New-York tribune., 1919-05-24
Leaders at Washington Con.
vention Guarantee irlen,
Full Equality in All the
Affairs of the Future
Great Enthusiasm Shown
Mrs. Medill Mccormick As.
sumes Leadership; Cam
paign Plans Are Made
New York Tribune
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WASHINGTON, May 23-Republcan
women have come into their own, it
was shown at the conferences held
here to-day and yesterday of party
chairmen and other leaders under the
auspices of the Republican Women's
National Executive Committee The
men let the women in on the ground
floor of all party privileges and respon-
slbllities. The enthusiasm with which
they assume their new place has CON
vinced even the most hardened anti
suffragists that pink tea politics. is
out of date.
This convention, under the auspices
Of the women's committee, was run
with all the atmosphere of the old
purely mems affairs If anything. the
new element recognized in the Repub-
lcan party has made the present CON
vention more enthusiastic and little
less selfish
"A new page has been turned in the
history of the party" said Chairman
viii Hays, of the Republican National
Committee. this afternoon. There will
be 100000 women voting IN the n..t
Presidential election and recognition in
the party of a new membership has 10
be given.
at is not the object in the appoint
ment of this committee to make the
women auxiliary to the party organiza-
tion. For time new voters in the
party will need guidance. Where sep
% a i,,t i
they will function only as long as they
are needed for complete amalgamatlon
OF the women into the party
Men and women from every state
except Mississippi and Texas attended
the conferences in delegations of from
two to fourteen. In the appointment
Of the women's committee, Chairman
Hays selected women representatives
OF all sections of the country. The
women Of the committee are:
Mrs. Medill Mccormick. chairman.
Illinois; Miss Mary Garrett Hay New
York; Mrs. Thomas J. Carter. Distric,
of Clumbia; Mrs. Margaret Hill Nc
Carter, Kansas; Mrs. Florence Collins
Porter California; Mrs. Josephine Cor
llss Preston, Washington; Mrs. Ray
mond Robins, Illinois; Mrs John G..
South, Kentucky; Miss Maude Wet
more, Rhode Island
"The women have put their teeth into
the problems of the party said Mr..
Hays this afternoon. 81 found many
OF them vitality interested in the budget !.
ou know, most women run their house
holds on the budget system, and their
experience along these lines makes
them valuable to the party"
Senators and Representatives and
their wives attended the banquet given
for the delegates last night by the
women's committee. Mrs. Mccormick
presided and evoked the spirit Of her
father, the late Senator Mark Hanna,
as a guide to the conference.
Mrs. Porter said that she believed
onefourth of the delegates to the next
Republican convention would be women
Mrs. Porter was the first woman ever
sent to Il national party convention as
a delegate. She was elected and sent
from her district to the Bull Moose
convention in Chicago. in 1912. She
was later elected Presidential elector
and was the first woman to hold this
Office
Senator Lodge made a Republican
party speech to the afternoon cXecu-
tive session of the conference in which
he discussed party principles and the
value of the cooperation Of men and
women to obtain Republican victory in
the coming campaign.
81 will not discuss the league Of ma