Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-07-09
WOMEN PROMINENT
AT DRY CONVENTION
Hundred Delegates from suf7
# frage States Will Be a Big
Factor in Deliberations.
MRS. HEALD WILL ATTEND

MRS. HEALD WILL ATTEND
St. Paul, Mimi, July 8.-With no
less than 100 regularly accredited
woman delegates and fully as many
alternates, with special women's con-
ferences daily, a suffrage division in
the big convention parade and other
features under the auspices of the fair
sex, women will be an important fac
tor in the prohibition national con-
vention in this city July 1921.
Mrs. Frances E. Beauchamp of
Kentucky will head the delegation
from her state, being the only wom-
an delegate-at-large from a non-suf-
frage state. Mrs. Beauchamp has
been a member Of the national COM
mittee for twenty years and secre-
tary of the committee for eight years,
having the distinction of being the
only woman who ever called the roll
Of a national political party conven-
ton. She has just been reelected
chairman of the Kentucky state COM
mittee for the third time. Mrs. Beau
champ has been president of the Ken
lucky Woman's Christian Temperance
union for many years and an ardent
worker for the enfranchisement Of the
women OF her state.
Mrs. O. w. Dean OF Chicago is
chairman of the executive committee
of the Women's National Prohibition
federation, which organization will
have charge of the wonten's features
of the convention. Mrs. Dean is
prominently identified with leading
women's organizations of Chicago and
was the prohibition candidate for al
derman from her ward in the recent
spring election. Mrs. Dean, who has
been lifelong advocate and speaker
for political equality, will give an ad-
dress Thursday morning on Women
in Politics"
Mrs. Hyde Will Speak.
When the prohibition national COM
mittee decided little over a year ago
that the prohibition party should have
department for propaganda work
among women voters, they chose Mrs
Florence Shown Hyde, who had al
ready done successful work among the
women voters OF Chicago, to direct
the work of the new department. Mrs
HYDE has enlisted the aid of women
from every state in the union, has I'M
pressed upon state chairmen the I'M
portance of giving recognition to the
women of the party, organized the
Women's National Prohibition fedora,
ton with branches in many states anc
obtained thousands of signatures to
the federation enrolment pledge to
support such candidates and parties
as stand committed by platform decla,
ration to the complete overthrow o.
the liquor traffic. Mrs. Hyde will
give an address before the convention
Thursday forenoon. &C..
Rev. Mecca Marie Varney, a dele
! gate from Pennsylvania, will give. ar
address before the wornen's confer
ence Friday morning on Woman
Suffrage and Prohibition" Mrs. Var
ney is a well-known suffrage lecturer
and former superintendent OF the suit
fraee department in the Natlona
Woman's Christian Temperance I'm
ion, She is an ordained minister If
the Disciples church, having studied
for her bachelors degree following
her marriage and the birth OF two
children. She is the wife of Chaplain
Charles E. Varney Of Spanish-Amerl
can war fame.
Women from Chicago.
Mrs Maude Mailer, presid mt O
the Cook County Woman's Prohibi
tiou club. will head the delegation o
Chicago women who will leave tina
civ for the convention Monday eve
ming. July II. Included among tn
Illinois women delegates will be Mrs
Fila S. Stewart, former president o
the Illinois Equal Suffrage associa
ton; Miss Helen L. Hood, presiden
of the Illinois Women's Christian
Temperance union; Mrs: Blondelie V
Tovev, president of the Galesburt
Equal Suffrage associations; Mis-
Marie c. Brehm, Mrs. Stella {. Bru
baker, Mrs. Emily M. Hill, Mrs. Allc.
c, O'Neal, Mrs. Clara Stangeland
Mrs. Edward E. Blake, Mrs. Charlie
r, tones, Mrs. V. c. Hinshaw, Mis-
GLADYS Scobie and Mrs. John Harper
Mrs. Laura Leonard, who will b.
an alternate in the Indiana delega
ton, was recently nominated as tn
prohibition candidate for chief of tn
bureau of statistics, being the tirs
woman ever nominated on the stat
ticket Of any party i'll lDdiana. Mrs
Leonard has he'll several offices II
the Women's Christian Temperate
union in Indiana and was Tor severa
years lecturer on household scienc
for Purdue university.
among the guests OF honor at
reception to be given to women dele
gates and visitors on Wednesda.
afternoon by the Ramsey count
Women's Christian Temperate
union. Mrs. Charles H. Randall o
California wife of the first and onl
party prohibitionist ever elected t
congress. will have precedence as
central figure.
Mrs. Head Will Attend.
Other women in attendance VIII
will take part in convention socls
functions will be Mrs. E. E. Lobecl
wife OF State Senate E. E. Lobeck G
Minnesota; Mrs. Eugene Chain c
Arizona, and Mrs. John Bidwell G
California. wives of former presiden