Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-09-26

Special Dispatch TO The Star.
BALTIMORE, Md. September 20
The prospective visit to Baltimore Oh
Senator Harding, the registration OF
women voters and the extra session
of the legislature crowded the point
ical spotlight in Maryland this WEEK.
But, although the coming OF the re-
publican presidential candidate is ere
ating wide interest, there was nc
doubt that the new woman voters
were accorded the most genera az
tention The legislature ran oao
third in public interest, since II .uiA
ed out to be merely the cut-and-orieo
affair Gov. Richie had DESIRED I'LL
iting itself merely to the adoption oi
changes in the election laws 10 sun
the women and few local measui 60
and turning down without much VI
q fight the ratification of the suhrae
amendment and dry enlorceihe.'
bill over which all sorts OF fireworks
had been predicted.
With the first two days OF the reg
istration over, the people In genera
and the republicans in particular, are
looking forward to the visit OF Sen
ator Harding on Monday. When the
senator arrives to deliver an ADDRESS
in the big 5th Regiment Armory M
will be greeted by the 1nevitapie
Harding-Coolidge League, the organ
cation of which has been hasteheo
by news of his visit. That the crown {,
that will hear Senator Harding VIII
not be limited to Marylanders mas
been indicated by the interest shown
in the event by people OF washing
To- opd other border points.
Gen. Felix Angus, dean OF Bait
more publishers and a prominent ne-
ure in the republican councils IN
MARYLAND, is to preside, and John ).
Hanson will have charge of the gen
eral arrangements. In anticlpa.ioH
of a capacity crowd. Mr.. Hanson mas
arranged to increase the seating ca
pacity of the big armory to ls'o9v OF
10000. The newly formed Harding
Coolidge League, which will greet the
candidate and which is made up OF
business men from all parts OF the
state. is headed by Jacob France as
chairman, with Jacob Epstein as wee
chairman and w. Lester Baldwin Sec
rotary.
ReefStrntion of Women.
The leaders Of both of the big po-
litical parties got big surprise IN
the large registration of women Iast
Tuesday and Wednesday. When lI,ooU
turned out on Tuesday the poiltlc1 ans
opened their eyes. They admitted tne
number was Unexpectedly large, but
took the view that this first day
showing was the result OF the en-
thusiasm of suffragists and novelty
and that the getting out OF the re-
mainder of the women would present
a difficult task: But the wednesday
total was $1,000. If the present pro-
portion is maintained on succeeding
registration days it is estimated that
the woman vote will represent more
than SO per cent of the $4,000 esti-
mated by the police to be eligible to
cent of the eligible women registered
Incidentally, the registration OF
women brought out the men in I'M
precedented numbers.
The republicans find much food fol
encouragement In the registration OF
first time since the affiliation law
went into effect in Maryland. the re.
publicans showed majority of the
registered voters on the. first day OF
registration. The leaning of the
women toward the republican party
was equally apparent Wednesday.
Combining the first two days decla-
rations of affiliations, it would APP
pear that there are 1858 democratic
women registered thus far and 13.204
TepuDllcdnS, nearly 4,VUU OeCllHeu u
align themselves with any political
group. Assuming that the 6,358 COL
ored women registered represent that
number of republicans, there would
still remain 6,848 adherents of the re-
publican party recruited from among
the whites. The vast majority of un-
affiliated women would have to vote
the democratic ticket to overcome the
republican lead.
In the number registered the negro
women have turned out more strongly,
proportionately, than the whites. About
is per cent of the eligible white women
have enrolled, while the colored women
have made percentage Of %.
Democratic Activity.
AS an aftermath of the opening of
the registration the democrats, whose
plans for the enrolment of woman
voters had been tagging for weeks, call
ed a meeting of ward executives, at
which it was decided to form women's
organizations in all city wards. Regis
tration of democratic women and of
women of democratic tendencies is rec
ognized by the state campaign commit
tee as vital to the success of the party
in November In calling the meeting
-the democratic committee appealed for
the burying of the factional Ratchet,
which has been source OF worry for
months, especially in Baltimore city.
where the state central committee has
been failing to function because Of dis
cord between the rival democratic
groups The campaign committee has
asked ministers to urge upon the women
from the pulpit the obligation placed
upon them by the suffrage amendment,
There is no doubt that the demo-
Gratis are a little worried by the big
registration of republican women, for
one of the leaders said:
eff we only can get the democratic