New-York tribune., 1920-02-25
Women Suspect
.sFreeze-Out' by
Men Democrats
Fear Convention Leaders
Will Not Allow Them a
Delegate at Large When
State Convention Meets
Miss Marbury Opposed
Miss Vale Sees Plot to Force
New York Suffrage Foe
ON Gathering at Albany

Democratic women, led by Mrs. Johr
Shsrwin Crosby and Miss Margarc
EA!e, Of the Women Democrats O.
America, are frankly suspicious abou
the alleged disposition Of the Demo
cratic leaders at the state convention
in Albany tomorrow to give The womer
two legates-at-large They seem tt
suspect that they will not get any
delegate -at-large and that the cole
guard" have framed" things so thai
the women will be told that on account
OF the failure of the Crosby and Mar
bury factions to reconcile their diff
ferences it is inadvsable for the mcr
leaders to give them even "look-in'
at the bgs plums.
Miss Vale, founder of the Womer
Democrats of America, before leaving
tor Albany last night, where to-day
at the Hampton Hotel the women are
going to talk things over and make
ready for the convention tomorrow
said that she had conferred with sew
eral leading Democratic women and
found them skeptical of the purposes
OF the men of their party.
Oppose Miss Marbury
1T certainly looks to all of us as
though there We're n dark gentleman in
the woodpile," she said. "The men. know
mat the upstate and most of the local
Democratlc women are unalterably on
posed to having Miss Elisabeth Mar
bury appointed as their Representative.
on the Big Four The women don't
oppose her on personal grounds, but
Ior the same reason that they dislike
senator Wadsworth, and that is be-.
cause she was agains, suffrage.
turthermore, the women view with
Indignation the fact that the men pro
pose to select, or appoint, their repre-
sentative without giving them the say
as to whom she shall be.
There is q rumor that bv allowinc
the women to choose representative
and then appointing Miss Marburv also
the men will solve their problem. Miss
-harbury has the backing of powerful
political organization but she is not
properly true representative of the
democratic women, because she worked
against SUFFRAGE
NJ lss vale said that the women had
decided that they would no LONGER he
content to hold decorative offices in
the party and would insist on equal
representation in all its work.
In the Albany Delegation
Among those who left yesterday for
Albany were Mrs. John Sherwin Crosby.
Mrs. John Quinn, Mrs. p j. CAN'T, Mrs
Julia Sanders. Mrs Emma Sullivan.
Mrs Grace S. Forsythc, Miss Virginia
plerson, Mrs. j. j. OLeary, Mrs. Anna
NJ. Cross, Mrs. Mary E. Morse and Mrs.
j.. j. Rooney, of the Democratic
" omen's National Campaign Commit
tee of One Thousand; Mrs. Henry P.
helth, Mrs. Clarice M. Baright. Mrs.
Ella O'Gorman Stanton, Mrs. George
II. Childs, Mrs. John Blair. Mrs.
Charles L: Tiffany, Miss Laura Cauble
and Miss Margaret Vale, of the Women
Democrats of America.
At the convention tomorrow. Miss
vale said, the committee of one thou-
sand will demand change in the elec-
ton laws so that women will be giye1,
true political equality, Senator Wads
worth will be denounced for his anti
suffrage stand, resolutions offered
from the Democratic women to the
party recommending that certain re-
formatory and constructive measures
be included in the Democratic cam
paign platform and they will perfect
cooperative campaign plans.
The convention will open at 3 O'Clock
and will be preceded by luncheon.