Evening star., 1923-02-19
REPUBLICAN STATE
. QUARTERS TO OPEN
Voters Association Here to
Have Special Program
: on Friday Evening.
OFFICIALS TO BE HEARD
One Cabinet Member, Two Sena-
tors and Two From House
Are Expected to Attend.

At least one cabinet officer. two
senators and two members of the
House will be among those to make
brief addresses at the formal open
ing of the headquarters of the Re-
publican State Voters Association OF
the District of Columbia, at the Will
lard Hotel, next Friday night.
This organization already has
started upon the 1924 campaign, and
from now on it will be engaged in
the interest of the republican party
among the state voters temporarily
residing in the District.
The formal opening arranged for Fri
day night will be in the form of an old
fashioned political rally and will be
featured by vocal and instrumental
music. William Tyler Page, clerk of
the United States House of Repre-
SentativeS, president of the associa-
tion, will preside and will, in his
welcoming address. outline the pur
poses of the association and the pro-
gram decided upon for it's activities.
Committees In Charge.
Arrangements for the opening are
being made by committee headed by
Henry NJ. Camp, treasurer of the as
Sociation, who is being assisted by
several subcommittee, the person
i mel OF T which follows; Speakers; VIII
liam Tyler Page, A. T.. Chaffee, Mary
land; II. Wilson. New York, music
". M. Vandervoort. Illinois, and Mrs.
Lena Anderson. Delaware; publicity,
Russell Young: invitations and print
ing, Frank A. Mcmillan, Maryland,
ception, Fred II. Wilson. chairman,
Carl j. skinner, Iowa; Miss Alma NJ.
tfeise. Indiana; Mr.. and Mrs. w. W.
Wilson. Illinois: Miss Nan 3. Young,
lennsylNania; Mrs. Mary Reid Um-
stead, Pennsylvania; Hobart p. Dun
Illinois; W. II. Estey. New York; f.
=, Matson. Utah; J. \. Beck. Utah
=. W. Collier, Wisconsin,; Frank Il,
McMillin. Maryland; c. L. Alden, In
diana; Miss Virginia c. Bacon. Ore
gon; Maj. T.. \. Awl. Pennsylvania; ;
!. c. Eversman: Illinois; carl f. Ora,
Bill, Michigan; +. A. DeGroot and
Mrs. DcGroot, Michigan; o. y. NJ,
Brown, lndi"na: Katherine Smith. In
Iiana. and Henry \. Baker, West
Virginia.
The membership in this new asso-
citation Of the republican state voters
N TINS city is now about $50, repre-
ScntinE not less than thirty states.
ihc committee in charge of the mem
pefshlp campaign of the association
not less than 5000 members by the
nd OF the present fiscal year, June
60 1928.
Absentee Voting Laws.
AT the present time the association
~ engaged III the effort to secure the
enactment OF absentee voting laws in
all states where this privilege has
not been provided, and to simplify
and render more practical the laws of
certain other states in which. the pro-
"cdure for mail registration and yot-
ing is unusually technical
All republican voters in the states
residing in the District of Columbia
are eligible to membership in the as
Soclatlon. 1t is estimated there are
lully 10000 in Washington.
The essential purpose of this meet
ing is to explain more fully the neeG
Tor such work as the association. as a
volunteer organization. will aim to
perform. and in that behalf. ali re-
publican state voters are invited to
attend this meeting.
The asSocia tion has already begun
the raising of a fund with which to
establish permanent club home, and
SO FAR, the response has been very
gratifying.
The dues of the association have
been fixed at low rate. and provi-
sion has been made for both the ac-
tive and registered membership in
full adjustment TO the provisions of
the civil service act, governing po-
ltical activity on the part of classi-
fled employees.
1t is the aim of the association to
preserve the voting citizenship for
absentee electors of WASHINGTON in
their own states. by seeing to it that
all those who can qualify as electors
are fully enlightened thereon.