El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-05-15


the Women's Cobb central committe
OF Fl Pzso by z. L. Cobb. most enthu
siastic reports were made Of effectiv
work done thus far IN the first activ
campaign wherein the world Of femi
ninity IS 20 play an important In
luence-
IN addition 70 1Ir. Cobb and his wife
overs were marked for Miss A Louis
Dietrich. chairman OF the committed
chairman precinct No. 1: Mrs. H. 7
Bowie. chairman precinct No. 2: Mrs
has. De Croft. chairman precinct Nc
3. AIRS. Dorothy Johnston. Chairman
precinct No. &: Mrs. z. c. Wade, Jr
chairman precinct No. 5; Mrs J. a
Potter. chairman precinct No. s; Mrs
r. A Taylor, chairman precinct No. Z
lrs- H A Taylor, chairman precinc
No. z. Mrs. May Loeser, chairman pre-
-iucr No 8. Mrs H ". Taylor. chair
nan precinct No. g; Mss E. D. Greene
chairman precinct No 10; Mrs Geor
gie Ferguson. chairman precinct No
T.. Mrs +. =. Stevenson. chairman
precinct No. p, Mrs A ". Depew
chairman precinct No. 10: Mrs z c
Lee, chairman precinct No Il; Mrs L
NT. Brett. chairman precinct No. IS
Mrs ~. Haynes. chairman precinct No
cinct No IS. Mrs W II. Vance. chair
man precinct No. 19; Miss H p Moss
chairman precinct No. 20; Mrs Horace
Lay. chairman precinct No. q. Mrs
Julia sharp. chairman precinct No %
Mrs. 7. J. Bush, chairman precinct No
90 Mrs. Chas. Kircher. chairman pre-
cluct no. q; Mrs S. J. FenneM. chair
man precinct No. %; Mrs E Eitt
REIN. chairman precinct No. Is; Mrs
Helen Sherry. chairman precinct No
Z7- Miss Frances Foster. chairman
precinct No. 81 Mrs George Clements
chairman precinct No. %; Mrs
Charles Enoblauch. chairman precinct
No. II; Mrs. Rufe P. March, chairman
precinct No s.
mrs. Georgia Ferguson offered a
toast:
Here's to the land We love
Here's TO the day when Freedom VIII
when ne women take hold and shove.
Here's 10 the work that before Us lies,
II we hear demOcracy's call;
Wen see Old Glory as she gracefully
For COBB who'll 90 in, IN the fall"
Madame Helen Sherry gave a talk
on suffrage work she had done in both
Kansas and New Mexico, and hoped 70
do in Texas. and placed herself at the
dfs0oSal OF the campaign chairman
admonishing the workers 70 usten
without arguing, and prepare for any
ET-F william wallace said that out
q an entire street visited BY her, put
Two were for Hudspeth- Mrs. kircher
ave an encouraging detail Of her Wis
its Mrs Bush, in her precinct tor
Mesa and Oregon streets. found but
three AGAINST Cobb Mrs. Vance found
only five declarants for HuospeIn III
sfr blocks. visited house by house
Mrs George 4. Clements Mrs. reg
.-av- Mrs. J. A. Potter and Miss
C,reene an accounted TO the committee
e--orre rf1e- work. thus far. and Ma
dame MAY Loesner told of her group
az women who were singing for
Cobb" while the others talked Tor
Geo. H. Clements was also intro
duced. Miss A. Louise Dletrich ao-
dressing him as 'Pancho villas press
arent~ Re did not seem at all wor-
rfed. but expressed his appreciatlon'
and said that were he a cauuioate lor
congress and found so loyal q band ~
women organizing Tor MIN ne Wouiu
m Cobb. presented TO the guests
nv Miss Dietrich. stated as his BELIEF
that there was no more important
nhzFe OF politics In Texas OF the
r--sfa1 states today than woman SUI
zfhie 20 senarate the two subjects. de-
spite the efforts made to keen the Two
distinct The old theory was that the
man In the office should direct poll
tics. but the new theory is that the
women in the home shares in the di-
lection az politics" said the 100 per
cent American He spoke OF the
somewhat surprising situation tnat
women in the country voted IN laFEer
proportion than those In the city In
Tie small towns. the talk is general
hat the women viii voc. tand on the
prohibition side Of the question The
principal organization work is n
reach the women Of the city which
brought 10 the attention OF the pre-
efnct workers OF Fl PasO their re-
possibilities and important work to
DO here That woman suffrage IS but
people men viii be elected who favor
prohibition and equal rights. was
nuuctuated- support principle rather
than party" was the keynote. That
the ORGANIZED woman's vote. standing
FOR all that is good and progressive,
VIII control the politics Of the city.
vas affirmed. IN Texas. with but half
suffrage 90 is necessary for the Wo-
men 70 exercise their right at the
coming primaries. that the amendment
VIII speedily be ratified at the next
aEI Paso VIII be a different town.
when the display OF woman's power Is
felt said ar Cobb. Instead OF fig
urinE how TO reach the illiterate
Mexican vote. force viii be exercised
Oh figuring how 70 reach the thinking
vote" Standing always for
the things that mean advancement for
Fl Paso and the state and nation. he
assured the women his cooperation
and gratitude that the womanhood
can command from him. should he
reach congress. in winning the fight
for better things and better politics
z C. Wade, Jr-. was also a speaker
at the luncheon. and accentuated the /