Evening star., 1921-07-22
WOMEN T0ASS|ST
IN RUNNING PARTY
Maryland Democrats Decide
= :. to Enlarge Central
Committee.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

| Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE, July 22.-Without
| dissenting vote the democratic state
central committee, in session here this
| week, voted to increase the member
ship of the committee from three to
six in each county and legislative dis
| trict in order to give representation
\ to the woman voters on the govern
ing body Of the party.
| The resolution providing for the In
| crease was introduced by former Con-
| gressman Carville D. Benson, who ex-
planned its object. DR.. Lillian Welch.
one of the many women who had been
| invited to attend the meeting. ques-
toned the wisdom of making the com.
mittee in each district so large, and
| suggested that the resolution be
changed so as to provide for a smaller
| committee, with one woman mem Der
| from each county or district. but Mr.
\ Benson explained why this was not
practical. and the resolution was
! adopted as proposed.
| DR.. Wade Opens Meeting.
| DR.. J. Hubert Wade. chairman of the
| committee. opened the meeting with
| short address, in which he said the
| body had been called together to au-
thorize conference with the chair
man of the republican state central
| committee for the purpose of chang
! ing the date of the September pri-
mary. which this year falls upon Sep
| tember 12. a legal holiday. He made
! slight reference to the women as
voters. and suggested that they be
given voice in the party affairs
After this explanation DR.. Wade sug-
| geSted the changes which take care
| of the ladies'"
| ]. Enos Ray of Prince Georges
county. cleared the way for the real
business of the meeting by offering a
motion empowering DR.. Wade to con-
fer with Galen TAFT. the republican
in the date of the primary. and DR..
Wade said the date would be either
| September or 13.
J Authority to Enlarge.
Another resolution gave the chair:
man authority to enlarge the execu-
tive committee or make other neces-
sary appointments for the coming
was attended by the leading members
| of the party in the state. including
Gov. Ritchie. Controller e. Brooks
Lee. former Senator John Walter
Smith and the leaders of both the
Mahon and Kelly factions Of the city
democrats. This was the first time
that John Mahon and Frank Kelly
/ had attended a meeting OF the party
| together for years. and members OF
| the committee looked upon it as a
good omen for party success this fall,
| when a new state controller and a
| legislature are to be elected. Gov.
| Ritchie made a stirring address. In
! which he called upon members OF the
party to forget their differences and
| work for the party candidates at the
election this fall.
| Among those present were many men
iwho are candidates. tentative or
otherwise, for the legislature or for
places on their county tickets. All
seemed to be hopeful that this year
would prove far better for democrats
than two years ago, when the party
candidate for governor got through oy
la mere handful
| Especially were eastern shoremen
prone to talk Of what their section
did in the presidential election last
wear and to point to their community
as the place to find democratic mar
mony.