The sun., 1912-08-05
MISS DRE|ER WANTS
WOMEN IN new PARTY
New York Delegate at Large
Tells Why They Should
BE- Progrcssivcs.
PLATFORM FOR SUFFRAGE
Other Women Of Delegation
Busy at Hcadquarters--1n
Auto Parade To-day.

ci.Aso. Aug. Miss Mary T.. Dricr
ouc of the four delegates a. largo. was
an objec. uf interest about the New
York state headquarters in the Con-
rrces Hotel today. Miss Drcicr IS tho
first woman delegate at large to attend
a real political national convention. ana
4l,o was selected to bc ono OF the big
four from New York State from among
= dozen prominent women who were
aspirants for the horors.
she was not inclined to-day TO dis
cuss tic signal honor which has been
bestowed upon her as a representative
woman and rs a leading advocate Of
woman suffrage.
Il believe in action" said Miss Dre!er,
"aud not words
When pressed for her views she re-
iu,tant!y consented To discuss the work
Of the coming national convention from
the viewpoint of the women.
II: the proposed platform of the Bull
Moose party is adopted said Miss
D,e;cc, there Is every reason why the
women of the country should join it,
NG' Only utpS II VTOi'st ~ S'NN '""
people the initiative. referendum and
recall. thereby making the ballot more
powerful weapon, and making II pos
sble for the will Of the people 10 oe
more clearly expressed, but 1t gives the
vote to the women. recognizing the
fundamental fact that women ana men
together have the right of participating
In the government and are equally re-
sponsihlc for the conditions that exist.
And with woman suffrage II gives
n prorrammo of economy and Industrial
rcconstruCtion which will so long dis
tancc toward industrial democracy
which means IT. its final analysis in
d,istrinl righteousness II is because for
the first time thehe requirements oi
fundamental democracy are recognized
by "A great political party---bet arse fof
the first time the requirements Oh
of our own time are to be Incorporated
in It's patform-that the women VINO
want TO use the vote to right the ter
ribly wrong conditions that exist should
Join this third party.
..Tho Bull Moose platform will te
I different from the Democratic and Re'
publican platforms because the men anc
women who are behind It intend thai
its words be translated into realities
for they believe this n crusade not a
campaign. a crusade 10 establish socia
and industrial Righteousness.
The New York State women in attend
ance upon the National Progressive con
vention In an official capacity besides
Miss Dreier are Miss Frances A. kellar
Of Brooklyn. an alternate delegate al
large; Mrs. William Grant Brown and Miss
Pauline Goldmark. delegates from New
( Yorx county; Miss Clara Morrison anc
Miss Madeline z. Doty. alternates from
New York county. and Mrs. kotert II
Elder. an alternate from Kings.
Miss Dreier is president Of the Women
Trade Union League in New York city
! Miss Kellar is a lawyer and a worker in ths
/ field Of bettering industrial conditions
! for women. Mrs Brown has the dlstinc
/ tion of having been the first New iorl
State woman chosen as delegate to
real political convention. She has beef
prominent in public affairs participated
in hy women and is now the president %
the New York City Federation OF Women
clubs.
Miss Goldmark is Interested with Mrs
lOTtUCt III ili' WoIN VI thC SOh
slmers League in New York city.
Mrs. Elder has been especially promi
nent in woman suffrage affairs in New
York State and has done much valuabl,
work before the New York State Legisla
t,Ire in advocating a nstitutional amend
ment giving the women the right to vote
Miss Morrison il sister-in-law O
Timo,hy Woodruff Miss Morrison. Mrs
Brown and Mrs. Elder to-day We're des
ignated as assistant secretaries in tn
New York State headquarters in the Con
gress Hotel and were constituted com
mittee to enroll the women in attendance
at the convention in the Roosevelt move
ment. They We're assigned desks in tn
New York State headquarters and Wen
10 work AZ once keeping busy all dav an,
stopping but few moments for luncheon
The two score women delegates are L
be driven in automobiles to the Coliseum
convention hall at the opening session
tomorrow and will be escorted by 1
band and the Chicago woman sufiragists
Mrs. Raymond Robbins of Chioag
and Miss Eleanor Garrison OF Boston
representing the Womon's journal. III
organ Of the Nationa! Woman Suffrag
Association. have the arrangements 10
the woman parade in charge and expec
q big demonstration.