Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-12-07

remained n trophy with the sergeant at
arms
WOMEN'5 PLANS CAREFULLY LAID.
As 1t turned out, the women had their
plans laid with precision and let loose
the banner almost on the second Evil
IDENTIFY In possession of an advance copy
OF the President S address they had timed
the document at the speed they expected
he would read. and anticipated he would
reach the Porto Rico section in eight min
utes.
Miss Mabel Vernon Of Nevada, who
heckled the President here at his Amer,-
can Federation Of Labor speech last
July. and who struggled the banner into
the House gallery under her coat to-
day. kept time and gave the signal for
the unfurling OF the banner.
Before the police could get to tho gal
lery the suffragists press agent was
busy handing out printed reports Of the
affair replete in detail giving the names
of the militants and interviews with
each
The consensus of their opinion was
summed up by Mrs Abby Scott Baker OF
the Congressional Union who declared
the incident was expressive Of the indig
nation that women feel at the opposition
to granting the right of self-government
to one-half the people of the United
States.
TEN ACCLAIMED HERO1NES.
The "a women who participated in the
demon Iton marched off. acclaimed
heroincs. to Congressional Union head
quarters. where they held reception.
Miss Mabel Vernon Of Nevada; DR.. Car
oline L. Spencer of Colorado Mrs. Flor
ence Bayard Hilles of delaware; Mrs.
John Rodgers of New York: Mrs. Anna
Lowenburg OF Pennsylvania Mrs. Bessie
Fl. Papandre and Mrs, Maud Gilbert
Of California; Mrs. W L. Colt OF New
York; Miss Lucy Burns Of the Congress
sional Union and Mrs. Townsend Scott
Of MARYLAND composed the suffragists'
party. The free re held the banner and
tn latter fl eel ds guards. prepared
to resist il.. nee The women had
carried OF ta,. carnations so carefully.
however, that none of the hundreds of
spectators surrounding them had any ink
ling of their plans.
MORE STARTLING NEXT TIME.
The demonstration, say the suffraCists.
worked we'll enough to suit them even If
1t failed to draw any acknowledgment and
they plan something more startling the
next time. Everybody around the con-
SL'9SI'HdI union VINO nad anything TO 40
with II was keen for another.
Miss Lucy Burns declared the suffrage
question was the only one before Con-
eress to-day when President Wilson FIN
Ssh reading his address.
when he finished" said she "the sem
ators and representatives. on the floor
turned toward US and muttered one word
Surraeists" No one said 'Adamson law
or Porto Rico We feel that we did our
duty to-day and we never should have
forgiven ourselves had we overlooked it,"
WHITE HOUSE NOT RESPONSIBLE.
Has the White House issued any
statement about it," was the query of
the suffra sists' leaders.
Up to late hour TONIGHT however
tho White House had not and there We're
no indications whether or not the Presi-
dent was much put out
Aside from the suffrage incident the
demonstration of welcome which greeted
the President was the feature of the Joint
session Many republicans Joined in APP
n!ause and cheering which was led on
the floor by William J. Bryan and some
of the cabinet members. II was said to
have been the most prolonged outburst of
it's kind since the President began the
custom OF reading his address in person
nearly four years ago.