The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1920-07-02
REPUBLICANS END
PARTY CONFERENCE
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF 81 Is
NAMED TO MANAGE PREsI.
DENTAL CAMPAIGN
sUFFRAGiSTs MAKE THREATS
Delegation of Women Demands That
Senator Harding Use His Influence
to Have Another State Ratify
Constitutional Amendment

Washington. June 23.-Management
of the national Republican campaign
was entrusted yesterday TO an execu
| tive committee of - members. headed
| by Chairman Hays of the party's ma.
| tional committee.
Announcement of the membership
| of the executive committee, together
with the composition of two commit.
| tees to arrange for the notification OF
Senator Harding as the party's presi.
| Dental nominee, and of Governor
Coolidge, vice presidential candidate
ended two days conference in which
Mr.. Harding. Chairman Hays and a
| special subcommittee of the national
committee participated.
While the subcommittee was con.
Guiding its conferences Senator Hard
| ing received a group of suffragists
| and I'm reply to their request for q
statement of his position on the SUI.
| frage question declared that while he
| could not with proprety attempt to
force any state to hasten action on the
| federal suffrage amendment. he would
recommend ratification should any
state officially seek his opinion.
The suffraSists. numbering 20. from
81 states. through their spokesman,
Miss Alice Paul. chairman of the Ma
tional Womans party. in presenting
their request. made yelled threats OF
throwing their support to third
party unless ratification of the suf-
frage amendment was completed
through action of Republican state
legislature. Miss Paul, in a statement
last night. said her delegation was
deeply disappointed with Senator
Hardng's position
| In the appointment of the executive
committee the subcommittee diverted
from the usual practice of combining
membership to the national organiZa-
ton and took in Harry NJ. Daugherty
of Columbus. Ohio. Senator Harding's
precOnvention campaign manager. The
appointments as announced yesterday
included only 20 names. but Mr.. Hays
said the additional member. who also
would not be n member of the national
committee. would be announced as
soon as he could communicate with
the prospective appointee.
The party leaders also disregarded
precedent in naming seven women ms
members of the executive committee
and in choosing a woman. Mrs. Har-
riet Taylor Upton of Ohio. as vice
chairman of the committee. This ac-
ton was taken. it WAS said. i'm recog-
milton of the increasing activity of
women in politics. Enlargement of the
committee from 10 to 81 members was
authorized at the recent Chicago CON
ventiOn.
Mrs. South. who is daughter of
former Senator Bradley of Kentucky.
also was appointed assistant secretary
of the national committee.
Following the announcement of the
committees membership. Senator Hard
ing and Chairman Hays each issued
statements. the former praising the
organization work already accom-
plished and the latter declaring that
a complete amalgamation of party
groups had been brought about in the
appointment of the committee.
The conferences have been most
successful Mr.. Hays said in his state
ment. 1.-THE great party of the union
is most certainly unit. The executive
committee and the other committees
to be appointed will be splendidly rep
resentative. Mr.. Daugherty and the
loyal Republicans who have worked 50
enthusiastically for Senator Harding
and those who have no less LOYALTY
worked for others are vieins with each
other in their effort TO advance the
party's cause. We are on our way to
the great Republican victory which
means so much for the country's well
fare"
Mr.. Daugherty, i'm a statement
SAID the conference had been mo. I
harmonious and beneficial 70 the
cause, and pledged his entire time
from now until the election to The
performance of such duties as nre as.
signed 10 me-"