The Washington times., 1912-05-20
WOMEN PAY HOMAGE
TO DOLLY MADISON
IN HARMONY FEAST
Notable Gathering Attends
First Political Banquet
-" for Fair Sex.
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ers. The 400 diners were greeted by
Mrs. Henry d. Clayton, wife of the
chairman of the House Judiciary Com
mittee, who also introduced Mrs Clark
and Mrs. Robert Wicklffe, who inau-
gurated the plan for the national break
fast.
Mrs. A. s. Burleson. wife of the Texas
Congressman. responded to the second
toast, James Madison-Man Is But
Half Without a Woman" and Mrs.
Norman p! Mack addressed the COM
RRany Ra yo on tsv nW9men omen Of the the White House.
Thomas Jefferson-Friend of Dolly
friend and 1 confess me not to thy
Mrs, Martin W. Littleton, wife OF
Congressman Littleton Of New York
discoursed.
Mrs. Littleton spoke as follows:
"A man with as many sides to his
character as Thomas Jefferson presents
at once an easy and hard subject.
Easy because. Of the rich material on
which one can freely draw, and hard
because no discussion Of It can amount
to much more than a hint of his real
greatness.
He said all governments derive
their Just powers from the consent of
the governed and in this simple SEN
! tence he set forth in striking fashion
the very essence Of political liberty.
Many men of much learning have tried
TO Improve upon this statement; states
men have invented new phrases, stu
dents have worked out new definitions;
orators have fashioned sharp epigrams
and smooth periods, but no one has
expressed with such beauty and dig
nifty the true doctrine of democracy.
This single utterance fell upon the ears
of the Old World as forerunner of
worldwide liberty 1t was just a peb-
BILE thrown into the sea, but the. waves
never rested until they had carried the
message to every shore.
Political liberty without education Is
dangerous, not only to the country, but
to the individual enjoying 1t. The right
the country shall be run. is simply a
right to make a hash Of the whole
thing, unless persons who have the right
get enough tnformation in their heads
The right to vote Is Of no use to any
one or to the country, unless there goes
with i real desire to VOTE RIGHT
and SENSE enough to know what Is
much better than any other sort of a
government. When people lose interest
IN Their e9Intry and get in and stay In
democracy Is at a low ebb and the
worst there is in It shows itself
"1f all the people put their minds on
sound conclusion. then you have democ
racy at fioodtide, and the floodtide would
mean the best impulses, the best in
So you see | that e petiosl 0Hs iSerty ssFVsGs and
education are absolutely necessary to
each other, and the question finally
comes down to this: What is it that
and let the light in SO that they may
Judge justly; and what is it that
will open up the souls OF men and wom-
the good Of their country? For without
these, political liberty will simply come
to be political license. and religious lib
erty simply religious license.
ut seems to me that the great
achievements Of Mr., Jefferson's life
furnish a suggestion to the women Of
today as to how they can most effec.
without immodesty, that women are the
ide alistE Of the country, they cling
standards. and. having, become in large
measure free from the burdens and
host Of them who could become the
and hearts Of the country. AS 1t was
their God-givon mission, to perpetuate
'he race in all its physical Vigor. may
them 'f in atep yeaS give item s0
equally important mission OF perpetual ting
!hHir idehls in the minds and hearts of
their gcneration?"
Mrs. Ralston's Toast.
1.-THE Dolly Madison Snuff Box" was
Mrs. w. S. Ralston's toast following
Mrs. Littleton. Mrs Ralston is the
wife OF the Democratic candidate for
Governor of Ohio, and came to Wash
ington several days ago especially for
the occasion.
women of the Cabinet-The Best
Example is Required from the Noblest
in Station" was the toast assigned Mrs.
Judson Harmon, wife of the present
Governor Of Ohio.
The Congressman's Wife-Be that
you are, that is woman" was the
Mrs. Oscar Underwood, and by her
relinquished in favor of Mrs. Owen,
daughter Of Senator Bankhead, of Ala
"The National Preside just and
fear not, let all the ends thou aimst at.
be thy country's," was the toast to
which Mrs. William Randolph Hearst
ted from the program on account of
Mrs. Hearst's enforced absence be-
cause of illness.
Elated Over Success.
Elated with the success attendant on
this their first venture of its kind, the
women of the Democratic party will nc
longer regard the holding Of harmony
feasts as a special prerogative of the
masculine contingent" Rlvaling the
Jefferson Day banquet of the men the
Dolly Madison breakfast for the women
will doubtless now become an annual
event.
Destined to promote mutual acquaint.
ance and goodfellowship among the
women of the party, the feast fulfilled
its mission, and the banquet hall pre-.
sented a brilliant spectacle with the
several hundred women from all parts
OF the country dining together, bowinl
and smiling and eXchaninR felicitioui
greetings. That the political aspirations
OF their husbands in several cases poin
in the same direction in no way marreG
the feeling of genuine harmony which
prevailed.
Mrs. Robert c. WickIiffe, wife of tn,
Louisiana member OF Congress was thu
originator of the idea of the breakfast
and to her earnest efforts in behalf O.
the enterprise much of its success is due
Prominent Women Present.
Following a luncheon given by heI
several months ago. committees were
organized and arrangements nave been
going on practically ever since. The
wives of the Democratic Senators and
members of Congress stand in the ligh
of hosts for the occasion, and the guest
list includes a distinguished array OF
women whose husbands are more OIL