Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-06-19
Democrats T0GET
GIVE US SUFFRAGE
DEMANDBY WOMEN
Mrs. Baker Says G. O. P. Has
Dodged Issue-Mrs. Funk
Still for McAdoo.

BY the Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO, June 19.-An-
nouncement by William G. McAdoo
that he could not permit his name to
be put before the democratic conven-
ton divided interest here with the
arrival of leaders of the Gov. Cox
faction and declaration by Mrs.
Abby Scott Baker of the national
woman's party.
Our party will demand that the
democrats give us the thirty sixth
state" Mrs. Baker said. In other
words. That they use all their irfiu
state legislature of the national suf-
frage amendment to the Constitution
necessary tormake suffrage a national
law.
"A resolution inv the platform will
help, but instructions by the powers
those lower down is what will count
most of ALL"
Says Republicans >Dodged.
Mrs. Baker. who is one~of the wom-
en- who directed the picketing of the
White House, charged the republican
convention with having lodged the
suffrage issue. In Vermont and Con-
necticut there are republican MAORI
ties in the legislature which would
ratify the amendment on Instructions
from the party leaders, she said
Mrs. Antoinette Funk of Washing
ton. d. c., who has been working in
behalf of Mr.. McAdoo, said that his
announcement was something that
had been feared for a long time
we who are friends of Mr. McAdoo
and most anxious to bring about his
nomination have known for months
that he would be apt to make state
ment of this nature" she said.
However, l have heard him say
many times that if the people through
their delegates called upon him to
take the nomination it would be his
patriotic duty to accept"
The first formal meeting of the sub
committee on arrangements was held
today. Homer S. Cummings, chairman
of the democratic national committee,
presided.
Appointments Announced.
The following appointments were
announced, subject to the approval of
the national committee, which is to
meet on June %:
Temporary chairman, Homer s. Cum
mings. Connecticut; secretary. Edward
G. Hoffman, Indiana; executive secre-
tary, w. r. HOLSTER. Missouri; chief
reading secretary, Representative
Thomas F. Smith, New York, former
secretary of Tammany Hall; chief
tally clerk, A. r. Garfield, Michigan,
INSTRUMENTATION. Clarence Cannon,
Missouri. former parliamentarian of
, the United States House of Repre-
sentatives; honorary sergeant at arms,
John r. Martin, Missouri: sergeant at
arms. j. ]. Hughes, Oklahoma: chief
oorkeeper. j. J. Sinnott, Virginia;
official reporter, Harry Couch, Indiana.
E. H Moore, national committee
man from Ohio and manager of the
campaign of Gov. James NJ. Cox OF
that state, arrived with Norman Z.
Mack, national committeeman from
New York.
volstead Act Change.
The New York delegation favors
modification of the Volstead act SO
that each state may decide whether
it wants wines and beer. Mack said.
Some sort of plank on the Irish
question also was favored by the
delegation. he said. He announced
that the delegation had held no meet
ing to discuss a candidate and DID not
expect to do so until 1t arrived in
San Francisco.
The first special train to the con-
yention from an eastern point arrived
from Chicago bearing James u.
Preston and William Donaldson,
superintendents of the Senate and
House press galleries. respectively,
and eighty newspaper men. 1t was
known as the Press Gallery Special