Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-08-29
WOMEN Of MAINE
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FIGHT FOR VOTES
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Vs.. BY CAROLYN VANCE
(Leased Wire Service to The Journal.l
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WASHINGTON, Aug. ga
fierce struggle impends in Maine be-
tween the opposing forces of the two
major parties. Both Democratic and
Republican women are passionately
striving to make the better showing
that significant battle Of bal
lots, the early Maine election OF
Sept. IL.
Maine at the moment is the thea
ter for the warning feminine poll.
teal influences Of the nation as well
as for the clashing centingents with.
IN the state. Mrs. Emilia Newell
Blair. the Democratic leader, is al
ready in the field. Mrs. Harriet
Taylor Upton plans to leave Wash
ngton headquarters of the Republi-
can party very shortly for Maine.
Meanwhile she is keeping her long
distance feminine intuition at work.
enabling her to advise her lieuten.
ants already there. Mrs. Maud
Wood Park, national president OF
the League Of Women Voters, plans
to be in Maine next week to defend
the direct primary system that Is up
Tor repeal in a referendum vote.
For theTfirst time there will be a
real test Of strength between Re.
publican and Democratic women.
Two years ago when the Republican
landslide in Maine helped the 7,000,-
1000 majority returned throughout
the country for Harding, there had
been no time to organize the women
of either party between the en-
reimbursement of the sex and the
presidential elections. Since that
parties have been scuttling about
shooting women into their respective
baliwicks. The question Is, which
party has shooed the greatest num-
Der Of 'em into camp, and also are
they going to remain shooed. Only
the outcome of September II will
tell.
The result, in its larger aspects.
will indicate to the nation which
party is making the greater appeal
to women.
Women Active
For many months women OF both
parties have been at work preparing
for the fateful Sept. II which is SO
highly portentous an event for the
rest of the country. Miss Betsy
Edwards, an organizer for the Re-
ence, has been in Maine since June.
With troop Of men and women
she has been canvassing the state.
All Of the county fairs have been
visited and the untiring and eloquent
Betsy made an unprecented number
of turns" day, the crowds all
hungry, she claims, for knowledge
Of Republican doctrines.
7One Of the very finest OF ora
trixes was sent into the state by
Senator Medill Mccormick, the
chairman of the Republican speak.
ers' committee. She is Mrs. Mary
Hight, of Chicago. Senator Nc
Cormick believes her to be star
Republican when it comes to
struggling campaigns and he plans
to send her into every state when a
critical situatio nprevails involving
the women. She spoke first in
Maine at the Republican field day,
opening the campaign at Island
Park on the shores of sparkling lit
tie Lake Cobbesconte. The celebra'
ton took the form Of bean bake,
and millions of beans were con-
sumed by hundreds Of persons, many
kegs of pickles being especially pro-
yided for the Maine flappers.
The Democratic rally and opening
celebration took the form Of a shore
dinner served to the Democratic
hosts of Maine at Oakland park,
near Rockland. Miss Antoinette
. Funk, nationally known Demo
cratic woman worker, spoke.
Mrs. Emily Newell Blair spoke at
another rally in Augusta this week
on the tariff. She warned the
Maine women that their whole day
would be absolutely ruined when the
pending tariff bill becames Il law.
- Tariff to Confuse Them
From the time they are walked up
by an alarm clock on which the
duty has been raised so per cent,
until on retiring they don their sleep
ing clothes upon which the duty Is
also raised 'steen per cent, there
will be nothing but financial worry,
for everything she touches in be-
tween the alarm clock and the
nightie will have had duty raised
upon it. ..
= Then of course the Republican
women come along and patiently eX-
plain to the Maine women that the
tariffs are on the imported prices
and not upon the selling prices here
in America, etc. ana etc. Anu WHSll
both of them get through the Maine
women will be so muddle they will
probably decide to vote for the best
looking man and let it go at that.
Mrs. Maud Wood Park, Of the
League Of Women Voters, is going
to Maine to defend the direct pri-
mary law. There is going to be
referendum vote on the question of
returning from the direct primary
system to the convention system OF
nominating candidates for the par
Ties. The women are defending the
primary system.
Two arguments are used by the
uroponents of the convention sys-
tenn. They say that in Missouri the
Democrats were really defeated in
their own primaries because a lot
of Republicans voted in the wide
omen primaries for James A. Reed
for senator, securing his nomina-
tfon. They also point to the large
amounts of money spent in the Pin.
chot campaign for the gubernatorial
race in Pennsylvania. Though wom-
an admit these are evils that should
he remedied they are not willing to
abandon the regular primary system
of voting but admit it needs some
ca fepuardS.