Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-09-23
POLITICS WILL.
BE STUDIED BY
: WOMEN s CLUBS
Addresses On Non Partisan
and Bipartisan Subjects
Arranged For; Citizenship
Classes Organized.

An interest in partisan poll
ties in the growth of parties, and
in partisan principles, is being
demonstrated by the women of
Bernalilio~ county, and clubs are
taking an active step in inaugural
ing an educational campaign.
A leader in this movement Is
Mrs. A. B. Stroup. who is identi-
fled with republicans as county
chairman of republican women.
Mrs. Stroup will have charge of
the civics day program at the
Woman's club Friday. when wom-
ans suffrage will be the subject,
and women in politics will be dis
cussed.
The program, which is open to
any one. begins at o'clock with
a song, "Women's Liberty Bells, "
by Mrs. j. O. Schwentker Mrs. c.
L. Collins of Clayton. state vice
chairman of the democratic party,
will speak on What the Demo-
cratic Party Has to Offer the
Woman Voter" while republican
inducements to women will be pre-
scented by Mrs. Rupert Asplund of
santa II Z, Il IlltIlDCI vi lllt SNciIf
executive committee of the repub-
lican party.
Microbes Club Program.
Mrs. Stroups offer to assist
other clubs in arranging programs
political instruction has been taken
advantage of by the Microbes club,
a group of progressive women liv-
ing north of the city. who will IN
the three meetings before election
cover quite field of political sub
jects.
Yesterday afternoon Mrs. M. f.
Hickey addressed the club on
Party Organization" outlining it
step by step. from the precincts to
the state convention. This was a
partisan talk and every one
took part in the discussion which
followed. The next address will
also be non-partisan one. on the
place OF the political party.
The third meeting will be given
to bipartisan addresses, Mrs. A. b.
Stroup to speak on what the repub-
lican party holes out to women,
and a democratic speaker to set
forth the same for the democratic
party.
The Business and Professional
Women's club has arranged
series of four lectures on political
education, having as its purpose OF
training school for women voters,
as well as of furnishing an expo
sition of partisan principles which
will guide them in deciding with
which party they wish to affiliate.
The first address will be given
on the first Tuesday in october by
John F. Simms on the subject of
Democratic issues" The second
address will be delivered by a
speaker to be selected by the re-
publican club, on the republican
issues A comparison of the two
platforms will occupy the third
evening. The platforms wiR be
read and analysed. plank by plank,
Miss Josephine Parsons of the state
university reading the democratic
platform, Miss Ethel Hickey, pres
ident of the club and member of
the university faculty, reading the
republican platform.
The fourth and last address of
the series will be on the Import
ance of Women's Participation in
the Coming Election"
1t is hoped to get Mrs. Nina
Otero-W Warren of Santa Fe. state
vice-chairman, to de-
liver this address. which will come
shortly before election. These
citizenship classes" will be open
to the public and will be held prob
ably In the Y. w. C. A. recreation
hall on North Second street.
A republican woman chairman
for each of the eighteen precincts
of Bernalillo county is being
sought, the work of securing these
chairmen being divided among
Mrs. Stroup, Mrs. Margaret Med
Ter and Mrs. AL Coleman. A large
of women have already
accepted -chairmanships. and a
list will be published the
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