Great Falls daily tribune., 1920-06-28
Workers at San Francis
CO Turn to Working at
Practical Politics, and
Pass Up Society.
Breakfasts and Dinners
at Which Prominent
Leaders Will Speak Ar
ranged for All Week.

San Francisco. June 27-More prac-
tical politics is the determination Of
the three hundred or more women who
will enter actively into the work Of
the Democratic national convention.
From every suffragists. anti
5uffragists, party women and all
comes the declaration that heretofore
women possibly have catered too much
to the social side of conventions. If
they are to impress men as constructive
political workers, it was declared they
must work as men do-day and night,
if necessary. Hence the work program
of all forces. and the social engage
ment books are almost blank.
As an acid test of willingness to per-
form convention work, perhaps. won en-
leaders have arranged to hold break
fast conference for 125 men and wo-
men leaders every morning.
Hold Breakfast Confabs.
The breakfast will be served from S
until 10 o'clock and practically all of
the leaders have agreed to attend them
and speak, regardless of previous all
night conferences or other fatiguing
labors One man and one woman will
speak at each breakfast.
Dinners also are being arranged. In
a spirit of democracy it has been ar
: ranged that each guest shall be permit
ted to pay for his or her meal. These
conferences will be party affairs. neith
er suffragist nor anti-suffragist delega-
tions having anything to do with them.
The spirit of conservative effort also
possesses the militant suffragists. head
ed by Mrs. Abby Scott Baker of Wash
ington, d. c. Unless Mrs. Baker changes
her plans when her assistants, Mrs.
Lawrence Lewis and Miss Betty Gra-
ham. arrive. the convention will see
nothing Of the familiar purple and gold
banners that so long have been ex-
bbited wherever suffragists have gath
cred.
Want Tennessee to Act.
The women, aided by a large force
of California suffragists, will call on
the Tennessee delegation later in the
week, and tell it of their hope for a
special session of the Tennessee legis-
lature TO pass on ratification of the
suffrage amendment
Mrs. Baker said that the National
Woman's party was concerned chiefly
with having Tennessee ratify the suf-
frage amendment and that any mention
of suffrage in the platform was regard
ed as incidental. She has prepared a
plank for the platform as follows:
'"The Democrat party endorses the
IlopDScu dultIi tHL " tHt tulttu
States constitution enfranchising women
and calls upon all the Democratic gov
ernors of states which have not rati-
fled the amendment Immediately to
convene their legislatures so that they
may act upon the amendment, and urges
all Democratic members of such legis-
latures Immediately to vote for the
amendment. to the end that ratification
may be speedily completed and women
permitted nationally to share in the
1920 elections"
Many Women Delegates.
Mrs. Baker also announced that de-
spite the declaration of Governor Rob
erts of Tennessee that it would give
him pleasure to call a special session
of the legislature to consider the amend
ment her organization would continue
to urge him personally to take imme-
diate action. Miss Sue White of the
Washington headquarters will leave for
Nashville soon to camp at the capitol
until the governor takes some action.
A total of sos women are eligible to
sit in the Democratic convention but
1t is doubtful if more than 100 ever will
be seated at one time. The delegates
are divided: Delegates at large, IL; al
ternates. 80: district delegates. &c. dis
trict alternates. 165. There are few
cases Of husband and wife attending
as delegates. Fifteen women are mem
bers of the executive committee.