Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-03-01
Editors Letter Box
Police Committed Ou.r4ue

EDITOR kENNEBEC JOURNAL.
Wiii you give ne space IN your IA
Table paPer to make few statements
. II regard 20 the recent events in Bos-
ION iHC!1ent 10 the suffrage oe-n1I?-
STATIONS on MONDAY last So man
, II1is-stAteTne1ts Rave teen made II TIN
press tina; l feel common justice ne
!nands pUb!ic statement OF acts and
would submit 10 YOU the following CD
, serEations from the stanGpoir: Of an
eye witness ard humble parti- ipator IN
the demonstrations.
II has been stated IN several papers
that the s1Iragisis .-re denied :. ger
hit To speak OF tite common This il;
not true Ne asked MAJOR Peters or
permit 20 use the hand stand and ha
said ne could no. giva It 70 Us al tina:
tine as he did not hnow but the P.esi-
: dent would wish 10 speah there Tnen
we said. Wiz YOU let Us know later =
We may Use he band stand and lie
said he wouli give the matter consider
alton. Then We said. You do not re-
iuse Us a permit ard he replied, NO.
, indeed" Nothing more vas Heard from
the mayor. and there the mater rested,
and the meeting was held. The neat:n.;
would have been held or the Common
without doubt il the MAYOR had rettsed
the Kermit because We would have felt
since every organization which has an
propaganda 20 put over 10 the Teo-
PIE. be i religious. political o. ana-chis
tic IN its tendency. can get permit 10
/
, particular instance the permit was no.
refused. The Wonans Party always
makes an EFFORT 10 conform 70 the law.
tut when the law is interpreted by the
officials 20 mean freedom ior every
other organization. and restriction for
the s1rrra gists. It sights. az every
man 3 organization has done from time
iMInenIorial.
The meeting or the common was
! great meeting. For two hours ard
. half more than coo people stood in ST.
lenc. and deep sympathy listening TO
ard 20 attempt at disturbance ua;:i The
police came up on 10 the band stand
and arrested two speakers. Mrs. Wal
rem. SIP Of woman whose husband
Is az the head Of a base hospital i
France. was making her maiden speech
and did not az first grasp the fact that
she was arrested. but when she did she
went with the Two officers who took he-
across the common to Jail. and Miss
Elsie Hill, who waited to .inish a ZEN
tence after the officers told her to stop
Because Miss Hill had done most Of the
! Of. the ring leaders and marched her
off TO Jail with corps @: officers. Later
Mrs. warren was released FOR some
! The morning arrests were absolutely
! withou, justihcation. At 10 . ciocS 4
! band Of . suffragists marched from
headquarters carving banners upon
/ which were the following sentiments;
stitution enfranchisng women: How
/ long must women wait for liberty
1nez Nilhollands last cry to the Presi-
cent. before she died for the cause u
/ Mr.. President, We shall be distrustei
and We shall deserve to De distrusted
il We do not enfranchse women You
| alone can remove that distrust now. By
! securing the one vote needed 10 pass
/ the suffrage amendment before March
! =. The rest Of the women carried ire
purple. white and gold banners Of tbs
Woman's Party, L. :. soldiers clear
the street 30 the women could pass
through. and stood thanking them on
both sides while they took places in
the crowd which thronged the street.
spot Of rare color in the vast crowd
then an oflicer came and told them 70
move on, They asked why ard
could no. loter under the Jaw. They
! replied. Thousands of people are lott
erins. under the law. apparently; wh:
discriminate against U.s." You VIII
Piled, and the women refused to move.
Nothing was said ebout their banners.
, nothing about going to another. place
they were simply told to move on. Tn.
allowed to stay but the sufraeirr were
! ordered arrested on the charge OF
, ,ai If they had been men and
been eaIed RED 70 aie ied b weua says
, the were women, the suffragists were
called "hoodlums and rowdies'' and
taken 20 III house Of Detention and
put ITO cells hich were dirty and
| buggy and unsanitary
The next morning they were tried be-
hind closed doors in Judge Bolster's
room. The court house was filled with
i sympa thizers and friends OF the wornel
who demanded the right to be present
at the trial We went to the once OF
the district attorney and saw his as