Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-10-02
To Send Appointments to
Park Board and Play
ground Body to Aldermen
| NAMES NOT GIVEN OUT
Follows Up Statement Made
at Democratic Meeting, He
Would Recognize Women
DEMOCRATS GET ACTIVE
Campaign Plans to be Out
lined Next Week and Drive
for Votes be Started.

Mayor Frank Dorsey announced
positively today that when the board
OF aldermen meet on Monday night
he will send to them the names of
two women, one to serve on the
park board and the other on the
playground commission. The mayor,
however, refused to make the names
of the women public until after they
have been submitted to the alder
men.
Sometime ago the mayor an
nounced that he intended to place
women on these two important city
commissions, and followed UP that
statement at the meeting in the high
school auditorium last Monday night
when he said that he would try and
make the appointments at the next
meeting of the aldermen.
Several efforts had been made in
the past to appoint women on va
rious city boards, but under the city
charter, women could not be ap-
pointed because they did not have
the right to cast ballots in the cleo
tions. With the advent of woman
suffrage it is now possible under the
charter to appoint women on the
boards.
Like a lull before a storm, are the
city, county and district are concern
ed. OF course there are murmur-
ings, like distant winds, which warn
one of an approaching storm. but 1t
is not likely that the storm will
break before the middle of next
week and perhaps not reach its
climax until within the last
week or two of the general elec-
ti5n on November 2.
At the present time, aside of plan
ming for the organization necessary
to carry on the campaign, nothing
of special importance is being done.
However it is likely that following
the meeting of the Democratic city
executive committee on Monday
night the city campaign will be Of
ficially started. The county campaign
will probably be delayed until after
the meeting of the county executive
committee, which is scheduled to
take place in New Brunswick on next
Friday night.
Women will play a large part in
the coming campaign. This has
been demonstrated by the big women
vote in the Republican primaries
just passed. The Democratic lead
ers feel that the Republican party
showed practically it's full strength
in the third congressional district ir
the primaries, when efforts were
made to obtain a large Republican
vote to nominate the congressman.
On the other hand the Democrats
made no effort at all to get out the
vote, as they had no contest, and il
| is a question as to just how large
the Democratic vote will be. 1t Is
recalled that in one district of Mon
mouth county. which is known as
Democratic, only two women voted
in the Democratic primary. although
nearly all of them residing in the
district expect to vote in the genera
election.
One thing the Democrats do real
ize, and that is, that the women mus
be organized. Throughout Mon
mouth county the work of organic
ing the women is now going on, and
| it is possible that one of the main
topics to be discussed at the meeting
of the local Democratic executive
committee on Monday night will be
organizing of the women in this
city. The election depends on the
women, and whether it is carried by
the Republicans or Democrats re-
mains up to the way the women vote
on election day.