New-York tribune., 1921-02-16
Suffrage Busts
Dispute Ended
After 80 Years
Struggle to Get Memorial
Into Capitol Closes With
Acceptance by Speaker of
House, Acting fer Congress
Sculptures Breaks Silence
Attitude of Mrs. Gait Ex-
planned; One Leader Glad
Women DO Not Wage War
BY Emma Bugbee

three pioneers in the suffrage move
ment-Lucretia Mott, Elizabeth Cady
Stanton and Susan B. Anthony-were
placed in the Capitol of the United
States tonight. The ceremonies were
the tribute Of the women voters Of TO-
day to the leaders who blazed the way,
and as such were participated in by
representatives OF nearly every promi-
nent woman's organization in the eoun-
try. They ;.lso marked the 101st ami
versary of the birth of Susan B. An
thony.
Two hundred sufragists, teachers,
mothers, artists, nurses, and even anti
suffragists, Joined In long process
sional of women robed in white They
placed at the foot Of each statue the
wreaths contributed by their organiza-
tions. The forty-eight states and for
eign countries where women are organ
lied were represented symbolically.
Miss Jane Adams, Of Hull House, pre-
sided.
Mrs. Sara Bard Field, of California,
presented the statues forming the
suffrage memorial, which was formally
accepted for Congress by the Speaker,
Frederick H. Gillett, who said, in part:
Our meeting and the presentation Of
this mem orial is sym bolic of a change
OF tremendous significance which has
Just occurred-the admission of women
into our electorate as equal partners, in
the great business of government.
Il am happy, therefore, to accept
With deep gratitude on behalf Of the
Congress of the United States this
national memorial to the pioneers in
the suffrage movement in America"
Not Military Heroes
Mrs. Field pledged the services OF
the women of to-day to carry on the
work OF human liberty which the
pioneers began. She said in part:
With the dedication of these busts
OF our pioneers there is presented TO-
night the renewed dedication of the
women or this land to the vast work. of
greater freedom which lives be
fore US.
at mikes my heart glad to realize
EN- to the nations gallery, represent
no military heroes. They represent
those who gave life-not took it. Ane
so through their likenesses we are
dedicating the woman's protest against
war"
First to place wreaths at the base o:
the memorial were Mrs. Nora Blatc,
Barney, of New York, granddaughter O.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton; Miss Eleano,
Anthony, grandniece of Susan B. An
thony,, and Mrs. Cavender Wilcox
( granddaughter of Lucretia Mott.
/ The statues were the work of Mrs
Adelaide Johnson. Behind their si.en
marble figures lay strange chapter o.
/ ment
Opposed by BorgIum
| 1t figured not at all in the ceremonies
/ of the unveiling, and might never hav.
| come to light but for the publication O.
statement from Mrs. Carrie Chapman
/ Gait, president of the National Ameri
can Woman Suffrage Association, il
| connection with her refusal to partici
I pate in the ceremonies. Her organiza
tion and the Woman's party have beer
rivals in the task Of pushing the Fer
eral amendment through the unwilling
chairman of the Woman's party, undeI
whose auspices the unveiling tool
place, invited the older body to joir
with them and other organizations il
! the presentation of the memorial.
"We thought for once we would d.
/ something of which Mrs. Gait woult
approve" said Miss Paul yesterday
"This is in no way tribute to tn,
pickets or to any personalities in thu
| latter days of the movement, but is
testimonial to the pioneers whom VI
all venerate. The women of the who'll
country should join this tribute"
Mrs. Gait, however, took the position
! that the participation in to-night's ex
ercises would indicate approval Of th'
picketing and other militant tactics
of the Woman's party. She added tha
she would have preferred memoria
ir which Lucy Stone were included il
place of Lucretia Mott.
'Neither Mrs. Gait nor had any
thing to do with the selection of tn
three pioneers" said Miss Paul. "The,
were the choice of Miss Anthony her
self when the old National American
Woman Suffrage Association, of whicl
she was president, gave the Origina
order for the busts thirty years ag
to Mrs. Johnson"
Here Mrs. Johnson herself gave he,
version Of the controversy.
"Miss Anthony declared that sh'
would not permit her statue to be mad
unless there stood beside it the statut
of Lucretia Mott, who is the mother o
us all'-those were her very words,
said the sculptress. "Lucretia Mot
bepan the whole movement, when sh
was excluded from the worlds anti
slavery convention in 184O.
THE busts were ordered from Mrs
Jobnsop IN 1SQ0 in q contract which