New-York tribune., 1918-12-17
Presidents Speeches and
Books Thrown i'm Flames
bv Women as a Protest
Great Crow d Watches
Policemen on Hand to See
That Demonstrators i'm
Park Are Not Disturbed
Ne.c York Tribune
Woshinntoo P,~.c,,

washington Bureau
WASHINGTON, Dec. 16.-President
Wilson's books and words on liberty
were burned by members of the Ma
t;onal Woman's party this afternoon
in Lafayette Park, opposite the White
House, at the largest demonstration
sufragiSts have ever staged in this
country.
There was little protest from the
crowd gathered to listen to the speeches
of the women. Although the police
were there in large numbers, their
position was that of protecting the
sufrsgists.
Two hundred and twenty-five women
marched from the party headquarters
at 4;30 .. m, bearing Woman's Party
banners or torches. About 1000 per-
sons gathered in the park and on the
sidewalk to listen to the speeches and
watch the burning of the Presidents
words.
Mrs. John Rogers, of New York,
opened the meeting and Mrs. Florence
Bayard Hilse, of Wilmington. Del. and
q.
Conn. made speeches. Mrs. Harvey
Wiley led the march, carrying an
American flag
Two Pioneers Present
Two pioneer suffragists. Miss Grace
Henshaw, of Cambridge, Mass. and the
Rev. Olympia Brown, of Wisconsin, S4
years old, took part IN the programme.
Il have fought for liberty for sew
enty years, and I protest against the
President leaving our country with this
ola fight here unwon," said the Rev.
Olympia Brown. as she threw into the
flames President Wilson's first speech
on French soil.
Miss Vida Milholland opened the
programme by singing the party song
to the music of the "Marseillaise."
The programme of the burning of the
Presidents words was carried out by
states. Each woman. bearing torch,
read an extract from one of the Presi-
dents works, and then threw it into an
Urn. in which a fire had been lighted.
When the name of New York State
was called Mrs. John Winters Brannan
burned the Presidents address at the
Metropolitan Opera House in opening
the fourth Liberty Loan campaign.
Our History Forgotten
we have been told it is unpatriotic
70 criticise public action" she said. "If
1t IS. there is a deep disgrace resting
upon the origin of this nation. We have
forgotten the history of our country if
we have forgotten how to object, how
10 resist, how to agitate when it is
necessary to readjust matters. Yet
when women remember how to agitate
for liberty they are thrown into pris-
ons and warehouses; by the officials of
the Presidents administration"
For Pennsylvania, Miss Mary Ingham,
OF Philadelphia, read the Presidents
speech on the Fourth Of July. 1914. in
which he said: "There is nothing in
Liberty unless it is translated into
definite action in our own lives to-
day" Miss Ingham said: "In the
name of the women of PENNSYLVANIA,
who are demanding action of the Pres
icent, consign these words to the
fames"
Mrs. Agnes Morey. Boston, for Massa
cchusetts, burned "The New Freedom. y
Mrs. Morey remarked: Con to-day, the
anniversary Of the Boston tea party
IN the namc of the liberty loving wom-
en- Of Massachusetts l consign these
words sto the flames in protest against
the exclusion Of women from the demo
cratic programme of this administra-
ton