| Show suffragettes mildly stor storm m congress AN ME I 1 VER bere iere 0 ages 5 91 if TS up to you said the suffragists A to cong congress ress and it took BO 50 automobiles and a ton of paper to carry the message to the capitol those who expected to see a suffragette demon straton as often occurs in the halls of the english houses of parliament were disappointed with banners afloat and finery aflutter in a procession of taxicabs nearly a amil anniie mil le long the suffragists moved on capitol hill bill and presented to congress individual demands for votes for women the mammoth national petition was divided into little ones each nicely tied with a bit of yellow ribbon and grouped into little bundles of just the convenient size alze fora for a suffragette to carty carry under tinder her hel arm senators and representatives from every state received some part of that petition some of the iowa delegation we were re frightened when they heard some members of the house had refused to present the petition they sent for senator dolliver 1 I would advise those members to take a day off and study the constitution of the united I 1 states declared the senator as he be shouldered an armful ful of petitions 1 I construe that honorable instrument to make inake the presentation sen tation of petitions mandatory but I 1 would present them gladly even it if no such duty were imposed upon me the senator made a sweeping bow and the women applauded loudly it had been intended to carry the petitions to congress in an automobile truck malting making a very impressive look ing load goodness no some of them might get lost exclaimed half a dozen delegates so while the procession was forming at the hotel arlington the petitions were unloaded again and distributed tri buted among the delegates meanwhile some of the enthusiastic did a little electioneering electioneer ing AdI admiral miral schley passed by on his morning constitutional two suffragettes hopped out of a taxicab and pinned a votes for fo women button on the admiral thank you ladles ladies said he 1 I will operate cooperate co |
