Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1922-07-26
WOMAN CANDIDATE
INSPIRATION TO NATION
Says Democratic Chairman In
Reply to Republican Senator's
Implied Criticism
Especial Correspondence


Washington, July 22-CallinG
upon the women of America to
resent the published statement o
Senator Mccormick. chairman o
the Republican Senatorial Cam
paign Committee, implying thai
they are not fit to hold import.
ant Offices, Cdrdell Hull, chairman
of the Democratic National Com
mittee, today issued statement
in which he declared that Mrs
Oleson, democratic nominee for
the United States Senate III
Minnesota. at whom Senator
McCormick's criticism was aimed
was a NATIONAL asset and hre can
didacy an inspiration to the wo-
men Of America. The statement
in fltll follows:
"The recent published state
ment by Senator Medill McCor-
mick, chairman of the Republican
Senatorial Campaign Committee,
in which he said, Persons might
vote for woman for superinten-
dent of schools or for the town
council or other little jobs like
that. but when ii comes to the
Senate Of the United States they
simply will not do it. and that he
did not believe women will vote
Tor Mrs. Oieson. the democratic
candidate for United States Sena-
tor from Minnesota, should not
90 unchalIenged by the women of
America.
The Democratic National Com
mittee resents this slur upon the
capacity OF women to hold i'm
portant offices. such as United
States Senator or Congressman,
which, in this instance, is aimed
at the democratic nominee for
Senator in the progressive state
Of Minnesota.
"The democratic party believes,
in the selection Of the most COM
petent, capable and suitable per-!
sons to office regardless of sex.
Whenever it finds these qualities
in any persdn. man or woman,
the democratic party favors the
selection and election OF such per-
sons. The case of Mrs. Olesoni
prominently meets this require
ment OF the democratic party.
The republican party through one
OF its chief spokesman openly re-
pudiates this policy and this test,
and makes an unjust discrimina-
ton against women however fit
and capable they ma y be.
The democratic party and thei
Democratic National Committee
recognize the absolute equality of
women with men in political af-
fairs. They recogni re the right |
of women to an equal participa-
ton in the party organization
and the conduct Of campaigns,
and as evidence of this the demo-
cratic National Committee is
made up equally of men and wo-
men. and this policy is extended
TO the minor organizations of the
party where and when possible |
"The Republican National Com
mittee- has never recognized the
right of women to be members of
that body and to take equal part
in the conduct Of its affairs. The
chairman of the Republican Sen
atorial Campaign Co mittee now
denies i'll effect the right of wo-l
men to hold any important office,
regardless Of qualification, inn
plying that they all lack capacity1
and are therefore unfit.
The necessary inference oil
Chairman McCorniick's sstate-i
ment is that women have no place
and no business in Il be republican
party as at present constituted.
Women are naturally democratic
and progressive, and the republi-
can party, as now organized andl
controlled, is plutocratic and re-
dictionary, and is opposed to al
most everything i'll morals and in
economics which the women of
favor. !
Aside from being reflection
on women in general, Chairman
McCormick's interview is a re-.
Election on and a reputation of
the women of his party who have
in election to the Con-
eress of the United States-Miss
of Montana, and the sit
ting Congresswomen, Miss Rob-
of Oklalotna-and a no.
tice that they must not again as
pire to this high office.
THE democratic party consid-,
ers itself honored and fortunate
in having for its nominee for
United States Senator in Mime
sofa q woman of such great abili-
ty, of the demonstrated capacity,
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