Evening journal., 1920-05-31
.SUFFRAGISTS TO
AGAIN PICKET
Failure Of Delaware TO Rati-
fy Starts Women on
Warpath
CLAN MOVES ON
G. o. P. CONVENTION

WASHINGTON, D. c., May 3i.-The
action Of the Delaware Legislature in
refusing TO ratify the Nineteenth
amendment, and tho fading prospects
In other STATES has put the militant
.suffragisis on lhe Warpaih again. TO
Us understood they are preparing for
picketing the Republican Convention
al ChicagO on an elaborate scale and
.forcibly bringing 10 90 The minds or
delegates and leaders that lne women
resent their inability 90 participate in
the nomination OF the Presidential
candidates.
Probably something Of the kind Will
be pulled or at san Francisco if there
is no favorable action anywhere inihe
.meantme 60 insure the thlrly-slNlh
state being secured for raiiilcallon.
The Democrats have done a little bet
ter than The Republicans iOwaM ac-
-cording equal representation, since
90 women delegates Will 90 To- san
Francisco as against % 90 Chicago.
Women are given a larger rcpresen-
station in the list OF altcrnates to The
conventions, i33 being accredited all
iernatos TO the Republican ConNen-
tiOn and iO TO the Democratic Con-
.vention, but they have been excluded
from a majority OF the Presidential
preference primaries.
The sunragsts call attention TO the
fact that there are no women mcm-
bers OF the Republican National Com
.mittee. No women are on the sub
committee appointed last December 10
manage the pre-convention activities
OF The party; committees on organ
iZation, publicity, finance and cOnven-
ton. on the policies and platform
committee Of III members, only 10
.members are women. There is a Re
publican National Council composed
OF 2i members. four or whom are
women. There is also a w0men's diVi
sion Of The Republican National Com
mittee, headed by Mrs. John a.. South
chairman, which works through or
-With a Republican WOmon's executive
committee, headed by Miss Mary Car
rett Hay. These groups OF women
have no vote on the Republican Ma
-tional Committee, except as proxies
for men,
Officials so far selected for the Chi
cago convention by the national COM
-mittee are men, with the exception
Of three women assistant secretaries.
senator Lodge, confirmed anli-suf-
-fragist. Is temporary chairman of the
convention.
In the democratic party. women
have been placed Ou ihe National EX-
.ccutve Committee with a status equal
90 that OF the men members. Four
teen women are now members OF this
committee and three more have been
-asked 10 Join, 10 Is slated, with the in-
tention OF bringing the total number
OF women up 90 n. the number OF
men on The committee. On the DamO-
cratic National Committee women are
as yet only associates, having no di-
rect vote except as proxies for men.
. There are presumably as women
HHHNI IHHN N |HIN H.N ID
committee, but as a matter or fact
there are only y at tho present time
Under the National Committee there
is a WOman's bureau corresponding iO
the Republicans W0mcn's Division.
Flgurcs compiled by the National
Womans party indicate that women
have played a comparatively minor
part IN the selection OF delegates.
Delegates 90 the National conven-
tions are selected IN i6 states h1
primaries and In 80 states by cOnyen-
Uons, in Illinois by primary and CON
vcntOn. In Alabama boy a Democratic
primary and a Republican convention
or the i6 primaries women have taken
or VIII take no part in nine. Inol
were admitted TO full participation IN
oniy seycn-CalifOnia, Montana. Ne.
braska- New York, oregon. south pa
kOta and Texas. They viii De excluded
in Florida. Massachusetts,, New Hamp.
shire, New Jersey, North Dakota
Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia
and Wisconsin. They took no part ir
the Democratic primaries Of Alabama
OF the 30 States In which delegate.
are selected by convention women
took no part in the convention Ol
either party In nine STATES. Connect.
cut, Delaware. Georgia, Indiana. Lou
isana, South Carolina, Maryland
Mississippi and Vermont. They tool
no part in the Republican c0nvcn-
ton in Alabama, In the Democratic
convention in Virginia, in the Demo
cratic convention OF Wyoming or in
: The Republican convention or Rhode
Island.
In a number Of States, such as
/. Maine women were allowed 90 at.
tend but not 10 vote.
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