The sun., 1919-01-05
WASHINGTON, Jan. 4.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 4.
TN the old days--perhaps twenty
years ago-when Senator Mark
L Hanna, who was one of the
wheel horses of the Republican
party, amused himself talking poll
tics with his slender, dark eyed
daughter, finding her always an in
terested confidante and sometimes an
astonishingly shrewd critic, he sighed
whimsically that his girl child was
not a man child--or that his man child
had not his girl child's political sense.
But no probably did not dream that
he was beginning the education OF a
political leader.
And yet that slender. black eyed
girl-the Ruth Hanna of those days
is to-day Mrs. Mediil Mccormick, the
wornan VIII Hays, chairman OF the
Republican committee. has picked to
De chairman of the Republican
Women's National Executive Com
mittee. He expects that committee to
find out what the women want and
who the women want, and persuade
them that those are precisely the peo-
pie and the policies that the Republi-
can party is going to give them. Incl
dentally he expects to help her per-
suade the Republican party to do II.
Mrs. Mccormick has opened head
quarters at 1928 II street, y. w. and
has started enthusiastically on the
task OF rounding into the straight and
narrow path. politically, the ever
| growing army Of women voters.
Political Instinct Developed.
An instinct for politics is undoubt-
eddy in her blood, but II has been de-
veloped by years of association with
/ her husband, Medill Mccormick, Rep
| resentative at large and Senator elect
! from Illinois,
For years Mrs, Mccormick has beer
active in every fight the Nationa
! American Woman's Suffrage AssoC.a
ton has waged--even its bitter figh'
against the other suffrage u.ganiZa'
ton the National Woman's party
She has been accused OF being he'
fathers daughter, il being pointed on
that he belonged 10 the steam rollel
period of politics" lie probably did
and every politician agrees that HI
steam roller has its uses--when tn
ether fellow isn't running IT, But Mr.
and Mrs. Mccormick are both of tn
progressive modern school which ha!
political imagination. Mrs. McCor
mick explained herself and her jol
about as follows:
la,Y.tt ', n Tol
wide It's doors ana granted MS fun par
ticipation in party affairs, and now tina
tho opportunity long hoped for ha
come we women are eager to justif.
the confidence shown. | want to EN-
phas.ze that we do not propose tn or
ganize the women separately, but on
plan as n national committee Is to 60
operate in each state with the Repub
lican chairman and assist him in per
feCtinE his organization to include tn
women So that in meeting the prob
ems of reconstruction and formulatin
, It's policies the party will haye the ad
vantage Of the women's advice.
why the West Predominates.
eve have six members on tho com
mittee aAd cNpJ,t 10 enlarge II to min
. The present members are Mrs Flor
ence Collins Porter OF California, Mis-
.. Mary Garrett Hay ~ New York, Mr.
, Margaret IIill McCarter OF Kansas
! Mrs. Josephine COrliss Preston ,
. WASHINGTON state, Mrs. Raymon
Robins of tn" United States and Mr.
! Medil MoCormiCk chairman"
To a suggestion that 10 an Easterns
3 tho membership seemed overwhel,r
Z ingly Western Mrs. Mccormick reptile