Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-03-26
REPUBLICAN COMMITTEEMAN
IN HAMILTON COUNTY
STARTS ROW.
REFUSES TO RECOGNIZE
woMEN's COMMITTEE
County Chairman Decidedly Anti
Suffrage, Declares Women Can
Not Have Share Of County Funds,
and Furthermore That Suffrage
Law 10 Not Yet in Force.
Special to Times-Repuencan.

WEBSTER city, March 10. NJ.
Blake of this city. chairman OF the
Hamilton county republican central
committee, admits the charge made
against him at the Tenth district
conference of women held in Fort
Dodge, when II was alleged that he
had refused TO cooperate with the
| women's committee In this county.
Mr.. Blake never has been a suffra-
gette, never expects TO be one, ad-
mits 1t and cody reiterates the state
nent made TO the local women's
chairman that he viii not cooperate
politically with any women's COM
mittee Mr.. Blake's uncompromising
attitude has made big rumpus in
the Tenth district and the prediction
is freely made that members OF the
state central committee will be call
ed in TO quiet the rising tide of dis
affection among the women.
Mrs. W. E Brown, of this city.
was named by Mrs. Frank Dodson, OF
Des Moines, republican state chair
man of the women's committee. to
act as chairman for Hamilton coun-
~. She was further asked to coop
crate with Mr.. Blake, complete her
committee by naming a woman from
each voting precinct. get the women
, Of the county allied with the republi-
can party, and TO be Of whatever as
sistance possible TO the men in the
conduct Of the campaign. She sought
! out Mr.. Blake. who told her that he
was not in favor of a woman's COM
| mittee and that no woman's commit
tee could expect any cooperation
from him. 'I told her Just that
said Mr. Blake. 'I am opposed TO
two committees. The women have a
chance at the June primaries to elect
members of their sex to the one CEN
trail committee, which can be COM
posed Of both men and women. AS
for me cooperating with Il straight
out woman's committee, I won't do
It."
Women Demand Funds
Il is said that Mrs. Dodson, state
chairman, and Miss Edith Prouty, OF
Humboldt, Tenth district chairman.
| will endeavor TO iron out the Ham
ilton county trouble" They Will have
hard time OF t. Mr.. Bake is par
ticularly rolled over letter he re-
ceived from Mrs. Dodson. She wrote
him notifying him of Mrs. Browns
appointment. asking his hearty CO.
operation and making the statement
that in the coming campaign there
would be but one pocketbook." This,
she CHARGED the mems committee
with filing and asked Mr.. Blake TO
open his excheauer and turn over TO
| the Tomen's committee sufficient
funds with which 10 carry on cam
paisn. II the mems treasury was
! low, Mrs DoGscn asked NJ. Blake, as
mems county chairman. TO 60 out
and borrow the money and turn over
| TO the women such funds as they
needed. This suggestion was a red
rag to Mr.. Blake and he Is seeing
red" over II yet. He did not even
answer the letter.
II was predicted at the Fort Dodge
Iconfercrce that the women Of the
Tenth district would demand Mr..
Biake's resignation or a retreat from
his position in refusing cooperation.
They will get neither" said MT.
Blake today. I never ran away from
fight. II the republican voters OF
Hamilton county want a new county
| chairman. thew can easily get one In
the regular way following the June
primaries"
| Says Suffrage Is Not Yet Law.
Mr., Blake's attitude became known
to the women Of the Tenth district
when Mrs. Brown made her report
at the district conference It is
widely realized hereabouts that re-
publicans as @ party must not offend
the women. Mr.. Blake admits freely
that his position Is personal to him
self alone and not binding on the
party, but he insists that so long as
he is chairman. and particularly SO
until the Eighteenth amendment Is
not finally adopted by the thirty
sixth state, no cooperation may be
expected from him.
| II Is more than likely that the row,
which has attracted statewide atten-
ION will somehow be "irened OUT 1t
Is doubtful, s however, whether Mrs.
Dodson's iron will At the situation. 1t
IL said that the women will appeal to
state CHAIRMAN Cnarles A. Rawson,
Of Des Monies, in the matter and it
In their hope that he will find q way
whereby the women of Hamilton
county may have the same political
Incorporation from the men that they