New-York tribune., 1920-09-07

the Harding and Coolidge clubs, says
the Republican women will give an ex-
cellent account of themselves next Mon
day and in the November election.
1--WE had women's rally last Thurs
day, attended by 75o enrolled work
correspondent to-day. "The woman
voters registration now is about 25,-
900 for the state, with a prospect that
the total will reach $4,000. In some
localities it is uphill work, on account
Of the Indifference Of the women, but
so far as l can learn, while we are
overcoming obstacles, the Democrats
are not trying to do much Of anything.
They see INTO be trusting to luck.
duced to register w@fe, until the rati-
fication of the Nipateenth Amendment,
pronounced ants. Now they are say
ing that it is their patriotic duty to
register and vote, and they are taking
an active share in the work. We shall
have schools Of instruction for women
voters going Thursday and Friday. Our
Democratic women friends have scarce
ly got started. They had rally last
week here in Portland, attended by
eighteen women. .
every town in the county of Cum
berland is organized by the women.
There are twenty-seven voting pre-
cincts In the city Of Portland and
twenty-six towns in the county Of Cum
berland, and we are organized and have
held meetings in nearly every one of
them. In addition to our work. the
men are sending letter to every Re-
publican, asking him to be committee
of one to see to it that the women
Of his household are registered for the
election next Monday. In spite of all
nfS nVf6 rq1e
large in the state, will not be what
IL should be. However, If the woman
voter registration turns out light and
somewhat disappointing to the Repub-
licans, who have put in a lot of hard
and efficient work, what will it mean
to the Democrats, who have done little
or nothing to get the women regis
tered?"
Claims 30 Per Cent of Women
P. H. Philip, the Republican leader
Of Westbrook, Cumberland County,
told The Tribune correspondent to-day
that Of the 300 women registered in
his town, 80 per cent by actual count
are Republicans.
In Dixfeld, Oxford County, of the
258 women attending women's non
partisan rally, 256 enrolled as Rcpub-
licans, one enrolled as Democrat, and
one said she did not know what she was
politically.
At a Republican political rally in
Sscarsborougn, Cumberland County, on
Thursday night, one woman worker
was brought to the meeting by her
Democratic husband, member of the
Democratic town committee. She re-
marked to her friends that when she
married she did not promise to let her
husband dictate her religion or poll
tics.
The Republican women are happy
over the fact that the oldest woman
voter in Portland, Mrs. Ann A. Hobart,
nnlnety-onc years old, is a Republican.
She is the widow of Methodist
clergyman and the mother of Mrs.
Lucy Hobart Day, prominent in suf-
1rage and social circles in Portland.
Another active worker is Mrs. Fred
erlck Hale sr., whose husband was a
United States Senator; whose father,
tho late Zachariah Chandler, of Michi-
gan, was United States Senator, and
whose son, Frederick Hale, is the pres
ent Senator from this state.
Tho organization state wide of Har-
ding and Coolidge clubs, Republican
cubs, Parkhurst for Governor clubs,
and, in short, all kinds of concentrated.
efficient organized effort has insured
in large measure the registering and
voting of nearly every Republican in
Maine. These clubs are of great as
sistance to the towns and county COM
mlttees, working as they do in CO.
operation with them.
Torchlight parades Of uniformed
marching members create an enthusi-
asm which brings to mind the cam
paigns of the past. Women and men
singing the Harding and Coolidge cam
paign songs to the old familiar tunes
put pep into the campaign. A fife and
drum corps, with ''The Spirit of '76" at
the head, followed by 500 torchlights
and Republican women carrying small
American flags, will be one of the
features of the rally here on Wednes-
day, at which Governor Coolidge and