Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-06-09
PARTY LOYALTY
WOMEN s SLOGAN
At CONVENTION
Winifred Van Duzer i'm Ell Paso
Times.

Chicago-Party loyalty seems to
be the watchword among women
delegates TO the convention here.
That of the type being boosted by
those who arrived today and yes
terday, however, apparently is not
$50 much reVerenced for tradition
as 1t is desire for survival the same
to be accomplished by the simple
eXpedient of hanging together.
Mrs. Frank Dodson, delegates at
large from Iowa and credited by
Chairman viii Hays with being
.one of the most successful organ
izers in the women's division of the
republican party. put it this way:
1T is better TO be a lowly two
spot, occupying its position in a
straight flush, than TO be a queen
in the discard.
THAT, to my mind, is the best
argument for affiliation with and
loyalty to political parties, The
two-spot Is poor, Intellectual thing
when it stands alone, and greatly
overshadowed by queen.
"But place it in a position where
it can round out hand and that
humble two-spot gains in import
ance."
Nevertheless, despite party 10y
atty. many delegates have sounded
a warning note for the ears of their
own republican crowd.
That ratification of the suffrage
amendment lies in the hands of
those same republicans generally
is admitted. And, says the warn
ing, the danger of waiting too long
to grant that amendment is a men,
ace to the welfare of the party it
self.
Perhaps the most spectacular
figure connected with the women's
part in Chicago is Mrs. Adelina
Otero- Warren OF Santa Fe, N. NJ.
Mrs. Otero- Warren is chairman of
the women's division of the repub-
lican state committee. For many
years she has been county super
intendent of public instruction in
her home county. She Is in Chi
cago as campaigner for General
Wood, but not as a delegate, be-
cause the women of New Mexico
have not yet attained the privilege
of voting, Mrs. Otero- Warren said:
There is a preponderance of re-
publican women in New Mexico
enough to carry the state for the
party if they were enfranchised.
"But at this very moment the
people of New Mexico, politically,
stand at the parting of the ways.
Immigration is pouring in from the.
solid south; it will not be long be-.
fore New Mexico is hopelessly DEM
ocratic. Our women could save
the state for the party if they We're
given an opportunity"
Sentiment among women dele
gates seems to be divided between.
johnson and Lowden. Adherents
of each group give excellent rea-I
sons for their affiliation. particu-
larly those who come uninstructed.
Mrs. Dodson said that she had
been instructed to vote for Lowden1
as long as he stands chance to.
win.
Mrs. Frank D. Northrup of Okla
hCma City, one of the two contest
ed delegates, who won over male
delegates from Oklahoma. comes
uninstructed, but with definite
ideas concerning qualifications of
the next president. Mrs. Northrup
is a member of the Oklahoma
State Federation of Women's Clubs
and helped organize the first re-
publican club in her state a year,
ago.
Mrs. Nortnrup added her en-
dorsement to party loyalty. She
said:
ANY politician. no matter how
who does not affiliate with
a party is bound Just to slip along.
and tasteless. This isl
particularly true of women, whom
| believe to be natural politicians
and who | also believe have start
ed out to beat men at their own
game. ~
IF anybody doubts this let him
observe the manner in which wom-
en-, eager to learn, always are
listening in wherever there is an
opportunity for picking up bits of
"They never have to be told any
thing more than once. There is
that in the political game which
to their higher order of
Time is all they need
for perfection" .- 1
Mrs. Northrup said that although
the women of Oklahoma have been
enfrancheed only a short time.
they already are making an i'm
preston upon legislation in the