The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-02-13

real campaign began with the Sc
Iocuon OF delegates 20 go to the ma
uunal convention. the average wo-
man did not realize that there was
anything for her to do before the
fall election. ] cannot tell YOU how
many of them Slid that they would
wait until fail before making up
their minds as jo whom they would
support, meaning the candidates iu
their own party. Tho general mas.
Of women talked more or less among
themselves about their choice Of
presidential candidate, but had no
idea ut any means whereby they
could mako their preference count.
During the Chicago convention we
read the bulletins eagerly while we
awaited the decision OF "a group of
men called national delegates.
Choosing Candidates.
Theoretically thCy represented
the people of their respective statce.
but the women had no voice in their
selection. Tor that matter neither
did many Of the mon. They were
elected in congressional district con-
ventions bv delegates scnt from
county conventions one was held
i'm your district. pa YOU attend
or did YOU go TO your county con-
vcntun? Probably not unless YOU
were a delegate. At any rate only
delegates had vote in these CON
Vcnuuus. The delegates TO the
county conventions were chosen In
precinct caucuscS.
Now We arc at the origin Of
things. AZ the very door OF your
own home, or at the most n few
L.. . . Il. -
caucus Is usually held in your ward
schoolhousc. Right there is the
place where every one of you had a
chance To help select your presi-
dental candidate. Because II you
were present YOU could vote for
county delegates who would be in
s,ructcd for your favurite. They
would go TO district convention
ana vote as instructed for delegates
to the national convention where
the nomination for presidential can
didate is finally made. beginning
at the bottom there arc the pre-
cinCts, the bricks of which the whole
political structure is made. VINO
controls the precincts carries tho
election. You can see that this
must be so for precincts make up
n county just as counties make a
state. ! cannot impress upon you
too strongly the necessity of going
to your precinct Caucuscs and to
the primaries. too.
Only Few Control.
Now TO give those of you who
have not been through the mill. an
idea OF how this selection of dele
gates works in actual practice,
shall give you brief outline Of
xxh huF hl nt.nnnI In al 4,.tr 10 ol
spring. In the cities the precinct
cauCuses were advertised in the daily
papers to be held February 2. at
1880 p. m. in the usual voting places.
In the country the meetings were
held at $3.50 y. m. Not moro than
10 per cent OF the voters attended
tho prencinct cnucuses in Tulsa when
the delegates To the county Conven-
tion were chosen. At the county
convention there were two factions
and nearly half of the delegates. be-
ing on the losing side, were barred
from tho selection of delegates to
the district convention so that tho
latter really represented little
more than half OF 10 per cent of all
the voters. Again n majority, not
all, of this ) per cent elected the two
delegates to the national convention
to which each district Is entitled
Therefore, not more than 3 per cent
OF all the total number of voters had
any voice in tho choice of president.
ial nominee. In my humble opinion
right here IL a cause of future party
weakness. ] dc not know about the
men but I am absolutely sure that
lot Of the women are going TO lose
interest If they are railroaded like
that. However, such a state of az
fairs is largely our own fault; be-
cause you see il all OF us had gone
10 the precinct caucuses that little
handful OF political bosses would no,
have had everything their own way
SO much for what has been,
Now for the future. There will
be- no moro Caucuses this year. The
next ono will be held next February
at which time new HCity precinct
/ committeeman and women will be
elected. Those for the county will
hold over until 1924 and az the same
| person more often than not serves
in both capacities this election viii
be q nero form. Go just the same
/ because if you do not like the kind
Of men who directed your last city
l campaign here IL your chance 20
make change, In the meanwhile
| the ladies must learn the rules by
which the political game Is played
/ You can never win in any game I'M
/ lcss you know the rules. However
whether YOU know much or little
make II your religious duty 20 go "a
the precinct meetings and the pri'
marlcs
Start at the Beginning
, This brings mo to tho second part