Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-19
situation the only solution Is the I'M
mediate passaSe of the Susan B. An
thony amendment.
Only Temporary Relief.

mediate passaSs of the Susan b. An
thony amendment.
Only Temporary Relief.
-one OF the sasgestions made to the
President was for z pardon Tor the
u9eatten -ossmed to appeal to the Presi-
dent, but It Is apparent this would only
be q temporary relief, since the pick
citing would undoubtedly continue and
the agitation go on until the eneffe
question Is settled.
The President discussed the -advisa-
hiiity Of treating the suffrage amend
ment ,ae q war emergency measure ana
asked for data which would throw
light on the subject az to whether 1t
would be likely to pass Congress with
the necessary majority If he should
add it to his war emergency program
I have volunteered to furnish him with
the results of a canvass"
Cameron House buzzed all day today.
Typewritten statements yard long
were rushed out containing protests
against the workhouse sentence. the
quotations coming from men OF wide
reputation. Also long-distance phone
calls came from cities hundreds of
miles away, the women at the other
end of the line volunteering to take
up the piekets cause and join Q White
House demonstration whenever 1t could
be staged.
Also, a minor legal complication
arose when Mr.. Kinkead Of California.
husband of one of the sixteen, paid her
Mrs. Kinkead will have the status of
a person pardoned or not under the
circumstances was not determined
wsen this was written. John Rogers
the prisoners, visited Occoquan and
endeavored to pay Mrs. Rogers fine.
but IT was reported here that she would
not allow it.
Maj. Pullman Refuses to Comment.
When told of the Presidents pardon
of the sixteen piciets and asked as to
what the police department contem-
plated doing in regard to the pickets
in the future. Maj Raymond W. Pull
man. superintendent of police, today
said: Il have nothing to say.
Little Sympathy at Capitol.
Miss Maud Younger of San Fran
cisco and other woman su6rAg1s$S to-
day visited the Senate wing Of the
Capitol and sought to get senators to
interfere in behalf of the militants.
They also asked that action be taken
Immediately to get up for considera-
tion the proposed constitutional amend
mem resolution.
They found there was little sympathy
with the methods which they have adopted
to gain their ends Senator PoindeKter OF
washington. strong supporter OF woman
suffrage, told tho women that he was
against militancy on tho part of the
woman suffragists and that he believed
tiaey were iinjuring their cause The man
ner in which the English Indlitants had
given over their operations during tho war
1as an example which could well be fol-
lowed by the women here. he said.
Senator Borah was appealed to by the
;suffraRists also. But he In frankly
against the constitutional amendment,
and told them so, though he satd he
was ready to vote on the resolution
proposing the amendment ut any time.
Senator Sherman of Illinois, while
saying that he did not favor the meth
DDS adopted by the women, commented
upon the manner in which labor unions
are allowed to conduct their picketing
Operations in the Capital city, while
the, women are treated A. criminals.
He intimated he would have something
to say in regard to tho matter on the
floor OF the Senate.