The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1922-01-20
HOW ABOUT A WOMAN'S REPUB-
LICAN CLUBS

Address by John T Adams, Chair
nan Republican National Committee,
delivered at luncheon given by the
Woman's National Republican Ciup
at Hotel Biltmore, New York CITY,
January 18th. -,
The Women's National Republican
Club sounds good to Republican
who believes in our system OF gov
eminent. Those who have been
nartv men all their lives are natur-
allv in favor of women being party
women. In our bi-party country
perhaps the best thing for woman
is to be a Republican partisan; the
second best thing, Democratic
partisan; and about the poorest
thing she can do, politically, is TO DE
q non-partisan or a woman partisan
There is about as much logic in the
women forming a political party OF
their own as in having the green
eyed. or the red-haired, or the bald
headed people set themselves up as
political party. Every time we learn
of the organization OF woman
Republican club, or womans Demo
cratic club, either one, we think the
women are going to justify our con-
fdence, that when they got their
political "rights" they would recog-
nize their political responsibilities
Good Republicans are better Amerl-
cans, and they would much rather
have the women become Democrats
than have them organize under the
male banner of non-partisanship or
the factional standard of woman's
party.
There never was time when
greater problems confronted our
country than now, nor when respons-
ible leaders faced greater difficulties
in the solution of those problems. IL
was never more important than no"
that Americans, when considering
public questions, should be guided by
their views on fundamental principles
of government, rather than by in
dividual or fractional interests. Few
greater misfortunes could befall our
country in these trying times than to
have our civic energies frittered
awav in contests among groups, rae
tions, occupational interests or social
divisions.
Just as we feel responsibility to
the nation, which we believe must
lead us into one or the other of the
great political parties, so we should
have a sense of responsibility for the
party that will favor proper meas
ure of solidarity, of uniticatlon
Your political party will not holo
YOUR respect if it fails to keep it,
promises. We don't believe that the
millions who voted the Republican
ticket a year ago were united as tt
all details of party policy. But W.
do believe that there was sufficient
community of general aim ant
purpose to warrant the sinking O.
minor and Individual differences, il
order to discharge the great, broad
general responsibility that is imposed
upon a party when it comes int
authority.
Republicans have always had NOR
of this capacity to submerge tn
minor differences for the sake o
major and national accomplishments
Our traditions have been of achieve
ment, of efficiency, of getting result:
of doing the job. For two generation
the nation has never failed to turn t
our party in any crisis in whic
there was a compelling demand fo
these qualities. A little over yea
ago, after some experience with ar
other leadership, the country turne
over to us its full mandate-abo
the biggest task in national rehabi
itation that has ever been turne
over to any party
We can take a Just satisfaction
the ten months of Republican az
ministration Our Congress has mac
a record in constructive, progressiI
legislation that has hardly bee
equalled by any previous Congress
We have restored peace to our coul
try and have led the world farth'
on the highway of disarmament thu