New-York tribune., 1920-01-11
Republican State
Convention Date
Fixed for Feb. 10
Committee at Meeting Here
Decides to Hold Two-Day
Session in Carnegie Hall ;
Women Well Represented

The Republican State Committee
at its meeting yesterday at the
National Republican Club did the ex-
pected thing in deciding on February
l9 and 20 and Carnegie Hall as the
time and place for the state convention
at which the delegates at-large and
the MISUNDERSTANDING for the Chicago
convention will be named
All of the Assembly districts were
represented when Chairman Glynn
called the meeting to order. Leaders
who, on account of long service, have
become familiar figures were on hand
yesterday. Among others were William
L. Ward, of Westchester; Fred
Greiner. of Buffalo; congressman
Mott, of Oswego, and Snyder, of Herki-
mer; Speaker Sweet, Senator j. Henry
Walters, Ex Congressman Lucius n.
Llttauer, Ex-senator Jotham P. Aids,
Ex-senator Odgen L. Mills, Samuel S,
koenig, Jacob Livingston and Richard
W. Lawrence, leaders, respectively, in
New York, Brooklyn and the Bronx;
Senator Henry M. Sage, of Albany;
Mayor James X. O'Connor of Utica; f
j. H. Kracke and Alfred E. Vass, of
Brooklyn.
Among the women present as COM
mlttee members or holding proxies
were Mrs. Arthur L. Livermore, chair
man of the executive committee of the
women's division of the state commit
tee; Miss frankie Merson. of Yates
County,; Miss Florence W. Newbold. OF
the Bronx; Mrs. Catharine Bartoo and
Miss Florence Cafferty. of Bingham
ton; Mrs. Ruth Lift, Of Nassau; Miss
Wardwefl, of Oswego; Mrs. Rieger, OF
Chautauqua, and Miss Helen Var.ck
Boswell. of New York.
A letter was read from Chairman
Will H. Hays of the national commit
tee with reference to the financing OF
the Presidential campaign, and it was
announced that Ex-senator William j
Tully would elucidate the plan to the
county chairmen, which he did in ex-
ecutive session after the state com
mittee adjouTned.
Mrs. Livermore in brief address
told the state committee that its most
fruitful field of. service was in helping
TO organize the half-mil!ion politically
~ ized women voters Of shn stare
The women are partyshy," she said
They are in the same attitude as
the horses used to be when we would
go to the pasture and try to get the
halter around their necks by taking
with US an empty grain measure as a
blind The half-uii ION y .errol I'd
ne grain box You ara holding ous to
see if there is any grain in it, The
net gain in the Republican woman
vote in the last elections was 10O,0 900
and it was not enough.
1--WE want it distinctly understood
that the women do not wish to dis
place the men. The best plan is for
double representation Thirty coun-
ties have changed their organization
rules so as to provide for TIE double
representation in their county organi-
zation, and the sooner the remainder
fail into line the better Chairman
Hays of the national committee has
assured US that we are to come into
the party as full-hedged working mem
bers."
At the meeting for county chairmen
addressed by ex-senator William J.
Tully, brief addresses also were made
by Mrs. Cortland Barnes, connected
with the Republican Natl nal Commit
tee. and Major Harrison K. Bird. treas
urer of the Republican State Com
mittee,