The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1914-05-10
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raised last year ss5,0O0 Last year a.
chairman of the Congressional commit
tee and this year as chairman Of th'
executive committee OF the Congress
ional Union, Alice Paul has shown thu
country by her resourcefui. brilliant ant
effective leadership. the value of suf'
frage headquarters at Washington oper
all the time Today this amendment In
trodrced in the Senate by Senator Bris
tow, of Kansas, has been favorably re-
ported by a majority committee and Ii
now on the calendar Of the Senate"
In the box Of the Congressional com
mittee at the theater were Mrs Medil
Mccormick. chairman; Mrs. Antoinettt
Funk. and Mrs. Sherman N. Booth, Of
the committee; Mrs. Meader, who has
been prominently identified with the sui.
frage work In Chicago; Mrs. Glenna
Smith Tinnin, chairman Of the Washing
ton Woman Suffrage Council, and Miss
Virginia Watrous.
Senator Bristos Speaks.
Senator Bristow. Of Kansas, was the
chief speaker at the mass meeting. He
is one of the authors of the Bristow-M Mon
dell resolution. and with Representative
Mondell. of Wyoming, his collaboration
he rode In the suffrage parade. The othe.
speakers at the mass meeting were Rheta
Childe DoIr, editor of the Suffragist:
Mrs. Donald r. Hooker. of Baltimore,
president of the Just Government League
of Baltimore; Miss Lucy Burns, vice
president OF the Congressional Union,
and Miss Carolina Lexow, of New York.
Senator Bristow, at the mass meeting.
said in part:
THE most important thing that the
women of the country can now do to
"a nf u'nrrQn'g Sufra
is to concentrate their efforts in the
States where amendments are pending
so as to enlarge the women's voting
strength in Presidential and Senatorial
sections"
Representative Mondell told how by the
reporting out Of the judiciary commit
tee of the suffrage resolution what had
been organized as a demonstration had
been turned into a Jubilee. He counseled
the suffrage leaders to bend all their
efforts to obtaining a vote u this ses-
sion OF Congress and spoke hope that a
majority would be secured.
Amendment II Demanded.
Mrs. Ernest Thompson-Seton, Of Hart
ford, introduced the formal resolution Of
the Congressional Union, demanding the
passage Of the Bristow-Mondell resolu-
ton. 1t read:
Resolved, That this mass meeting calls
upon Congress to pass Immediately the
resolution. which IS Gov
before IL. proposing an amendment to the
United States Constitution enfranchistns
Resolved, That a copy Of this resolu.
ton be sent to every member Of the
United States Senate and House Of Rep
Among those occupying boxes at the
meeting were Mrs. o. III. p. Belmont. OF
New York; Mrs. Florence Bayard Hilles.
Of Wilmington. Del. daughter OF Presi-
dent Cleveland's Secretary of State; Miss
Julia C. Lathrop, chief Of the Federal
Children's Bureau; Mrs. Harriet STAN
ION Batch. Of New York. daughter OF
he late Elizabeth Cady Stanton, one of
the pioneers in the suffrage movement;
the Equal Franchise Society OF Phila-
ielphia, and the Pennsylvania Mems
League for Suffrage.
A number of young women prominent
n society acted as ushers.
Command to March. ..r..
The line Of march formed on East
Executive avenue and at o'clock. the
procession moved at the command OF
he chief marshal, Mrs. George Odell
Mrs. Jesse Harding Srubbs. of the Con-
gressionaf Union, with a suffrage ban
her, headed the real parade. She was
preceded by a police escort and behind
ner marched standard bearers carrying
a twenty-foot banner, inscribed with
the words:
We demand the passage Of the Bris-
resolution
Prominent Washington society horse
women came next, and the cavalry sec
ion was led by Mrs. Juliet Barrett Rub
~ hal nf
parade In advance of the cavalry sec
ion were seven color bearers on horse
back, each carrying a purple. white and
gold flag. At their head rode Miss Elsie
Hill, daughter of the former Representa-
i've from Connecticut. With the riders
we're Mrs. Denver s. Church, wife of
Church, of California;:
Mrs. Charles Forrest Curry, wife of an
other California Representative; Miss
Mary Morgan. Of Washington, niece of
clifford Pinchot: Miss Alberta Hill, for
nerly of Australia, now of New York,
md Miss Elizabeth Kent, daughter of
Kent.
Miss Doris Stevens. executive secre-
AIRY Of the Congressional Union, was
,olor bearer for the executive commit
ZEE consisting of Miss Alice Paul, OF
Sew Jersey, chairman: Miss Lucy Burns,
II New York, vice chairman; Mrs. o. H.
}. Belmont. of New York; Mrs. Donald
R. Hooker, of Baltimore, chairman Of
he finance committee: Mrs ellison Gard
Ter, Of Washington: Mrs. William Kent.
II California, and Mrs. Lawrence Lewis,
r., of Philadelphia
Next marched the chorus OF women in
white and wearing green stoles and
iIlets OF green on their hair. They car
led ropes of laurel.
Hatchet Is Buried.
Mrs. John Jay White was leader Of
he business women's and artists Sec
ion, which included the homemaker,
rganized by Mrs. Harvey w. Wiley.
Irs Agnes Johnson led the section of
women and then came the
ection of college women, including
eachers, lawyers, doctors, nurses, Ii
rarians and journalists.
A huge float at the head of the pa
ade announced the burial of differ
noes between the Congressional Union
nd the National Suffrage Association.
he float, forty feet long, announced
n big letters that the National Amer
can Woman Suffrage Association.
ounded in 1869. supports the Bristow-
Iondell resolution drafted by Susan
}. Anthony in 1874, first, last and al
Ways" This announcement displayed
n both sides was in large black let
ers which could be read more than a
quare away. At the front end of the
amer was a picture of Susan B.
l.