Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1914-05-09
WANT BALLOT GIVEN THEM
THEY DEMAND THE PASSAGE OF
THE sRIsTow.MoNDELL RE- n
SOLUTION AT ONCE
ARE GREETED WITR.CREERS
APPARENTLY THE MEN OF WASH
lNeToN ARE IN FAVOR OF
GIVING FRANCHISE

Washington, May 9.-With banners
flying, ten bands playing and the
women singing q marching song, sew
eral thousand suffragists from vari-
GUS sections of the country today par
AIDED along Pennsylvania avenue from
Lafayette Square to the capitol.
There 531 of them, representing every
state in the union, and assigned one
to each senator and representative.
presented to the members of con-
gress petitions asking the passage of
the Bristow-Mondell resolution call
ing for a federal constitutional amend
ment enfranchising women.
Immense crowds viewed the pro-
cession along the route When the
capitol was reached the bands were
massed on the plaza before the east
front, where they played the March
Of the Women" composed by DR..
Ethel Smyth of England, accompany
ing a chorus of 1000 women. wear
ing robes of white, with green stoles
and fillets of green on their heads.
The parade followed mass meet
ing in downtown theater presided
over by Mrs. William Kent wife of
Representative Kent of California.
and at which stirring addresses were
made by Miss Caroline Lexow, field
secretary of the Woman's Political
Union of New York; Mrs. Donald
Hooker of Baltimore, and Miss Lucy
Burns. of Brooklyn, vice chairman OF
the Congressional Union for Woman
Suffrage, under the auspices of which
the demonstration was held. Among
those occupying boxes at the meeting
We're Mrs o. H. P Belmont, of New
York, Mrs. Florence Bayard Hilles.
of Wilmington, DEL, daughter OF
President Clevelands secretary or
state: Miss Julia Lathrop, chief of
the Federal Children's bureau; Mrs.
Harriett stanton Blatc, of New York,
daughter of the Late Elizabeth Cady
Stanton, one of the pioneer leaders
in the suffrage mavement; the Equal
Franchise society, Of Philadelphia;
Mrs. Antoinette Funk, of Chicago, and
the Pennsylvania Mems League for
Suffrage. A number Of young wom-
en-, many Of them prominent in So
ciety. acted as ushers.
There were many novel features in
the parade and the marching women
were cheered loudly by the throngs
that lined Pennsylvania avenue all
the way from Lafayette Square. OPP
posite the White House, to the capi-
toll First and foremost was borne
aloft a banner, 20 feet wide. bearing
the Inscriptions I'VE demand the
passage Of the nBristoM- Mondell reso-
luton" Then came the FIRST section.
The pageant division. typifying Spring.
Youth and Hope. which had been ar
ranged under the direction of Mrs.
Eliphalet Andrews. well known ar
tist. Thousands Of garlands of flow
ers were carried BY the young Wom- y
en- and. children, the shades cs the v
blossoms having been selected with
an eye to harmonizing with the unIon's
colors, purple. white and gold.
In this division also marched the
chorus of 1000 led by Mrs. Apolline
M. Blair, president of the Rubinstein
club of this city. Attractive as was
this part Of the parade. it did not
evoke any more enthusiasm or inter-
est from the onIookers than the cav
airy section which came next and was
commanded by Mrs. Juliet Barrett
Rublee Of Washington. who also was .
the mounted grand marshal Of the
procession.
In advance Of the cavalry contIn-
gent were seevn color bearers On
horseback, each carrying a purple,
white and gold flag. At their head
rode Miss Elsie Hill. daughter O for
mer Representative Fiji Of conneoti.