The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent., 1920-07-09
WOMEN CHUCK
SOCIAL FR|LLS
SERIOUS SIDE or DEMOCRATIC
CONVENTION WILL De TAKEN
UP eY sUFFRAcETEs
WANT AMENDMENT RATIFIED
Woman's Party Chiefly Concerned
With Securing Favorable Vote on
Constitutional Change BY the
Tennessee Legislature

+ San Francisco. June oS.-More
practical politics is the determination
| o: the 300 or more women who today
will enter actively into the work of
| the Democratic national convention
From every camp ye>terday-Suffra-
cistS, anti-SuftragiSt>. party women
and all-came the declaration that
heretofore women possibly have cater.
| ed too much To the social side of con-
ventions. If they are to impress men
as constructive political workers, II
was declared they must work as men
,lo-day and night. if necessary. Hence,
| the work program of all forces. as the
| lolitical registers are full and the so
cial engagement books are almost a
| blank.
And the acid test Of willingness to
| perform convention work. perhaps
| women leaders have arranged to hold
| II breakfast conference for 12I men and
women leaders every morning. begin
ming today. These breakfasts will I've
| served from $ until - o'clock. and
practically all of the leaders have
agreed to attend them and speak. re.
gardless Of previous all-night con.
ferenceS or other fatiguing lahors. One
man and one woman will speak at each
breakfast.
Dinners also are being arranged. In
spirit Of democracy it has been ar
ranged that each guest will he per.
mitted to pay for his or her meal
These conferences will he party af-
fairs neither suffragiSt or anti-Suffra-
giSt delegations having anything to do
with them.
The spirit Of conservative effort also
possesses the militant suffragists.
headed by Mrs. Abby Scott Baker. of
Washington. II. c. Unless Mrs. Baker
changes her plans today when her as.
SiStantS. Mrs. Lawrence Lewis and
Miss Betty Graham. arrive. the conven.
tion will see nothing of the familiar
purple and gold banners that so long
| have been exhibited wherever Suffr;i.
giStS gathered The women. aided by a
large force of California suffragi~ts.
| will call on the Tennessee delegation
later in the week and tell it of their
hope for a special session of the Ten
neSSee legislature to pass on ratifica-
tion Of the suffrage amendment
Mrs. Baker said Yesterday that the
national woman'S party was concerned
chiefly with having Tennessee rarify
the suffrage amendment. and that any
-. ,,T. IN, Ga,
was regarded rs incidental. She has
prepared plank for the platform as
| follows:
"The Democratic party endorses the
proposed amendment to the United
states constitution entranchSing
women. and calls upon all the Demo-
| cratic governors of states which have
not ratified the amendment immedi-
ately to convene their legislatures
| so that they may act upon the amend.
ment. and urges all Democratic mem
| hers of such legislatures Immediately
| TO vote for the amendment TO the end
| that ratification may he speedily com
| pleted and women permitted nationally
| to share in the 1920 elections
Mrs Baker also announced that
| despite the declaration Of Governor
| Roberts of Tennessee that i, would
give him pleasure to call a special Ses.
| sion of the legislature 10 consider the
amendment. her organization would
| continue to urge him personally tn
| take immediate action. Miss Sue
White of the Washington headquar-
| tiers. will leave for Nashville soon 10
| camp III the capitol until the governor
| takes some action.
4 total of :uS women are eligible To
| sit in the Democratic conventions hut
| il is doubtful if more than 100 ever will
he seated at one time. The delegates
are divided: DelegateSar-lnrge, ~ T.:
alternatives. 30: district delegates. t3 ;
| district alternatives, l6l.