The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-09-03
GAVEl OF G. 0.P.
TO BE PRESERVED
"MalIet" N'ielded by Miss
Alice at q. c. Goes to
HISTORICAL Society
WOMEN HAD BIG PART
Shared UNaIly in Convention
Responsibilities With Men
of Positicnl standing

A raycb " she latest addition 90
the colleor1n CT the Oklahoma His
toricnl sooJ,sy a. the result OF the
republican ItauD convention held I'm
oklahoma G.N lAt Monday This
Ravri was NyirIdcd by Hon. Miss Alice
Robertson . Muakogce os chair
man ot tho E1sc convention and wns
the first 20 bc employed by any
American, T5iudn 80 "a state political
cuuvcutIon'' Tho Eavcl was presented
20 tho OtIhuoma Historical society
by Mrs C.nrgu NJ. click uf Okla
homa city, an active republican
worker. Whp purchased 10 for the
occasion.
Knows, .How Co Use one
While on the subject OF the gavol.
10 is v u "a admit that Miss Rob
ortscn rcslls, us"d 4. rnpping smart
~ 20 chuk aha Niagara Ike torrent
OF vocal enthrdnsm. Withal, She
handled > fklcftlv without any awe
and Wis m air OF experience
which cullBd 10 mind her conErcs-
sional eNphrioucc OF tine past two
years induGnd q season uf grnsping
the gavcl IN the house ~ reprcsen-
tativos In Washington. u. &.
when oklahoma republicans
lAlNtO AN'Fl NOlttFH-tlll hlilttl
raised Sr~ roof Of the oklahoma
city Cois suin--in greeting to the
feminine chairman, they realized
that they were not only honoring
'our own Miss Alice" but pnrticl-
pating ih o symbol. the symbol Of
the co-Ruf tuc8hip OF women in the
republican party OF Oklahoma. Th"
conventioIS Witnessed many such
symbols. one was tho presence In
the auditorium OF many flower be-
deckcd tJnhans. Feminine head
gear bQIil~'d not only on the floor
OF the niuChtorium but OH tha speak-
ers stand Elected delegates to the
conveniG "a included men and women
In equal uumbor In following out
the prori'rouB Of the state Gull sent
out by sipte chairman A. G. Alex
nnder, aisi women formed almost
half OF the delegations actually in
attendaf zee. a woman seconded the
nomipat ion of Miss Robertson for
chhirfnuTJs woman presided, the
state vf'te chairman read the con-
vention t1Jl. woman presented the
report or the rules ana order OF
bushes committee. The convention
unaniir Glsly accepted the report of
the rea olutions committee, ratifying
the pE cling Of women on the state
executive committee ana on congress
sional ou1mittees ana proposing that
the pc 5ttou of national committee.
| woman be created. Following the
| conveB ton the office OF Mrs. i. C.
| PeRrRGn, state vice chairman, was
| elmoB as much sought by repub-
| lican women eager to talk over the
work. in their various counties as
the on rea Of state chairman Alex
ander were sought by men.
n 4 enInIc Political Advance.
ThnIgsi the first state republican
convent brs in which women partici-
pated L. pgely. they had an import
ant pla se I'm proceedings usually
only he b by those of long time ser
Vice TO the party. The republican
women felt grateful for the courte-
Gus re fognition by their menfolks
and iRnre appreclntiva IN yie~ of
the faoH that sister women In the
denNcf brlc ranks have been denied
CO. pa tncrshlp in the party with
the mon. The democratic women
are nh'1 oven allowed to share cam
paign quarters with democratic
men, Eit, 10 their avowcd indlgna-
tton rave been assigned separate
hcodq iarters.
IN he case Of Mrs. Pearson "vlce
chair pan" really means "co-chair-
man Following the. convention.
Mrs. Pearson commented on the abb
solutc fairness with which rcpub-
llca.n pen have treated and are treat
Ing rCEublican women. "Personally
| fcT delighted. and I know that
air -, Ilahoma republican women also
feDi 80, that we are included so
wtfr fheartedly in the work OF the
pari,f and permitted equal share
not ';Diy in its activities but in it,
delib Tations ana plan-naklng. We
are not regarded as maids-of-all-
worli but have places Of real re-
spon Ebillty ana authority In the par
" o rRanizatiOn."
J. tmInine atter-couveutiou com
me NJ on John Fields. the republican
mon inee for governor was highly
ent EIsiastic. His vigorous force
ful sounding OF tho Issues in the
can tpalRn and his equally vigorous
Tor s9ful personality together with
biz known background ot high char
act ~ ana record, thrilled feminine
ne. iners ana increased their deter
mi ~ tion 20 put him iu tho COVER
nulsa chair. Plans for tho wOma MS
shetu In the fall campaign, I'm 80 far
as this Is diversified from the gen
GrAl work, have already been made.
q ne OF the departments ig n woman's
~ )eakers bureau headed by Mrs.
4 rank Dods0u of Oklahoma CITY
o { John Fields Mrs. Pearson said:
- !" stands for tho things that
W 1men have always wanted In Of
n Hals-characler, ability, integrity
T. sle republican womcn's Good Cow
. - umrnt clubs with their slogan,
Clean up and keep clean VIII work
FOR him in every nook and corner.
not on partisan grounds but because
cle character Of the man appeals 10