Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1914-01-07
.SOLONS BESIEGED BY
ARMY OF mixers. "
Gen. Ned Latimer's Troops In
vades I he City.
NOT MUCH WALKING THOUGH
They Gather at State House, Are Greet
ed BY "CS" Cummings Then
Hold Meeting on Poriico

AA0t& NGNtAHE WI ttttGu
Whether they walked only a wee
bit of the way or not. the army" Of
hiking Sufragists, which started
from Baltimore yesterday morning.
arrived in Annapolis shortly after.
noon today, after having spent the
night at Severna Park, eight miles
from the city.
And they laid their plea--a petit
tion--urging "VOtes for Women. -
the slogan of their cause, before the
Maryland General Assembly, which
went into session today. A letter
was also sent to the Governor. The
party was made up of 30-odd women,
though only half of that number came
from Baltimore, the others being
members OF the Just Government
League of Annapolis and Anne Arun-
Jel county, who met them out on the
road.
II is admitted that only few Of
them walked much of the distance of
thirty miles betws en- Annapolis and
Baltimore, because they were TOO
tired and footsore, and besides, sew
eral stops were made en- route where
they were entertained at homes of
me mbers of the Anne Arundel League.
Styled the Army of the Severn, "
the approach Of the hikers to the city
was heralded in telephone message
received at the State House.
This told of the army" passing
over Severn river bridge, and it was
not many minutes before the party.
led by General Edna Latimer, drew
10 at the rear portico of the State
House annex, where they complied
with the demands of a small army of
camera men, and had their pictures
taken in group. Scores of men and
women had gathered about to get a
glimpse of the ardent workers in the
cause Of Woman Suffrage. There
were many side comments, ell of
which were taken good-naturedly BY
the women.
AS the women filed into the State
House through the revolving doors.
they found the lobby well filled with
men who had gathered on account of
the assembling of the Legislature.
The males fiocked about to look the
"army" over, until the passage of
the hikers was almost blocked, but
the voters soon cleared way after
one Of them received a poke in the
sar, accidentally, Of course, from
the point of pennant carried by
one of the hikers. The ARMY
marshalled itself toward the door
leading TO the hall of che House of
Delegates, but their entrance to the
chamber was denied because the
House had not been in session long
and at the time was effecting its or
ganiZation
However, big "Cy" Cummings. of
the Montgomery county delegation.
appeared at the door, and with a
smile as broad as his big face could
carry, greeted the hiking suffragettes.
The majority Of the women advanced
toward the door to receive the greet
ing. One of the few who did not,
went so far as TO remark: Indeed,
l don't want to meet Mr.. Cummings |:
7 know enou gh about men, as have
had sufficient experience with them. :"
After all this was over the hikers
re tired from the building and from
the portico Of the annex held briei
meeing, during which several Of the
patty, addressed an audience of a
hundred or more men and women. OF
particular interest, because of th ,ir
pOintedness, were the remarks of
Mrs. Jesse Hardy Stubs, reputed to
be the best orator Of the party. She
spoke on the cause Ct Woman Suffrage
from a general standpoint, and among
other reasons advanced, was that
others should not teach their young
daughters their A B C's, and later
give them thorough college trainings,
the same ss they do their sons, if
they did not expect them to be placed
on an equal footing with the male
sex, that they might participate in
govenme ntal affairs. Mrs. Donald
r. Hooker, Of Baltimore, State Pres
ident Of the Just Government League.
and others addressed the audience.
After the meeting was over the
hikers repaired to the Headquarters
Of the Anne Arundel League in the
Advertiser Building where a delight
full luncheon was served. The local
headquarters, inside and out. were
gsyly bedecBed ia streamers Of bunt-
ing OF green and white, the League
colors, beside those Of the State
gold and black. The inseription
just Goverdmen League CT Anne
Arundel County" was done in black
letters against backgroud of yell
low.
Upon their arrival in the city
only few Of the "hikers' showed
evidences that they had really done
much lin the way Of hitting the
road. = This was furnished by the
condition Of their boots, which were
caked with mud. And they were
boots Of the heavy walking type. The
attire Of the women was such as 10
guard them against severe, rough
weather. Most of the wore heavy
sweaters Of the kind worn by knights
Of the gridiron, and they were of va
rious hues.
Others wore heavy coats. still
others who had come down from Bal