Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-05-24
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~, al TO mes-Nepuoucan'
Washington. May ~ Women are
entitled TO participate In the affairs
OF the republican party OF full equality
with men. The, come Ia just N ether
voters. accotd ding To National Chair
man VIII T. Hays. In statement
which he made today at the opening
OF "a conference OF party workers at the
Wardman Pa-s Inn In tins city.
The women are not 10 be given SEQ
ondary consideration, Mr.. Hays said
hut full consideration dus all other In
dividunis In the party. They Will not
be distinctlve,y organized but ANAL
gamated,
The conference. whiSn began this
morning and will continue two days,
IN under the auspices OF the republican
women's national executive committee.
IL includes state chalrmen from the
different states and representative re-
publican women from each OF the
states The conference ~ called 10 dis
cuss matters Of Yarty ors,nixstion and
has brought many proif,snea. political
figures men and womea, together. Mr.
HAYS In announcing that the women
would be giyea iull equality OF consid-
GRAFTON, said:
The republican women's national
executive committee, under whose au-
spices this meeting is held. has been
appointed to act with the republican
national committee In an effort To de-
Wise ways and means TO make certain
the fun participation hy the repubh-
can women IN the par,Ss affairs.
There Is but one possible rule for n
political party and that Is the rights
OF individual membership 10 partict-
pate in the management OF the party's
affairs and must be and remain equal
ly sacred and sacredly equal. The re-
publican women in this country are a
part of the party membership. ~ many
states this has long been so. They
come into this party activity not a.
women but a. voters. entitled To parti-
cipate, and participation insofar az tho
present legal limitations permit. Just
as other voters. their activity is not
supplementary, ancilliary or secondary
at ALL They are units In the party
membership and where the suffrage
for them is new they come In just as
men have come In when they have
reached the iegal voting age. They
are not to be separated or segregated
at all but assimilated and amalgamatcd
with just that full consideration due
every working member OF the party in
the rights OF their fun citizenship
There is to oe no SEPARATE women's
ORGANIZATIONS created within the party
except and only in the cases where
such an arrangement. may be needed
temporarily as an efficient instrumcnt
In the aid OF the complete a,nalgama- =
ton which il our objective. am con
WINGED that the republics women will
enter into the party's activities with
that sense OF responsibility and serious
attention to their party's affairs which
Is due the only instrument thru which
ali individaus can apply their patriot
ism, all TO the end that the problems
OF government unreasonable in magni-
tude and completely. which now con-
front this country, maye be properly
solved"
Mrs. Medil Mccormick. as head OF
the committee, Miss Mary q. Hay. OF
New York, Mrs. Raymond Robins. of
Illinois. Mrs. Florence Collins Porter.
of California, Mrs. Margaret Hill Nc
Carter. of Kansas, Miss Maude Wet
more, OF Rhode Island, were among the
women prominent In the conference
Tonight there will be banquet at
which Senator CumminS. Speaker Gil
lett and Mr.. Hays will he the leading
speakers.