Iron County register., 1919-08-07
Resolutions Adopted By State Central
Committee.

Committee.
The Democratic state central COM
mittee of Missouri takes this oppor-
tunity to welcome the women of this
state into full fellowship in the DEM
ocratic party and to express gratifics-
ton that SO far as possible, under the
constitution of this state, they have
already been accorded full franchise
with men, and express our hearty ap-
proval of the act of Governor Gard
ner in convening the legislature of
this state in special session that the
amendment to the federal constitution
recently in congress proposed, might
be adopted, giving to the women of the
country full and equal right of fran
chise too long denied them, and ex-
press our qualification as we'll, that
the legislature SO promptly and with
substantially unanimous vote adopted
and approved such proposed amend
posed amendment of the Federal Con-
stitution.
We pledge ourselves to use all eff
forts to secure any other further
legislation needed to accord to women
of this state full and equal franchise
with ourselves to the end that women
of this state may have equal, not mere
auxiliary representation, in our par
ty's organization and effort.
"We authorize and request the
chairman of this committee to call up
and direct the chairman of the re-
spective Democratic county central
committee to assemble the women of
the Democratic party at their re-
spective voting precincts on Tuesday,
August 18th, at O'Clock, and there to
elect one member of the Democratic
county Central committee for their
respective townships or wards. The
township or ward committeeman SO
selected from their townships or wards
will meet at the county seat or accus-
toned place for the organization of a
Women's Democratic county COM
mittee on Tuesday, August 10th, at 2
o'clock, and when assembled shall
elect chairman, secretary and
treasurer.
"The chairman so elected from the
various counties of each congression-
al district, shall assemble atsuch place
in the respective congressional dis
tricts as designated by the chairman
of the existing congressional COM
mittee on Tuesday, August 26th, at 2
o'clock, and there elect a chairman,
vice chairman, secretary and treasur-
er of said congressional committe and
two members of the Democratic state
central committee of their sex.
"Where congressional districts con-
sist of wards the same procedure here
provided for the selection of repre-
sentation, officers, committeeman,
etc., for counties shall be followed.
"The chairman and secretary of
said woman's congressional commit
tee shall certify to the chairman of
the Democratic state committee the
names and address of the two women
so selected as members of the state
committee, and until their successors s
are elected, they shall be members of
the Democratic state committee with
full rights, powers and privileges
with other members of said Demo-
cratic state committee.
"However, at the first meeting Of
the Democratic state committee after
such elections, the women so selected
as members of the state committee
shall have the privilege of electing
their own state committee officers,
and making such rules and providing
ssuch regulations as in their judgment
they deem proper"