Union colors
and Haunted suffrage banners.
They had an appointment to meet Rep
resentative Mondell in the rotunda of
the Capitol at $50 O'Clock. and their plea
was to he presented by Mr.. Mondell to
Representatives Campbell of Kansas.
Kelly of Pennsylvania and Lenroot Of
Wisconsin, who had promised to be there
TO receive them. I.enroot and Campbell
are republican members of the rules COM
mittee and Kelly progressive.
Representative Pou. the ranking mem
Der of the rules committee in the alb
sence of Chairman Henry. has repeated
ly refused requests of delegations from
the Congressional Union to call special
meeting of the committee, but finally
consented to take such action if four
democratic members. of which he was
willing to be one. requested such meet
ing. This would be IL majority of the
democratic majority on the committee
He declined TO meet the delegation this
morning
Slow in Keeping Appointment.
The women gathered ii few at a time in
the rotunda. but at the appointed hour
none of the congressman had appeared
About . o'clock Mr.. Lenroot passed
through and walked toward the House.
keeping close to the wall Some of the
women led by Miss Edith Hansche, the
chief of research of the union, started in
pursuit About five minutes later Mr.
MonGell Stroiled in and circled the group
Miss Lucy Burns took him out on the
steps to have his picture taken with Miss
Pau At IL O'Clock Progressive Kelly
made his bashful appearance and was m
trodtced to some of the delegation and
also led out TO have his picture taken. A'
1910 Mr. Lenroot arrived and Mr. Mon
dell stood the two minority members oil
the rules committee in the center of the
rotunda and made a little speech to them
telling now ardently the women OF the
country want the right to vote, and that
they have named him their spokesman
TO represent to the rules committee What
mean thing it is to block their legisla-
ton.
Mr.. Lenroot responded by assuring the
women that though he and his associates
were in the minority they would do all
they could in the committee if meet
ing was called
Enlists for the Cause.
Mr. Kelly confirmed that assertion ana
gave a little heart-to-heart talk on the
awful evils of the gag rule, and the hlsn-
handed procedure of seven democratic
members insisting upon throtthns lesls-
Ia alton that the women want He won con-
siderable applause from the ballot-seek-
hot ha
1jar,Iy not only in the committee but
on the floor of the House until the ma
ioritv would see the error of It's ways
and settle the question properly by CIV
ing the women what he oeheNeu 10 oe
their ! rent riSht-to vote
Mr. NondelI got Mr.. Lenroot and Mr.
Kelly to affix their signatures to the re-
Guest for d meeting of the rules coili-
mittee and then. seeing Representa-.
Garrett of Tennessee dodglnS through tne
sathering, pursued him to get his name
also. but Mr. Garrett declined.
The suffrage delegation then went 10
the House Office building to get other
signatures to their petition They are
se.lsing to nut the progressive and repub-
Ccan members of the committee on record
as requesting the meeting so that the re-
sponsib:lity for refusing to call the mee1-
ing would rest suuarely on the democrats
and be used as a campaign issue III the
fall congressional elections
They located Representative Camp
bell. and he signed their petition,
warning them that their efforts to be
| successful must be directed against the
democrats. Acting Chairman Pou was
| also found in his office. He reiterated
his statement that the majority of the
rules committee had determined not to
meet again until after August i and
foo III ysd in cal
a mcetIn:. in the face of that decision.
The delegation included Mrs. Charles
Bell wife of the California congress
man. Mrs. Ellis Logan. president OF the
| District Federation of Women's Clubs
and Mrs George Odell. who was grand
marshal of the march on the Capitol
| May ..
Others in Delegation.
Others in the delegation. according to
list supplied by Miss Paul, chairman
of the Congressional Union. were Mrs
ellison Gardner. Mrs. y. B. Casselman
Mrs. j. C. Kelton. Miss Matte Maddux
Miss Martina Beall. Miss Sally Lerren
Mrs Clarence Dawson, Mrs. Grace
Spencer. Mrs. William T. Turpin. Mrs
Frederick NJ. kerby, Miss Bertha G.
Umpleby. Miss Ada Louise Townsend
Mrs. William $: Riley. Miss Mildred
+ Smith, Miss NJ. l. Talbot Miss
Louise Rochon. Mrs. Mary a. Mari
Miss l.. u. Mattingly. Dr. Isabella II
Lamb. Mrs. Sarah NJ Farr. Miss Dorothy
osborne. Miss Edith Hanzsche Mrs
Harriet +. Townsend. Miss Ada
Townsend. Miss Janet Miller. Mrs. S
B. McDufie. Mrs. Jennie 0. Berlinger
Miss Lillian Grams. Miss Joy Wep
stcr Miss Eliza beth Geary. Mrs. 5 b
Mercier. Miss Elijah Smith. Mrs
Frank Hiram Smell: Mrs Arvilla Nc
Donough. Mrs Lillian FAINT. Mrs
Frank w Mondell. Miss Mary Emerson
jackson. Mrs. John Noon. Mrs j. p s
Neigh. Mrs. Robert c. NicOdemus. Mrs