Norwich bulletin., 1917-01-10
Picket
 White House
WHEN THEY TRIED TO GET
 PRESIDENT WILSON'S SUPPORT
HAVE SILENT sENTINELs
Gained an Audience With President Wilson by Subterfuge-What White House Authorities Wiu Do About the Tickets is Not Known.

| Washington, Jan. .. - Women suf- 1 fragists, after another futile appeal to 1 President Wilson today for his support of the Susan B. Anthony amendment. 1 picketing the White House grounds | with silent sentinels." Their purpose | is to make it impossible for the presi- l dent to enter or leave the White House without encountering a sentinel bear 1 ing some device pleading the suffrage | cause.
 Mild MiIitanoy. The move was acknowledged to be a step in the policy of mild mflitancy. which began with the demonstration in | a party of suffragists unfurled a votes | for women banner while the president was making his opening address. "SiIent Sentinel" Campaign. What the White House authorities | will do about the pickets the suf- fragists intend to leave is awaited. Aft CT the women had their audience to- day they returned to headquarters of the Congressional Union. formed their new plans and held a meeting pledg- ing s, 900 for the silent Sentinel cam paiSn.
 President Received Party
 Headed by Miss Maud Younger and Mrs. Sara Bard Field, 3e0 suffra gists from the Congressional Union went to see the president, ostensibly to pre- sent memorials on the death of Mrs. Inez Milhol1and Boissevain. Because of the affair in the house gallery in De- cembeE there was some difficulty in arranging the audience, but the presi- dent consented to receive the women. When they made it the occasion to re- new their pleas that he support the suffrage amendment, the president ex- pressed his surprise, reminded the Spokl sYnen of the party that he had not been appraised of their full purpose and
 
 he believed personally in their cause but as the leader of his party, could not commit it to action it had not en- dorsed. The president added he could realize that the democratic party had done more for suffrage than the re- publicans.
 Wilson Not Prepared.
 'I had not been apprised that you were coming here to make any repre- sentationS or would issue an appeal to me-" said the president T had been told tl at you were comink to present memorial resolutions with regard to the very remarkable woman whom your cause has lost I. therefore. am not prepared to say anything further than I have sad on previous occasions of this sort.
 T do not need to tell you where my own convictions and my own personal purpose lie and I need not tell vou by -t the leader of a party. As the lead ed of party my commands come from the parry and not from private per sonal convictions. My personal action as a citizen. of course. comes from no source but my own convictions and therefore by position has been so ire quently defined and I hope so can didly defined and it is so impossible for me until the orders of my party are changed, to do anything other than am doing as a party leader, that said.
 T do want to say this: I do not see how anybody can fail to observe from the utterances of the last campaign that the democratic party is more in clined than the opposite party to as- sist in this great cause and it has been matter of surprise to me. and mat ter of very deep regret that so many of those who were heart and soul for this cause seemed so greatly to mis- understand and misinterpret the atti- tude of parties. Because in this coun- try as in every other self governing country, it is only through the instru- mentality of parties that things can be accomplished. They are not ac- complished by the individual voice bu by concerted action. and that action must come only as fast as you can concert it. I have done my best and shall continue to do my best to con- cert it in the interest of a cause in r r1orSonoIIv