WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE.
' THE /WHITE HOUSE FERE QUENCHED AND RE-LIGHTED. UNSEEMLY BEHAVIOUR. (By Cable.—Preaj Association. —Copyright.) (Renter's' Telegram*.) (Received January 3rd, 7.45 p.m.) WASHINGTON, January 1. Attempts made by soldiers, sailors, and citizens to quench the fire started by the Women's National Party in front of the White House, as a protest against the Senate's refusal to pass an equal suffrage resolution, led to unseemly trouble. Women carrying banners were knocked down, and the banners destroyed. The fire was quenched. Five persons were arrested. The women rallied, re-lighted the fire, and displayed a banner denouncing President Wilson as the false prophet of democracy. A Washington cable message, dated 3>ecember 31st, stated that the Women's Party had started a bonfire in front of the White House, and intended to keep it burning until the Suffrage Amendment Bill was adopted by Congress.
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Press, Volume LV, Issue 16412, 4 January 1919, Page 9
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139WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE. Press, Volume LV, Issue 16412, 4 January 1919, Page 9
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