New-York tribune., 1920-02-26
Murphy Bars
Delegate. of
Party Women
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ucally all the upstate anti-Tammany
strength when it was seen that there
was determination on the part Of the
powers that be to put Miss Marburv
across Miss Colbert organized the
local Women's Democratic League and
was q candidate for Assembly last fall.
being beaten by narrow margin.
The machine was working we'll and
Il ran as smoothly and with as much
precision as in the old days. A small
faction which tried to promote the
candidacy of Herbert Hoover for Presi-
dent soon found this out.
And several other minorities soon
found out that it did not pay to oppose
the machine. SO many small groups
learned this that toward evening the
convention almost broke up in a row
when several of the delegates openly
charged Mrs. Crosby with using the
steam-roller.
So great was the turmoil which fol-
loved that Mrs. Crosby, who presided
threatened to appoint a sergeant-at
arms to remove the disturbers if order
was not restored.
The trouble started over the refusal
Of Mrs. Crosby to permit the reading
of several resolutions offered by dele.
gates. These apparently were not to
the liking of Mrs. Crosby, and when
Miss Margaret Vale, of New York Citv
founder of the Women Democrats of
America, demanded that her resolution
indorsing Governor Smith and calling
for q national referendum on prohibi-
tion be read, Mrs. Crosby said:
ut is too late"
Steam Roller" Cry Raised
Instantly there were cries of "steam
roller"
Miss Vale, a tall, dark-eyed, hand
some woman in flowing black gown.
cried out:
There should be no sitting of opin-
ion. People should be allowed a voice
in political assemblies"
From another corner delegate arose
and said she also had submitted res
olution which she demanded should be
read and acted upon.
Again Mrs. Crosby ruled that no res
olutionss not already acted upon would
be considered There were cries of pro-
test from all parts of the room.
Mrs. Crosby persisted in her refusal
and when the protests continued she
announced
IF order is not restored l shall ap-
point q ergeant-at-arms."
Order, or semblance of it, was re-
Tor
nominations for candidates as men,
bers of the big four. She said that
only SIX nominations were so made.
They were:
Mrs Crosby and Miss Clarice M. Ba-
right. of New York; Miss Colbert, Of
Albany; Miss Harriet May Mills. of
Syracuse; Miss Louise Tucker, of White
Plains, and Miss Marbury, of New
York
Seven More Names Submitted
After the nominations were closed
seven names Of candidates were read,
:he seventh being that of Mrs Mary
NOISE, of Buffalo.
Another action of the machine in
charge of the convention which called
forth another charge of sharp prac-
in entertaining the nomination of Miss
Mills. although the latter announced
publicly that she would not be a can
dldate and her representative so de-
clared on the floor.
The convention was then adjourned
to permit the counting of the ballots.
The meeting began formally at 3
o'clock after q luncheon in honor of
Mrs. Crosby and Mrs. Alfred E. Smith.
been an executive committee meeting
behind closed doors, where an attempt
was made to arrange the differences
among the various groups who were
supporting the various candidates for
election to the "big four
The Tammany organization women
were for Miss Marbury. The anti
Tammany women, led by Miss Vale,
charged that Miss Marbury had been
an an ianmti-sut.raglst, III a charge later de-
med n telegram to the convention
York.
Miss Marbury Answers Miss Vale
Miss Marbury in her telegram, which
was read TO the convention, said that
Miss Wales remarks as printed in The
Tribune to-day were not in accord with
the facts
~ want to reply to that" said Miss
Vale.
Mrs. Crosby ruled her out of order
turning to the press table Miss Vale
said:
all said in The Tribune I stand
by i do not retract a word Miss Mar
bury openly ridculed suffrage and used
her influence against it,"
At the luncheon the first slap at
Herbert Hoover was delivered by Mrs.
C1csby in answering the declaration
made by Mrs j ohm Gavitt, of this city,
VINO said that if the Democratic women n
wanted Hoover they must work for
him.
Mr.. Hoover" said Mrs Crosby, "has
Hooverized everything but the Demo
cratic party, and we don't want him to
dooverize that"
This was greeted with laughter and
applause.
Hoover Raped in Convention
Later, in the convention, when she
spoke of the task which would be be-
fore the New York delegation at San
francisco, Mrs. Crosby took another
zap at Hoover, saying:
We're going to nominate the best
man we can find for President, and we
cont have to go outside the Demo
cratic party to find him"
The resolutions adopted by the con-
vention indorsed President Wilson's
Administration and directed the secre-
'ary to draft letter to the President
applauding his national and interna-
sional policies and urging him to use
MIS- good Offices for an early settlement
OF the peace treaty. The resolutions
eeordemned "the wilful men in the
United States Senate who oppose the
treaty" indorsed Governor Smiths ad-
mnistration and urged his renomina-
ton for Governor. The resolutions
also called for equal representation of
women in all political organizations in
the party. They condemned Senator
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