The Washington herald., 1919-05-18
W0MEN OF COP.
COMING TO DC.
FOR CONVENTION
Sessions Open Here Thurs
day with Notable List
Of Delegates.
MEN COOPERATING
For First Time Fair Sex
Given Consideration in
Party Councils.

The coming Republican conference
which will be held in this city on
May . and .. under the auspices Of
the Republican women's National
Executive Committee, of which Mrs.
Medil Mccormick Is chairman. marks
the beginning Of a new era in Amer
lean politics and is creating nation
p wide interest because. for the first
time. women have been given an Of
hcial standing in directing the Or
ganizakion of a great political party
and are to help actively in forrnulat-
ing its policies and electing its can
didates
From Every State.
Every State in the Union will have
its chairman. of both the mems and
! the women's State Committees, at
i the two-days' gathering which will
be held at the Wardman Park Inn
J Thursday.
At the speakers table will be the
chairman of the Republican National
Committee. Will II. Hays. Albert B.
Cummins. president pro tenn of the
senate, and Frederick II. GilIett,
Speaker Of the House. and the official
hostess of the evening. Mrs. McCor-
mick. has provided several speciaI
features" for the entertainment OF
the guests.
List of Delegates.
The conference will be resumed on
Friday morning at 10 O'Clock and will
continue throughout the day.
The personnel of the Republican
Women's National Executive Commit
! tee under whose auspices the confer
ence is being held. is: Mrs. Mednl
Mccormick, chairman; Miss Mary
Garrett Hay Mrs. Florence Col D rs
, Porter. Mrs. Margaret Hill McCarter.
. Mrs. Josephine Corliss Preston. Mrs.
Raymond Robins. Mrs. John Glover
South. Mrs. Thomas II. Carter. Miss
Maude Wetmore. Mrs. George W.
= Reinecke. executive secretary
Z The list of men and women cominE
: to the conference. which grows daily
. and represents every State in the
Union. includes: Judge James ]. Cur
tis tAlaD; \ g. BemmeI (Ark); Ray
mond Benjamin. State chairman
tCalifD: Rush Holland. State chair
man. and Miss Eleanor Young. vice
chairman (Colo); Coleman du Pont.
State chairman DeIO: Gerow LAKE
Jones. State chairman CFla): Roscoe
pickett. national committeeman
s6GaJ; Miss Roberts and Mrs. STAN
rod HdaD: Frank l. Smith and Mrs.
tFletcher Dobine 0lD; E. VI. Was
muth OndJ: l. Z. Cladino and Mrs
Frank W. Dodson UaD: Mr. ChesIey
.Searcey, chairman campaign commit
Stee: Mrs John Glover Smith of the
-Women's National Executive Com
emittee. and Mrs. Thurston Ballard
stKyD: Fred Stanley, State chairman;
Mrs. s $. BoGgs and Mrs Margaret
Hill McCarter of the women's Ma
-tional Executive Committee CKans0 !:
Hon. Guy F. Gannett and Mrs. Gan
fnett CHioD: Senator Jos l. France
rtAdD: Frank +. Hall (MaSsD; Burt
fCady. Mrs. Huntley Russell. Mrs Nc
rPherson and Mrs. Ashbaugh CMichD :;
e. Lindquist, Mrs. Manley L. Fosseen;
Miss Eloise Calihan NIinnD: W. l..
Cole. State chairman: Mrs. Philip w.
Moore, Mrs a. II. Bueggeman. Miss
Jane Winn MOI: John Tressler
State chairman CMontD: Nellie p
Harson CNebraska): Miss Edwards
New HampshireD: W. l.. Fox, Mrs.
Adeline Otero Warren New Mexico):
Geo. A. Glynn. State chairman, Mrs.
ARTHUR l.. Livermore CNew York;:
Frank a. Linney. State chairman.
Mrs. Thos. s. Rollins. Mrs. Ben
Sharpe. Mrs. ]. d. Dorrell North Car
Oundls y. H. FAIRBANKS, state chair
man. George Clark (Ohio); Senator
Chas. l.. McNary. Mrs Eugene. Mrs.
McRsth (Oregon); VIM. f. Crow.
State chairman. Mrs Warburton
PENNSYLVANIA: Jos. p. Burlingame.
State chairman. Nathan Wright. Ed
ward S. Moulton. Mrs. ]. p. Burlin-
game (R. L.: W. II. King, State
chairman. Mrs. Paul Newman (South
Dakota: Hal II. Clements. State
Chairman tTennessee); Senator Reed
Smoot Mrs Janette Hyde CCtah);
]. r. Searles. State chairman. Miss
Edwards CVermonp; Jos. l.. Crupper.
State chairman (Virginia): v. l.. High
land. VIM. +. Baker. Mrs. Livia Simp-
Son Puffenbarger CW-. NaD: George
a West, state chairman, Mrs. n. NJ
Youmans. Mrs. Louis Auer CWiscon-
sim: Hon. ]. S. Webster. Mrs. ]. H.
Mendenhall Mrs. W. +. Humphrey
WISCONSIN,: Hon. Frank Mondell
Mrs. Frank MondeIl. Mrs. Francis F..
Warren CWyomingI; MIR. W. 7. Gal
Hher. chairman Republican District
Committee. Mrs. Virginia White Speel.
vice chairman. DIR. Rilla Albee Bry-
ant, Mrs. John Logan fuckers. Mrs
W Ernest Roberts (Washin0top n O.