New-York tribune., 1922-09-30
" omen Claim
Smith Victory
AS Their Own

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tse women's division Of the state COM
rnittee, was outspoken in hsr delight,
as she has been oatspoken in her op-
position to Hearst since last spring.
I'm about as happy as any Demo
crat ever was" she said. az believe
the nornination OF Smith means victory
Tor the party, as he is undoubtedly the
greatest Democrat We have. 1t is esps-'
cially pleasing TO the women because
Smith is great humanitarian and the
women admire his great human SYM
pathy. believe firmly that this feel
ing On the part Of women for Mr..
Smith and the stand they took in his
behalf at this convention had a great
effect on HIS selection"
Mrs. F. ID. Roosevelt Praises Smith
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt, leader of
the women Of Dutchess County. was
another who had been active in urging
the women's point OF view on the party
leaders.
= believe we really would have
walked out of the convention" She
said. and we certainly would net have
stood by the party at the polls if
Hearst had been nominated. Women
are not yet SO habituated to party low
atty that they feel it imperative TO
stand by when an unfit candidate is
nominated. Maybe they will some tirae.
But Row they are free agents in poll
tlcs. Ihsy vote whore their conscience
dintates"
"smitl ia for the poor pccnle-and
he's clean. That's why the women will
support him" said another.
The women held get-togsther ra,ly
AZ the hotel in The afternoon, at which
the New York City women, lad hv M;ss
Annie Matthew's, pleaded for a bettsr
cooperation between the city and Nv.
state.
The universal satisfaction over the
nomination put all rejoicing over the
parry platform into the shade, yet the
women had felt sarly in the day that
could desire. 'h's
MRS. j. Borden Hartman voiced +s;s
feeling as she left the arena at nsnn
1T - splendid platform from th .
woman's point of view, and shows ths
great strides the political parsiea bsne e
made since women bacanoe yotsn.
Imagine a Tammany party platfar,o
twenty years ago talking sbo,1t a;Sb.
hour days and minimum wage laws fo,.
Wonlcni" 40 ~"o 4oi
Some Regret Wet Plank
lhe only haw in the platfor1ra's ner-
as aes.lon .l,,. "a Women's eyes was that re-
sAtolng peer and light wines, and the
Women v,' were sharply divided on this.
There was r large and iub{lant woy,an
IN enc front row Of the arena who Was
on her faet waving handkerchief az
soon as any man when the dernongtra-
tlon broke over the beer and I;,h+
wines plank. Miss Elisabeth Mo.hrr.,
VINO has been identified with tina ami,
prohibition movement in New yar,.
was on her feet on the platform haIno'
ing the Jubilations. But some ~ a.
women kept their seats. = '"e
Even they, few IN number as thau
we're, were divided into two clasaas
those who favor absolute prohihit;nn
and those who believe 1t bad uolit,es
20 20 include an anti-prohibition plank IN
ehs platform. Some of them had
shreatened to carry their opposition
90 the moor Of the convention, but
adoption of the platform there was ros
dissenting voice.
ms feeling Of the women that ;t
was poor policy. this year to name
woman OF the ticket was formailv ar-
pressed this afternoon in a resolut;or
adopted by. the State Executive Com
mittee, and sent TO the secretarv NJ
the convention. It read as follows:
AT neeslng OF the executive COM
mittee cf the wonen's division of the
democratic party. Of New York Stats
= was resolved that though we firn,lv
pstlsye that women should be no,ni
the consensus OF opinion amony the
Women at this meeting that no wom-
this YesAs =