Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-05-21
ADVOCATES OF SUFFRAGE
TO STORM REPUBLICANS
Chicago Will Be Center of Votes
for-Women Activity Early
in Juno.
WILL HOLD BIG RADR
OF Women Will March in
Windy City as Part OF Plan to
Have Pink in Their Behalf in
National G.. 0. u. Platform.

Chicago will be tho suffrage center
{ the United States on June I. Be-
sween and o'clock that afternoon
thousa nds OF women, their white gowns
garnished with the suffrage gold, Will
mobilize on the lake shore in Grant
Park and visualize for the benefit OF
the world nj large, and the delegates
10 the Republican National Convention
in particular, the nationwide strength
VI the woman suffrage movement.
Then at o'clock, wiki yellow banners
dying and bands playing. they will ad-
vance across the viaduct leading 10
Michigan Boulevard and parade to the
Coliseum. where the men who are to
choose the Republican candidate for the
presidency viii be in session
In the parade, which promises TO
be the biggest ever held in the Middle
West, will be delegations OF women
from Ill parts OF the country. buoy
antly marching behind hands of mar
tial music and keeping step 20 the
beat OF n single thouEht--,hat Of i'm
pressing upon the masculine voters OF
this country tho necessity OF having
the Republican National Convention In
sert an equal suffrage plank in its ma
tionai party platform.
MANY SURPRISES ARE
PROMISED &. O. T.. DELEGATES
But the women in line will not de-
pend upon their presence alone Ia con-
Scy this thought 10 tho Republican
delegates Marching in the ranks With
them will he two gentle hints
weighing Il ton apiece. and carrying n
suffrage plank between them. The
gentle hints IN question will he two
perfectly good &c. o. p elephants,
and the plank which they arc To carry
WIFI syInbolize the suffrage plank
which the National Woman Suffrage
Association wants incorporated in tho
Republican party's national platform.
In addition TO this picturesque fea-
ture. countless other surprises are In
store for the delegates and voters
along the line of march. Just what
these surprises are, Mrs. Harrison
Monro Brown, president of the Illinois
Equal Suffrage Association, and chair
man of the parade committee, refuses
to announce In advance. Sufficient TO
say that the plans now under way in
her Chicago offices promise TO cui-
inmate In the most picturesque suf-
frnge parade that has ever been staged
anywhere. Many thousands of women
will be in line. the city delegations
marching by wards and precincts, and
the State delegations IN brigadcs.
More than 250 groups Of women will
march under the Illinois State hammer
alone. Every suffrage state will have
delegation in line, and virtually all
Of the nonsuffrage States will have
some representation.
Mrs. B. b. Valentine president Of the
Virginia State Equal Suffrage Associa-
ton. who has Just returned from r
trip TO Danville and Chatham. an
uounccs that, following her visit there,
strong suffrage league has been
sormed in Chatham Mrs. Preston D.
Noses was elected president; Mrs. W.
ID. Burr. first vice president; Mrs NJ
rreadway. Jr second president:
Mrs. Salie q. StutH, secretary. and
Miss S. shepard, treasurer.