Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-06-26
REPUBLICANS
DO NOT SEEK
WOMENS AID
G. o. P. Woman Is Like
Wife of Supposedly
Rich and Unworried.
Democrats Are Proud of
Poverty and Call New
Voters to Help.
ey CAROLINE N

BY CAROLINE VANCE
sssela! cerr:.ye"sent Of Great f.ils I,ib.ne
W vSss'iins; bola' y june nns GREG: ss.n l.!s; ut'oe1s
refusing to ask the aid of their womeI
the republicans are setting doggedly
about replenishing the party chest. The
democrats, on the other hand, are MOI
so shy, and soon a committee of 1V
women will be announced which will bt
known as the national woman's finance
committee Of the democratic party.
The woman within the republican
party is in the position of the pam
pered and petted wife of a reputet
, wealthy man who keeps his financia
worries to himself. The democratic
woman is like the wife of the mar
who is poor and proud of it and who
asks his wife to be a helpmate, as wei
as a help eat.
The republican party is not lament.
ing in public that it is in need OF
funds. because it has the traditional
pose to maintain that it is an opulent
party. The democrats have always
featured the fact that they are poor
and have not even minded the appella-
ton. the great unwashd host of dem
Ocracy."
The fact remains that both parties
emerged from the last presidential cleo
ton with huge deficits and with the
congressional campaign already upor
them. and financial aid from womer
could well be used by both parties.
The experience first gained by
lwomen in conducting profitable church
suppers and fairs will stand them ir
good stead in politics where huge sums
Of money are needed in the modern
political campaign.
Good Money Raisers
Women are good at raising money
says Mrs. Harriet Taylor Upton fol
the republican women, land they car
make it 60 twice as far"
However she continued. Il am no,
lying awake nights thinking of ways
to tease EN- into giving me the re
sponsibility."
The democrats fully realize the capa-
bility of m and some of them
believe that women are far more adept
at raising money than the men. An
observer at the last meeting of the
democratic national committee was
struck with the mental activity the
committee women exhibited along fin
ancial lines.
The women seemed to be able tc
present more plans for raising money
than the men and in more detail. They
were very ingenious about it. but theil
plans were not always practical. 70,
some Of the plans the machinery tc
carry them out would have been very
cumbersome. Other financial plans
proposed by the women were extreme.
" clever and were adopted by the com
mittee as a whole. Most Of the com.
mitteewomen We're cock sure that they
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and in many instances they raised
more money than the committeeman
The republicans are overlooking
good thing when'they do not utilize the
financial capability of Mrs. Harriet,
Taylor Upton. She was the treasurer
of the American Women's Suffrage as
ISOLATION and carried the greater part
of the burden of financing the cause
during the lean years when suffrage
was not the popular movement amone
women that ii became later. She tells
this characteristic story of herself:
Mrs. Upton's Experience
"A long time ago the American
Women's Suffrage association planned
to hold a big meeting here in Wash.
ington. where we hoped to raise a 10,
Of money. | made all arrangements
and paid $1,000 for the use of the
Columbia theater. On the day planned
the Maine blew mp and in the excite.
ment the crowd failed to come to oul
meeting. We were left very much in
the hole. 1t was up to me to borrow
the thousand to pay for the theater
but as a person who looks poor seldom
has success in borrowing money I tool
Mrs. Gait. who looks rich. along. il
un;oo .. eoo N "noIfhv u-omap kpau
who might advance the funds. She len,
us the money but it was a long terrible
struggle for US to pay it back. Wher
we finally managed to do it. Mrs. Gait
sent me a letter with the cancelled
note stating:
Dear Harriet:-Stick this in youf
mirror to remind you that it is always
easier to borrow money than it is ia
pay it back
IF had really carried out Mrs
Cats suggestion and stuck all Of my
cancelled notes in my mirror, there
would not be room enough for me to
powder my nose
Senator's Sister Working
Mrs. Blair Bannister. sister of Sen
ator Carter Of Virginia, who is max
ing arrangements at the democratic
headquarters Tor the women $ inanrla
committee. has made some interesting
observations on the campaign
contributor.
There is novelty for women in be
ing campaign contributors. We do not
get the same wearisome response from
them that we do from the men. For
men within the party it is no novelty
to be asked for money to carry on the
work. As a rule il means much more
sacrifice for a woman 10 give to the
party than it does for men. because
they must take ii out Of their own
bank accounts or allowances In some
instances republican husbands whose
wives are democrats will not allow
them to give. we have learned. Most
of the money gained by the women's
committees will be used to promote
organization work among democratic
women"