Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-12-07
WILSON HEARTENS
SUFFRAGE LEADERS
Promises to Confer With Col
leagues in Congress About
What Is Right to Do.
DEMONSTRATION AT CAPITOL
Susan B. Anthony Amendment
and Two Other Identical
Measures introduced.


WASFIIEGTON. December 6--Woman
suffragists brought their demand for a
constitutional amendment to Congress
again to-day and renewed their re-
quests for support 10 President Wilson.
While the President declined TO take
up their cause in his annual address to-
morrow. he promised to confer with
Congress leaders over the amendment
and from that assurance the women de
rived much encouragemcnt Hereto
fore the President has held that suf-
fraEe was a State issue. What effect
If any, the recent defeat OF suffrage in
the elections in Eastern States may
have had on his attitude was not dis
closed. but the women were confident
that their latest pilgrimage to the
! White House had been the most fruit
full OF all.
The Presidents Interview with 200
women in the East Room OF the White
House was the climax TO "A days DEM
onstration which included the prescnta-
tion Of petitions TO congressman.
speech making on the steps of the Cap
| itol. the introduction OF the Susan r.
Anthony suffrage amendment in the
House, aIu q parade Of more than 1000
women up Pennsylvania Avenue
CELEBRATED PETITION
LOST BY ENPHESS COMPANY
The celebrated suffrage petition.
] 5000 feet long. and bcaring 800 0u0
names of voters in Western states
which was brought across the conti-
nent in an automobile by Mrs. Sara
Bard Field, Of Oregon. and Miss Fran
ccs Jolliffe. of California. was lost be-
tween here and Wilmington. Del. by
the express company which had been
intrustcd with II the last few miles
of its journey. The women had an
other petition with them. however, and
although less pretcntious il was pre-
sented TO Representative Mondell. RE
publican. of Wyoming. on the steps of
the Capitol
When the House assembled Mr.. Mon
dell introduced the Susan Il. Anthony
amendment: Representative Raker, Of
California. Democrat. introduced an
identical measure. and Meyer London
the new Socialist Congressman from
New York. presented still another DR.
Anna Howard Shaw, president of the
National American Woman Suffrage
Association sat in the gallery and
watched the proceedings. The intro
duction Of three identical resolutions
seemed 10 please DIR. shaw
we have introduced this sclfsamc
resolution III every Congress for the
last forty-seven years" said She and
while We have never had any difficulty
in getting il introduced. we rarely have
enjoyed such a degree of cooperation
from all the political parties"
WOMEN. UNMoLESTED.
MARCH, ON WHITE: HOUSE
Satisfied that. that was about all TO
he expected Of Congress for one day.
th" women marched on tile White
House. Up Pennsylvania Avenue. with
brass bands and fc and drum corps
they paraded between lines of police
VINO were under special instructions TO
sec that they We're unmolestcd The
disorderly scenes of three years ago
when the suffrage parade was mobbed
and the police stood powcrless. wcr.
fresh in the minds of some OF the
women. and they stepped with broad
snriies of recollection of how they had
forced Congress TO investigate that
incident. To-day some of the women
rode horseback. hut most of them
walked. bearing purple and yellow ban
ncrs, which were whipped by II raw
winter wind.
y, the White House the 500 visiting
leaders marched into the East Room
and the remainder of the procession
waited outside during the interview
with ;he President. Miss Ann. Martin
Of Nevada. and Miss Jollinc were
spokcsmen. The President listened at
tentively TO their request that he take
up suffrage In his address Tomorrow
and told them he found it imDossiblc
because his address was finished and
he had devoted il TO another subject
TO CONFER ON ISSUE
IN MOST SERIOUS WAY
"All | can say with regard 10 what
you are urging at present" said he
an open mind, and / shall certainly
take the greatest pleasure in comforting
in the most serious way with mv col
leagues at the other cn,l Of the ritv
with regard to what is tile right thing
10 do at This time concerning this great
matter. ] am always restrained, as
some OF YOU will remember. by the con
sciousncss that must speak for others
as we'll aS for myself so long as I
occupy my present office. and. there
fore. don't like to speak for others
until consult others and see what
am justified in saying"
The snffragiSt delegates Will br in
the capital until next Wednesday at
tending the first national convention OF
the Congressional Union for Woman
Suffrage. Many leaders OF the ma
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