The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-08-19
So SUFFS TACKLE
WASHINGTON AGAIN
Miss Vivian Pierce Organizes
Here Another Descent on
White House.

Revised statistics which nestled snugly
last night In the possession Of Miss
Vivian Pierce. than whom there 10 no
more militant sufragist camping on the
trail Of President Wilson. showed that
there are exactly ffty-eight lady voters
in New York State ready to forsake the
free atmosphere OF New York for a va
cation OF doubtful pleasantness in a
Washington Jail.
sim. Miss Pierce Is a person who has
absorbed much knowledge OF human ma
| ture-especially of feminine human ma
ture--from her years in the job OF being
the militant editoress OF the Su6raOist.
and so she baked quite positively at
giving out the names OF tho doughty
f1fty-eight last night.
True, the nifty eight have signed their
names and crossed their hearts and
promised between chocolates thai moth
ing on earth could deter them from I'M
dertaking the self-sacrifcing task to
which they have set themselves. Never
theless, as a good recruiting offcer, Miss
Pierce realized that many cold feet are
likely to develop. along with few tooth
aches and what not between now and
the time set for the big Warrington
blowoN Thursday afternoon. And so
Miss Pierce estimated that out Of the
gallant fifty-eight she maybe would take
as many as twenty-five OF the hardy
feminine agitators back to Warrington
with her when she leaves here Wefines-
day night
object of MiIitants.
Miss Pierce came on from Washing
ton to help Mrs. John Winters Brannau,
New York State chairman Of the Ma
tional Wpman's party. recruit the suf-
fragist sacrifices who are willing to go
to Washington and be arrested. The
idea is that the militant spirits OF the
National Woman's party believe they are
entitled by law to hold public suffragist
meetings on the steps of the Lafayette
Monument. abutting the White House.
BY those meetings they believe they will
be able TO prove to President Wilson
that he should compel two additional
Senators--all that are required-to cast
their ballot in favor Of the national suf-
frace amendment.
Every time the ladies' undertake to
demonstrate their idea, however, prosaic
Washington cops fiounce into the situa-
tion with the result that twenty-five OF
the suffrage sisters are in jail in WASH
ington. There would have been twenty
six in the coop. but four of them were
entirely too weak to stay arrested and
the police let them out. Even Miss
Pierce has been arrested four times, but
she says she Is getting used to the ordeal
now and feels disappointed when she is
able to spend a whole week out Of jail.
For three days now Miss Pierce and
Mrs. Brannan have been going carefully
over the list OF New York volunteers
who wanted to take part in the demon
stration which has been arranged by
their party for the Lafayette Monument
In Washington at 4 80 Thursday after
noon. Miss Pierce says she expects con-
fdently that the horrid police will in
terfere again and that the New York
ladies' stand a perfect chance of being
arrested. Which Is the principal reason
why she hesitated to give out the names
of those who have promised faithfully
that they will make the trip to Washing
ton.
All Expect Arrest.
"Of course we all expect TO be arrested
again" she said. and don't know be-
cause of that. just who the New York
women are who will go along with us.
We will leave here Wednesday night,
and Thursday afternoon will march from
our Washington headquarters to the
Lafayette Monument
Every time we are arrested they
charged us win climbing monument.
Which isn't true at ALL since we never
do anything more than climb up a step
or two. our lawyers tell us we are per-
fectly lawful about II all and so we Just
are going to keep It up until we either
are permitted TO hold our meeting or
until We get the national amendment
through. All we intend to do Thursday
Is to hold a perfectly orderly meeting.
but. oh dear. l suppose Wen just have
to be arrested again"
BY tomorrow night Miss Pierce said
whatever assertions there may be from
among the valiant fifty-eight probably
will have occurred, so she will make
public at that time the list of those she
expects to accompany her Meantime
Miss Pierce and the other managers OF
the trip express a desire to hear from
any lady with spirit enough to take the
chance.