The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1920-01-02
WOMEN TO FORE
ON JACKSON DAY
Mrs. Peter Olesen to Sound
Keynote for New Voters
AT Democratic Banquet.
CLARK MAY ANNOUNCE
Former Speakers Friends
Expected to Start Boom
For Presidency.


| tandard bearer OF the Democratic
,arty in 1870 probably wiz be dis
losed to the world at or directly after
ne Jackson Day dinner. January s.
Like others. the former Speaker is
Withholding official announcement Of
lis candidacy until 1t Is definitely es-
ablished that President Wilson will
lot seek another term. but political
managers of the Missouri candidate
aid yesterday the haze of uncertainty
would be lifted after the Democratic
4. Dow-wow
Coincident with the news that the
Clark boom would be uncovered for in
pectton came the announcement that
woman for the first time will have
} place at the banquet board and
Foman will be numbered among the
Dost-prandial speakers.
soratress' From Minnesota
Mrs. Peter Olesen. associate Demo-
cratic national committeewoman for
Minnesota. is the choice OF the women
for this honor. and since she has al
ready acquired a reputation as a bril-
liant orator something notable in the
way of forensic effort is anticipated.
There will be forty-eight women in
yited to sit with the diners represent
ing the full membership of the aux
Hilary to the Democratic national COM
mittee- Not all eligible will find 1t
convenient to attend, but a represent
alive number have already engaged
ur~r'erS at the ShoTeham, which will
be headquarters for the women. Some
nave. the dfaffprfion Of aaaf af
the table while their husbands watch
and hear from the spectators gallery.
as the limit of 500 seats has already
been assigned
The women are expected to play a
most important part in the next ma
tional election and upon their activity
in New York may center the result of
the senatorial contest there. They will
be striving against Senator James A.
Wadsworth. unyielding foe of suf-
ha2e. Who may find formidable OPP
position from among the women of
the G. o. P.
National Leaders Step In.
Although the Jackson Club Of WASH
ington, under whose auspices the
Sinner is to be given, is the oldest
political organization in the United
easion from the standpoint of poll
tics has resulted in the major de-
tails being usurped by the national
committed.
National Committeeman John Cos
tello, of the District, is the titular
head of the committee on arrange
ments, but Homer Cummings, chair
man of the national committee, Is
Supervising the details
He, it Is understood. already has
received a letter from President
Wilson giving definitely his views
on the issue of a third term.
The tentative list of speakers
numbered twenty. but this had been
pruned down yesterday to thirteen,
and the addition of Mrs. OIesen re-
moved the hoodoo aspect
All the gossip among those fit
ting in and out Of Democratic head
quarters and leaders already on the
scene is predicated upon a belief
that President Wilson will not run
again
Clark EathusIasts Active,
The more enthusiastic supporters Of
Champ Clark have already opened
headquarters in New York and New
England, but this action. it Is asserted
by those close to the former Speaker.
was voluntary and without AUTHORIZE
ton.
Another interesting DEVELOPMENT
was the news, confirmed bv a member
OF the Tammany delegation in the
House Of Representatives, that the
1uh strength Of the Murphy organiza-
ton in the fight for the nomination
Will be behind former Ambassador
James w. Gerard. Such intimation
caused no glee in the Clark camp.
whose aspirations have been built
upon lineup similar to that of 1872
when the ninety votes of New York
were cast solidly under the unit rule
for the Missouri candidate until the
break came in the convention.
Gerard Is an out-and-out Tammany
man, but displayed no remarkable
Note-Setting qualities in the Empire
State when he ran for the United
States Senate against Senator wads-
worth Tammany, It is understood.
will under no condition fight under
the same banner with William r.
Hearst, and there are indications that
the publishers fervor for Clark has
not cooled. In any event, neither
Tammany nor Hearst has any desire
10 support in the pre-conventfon fight
candidate with the Wilson label
and bequeathed the Presidents sup
porters.
Won't BE Ewash Day.
Those presumably well informed
looked for no airing of Democratic
differences at the dinner nor any
formal launching OF new Presiden.
tlal booms- Harmony will prevail
throughout, but important develop
ments VIII come with or follow the
banquet Palmer Democrats have
taken nifty Of the 500 seats and plan
to start demonstration in favor of
the Attorney General.
Those who imagine the Democrats
sense a tight against heavy odds in
1920 will suffer disappointment for
nothing but optimism prevails.
Committeeman DR.. John W. Cough
lin, OF Massachusetts,, voices the
general Democratic opinion PREVAIL
ing in this statement:
The Republicans indeed are the
ones to be gloomy. The progressive
element in that party has not sue
cumbed, but unfortunately for IL tn.
reacttonary group Is in the saddle
and they are bound to be blind 10
public opinion. They will, in INV
opinion, nominate a candidate who
will widen rather than span the
existing breach. Under the circum-