New-York tribune., 1915-10-30
ORATORS BEGIN
14-HOUR RELAY
SUFFRAGE PLEA
Theatre Crowds In First
Audience at All-Night
Session.
TRAFFIC BLOCKED
COLUMBUS CIRCLE
co,nmbia Students Join with
Women in Making Appeals
from Autos for the Ballot.

~. hour before the time set for tho
>.-,,r,-v % the twenty-four hour sp-
...' sor woman suffrage, the automo-
81, from which tho day-long stream
:, ,a-pa.gn speeches was TO pour had
axe, position In Columbus Circle
80 stump speakers were at work
,.-,rr,i~y crowd OF 800 persons.
y. lorE distance relay race o.
,,.s,bnaking had been scheduled 10
,,s-. A. Midnight IN Times Square. T.
actually began at II o'clock in Colum-
~, Circle The change in place had
80, caused by the crowded condition.
sir,-r Acre traffic. brought about by
~, .,rs+ruction work of the new sub
wsv The change in time was duo
.t..AV 10 enthusiasm The speakers
,.ts5u'ed 20 begin the long grind did
-. sppear until midnight. Volunteers
l,s. he crowd interested until then.
:. fO.S0 the touring car which is
ling for = platform left suffrage
,..Jon,-ters and started uptown, flags
;; tis Cause swapping IN the breeze.
p.hind g. followed a big motor truck
I,,n.d In yellow and filed with trans
5,reno!es bearing campaign slogans.
X h, seat bv the driver sat a woman,
II IN white save ior the golden baldric
~ the cause across her breast.
Orstorv Stream Is Started.
r. the time the TWO machines had
,-rr5le5 into their positions at the
v,,,err curb or the Circle. just below
P,f.v.n,rtn Street, crowd had begun
y rather. Before the ,ransparencies
.oyid be- taken out Of the van and set
In place about me touring car W. b.
A--e.+ of Washington State, had
ftsr,ed tre twenty-four hour stream OF
sr,.orv which As expected 20 sweep
svsv .re final vestige Of opposition 10
the amen 1uent.
T. few minute. the sidewalk was
pscke9 and the crowd had stretched
IA out toward Columbus Monument. DO
the middle o. the Circle. They were
rer for the most part.
"Tfat is natural" one Of the women
worker explained. The women VINO
ave against us don't want 20 atop and
listen Those who are for US, are max
,ng speeches themselves OF helping IN
rome other way
+. was well that the trend % traffic
wa uptown at this time. The crowd OF
attentive men ,welled rapidly and spread
90 far out into the street that ma
chimes bound downtown had 70 proceed
SLOWLY and with muc0 honTlng 20 clear
Their way.
Columbia students Aid.
Az 10 o'clock the volunteer speech
makers gave way 20 those who had en-
listed 20 begin t.e twenty -four hour
tssk -Four students from Columbia
University took the early morning
watches Grant Stone formally opened
the campaign At the close of his halt-
hour address L. + Holthusen succeed
"a him. He was followed by George
sosolsky. and he by Stanley Adler.
Wei along into the night the crowd
bad duIndled only little All phases
ot the city's lfe were represented IN
The attentive gathering that clustered
about the machine.
Ner il .i.k hets with dress muflers
vrapped close about their throats, ac-
oompa1-ei by women ln opera cloaks.
pause 90 listen A streetcar conduc-
Tor or TWO fingered little while.
Orce or twice woman hard OF face
and raady ~ dress stopped on the edge
OF t.e crowd. listened 20 the speeches
and 'acH slipped quietly away. Once
o. twice men the worse for liquor
tsusel disturbance on the outskirts o.
The gathering Persons in the audience
sg 20 10 that they were silenced and
hustled away.
Mrs Grace CotterIll. Of Seattle, was
d. first woman 90 speak. Her address
began al o'clock and lasted al hour.
eli -
was scheduled O. follow her for an
other hours talk.
Oratory To BE Continuous.
All through this morning, it is
Planned. tte speeches will 90 on with
%; Interruption. Members Of the cam
islgn committee will act az chalrmen
introduce the orators. In the
afternoon t1e big guns Of the suffrage
roytment win open fire. Between l
| ? N. and Z p m. speeches will be de-
1 tv,red ty Mrs. Nora Blatch de Forest,
EI lne7 Nholland Boissevain, Mrs.
1 Harriet Stanton Blatch. Mrs. Rheta
Ct!lde Dorr and Miss Florence Kelly.
| A. midnight tonight the long relay
vi end. when George Sokolsky deliv-
r, his second address.
Although fo.lcd in their hope OF
seding their twenty-four-hour rally IN
Tines square. the theatre district was
=" eg.ectod last night by the SUI
'isgists Long before the theatres
we're out an automobile flying the green.
st'h and purple OF the Women's Po-
suesl Union had drawn up on Forty
eird Street. just east Of Broadway. a
GoTd gathered there, again mostly
zen. This vas augmented by so many
shsn the audience left the theatres
nat 'he street was practically blocked
irsfhc The speakers. women IN the
saln' we've hccklcd by the audience M
/ good humorcd fashion. Their re-
Fohtes were greeted with applause
eo az times. when they adroitly
-rsd The tables on the questlorer,
VII good ratured laughter.