Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1920-05-10
DEMOCRATIC WOMEN
GET ON The JOB
Strong Organization Effected
Here Saturday With MRS. G.
w. Cobb AS President

in the court house Saturday at
ternoon. After election of Of
fcerS and other business, two
splendid democratic speeches
were made before the women by
Miss Laura Clay, delegate-at-
large from Kentucky to the Ma
tional Convention at San Fran
cisco, and Judge w. r. Shackel-
ford.
Plans are being set on foot for
a close precinct organization
throughout Madison county with
the object of impressing upon ev-
cry woman the necessity of going
to the polls on election day and
voting the democratic ticket.
Officers elected for the club are:
President-Mrs. c. w. Cobb.
First Vice President for City
Mrs. w. O. Mays.
First Vice President for Coun-
ty-Miss Anne DeJarnette.
Chairman of Publicity Commit
tee-Mrs. c. S. Holton.
Treasurer-Mrs. Joe Head.
Secretary-Miss Margaret Par
rish.
Mrs. Cobb opened the meeting
of the democratic women with a
stirring address. She said:
Ladies We have met here
for the purpose of perfecting
plans for a permanent organiza-
ton of the democratic women OF
the county. AS all of you doubt
less know, number Of ladies re-
sponded to a call to attend our
democratic county convention
here last Saturday, and it was
suggested that it was on appor-
tune time to organize a woman 5
club to assist, or work i'll 'cOnJunc-
ton with the mems democratic
club looking to the gathering to-
gether of all Our forces for the
election of democratic president
next November. WhereupOn, a
committee Of three ladies was ap-
pointed for this purpose, and I'M
mediately after the adjournment
of the county convention, a mum
Der of the ladies present remain
ed, and at request of the newly
appointed chairman, Miss Laura
Clay, kindly consented to act as
temporary chairman and direct
our embarkation upon this TN
known sea.
GAS chairman, | was called up
on for a speech but [ admitted
that l was too young to talk,
(now, don't you look at my sill
very locks and laugh at such re-
mark). At my mothers knee |
was taught that children should
be seen and not heard, and IS {
voter and politician, am in my
swaddling clothes and realize full
we'll that | must crawl before j
walk, and am content to listen
and learn, and have just returned
from the Louisville convention
where | tried to learn my first
lesson.
"The Kentucky legislature has
granted presidential suffrage tc
Kentucky women, and it is now
not merely matter OF opinion
but our duty as mother, teacher,
democratic citizen, to go to II
polls and vote. AS we are in
formed, there are about 250,00C
eligible women voters in this
state; 10000 to 65,00O negro wo-
men, who with possibly few eX-
ceptions, most assured t-even
the lame, the halt and the blind
will take advantage of this grant
ed privilege (as they should) and
use the ballot, and you know now
how they will vote. Now, are
we going to sit back, 65'O00 of us
and not vote to offset their MUM
Der? If you do, you can figure
out where we will be. 1t will be
like the little boys frog-in-the
well problem.
Get busy, women, get busy
We know what you can do-wha
you have done. In every call TO
Red Cross service, for Y. W. {. A
Welfare Leagues, ETC., womel
have done a noble part, and yol
need not say now, you haven
the time, nor ability-you hav
worked effectively there; you cal
and must work here. The com
bined horse is the one greatest II
demand now. There will be man,
and varied objections by the wo
men to voting. Meet these OBJ
jections with smile, be patient
and untiring in your efforts t
succeed, so that Our co-workers
the men, will look upon us as
help rather than hindrance. LIE
our slogan be: Triumph, Democ
racy."
The Club then adopted the TO