Evening star., 1923-06-17
C.. o. p. MARSHALS HOSTS
FOR FIGHT A YEAR AWAY
Regional Meetings Over United States
Part of Plan to Put Party
Organization i'm Trim.

N EPuBLICANS do not intend to
~ be caught mapping. More
Y than year must elapse be-
fore the political campaign
for mastery at the polls gets under
way, but g. O. p. leaders are taking
steps to get their national. state and
county organizations into good fight
ing trim. with close cooperation as
the watchword. Chairman John T.
Adams of the republican national
committee has evolved something
new-the so-called regional republi
can meetings. the first of which was
held last Tuesday in Boston.
The interest aroused throughout
the country in these regional republi-
can meetings has been very great
according to the republican head
quarters. and it is believed that they
will do much to help cement the
party the country over into a well
organized, fighting body
Next at Cincinnati.
The next of these regional meet
ings, it is said, will be held in Gin
cinnati, Ohio. probably June %. The
territory covered in this meeting will
be Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, Tennes-
see and West Virginia. At these re-
gional meetings Chairman John
Adams and perhaps other national Of
fcers will be present. In addition
the call goes out to the national COM
mittecmen of the states covered in
the regional meeting and to the state
chairmen, and such officials as they
may deem proper to bring with them
y a a =
in these regional meetings. The state
chairman of the woman's republican
organizations will be invited to take
part. This is in line with the de-
termination reached by the repub-
! iican leaders to give the women
greater part in political councils from
row on. The plan to have the woman
leaders at the regional conferences
was agreed to unanimously at the
! Boston conference, which took in al
the New England states.
Whether the gentle chiding of the
democrats, who have pointed out that
the republicans have failed to pro-
vide for woman members of the re-
publican national committee, has
something to do with these republican
plans for greater participation by
, the women in party matters, OIL
whether it is due to the demands Of
the republican women themselves, the
fact is that the word has gone ont tC
give the women more voice in party
affairs.
PowerIess at This Time.
Republicans say that they are
powerless to provide at this time fol
woman members of the national COM
mittee. The committee is merely q
creature of the republican national
; convention. and the convention ir
1920 provided that, as in the past
there should be but a single member
of the national committee from eacf
of the states, the territories anG
the District of Columbia. Those
members have been chosen, and they
! are all men. But-they say-the next
convention can provide for woman
and man members both Of the ma
| tional committee if 1t so desires, and
they hold out hope to the women.
In the meantime the plan has beer
[ evolved by which women are to be
appointed one from each of the
| states, etc. as an advisory commit
! tee to the national committee. The
| President. Mr.. Adams. and other lead
! erS in the party have agreed to this
! Mr.. Adams has been sounding out
| members of the national committee
| and when he has gotten the consent
| of the committee as a whole. the
womanS advisory committee. as out.
| lined. will be selected.
Perfecting Organization Only.
/ Republicans at the present tim,
are striving to perfect an organiza
| tion - nationwide - rather than tc
! formulate policies. platforms and is
sues, or even to name candidates.
was noticeable at the Boston region
al conference that the talk was al
of organization and now to get thu
! best results. Policies and candidate.
j were not discussed or were subbor
dinated to the work of organization
As matter of fact, republican!
! say, il is generally accepted tina
President Harding is to be the party
nominee for President at the mex
convention. and that Calvin Coolidg.
will be the nominee for Vice Presi
dent They discount talk of Sepatpr