The Washington times., 1920-06-30

Women by viva voce vote yesterday
and here after will be represented on
the national Democratic committee,
according to the rule of fifty-fifty.
Each State must send one man and
one woman to the Democratic national
committee.
CONGRATULATE TENNESSEE.
The permanent chairman made a
demand in his opening speech that
the Democratic party from this hour
on give the women of Ame rica open
and absolute representation. =.
A telegram was sent by the
tion to the Governor of Tennessee
congratulating him on his action in
calling a special session of the Ten
nessee legislature to ratify suffrage.
And still, the women delegates are
not satisfied.
That's all sugar on the bread,
they said after applauding vigorously
the chairman's most complimentary
and iconoclastic speech-what We
want Is some of the bread; yes, and
some Of the butter, too"
Meaning we want some women on
that committee on resolutions ana
some women on the platform COM
mittee, and when we get them well
believe that the Democrats really
mean WndI lHty arc Sdy ihS JuSS nv" '
and not till then will we pay the
slightest attention to any of their
promises.
ACTION IS DEMANDED.
Sweet words are agreeable to the
ear-what we want is action"
And, when the resolution giving
women an equal place on the national
committee was being discussed and
SYLVIA mia tried to
get resolutions turned over for con-
sideration in a committee. 1 wonder
IL he noticed the number of women
delegates who took out their pencils
and made a large black cross against
the name of some Presidential candi-
date.
There is a great difference of opin-
ion among the women delegates about
several very important matters, but
on this matter they stand as one
woman. AS to other affairs, there
was that little affair of caucus the
other day. The caucus called Tor
women, by women, OF women.
The convention keynote speech
was being discussed, and It was on
the program to pass resolution en-
dorsing that keynote with all decor
Gus and perfectly lady-like enthusi-
asm.
Just as the endorsement was slip
ping over as quietly as a new cutter
on hard frozen snow, up rose Miss
Laura Clay, of Kentucky, daughter
of Gen. Cassius M. Clay, once bril-
liant and national figure in politics.
WOMEN GET EXCITED.
Kentucky went Republican four
years ago." said Miss Clay. The
negro women turned the vote. We
want to get Kentucky back into the
Democratic fold, and let me tell you"
Miss Clay's delicious Southern ac-
cent deepened and broadened as
Southern accepts have a way of do
ing under the stress of emotion
"1et me tell you" she said, we've
got to be mighty careful what we
say about the League of Nations. II
we're going to get back Kentucky
we Democrats"
The quiet room broke into a fury
OF discussion, as a still pool leaps
into white wrath under the lash OF
swooping tornado. And 1t took
Miss Pennypacker. also a daughter of
the Sunny South, to call for the ques-
tion and quiet the storm.
Senator Reed of Missouri was max
ing a determined fight to get into
the convention, and the convention
was making a determined Tight to
keer Snra .or Reed out.
know -. about Senator Reed. She's
had an argument or so with him
about woman suffrage in Washing
ton. and all OF II turns out that some
body has put Mrs. Dudley on the COM
mittee on credentials. or course, she
said. this is so sudden" when the
news OF her appointment was broken
TO her.
But anyhow Mrs. Dudley would not
let the Senator. who does not believe
In suffrage for women. into that con-