New-York tribune., 1920-11-04
w omen Plan
To Celebrate
Victory Monday
Republican Function Is to
Take Place at the Hotel
Vanderbilt; Work for
W inter Is Discussed
Supporters Are Delighted
Only Regret Seems To Be
Wadsworth's Reelection:
See Regularity Lesson

Republican women will hold a cele-
pration over the Harding victory at
their headquarters at the Hotel Van
derbilt Monday afternoon.
All DAY yesterday the or1ces we're
hlled with triumphant women workers.
VINO came in to congratulate one an
other on the extent of the victory.
Mrs. Arthur L. Livermore, chairman of
the women's state executive commit
tee, called them back to earth, how
ever, by announcing q special business
meeting of the committee to-day at the
state headquarters. 43 West Thirty
ninth street, at which plans for the
winters work will be discussed and re-
ports of the campaign heard.
AIRS. Livermore commented briefly on
the Republcap victory, with special
reference to- the suffrage attack on
Senator Wadsworth
Ihls campa ign will be a lesson in
party regularity to women" she said
Ihey have seen how necessary it. is
when electing an executive to. have a
Congress and Legislature to support
him.
They will realize now that the con-
structlve work women can do in poll
tics must be from within the party. and
that no outside group designed for de-
Miss Laura Skinner, chairman of th.
campaign committee of the Women's
State Executive Committee, who was
the original Coolidge woman at the
Chicago convention, received an invita-
tlon yesterday to a dinner in North
ampton on Friday given by the neigh
bors of Governor and Mrs. Coolidge.
The women who worked against
Senator Wadsworth found what little
comfort they could yesterday in the
difference between his vote and that for
Harding. Throughout the campaign
they have REALIZED that the chalfccs CT
at the last they openly concentrated
their attention on reducing his plu-
rality.
This fact was noted in the formal
statement issued by Miss Mary Garrett
Hay. for the Non Partisan Senatorial
Committee. on the basis Of earlv after
noon returns.
I'VE did not fight in vain,' she said.
Harding has rolled up majority of
100000 i'll New York State, yet Wads-
worth. on the same ticket, has run
100000 behind-with 5000 districts yet
to be heard from
eve made our stand for free thought
and freedom from boss control, and we
have fought coed fight. The spirited
disapproval shown by these figures on
the part of thousands Of men and
women marks the beginning Of rfew
era i'll New York State. 1t is an era
when voters will refuse to be subser-
Went to the bosses. when they Will
assert their independence Of thought
and action in a marked degree and
when they viii insist upon candidates
who will represent them worthily.
"The women Of the Non Partisan
Senatorial Committee who have worked
courageously against Senator Wads-
worth are good losers. They are espe-
cally philosophical now. because they
realize that. while they have lost this
:ndividual contest, they have won
greater victory by arousing interest in
the large issue it involves"
The extent Of the Republicn victory
through out the country did much to
explain their defeat to the women
They saw how Republicanism swept the
nation, wiping out all local controver-
sizes in a tremendous wave Of party 10y
atty, and they realized that New York
, voters wanted Wadsworth in the Senate