The New York herald., 1920-01-04
Meeting of National Committee This
Week Draws Them from All
Parts of the Country.
Herald bureau,
No. 1902 ~ street, N. W.,
Warrington, ID. c., Saturday. J

| Politically the women are coming into
their own" At the recent meeting OF the
Republican National Committee they
played leading role-a woman, Mrs. Me-
dill Mccormick, made one of the three ad-
dresses at the big open meeting, which
was the event of the sesson-and they
will again be to the fore at the meeting OF
the Democratic National Committee this
week.
| new page in political history will ot
turned at the Jackson Day dinner, to be
given on Thursday, January 8, by the
Democratic National COMMITTEES. At this
dinner the Associate National COMMITTEES
women will share with the committeeman
the honor of entertaining rarty leaders
| from all parts of the country and will have
an opportunity to look the candidates over
and to get an idea Of which way the poilt'-
cal cat is likely 10 urnp Tic guests VIII
include Cabinet members. members OF
Congress and diplomatists, and the assem-
blage will be one of brilliance as well as
Of political import.
| Many of the committeewomen VIII ar
rive a day or two before January for
conference with Mrs. George Bass, chair
mon of the Women's Bureau. Democratic
National Committee. They will come from
california, Minnesota, Maine and Texas
| One of the interesting features or this
meeting will be the official status Of more
| than one woman whose father or husband
hitherto has been the prominent person IN
! the conclaves Of Democracy. Mrs }. Fra
zer Bonnie, associate commtteewoman OF
Kentucky, Is the daughter OF Mr.. w. b..
Iialdeman, long leader ia the Blue Grass
State She is one of the directors OF the
I Louisville Courier-J ournal and the Louis
vile Times Publishing Company and has
been identified with many public move
ments. While her husband Lieutenant j.
F.. Bonnie, was in France with the Twen-
| ty-third Infantry, Z. S. A., she was en-
gagged in war work. She and her father,
who is editor of the Louisville Times, will
come to the dinner together.
| Mrs. BASS on the Ground.
Mrs. Bass arrived on Wednesday from
Chicago and is oiling the wheels of her
machine so that it will function smoothly
during the parlous days of the National
Committee meeting. when place will be
selected for the Democratic convention.
the lineup Of candidates inspected and the
first steps taken toward outlining plat
form--a platform in whose making this
time the women will have equal respousi-
bilty with the mon. Mrs. Bass has so
organized the womens bureau in the
years since it first came into being that
party leaders treat her opinions with
Difference. In addition to her political ac-
tivities. she is known all over the country
for her service as a member OF the Ma
tional Liberty Loan Committee.
The Democratic women will establish
headquarters informally at the Shoreham
Hotel. where most of them will stop. So
far about thirty of them shave accepted
the invitation of Mr.. Homer S. Cummings.
oh n iryr1an pf DomncratiC
Committee. to attend the meeting. and 1t
lis expected that few will be unable to be
present. The committee meeting lasting
only two days, there will be opportunity
for little entertaining for the delegates
but with so many prominent women from
other States in the capital 1t is on the
cards that time will be made for certain
informal teas and luncheons. In addition
to the associate committeewomen from
the various States who will be here, some
eighteen nationally prominent women will
be selected by the Executive Committee to
Ico-operate with the National Committee in
the campaign.
Mrs. John Sherwin Crosby. of New York,
who will be present for the meeting this
week, is the associate commttecwoman
who carries the heaviest responsibility, for
her State has the largest population in
which the women are organized for the
duties OF citizenship and il presents more
problems In the way OF diverse nationali-
ties than any other Mrs. Crosby has
proved herself an energetic campaigner
Mrs. Percy v. Pennybacker, of Texas, Is
one OF the nationally known women who
will attend the conference She was presi-
dent OF the General Foundation of Wom-
ems Clubs from 1912 to 1916 She is con-
vincing speaker and a forceful writer.
Other prominent women expected are
Mrs. Peter Olesen, OF Minnesota, and Mrs.
ID. A. McDougal. of Oklahoma. Mrs. Nc
Dougal is one of the pioneers in women's
clubs in her State. and when Oklahoma
was still Indian Territory she served as
president of the Territorial Federation OF
Womens Clubs. She Joined the first suf-
frage orga nization and was vice president
of the campaign committee when women
won the franchise in the state. Since her
college days Mrs. Olesen has been a leader
In clubs, and she recently has become
widely known as lecturer. Her home Isl
in Cloquet. MINI.
One OF the Southern Lesder-.
Mrs. John X. ottley. OF Georgia. Is one
OF the most active women OF the South,
and has been devoting her energies 20 the
movement for the ratification OF the fed
cral suffrage amendment Her husband.
who IS president of the Fourth National
Bank OF Atlanta. Is identified with her in
philanthropic work, and their home. Joy-I
euse on Pcachtree road, Is centre of hos
pitality.
Mrs. Pattie Ruffner Jacobs. OF Alabama
was appointed n member Of the National
Women's Liberty Loan Committee TO fill
the vacancy caused by the death OF Mrs
Ella Flagg Young. For some time, too
she served as an officer OF the National
American Woman Suffrage Association.
The first official position held by Mrs
William r. Pattangall. associate commit
teewoman from Maine, was that OF frstl
vice president of the Maine Woman Suf-
frage Association. She had long been in
torortc.i In -,nliiica for hnr h..rLa..d