Evening star., 1916-01-07
Speakers Discuss Campaign
Before the Woman's Ma
tionaI Democratic League.
PRESIDENT KEPT AWAY
BY MEETING OF CABINET
In Letter Declares There Will Never
Be Any Room for a
Third Party.


the coming elections was predicted by
speakers today at the opening meeting
at the New Willard Hotel of the fourth
annual convention of the Woman's Ma
tional Democratic League. But alf OF
the speakers. including Champ ClFrk
Speaker of the House of Representa-
tives; Senator Walsh of Colorado. Con-
rad H. Syme, corporation counsel f.the
District. and Anthony Caminetti, COM
missioner general of the bureau of i'm
migration. laid stress on the power OF
the women in the coming campaign.
Following the reading of letter from
President Wilson expressing his regret
that he was unable to attend on account
of the meeting of the cabinet, Speaker
Clark spoke on the possibilities of keeping
the democratic party in power during
the next four years
No Room for Third Party.
He told the women that there was
only room in the country for two po-
liticaI parties, and said that there
never will be room for three. He
characterized the bull moose party as a
family fad, and that either the republi-
can party will swallow the bull moose,
paign.
Speaker Clark had figured out that
the running of the government has
been divided equally between the polit-
ical parties not only in this country,
but in England. He said that out of
the 128 years during which the United
States has existed each party has been
in power sixty-four years. and he ex-
pressed the belief that if one could
come back 1913 years hence he could
find out that the same condition had
prevailed.
The unbounded prosperity of the
country. he told his audience, can be
attributed to the democratic admins
tration. He admitted that the demo-
Gratis didn't produce the whole crop, but
said they should be given credit for it.
Country Needs More Politics.
He said he never objected to women
being in politics, said that there was
not enough politics in the country. and
told the convention that all candidates
for Office should be interrogated as to
what they believed to be right and
should then be sworn to carry out their
beliefs.
Expressing the belief that none of the
women presented objected to what
Congress had done for the capital,
Conrad H. Syme welcomed the delegates
to the city or behalf of the District
government. He said that however
much one loved the place in which they
were born the capital was always the
second choice. Congressman, he said,
should never fear that when they re-
turned to their districts they would be
criticised for what they had done for
the capital city
He predicted that the women would
get all they were after. and said it was
a waste of time to delay the franchise
throughout the country, because wom-
en- are in a habit OF getting what they
go after
Senator Walsh's Address.
Senator Walsh said that 1t was such
he was speaking to go out in the coun-
try and spread the democratic gospel.
He outlined the accomplishments of the
to the delegates how the party had
wrested the government from the con-
troll of big business"
Commissioner General Caminett of
the bureau of immigration. outlined
the work of the labor employment
system.
The meeting was opened this morn
ing with prayer by Rev. George
Fiske Dudley and was followed by the
singing of America by the convention.
Mrs. D. H. Kinchloe of Kentucky
whistled several solos, while Mrs.
Jesse c. Kester of this city sang some
Irish folk songs. accompanied by Miss
Florence Trainham, also of this city.
A letter from Mrs. Marshall, wife of
the Vice President and vice president
of the organization, expressing regret
at her inability to be present on ac-
count of illness. was read. and a reso-
luton of coincidence was adopted
The delegates from out of the city
will be entertained at a reception this
afternoon from 4 to 6 o'clock at the
Congressional Club. Mrs. Atlee Pome-
rene, president of the club, will head
the receiving line.