The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-02-26
ASK GOVERNOR
TO CALL. SESSION
Of LEGISLATURE
To Ratify National Suffrage
Amendment
STATE COMMITTEE MEETS
Republicans VIII Hold Convention to
Elect National Deiesates on
May 26

can state committee held meeting
in this city Tuesday, the principa
business transacted being the adop
tion of resolution calling on Gov. p
w. Clement for the summoning of ar
extra session of the Legislature for
the ratification of the national woman
suffrage amendment. The committee
also adopted resolution which unan
imously favored the ratification of the
amendment.
Miss B. ] Edwards OF Indiana. rep
resenting the woman's division of the
republican national committee, Mrs.
Edward Curtis Smith OF st. Albans
and Mrs. A. l.. Bailey of st. Johns
bury appeared beofre the committee
in behalf OF special session
The comni tee also decided 70 call
the state convention for the election
OF delegates to the republican nation
al convention On Wednesday. May 26.
Caucuses to elect delegates to his
eonyen ion VIII be held on Saturday,
May % II was voted to make Fthe
basis of representation In the state
convention the same as for the presi-
Dental state convention four years
ago.
Invitations were received from Bur
lington and Montpelier 70 hold the
convention In those cities, but 1t was
finally decided to leave the selection
of the place 10 the executive commit
zee which will meet In Burlington in
about two weeks to decide upon a
chairman to. the convention. the
choice OF committee on resolutions
and other details. The Vermont pri-
mary laws provide for4a presidential
primary on the third Tuesday IN May.
which this year falls on May IS.
Earle 8. Kinsley OF Rutland. mem
ber of the national committee, who
was present, stated that he was try
ing 10 secure some big speakers for.
the conven ION with the probabi ity
that Chairman VIII s. Hays of the
national committee would be one OF
them.
Col. J.. f piddoek OF Bellows Falls
was elected chairman of the state
committee and Collins NJ Graves of
Bennington secre airy. Leonard F.
Wing OF Rutland was elected as Rut-
land county member OF the state COM
mittee to succeed B. L. Stafford, who
has resigned.
The reso ution requesting Gov
Clement o call a special session OF
the Legislature follows:
Resolved that the Vermont state
committee are of the unan-
imous opinion, in view OF the declara-
tion of both he republican and demo-
cratic national organizations, in favor
of the right of suffrage for women
and in view OF the wide spread recog-
milton OF the merits of this measure
of political Justice tina Governor
Clement shoud promptly call an ex-
ira session of the Vermont Legisla-
ture, for the purpose of ra'ifying the
proposed amendment to the federal
cons dtution providing therefore.
"We ho'd that the women of Yer
mont are entitled 10 the same recog-
milton and rights OF citizenship as
are the women of other states. par
ticularly in view OF glorious part tax
en- by them in carrying on manifold
war activities and the splendid sacri-
fees made by the motherhood and the
womanhood of Vermont during the
World war. We are further of the
opinion that the Legislature should
be reques ed to consider no acts of
general legis alton at the extra ses-
sion in addition to ratification of the
amendment under consideration.