The Washington herald., 1916-01-07
HUNDREDS HERE
| FOR CONVENTION
Democratic Women Will Open
Fourth Annual Confer
ence This Morning.
CONGRESSMEN TO SPEAK
Out-of- Town Delegates Will Be Ten
dered Reception at Congressional
Club This Afternoon.

With several hundred delegates
from all parts of the country in at.
tendance. the fourth annual conven.
ton of the Woman's National Demo
cratic League will be opened this
morning at 1880 o'clock at the New
willard.
Democracy Today will be the sub
ject of an address by Speaker Champ
Clark, of the House of Representa-
tives. A letter of greetings from
President Wilson will be read and II
is possible the Chief Executive will
send personal representative to de.
liver an address. Addresses also will
be delivered by Mrs. William A. CuI-
lop. wife of Representative CuIIop. OF
Indiana, president of the league;
Commissioner Oliver p. Newman, Sen.
ator James D. Phelan, of California
and Senator Thomas J. Walsh, OF
Montana. Invocation will be by Rev
George Fiske Dudley, rector Of st
Stephens Episcopal Church. Irish
folk songs will be sung by Mrs. Jesse
e. Kester. of Washington. Instru-
mental numbers win be rendered by
Mrs. d. H. KinehIoe, of Kentucky.
Outyof-town delegates to the conyen
tion will be rendered a reception thi,
afternoon from 1 to o'clock by the Con
gressional Club at the clubhouse, 21oC
New Hampshire avenue, Mrs. AtIee Pom
creme, president of the club, will heaC
the receiving line.
Omcers Elected Tomorrow.
The session tomorrow morning at 1913
O'Clock will be opened with prayer by
Ri. Rev. Alfred Harding. Bishop ot
Washington. Mrs. Milton c. White. Of
Washington, will lead the singing oi
America" Addresses will be delivered
by A. Caminetti, Commissioner Genera
of immigration. on Some Humanizine
Work of the Administrations" Secretary
Of Labor Wilson, Mrs. Charles H. Sphinx
OF California: and Mrs. Thomas s. TaIia.
ferro. of Wyoming.
Following the addresses tomorrow
morning, the convention will go into
executive session for the transaction oi
business. Officers will be elected, re.
ports presented, and resolutions offered
Plans will be formulated for the mate.
rial aiding of the National Democratic
Committee during the coming Presiden-
tial campaign.
Heads OF committees are Mrs. Ed
ward T. Taylor. of Colorado. chair
man of reception; Mrs. Thomas Brown
Rhodes, chairman OF ways and means;
Mrs. ]. Franklin Little, of Georgia,
chairman of membership; Mrs. Charles
E. Steinmeyer, of Maryland, chairman
ol arrangements MIS- FREQ IL. foung,
of Maryland, vice chairman of ar
rangements: Mrs. Randolph D. Hop
kins. of the District, chairman of pro-
gram and printing; Mrs. John z.
Raker. of California. chairman of ere
dentials: Mrs. John F. Shafroth, of
Colorado. chairman of information
Mrs. Thomas F. Dawson, of the Dis
trict. vice chairman OF Information;
Mrs. John E. Raker. chairman of
resolutions; Mrs. Joseph Kerr Max
well, of the District. chairman of
press; Mrs. Sarah NJ Vernon. chair
man of badges; Miss Pansie Wilson.
Of the District, chairman OF pages;
Miss Helen Hopkins, of the District
vice chairman OF pages: Mrs. James
Pryor Tarvin, of Kentucky. parlia-
menta rian. and Mrs. Louis Bennett
of West Virginia. delegate-at- large.