Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1920-09-14
DEMOCRATIC EXECUTIVE COM
MITTEE MEETING

The meeting of the Democratic
County Executive Committee Tuesday
afternoon to consider plans for regis
tering women voters, together with
the call for an extra session of the
Legislature issued by Governor Corn
well only few days before is an in
dication that nothing will be left I'M
done to make the newly enfranchised
voters comfortable in the strange in
vironment that now hedges them
about. When the call for the meet
ing of the County Committee was is
sued by Chairman Withers, it was the
prevailing belief that no extra session
of the legislature would be convened
to enact amendments to the election
laws so that the duty of election Off
Gals as well as of voters would be
plainly outlined, otherwise the meet
ing would have been held after the
Legislature had done its work. Ten
days ago Governor Cornwell assured
enquirers that 40 extra session would
be held. The reversal of this position
was a pleasant surprise of the first
of the week.
Anticipating that nothing would be
done by the Legislature, County Clerk
Johnson wrote to the Attorney General
for information that would guide the
County Court under the embarrass-
ment that it found itself without law
and without precedent for the regis
tration of women voters. Attorney
General England replied that an unus-
ually embarrassing situation would de-
velop unless the Governor called the
Legislature together to amplify ex-
isting election laws. The promise
was made that advice would be for
warded if the Legislature was not CIV
en- the opportunity to do something
in the crisis.
Tuesdays Committee meeting be-
came most informal affair after it
| was known that the Legislature would
be given an opportunity to clear up
| the muddle entailed upon the state by
the ratification of the suffrage amend
ment.
Chairman Robt. L. Withers gave out
the following address to the Demo-
cratic women voters of the county:
The Democratic Executive Commit
tee gives you greeting!
Recognizing your interest in public
affairs, your ability to meet problems
anu SOlNe tHeIll, yout ueNOtlOiI W uuly
and your allegiance to Democratic
principles, your committee therefore
earnestly invite your assistance and
urges your cooperation during the
campaign, suggesting that you effect
early and active organization through
out the county, specially in the crea-
ton and formation of League of Ma
tons Societies.
The services of your committee will
be at your call.
Two vacancies on the party's ticket
as nominated at the Primary election
in May had to be filled by the COM
mittee. Both of them We're on Boards
of Education. Members of the Com
mittee from Harpers Ferry District
recommended that the name of NJ. S.
R. Moler, a merchant of Engle, that
District, be placed on the ticket for
President of the School Board to sue
coed the late Chas. j. Cavalier. The
other vacancy was in Kabletown Dis
trict, the nomination for school COM
missioner being the one to be supplied.
1t was ordered on the recommendation
of the Committeeman from that Dis
trict that the name of H. P. Light, of
Summit Point, be presented to the vot-
ers for their consideration.