Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-02
POLITICS DIVIDES
CLUB OF WOMEN
Rift in Republican Organization
Follows Boom of Mrs. A. r.
Harmon, Is Report
QUESTION OF AIM RAISED

There is rift in the women's Re
publican Club of Pennsylvania.
some of the charter members of the
organization will resign at the regular
meeting tonight; others whp intended
10 Join the club have found. after a
little hesitation that they have no
Thought of joining.
According to members there seems
70 be some question of the purpose of
the club. The charter is said to have
Deen taken out for the maintenance
OF a club and association "for social
enjoyment. the advancement of good
cltizenship. the promotion of patriotism
and the general welfare of it's mem
bers by means of literature, lectures,
debates" etc
Club Called Political Body
But, say several leading members
there arises little controversy
among the members who Joined for this
purpose and who now find that the club
is just political organization for the
advancement of certain of its members
And. Furthermore. women who were
besought to act as directors of the
organization and serve with their
friends find that there are no direc-
tors mcetings-at least none they have
been invited to attend. and that the
friends who were supposed to be co
directors have never joined.
Mrs. Archibald II. Harmon is the
club president and the chief organizer.
She has been suffragiSt for a mum
Der of years and came into particular
prominence when elected to the com =
mittee of one hundred chosen to select
a Mayor for Philadelphia who would
support the new city charter,
Aided Patterson at Election
Mrs. Harmon resigned from that com
mittee on the selection of Mr.. Moore
and joined forces with the Ware Patter
son group Her name was to be rec
commended to Mayor elect Moore BY
the club as IL candidate for the posi-
tion of assistant welfare director and
1t was over this issue in the meeting OF
her club on November Is that the dis
cussion as TO the real purpose of the
club took place.
The meeting was sharp one in
which Mrs. G. Stanley Hurlburt said
that for the club to iudorsc its pres :
ident for this position would mean that
= tDe cluD was ulPltlN lOT luC
purpose of helping the president to 20
litical Office. The resolution of recon- :
mendation was later changed to read
"A woman of Philadelphia instead OF
''Mrs. Harmon
No Aid From Mrs. Narburton
The club was believed for some time
to have the Endorsement of the Penn
sylvania women's Republican commit
tee. of which Mrs. Barclay II. War
burton is the chairman Mrs War
burton committee is in a state organ =
ization which at present has no club
in Philadelphia.
II was asked to join says Mrs.
Warburton. ''and I did tell Mrs Har-
mon that would join. But after wait
ing decided not to. The Women
Republican Club of Pennsy ylvania has
no connection with the Pennsylvania
women's Republican committee"
The list of women who are expected
to resign a; tonight's meeting includes
Mrs. George w: Urquhart. Mrs. NJ. Y
Smith. Mrs. Stanley Hurlburt, Mrs
II. NJ. fiull and Mrs. G. G. Fraser.
81 regard it as an insult to my won
anly intelligence says Mrs. Urquhart
II thought the club was to study cti
zenship and good government. | took
an oath to that effect when i permitted
my name to be used as director il
asking for the charter.
"Thtre never has been u directors
meeting so far as | know. At least
I have never received "A notice of such
a meeting -