Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-10-13
DEMOCRATS BEGIN
SELECTION Of NEW
CITY COMMIT TEE
First Members to be Chosen at
a Meeting in the Tenth
Ward Tonight.
CHAIRMAN MONEYS
REELECTION PROBABLE
Entire New Plan of Party Man.
agement. With Every Pre-
cinct Represented.
WOMEN ARE INTERESTED

with the selection of City Committe,
members, at a meeting tonight in No
10 public school, at Third and Har.
rison streets, the Democrats of tn,
Tenth ward Will take the first actua
material step toward making erreo.
tive new plan Of party govern.
ment in Wilmington. Other wards vii
add their quota at meetings which
under the party rules. must
all be held before October "a
This new plan contemplates two mem.
bers of 1.-The City Committee-one mar
and ole woman--from each OF the 12F
election districts i'm the city. making
total committee membership OF $50
The new committee is 10 be formed
under amended rules, which were
adopted at a meeting held on June l6
1921.
Prior to last year the City Com
mittee comprised Sc members. three
from each ward. After women becam.
voters the size OF the committee was
'uoubled. making the total membership
q, which was six-three women a..
three men-from each ward. Under the
old pl..n II was found impossible 10
have perfect organization. Remote sec
tions of some OF the wards were ne
elected. In order to cure this defect
the rules were amended at the .Tune
meeting 80 as TO provide for the cleo
tfon OF one man and one woman from
eaeh election district. This accomplish
ed two objects. One made Il possible to
get away from ward lines in the matter
% party organization and another re-
duced the responsibility OF each mem-
her. so far as territory was concern
ed. from an entire ward--for the six
members from each ward were held
collectively responsible for the whole
ward-whereas under the new system
each district epresentation-o. man
and one woman--is held accountable
for the party work in their particular
precinct.
The new plan is the result Of dill
gent study of conditions and a
careful observa ton by members OF tho
present City Committee. under the di-
rection of Timothy J. Mooney. the
chairman. Mr.. Mooney and his CO.
workers, from their experience. had
long realized the defects in the old
TNN--s @aeA> "a NAiAAiSs WHICH
system. hence the change .twhich they
believed to be the My practical So
luton OF the problem. Chairman
Mooney is 2 firm believer in the bene-
ncial results that win attend it's op-
Grafton. He is anxious, therefore. that
all members OF the party in Whining
as well as men-give n
their whole hearted support. He feels
that such a committee as is proposed
will NOR, fully represent the voters
than was possible before and that II
will be more democratic. Its acts he
feels, viii more fully represent expres-
sion OF party will than would the acts
Of a smaller and less representative
Want Mooney Reelected.
As Mr.. Mooney is thoroughly con-
with the new plan it seems
10 be the opinion of many prominent
Democrats that he should be re-elect-
I'd chairman of the new City Com
mittee, when it meets for organiza-
ton early next month. It is. therefore
lutte probable, according TO a Tenth
ward Democrat, that at the meeting
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