The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-05-09
WITH BANDS PLAYING AND BAN
NERS FLYING, DEMAND VOTES
Immense Crowds View Procession
as They March Up Pennsylvania
Avenue to Capitol
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tBy Associated Press)

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/, (By Associated Press.)
S Washington y. C.. May with
banners flying, ten bands playing and
the women singing marching song.
several thousand suffragists from
various section of the country to-
day paraded along pennsyivania
avenue from Lafayette Square to the
Capitol. There 53 OF them, repre-
senting every state In the Union. and
assigned one to each senator and
representative presented to hte mem
hers of congress petitions asking tho
passage Of the Bristow Mondell reso
luton calling for federal constftu-
liona amendment enfranchising
| women
Immense crowds viewed the pro-
cession along the route. When the
Capitol was reached the bands were
masfed on the plaza before the east
front, where they played the "Marcl
of tho Women" composed by Or.
Ethel Smyth of England, accompany
ing a chorus of 1000 women. wear
ing robes of white with green stoles
and fillcts of green on their heads.
The parade followed n mass meet
ing in down town theater presided
over by Mrs. William Ken, wife Of
Representative Kent of California, and
al which stirring addresses were made
by Miss Caroline Isexow, field secre
tary of the Women's Political Union
of New York; Mrs. Donald Hooker
OF Baltimore, and Miss Lucy Burns,
of President CleveIand's secretary OF
Congressional Union for Woman Suf-
trage under the auspices OF which
the demonstration was held Among
those occupying boxes Mt the meet
ing were Mrs. O. II p Belmont, OF
New York. Mrs Florence Bayard
lilios OF Wilmington, Del daughter
OF President Cleveiand's secretahy of
state; Miss Julia Lathrop, chief OF
tho Federal Chlldren's Bureau; Mrs.
Harriet stanton Blatch, OF New York.
daughter OF the late Elizabeth Cady
Stanon. one of the pioneer leaders in
the suffrage movement The Equal
Franchise Society, of Philadelphia:
Mrs Antonettc Funk, OF Chicago,
and the Pennsylvania Mems League
FOR Suffrage A number Of young
women. many OF them prominent In
society, acted as ushers
There were many novel features in,
the parade and the marching women
we're cheered loudly BY the throngs
that lined Pennsylvania avenue all
he way from Lafayette Square. op-
nositc the White House, TO tho Capt.
iol First and foremost was borne
iloff banner. twenty feet wide. bear
ing the inscription. we demand the
passage OF the Bristow- Mondell reso-
luton Then came the first section,
he pageant division. typitying Spring,
Youth and Hope. which had been ar
ranged under the direction OF Mrs.
fliphalet Andrews, Well known
artist. Thousand Of sarlsnds Of flow
ars were carried by The Young vo-
men and children. the shades Of the
blossoms having been selected wsh
an eye 70 barmonizns with the
mons colors purple. white and
sold.
IN this division also marched the
chorus of 1000 led by Mrs ApoIline
N Blair. president OF the Ru5instein
club OF this city.
Attractive as was this part of the
rarade. it did not evoke any more en-
.husiasm or interest from the on
BOXERS than the cavalry section
which came next and WAS command
4d hv Mrs. Juliet Barrett Rublee OF
" s'lington. VINO also was the mount
and marshal Of the processior
~ advance OF the cavalry cont
gent we're seven color bearers o.