New-York tribune., 1920-04-18
mere Is NO Need for Womans Party Says Mrs. Gait:
Feminine Voters Told to Join Exstina Oraanizai;on

things done is by working inside enc
parties.
"Now, you are going to shayj. =
hard time to get inside the paxt3eas1 q
this to women, remesrber. ~Ak 6SQ
you will think you are getting :.
wonderful welcome and that pol.;
ties is delightful game. But you
will realize after while that W.,
are not really getting anywhere
any more than most Of the men ere
and that You and the masses Of
men are in sort Of political par
numbra where nothing Important
ever happens. ...
There is q political umbra, to.
You will not be SO welcome then.
II is where the candidates are noMi-
mated and the party platforms ere
laid down. The real things il poli.
tics are done there in that centHal
place, and the door is locked tight
against you. You've got to fight
your way in
Republican and Democratic wu-
men have been working in the
League Of Women Voters for more
than year now. At the conyen-
tion III Chicago Mrs. Maud Wood
Park was elected chairman OF, the
national league. Mrs. Park as chair
man Of the Congressional CON-
mittee Of the suffrage association in
Washington for several years has
proved to be one Of the best and
most non-c6mmittal workers. that
ever accomplished things politically.
Mrs. Frank Nanderlip, as chair.
man of the New York State League.
is at the same time a member of
the Republican party and carrie.
the two affiliations without intsrfer-
ence 4..,...
The Party Leaders
The leaders Of the women's. dtva-
sions Of the national committees Of
The two great political parties, Mrs.
George Bass for the Democrats and
Mrs. John Glover South for the Re
publicans. are not allied with sny
nonpaItisan organizations. Both
are ardent suffragists and members
Of the suffrage organization of
which Mrs. Gait was the leader
At the convention in Chicago Mrs.
Gait conducted a course Of lectures
before the School for Political Edu-
cation. The Woman Citizen" or
gan OF the suffrage party, is pub
.ishing these lectures in q course for
study. The theory Of government Is
not discussed at all. Only questions
and answers upon the actual process
of voting are dealt with. The class
Of voters at which the lessons are
aimed is. Of course, the women
voters, the women in the kitchen, al
the tea party, in the shop or Office.
But there are points which men are
rather hazy OF. If you read num-
Der Of these questions to small
group Of men you will find that out,
although the lesson may not go fax.
1t is likely to end up in an argE
ment
Now, Mrs. Gait herself, with her
advice to women to join political
parties, might well say, with a
twinkle in her eyes, "Do as / say
and not as L do in this regard. She
has never declared for any pol;tica!
party. In all fairness, it is the only
position she can take. Her personal
following IN woman suffrage ia, So
great that many Of the former SUI
fragists probably would be .in-
fuenced to join the party with which
she was allied against the very ad-
vice she gives them about choosing
parties for their principles and plat
forms as they correspond to tf1es'i
dividual's ideals.
The Party Claim.
The Republican party will have,a
powerful claim to the support Of