Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1921-08-24
OF C. 0. P.
WOMEN NAME OFFICERS
County Organization Addressed
Tuesday BY Miss Thurston
And Miss Beveridge
MRS. M. OGLE, CHAIRMAN

Now that nearly sixty years strug-
gle has eliminated in mans recogni-
| tior of woman's right to choose her
own will in government, and that
! libert and equality in politics have
at last become recognized facts-even
in regard to woman--woman finds her
self the wielder of an unfamiliar and
little understood thing the ballot.
said Miss Adelaide Thurston in a stir
! ring address delivered to the Repub-
1 lican women of Annapolis and the
| county at the meeting of Republican
women held yesterday in the Court
! House
| Miss Thurston then proceeded in a
most effective and interesting manner
TO explain just why woman should be
! interested in politics and why she
should regard the ballot as an instru-
ment 10 help mold the government
along better and more constructive
I lines. Man, said Miss Thruston is more
| interested in putting things straight.
woman in preventing their ever get
! ting crooked. 1t is this difference in
view that should make the feminine
and masculine elements of a party
helpful TO each other. But Miss
Thurston warned women that. the ex-
/ tension of civil rights to women would
| prove a blessing only if they accepted
the responsibilities. as well as the
/ privileges OF the ballot. She re-
minded them that there are 7500.0 900
women voters who are going to add
to, or subtract FROM the civic intel
| ligence She reminded them that it
would not do for the women citizens
| to sit on the porch saying Amt it
great while all the grafters and
crooks and politicians got busy
| 1t is pity that so many town and
! county women who look askance upon
the ballot could not have heard Miss
Thurstons enlightening speech as to
why the women should employ this
unfamiliar tool now placed in their
hands. She urged them to seek en-
! lightenment in politics. TO study the
subject deeply and well, and then to
/ vote earnestly and with the very best
| judgment possible for them to exer-
else.
Following Miss Thurston's excel
| lent address, Miss Edna Annette
Bevcridge. special representative OF
the Republican National Executive
/ Committee. who organized the Fed
Arundel county few weeks ago,
spoke forcefully and earnestly of the
necessity for an organization among
| the Republican women of the town
and county similar 10 the organization
among the men, She reminded the
men present that this organization
would cooperate with theirs and
would offer advice to. as well as ac-
cept advice from. their organization
Officers Are Appointed
Following Miss Beveridges address.
the following town and county officers
of the Federation of Republican Wo-
men of Anne Arundel county were
appointed:
Mrs. Maurice Ogle. chairman; Mrs
Ralph f. Root. treasurer Mrs. Barton
L. Keen. secretary: Mrs. J. B. Rip
! pere. chairman of organization; Mrs.
| Clements. chairman of education;
Z Mrs Heiner, yice-chairman of First
4 Ward; Mrs. Anna Brown Kenching-
4 ton, yice-chairman of Second Ward !;
Mrs Joseph S. Bigelow. Jr. vice
chairman of South River district;
Mrs Samuel. yice-chairman of Sew
erna Park district; Mrs. L. d. Bald
win. vice-chairman of Odenton dis
trict; Mrs David Collinson. vice
cl,Sirman OF Mayo district; Miss Daw-
son. vice-chairman of Churchton dis
trict
One noticeable aspect of yesterdays
meeting was the interest displayed in
the womens organization by the men
OF their party. there being almost as
many men as women present. There
= were also a number OF colored people
present at the meeting, although they
are not members of the white wo-
mems organization but have separ-
ate organization of their own
FOUR SCORE YEARS OLD,