New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-13
Friends and Foes of Cause
Fill Galleries Of
House.
l.5OO SUFFRAGISTS,
BUT ONLY 100 ANTS
Speaker Clark's Daughter En-
tertainer at Recess as
Luncheon Hostess.
from , s.ss Correspondent Of The Tribune


drcd suTragists and about hundred
"antis"- swooped down on the House
Of Representatives to-day and pos
sessed the galleries. Fifteen hundred
sufracists and the hundred "anus'-
hung with absorbed attention for nine
hours from II o'clock in the morning
until g o'clock to-night-upon speeches
many of which, Miss Resale Jones de-
clarcd, were inferior 20 what they
could make themselves.
Fifteen hundred suiragists reJolced
when, at 9 o'clock. the Brlstow-Mon-
dell resolution was downed by vote
Of 2O4 TO ia. For yesterday, for the
first time i'm its history, the lower
House of Congress discussed SUI
fraCe measure, ana, IN the estimation
Of the fifteen hundred women who
came TO see the reward of their laoors,
this fact was a distinct triumph, and
the ia votes were more than they
expected 30 get.
This" Or. Anna Howard Shaw,
president of the National Woman sui
frage Association, said afterWard, rs
the result Of fifty years OF labor the
labor that Susan b. Anthony began.
The fact that only one Of the many
speeches made to-day was coarse ana
vulgar proves the change in the senu-
ment toward women. In the old days
nine out Of ten of the speeches would
have been vulgar. Now only one out
Of a hundred is vulgar
81 think il was splendid to get ia
votes. And some of those who voted
against the resolution did so because
of their belief in states rights Ihey
believe in suffrage obtained by states.
ONLY two objections were made 20 SUI
frage to-day-the constitutional and
the sentimental To the principle of
votes for women hardly any man said
no."
The speech to which DR.. Shaw re-
fcrred as coarse and vulgar was by
Representative Bowdle of Ohio. Coarse
and vulgar are nothing 20 what some
of the women called it. In every part
Of the galleries 10 stirred q white heat
of anger. which found vent in "a storm
of Kisses that brought a roar of pro-
test from Speaker Champ Clark. Mrs.
Harriet stanton Batch announced
afterward that she meant TO have an
open air meeting tomorrow, n me
weather allows, and tell Washington
what she thinks Of that speech.
CAS- for the vote Mrs. Blatch added,
81 think il was splendid This day
has been q triumph. / have but one
regret-that J wasn't one of those who
Kissed the one blot upon it, the speech
of Representativc BOwdle, Of Ohio
Mrs. Kent. wife of Representative
Kent. Of California, said she was sorry
the sufTragists hadn't Kissed Mr. Bow
die until the galleries were cleared.
"But a lot Of the other speakers
made I'D for him." she added. "They
were splendid and the vote was splcn-
did | don't believe any Of US eX-
pectod it would be so big"
Expectation, though, was written on
the faces of the women who thronGed
the corridors Of the House as early as
9 o'clock. At II o'clock, when the de-
bate began, every gallery was packed
sOlidly with women, except that de-
voted to men. and the Presidents gal
lery and the diplomatic gallery. The
mems section was next TO that occu-
pied by members of the Congressional
Union, and a number Of the enthusl-
astic males bought the regalia of Miss
Alice Paul, and bossomed out in pur-
pie, white and yellow
Mrs. Batch, with Mrs. John Winters
Brannan. Mrs. Tiffany Dyer and other
Union. sat next the Congressional
Union section. On the other side of
the House was DR.. Shaw. hanked by
Miss Rutz-Rees. Mrs. Antoinette Funk,
Mrs. Susan Fitzgerald and other mem
bers Of the national board
The last two had a dreadful time TO
get in, for through some mistake they
had no tickets Mrs Fitzgerald tried
TO break into the press gallery on the
/ plea of being q reporter for a woman
paper, but il didn't work. After an
hour of frantic rushing up and down
the outer corridors they were finally
allowed to enter Speaker Clark's gal
lery, which he had placed at the dis
posal of the suiiragettes. His daugh-
ter, Miss Genevieve, was hostess, and
when luncheon time came she enter
tanned DR.. Shaw and the rest of the
/ national board in one OF the private
dining rooms of the Capitol restaurant.
Except for the brief luncheon inter-
mission, Dr.. Shaw never stirred from
her seat. She sat leaning over the rail,
i'm almost the same attitude as that of
Miss Paul, who, like the Sphinx she is,
scarcely moved or made a sign. either
of approval or disapproval, through
the long day. Miss Paul, by the way,
caused some commotion By appearing
with a red rose in her hat, which
caused the attendants 20 take her for
an "anti"- red roses being the badge
worn by Mrs. Arthur VI. Dodge and
f the rest of the "antis," who sat in the
section on the other side Of the mems.
/ Her friends rescued her just as she
was being led into Mrs. Dodge's do
main.
The last rush for seats caused many
an odd mix-up.
Mrs Ida Hustled Harper was pushed
/ into a seat on the steps right under
/ Mrs. Dodge's wing, and for nine hours
/ the two sat immovable, side by side,
/ never exchanging a word
Speaker Clark at once made il plain
/ that the women were TO listen and
nothing else. When Clyde Kelly. Of
/ Pennsylvania, made speech that
/ pleased them they started TO applaud.
/ The Speaker brought his gavel down
with a smash.
"The galleries" he roared. "are not
20 manifest approval or disapprovall
Those in the galleries are here by the
courtesy Of the House, and must main
tain silence!"
Silence, however, was a lesson some
Of them found il hard 20 learn. At
every lull in the oratory. the hum of
feminine conversation rose, keeping
time TO the click Of knitting needles
yes, even in the House Of Representa-
tives, listening TO a suffrage debate,
women knitted for the soldiers. The
Speaker didn't object 20 the knitting,
but he roared and pounded down the
conversation until it ceased
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