The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1920-09-18
COUNTY G.. O.P.
HOLDS SESSION
Discusses Plans to Insure Re-
publican Women Voting
in November.
MRS. HOWARD MAKES TALK

A meeting of the Hamilton county
republican executive committee was
held Saturday morning at the court
house for the purpose OF discussing
ways and means for the coming cleo
ton in November The meeting wa.
well attended by both men and women
Willard Springfield, county chairman
presided and stated in his opening re-
marks that one of the chief objects OF
the meeting was to interest the women
voters OF the republican party.
Mrs. Mary Giles Howard, subchair-
man of the county republican commit
tee, made report of the meeting held
last Tuesday by the women. She said
the plan for the work among the
women voters was to organize large
committee and make a house to house
canvass, and to see that every woman
was registered so that she would be
able to use the ballot when the time
game.
THE republican women have no sep
arate organization from the men. There
Is but one republican party" declared
Mrs Howard She also stated that she
was compiling a list of the republican
women of Hamilton county for the
state chairman at Nashville.
Increase Proposed.
An effort to increase the executive
Benson moved that the chairman be
empowered to add the names OF TWEEN
ty-five women to the body in order to
extend the interest. This was opposed
by +. j. Kruesi, who stated that there
were sixty-one precincts and that the
charge of favoritism would be advanced
by some If the number was put at
Twenty-Five After some hot debate,
the size and naming OF the committee
was left in the hands OF Chairman
Springfield.
City Commissioner Emil Wass-
man, offered a motion that the ex-
eeutive committee eau meeting meeting
next week for the formation Of
Harding Coolidge club. This was
opposed. by r. |. Burneete, who de-
cIared that the last republican ian
Campaign was 'ost ., through tS , 100
for a meeting behind closed door"
he urged. Mr.. Wassman refused to
withdraw his motion but amended
It SO that the matter was leH IN
the hands OF the chairman to ap-
point a committee Of five to call the
meeting and decide on the time and
place.
The importance of registration OF all
voters during the coming supplemental
registration in October was stressed.
Particularly was this applied to the
new voters-the women members OF
the party, many of whom are not al
ready qualified to vote on account OF
not having registered.
The BEST place to begin a political
campaign Is in the home" said Squire
e, Z. TAYLOR. Every republican man
in Hamilton county must see that ms
wife registers, and visa versa, added
Mrs Howard.
Emma Cannon. colored probation
officer, spoke for the negro women and
declared that they were not like the
weak men Of her race. THE negro
women will vote the republican ticket"
she said, should they vote anything
else they could not be anything else;
and anyway we want to do honor and
credit to those who gave us chance
to use the ballot
In few well choeen words at the
beginning of the meeting P. J. Kruesi
pledged his support to the party and
resented what he termed the insinua-
ton in local morning paper that his
absence from the lastNmeet'ng OF the
committee was, significant; he said that
he had been absent from the city ana
returned to Chattanooga on the day
tho meeting was called