The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1916-08-17
WOMEN OF WALLACE
IN HUGHES ALLIANCE
STRONG ORGANIZATION FORMED
TO WORK FOR ELECTION
OF HUGHES.

/ To interest the women voters of
Idaho in the work of the Women's Ma
tional Committee of the Hughes ALI
ance, with headquarters at Sill Fifth
avenue, New York City, Miss A B.
Grimes arrived last week from New
York and expects to secure local or
CARNATIONS in. every important town
in the state.
! A central committee Of 1000 women,
an enrolment of 100000 members and
preliminary budget of 100000 are
the immediate aims of the womens
committee of which Miss Frances A.
Kellor, former chief of the bureau of
industries and immigration, New York
state, Is chairman, Mrs. Clifford Pin
chot, secretary; and Mrs. Mary Harri-
man Rumsey treasurer.
The Hughes Alliance is not a new
organization. 1t was launched when
Hughes was governor of New York
and was non partisan in character 1t
has now been made national alliance
and it is the intention to conduct it
along the nom partisan lines that at
tended its formation.
Election of Hughes Sole Purpose.
The sole object of the alliance Is to
aid in the election of Charles Evans
Hughes to the presidency. Any woman
may become a member upon the APP
prevail of her signed enrolment blank
by the executive committee There
are no dues nor membership fees re-
CURED for enrolment, but all MEM
bers are invited to contribute.
The constitution provides that no
local branch or auxiliary organization
of the Alliance shall be designated as
representing citizens of any particular
foreign extraction. This is in line
with the policy of Americanism which
is to be a direct and dominant issue
of the campaign.
Local Politics Eliminated.
If rs persons in a given community
enroll in the National Hughes Alliance
each of these % will be informed of
the number in their community who
have Joined the national alliance, and
will be encouraged to join together to
form state or local branch.
The purpose Of the national mem
bership plan is to avoid any of the de-
lays or difficulties that might posi-
bly, arise because of local political
conditions or alignments; but it must
be remembered that the purpose of
the Hughes alliance is to unite citi-
zens on the basis of interest in Mr.. |
Hughes election solely, and that any
members of the alliance may differ |
from one another as widely as their |
convictions lead them to on state and
local tickets.
Wallace Organization.
Miss Grimes met a large number of |
Wallace women Tuesday afternoon of |
last week who displayed much inter-
est in her work. An organization with
rs members was effected, and the en-
thusiasm displayed indicates that the
will soon be largely in
creased. The following officers were
elected:
Chairman, Mrs. James E. clyde; sec
rotary, Mrs Bruce Worstell; treasur-
err Mrs. C. H. Savage; vice chairman,
Mrs. Thomas McCabe.
Charter Members.
Mesdames Jesse Freeman, C. II.
Savage, James E. clyde, L. L. Brain
ard, Bruce WorstelI, Minnie Bushnell.
Thomas McCabe, Therrett Towles, r.
). Merriam, C. H. Hanson, Lila J. {
Fairweather, F. p. Candee, w. ]. Grim,
j. Dunn, A. Fl. Featherstone, w. H.
Herrick, ]. II. Collins, Lawrence Wor-
'tell, L. w. Parker, James A. Wayne, I
W. A. Corner, J. f. Mccarthy, II. A. |
Rogers, Franklin Pfrman, j. H. Tay-
or.