Evening star., 1924-06-12
Women at Convention

Special Dispatch To The star
CLEVELAND. Ohio, June 12-"She
won't say she will. and she won't sav
she won't. hum the supporters of
Gov. Len Small of Illinois attend
ing the g. o. p. convention here.
They burst into the words of the
popular song at the mere mention of
Mrs. Medill Mccormick. leading femi-
nine member of the Republican PARTY
for they have been busily at work
creating situation TO force her
either TO subscribe absolutely to the
state slate selected at the April pri-
mary in the face of her enthusiastic
opposition or to retire AS national
committeewoman.
Needs All Of Heritage.
Consequently, the daughter of the
late Mark Hanna will need every
particle of her heritage Of politica
! acumen. or face the Sahara Of ma
tional and local political obscurity.
Immediately after her unanimous
/ election as committeewoman last
Monday whispers concerning the
ABOUT Cleveland hotel lobbies
Nothing had taken definite form
untll Yesterday. when SmaIIs henchmen
al the convention began repeating
the rule that members OF the national
committee are required to give
Wnolehearted support to the party
ticket Interpreting this rule to mea n
| that the committee members stand
behind the state as well as the ma :
liohai ticket. the governors friends
are demanding that Ruth Hanna Nc
,ormick announce herself in favor OF
her bitterest enemy or resign her new
position.
New Facing Dilemma.
win the increasing opposition
among the women to the appoint
ment OF Mrs. Alvin T Hert as sue
SCISSOR OF Harriet TAYLOR Upton, lead
er OF the feminine contingent of the
q, o. F., and the general preference
for Mrs. Mccormick as their general
MIS-. Mccormick seems To be facing
dilemma that delights her foes
And still, she won't say she vii
support Small, and she won't say she
won't. When interviewed by the writ.
er. she spent fifteen minutes refus.
ing To discuss the matter
have nothing whatever TO dc
with the political situation in I'LL
noIs in my capacity as member OF
the national committee. and I'd like
to see them try to unseat me-" she
stated. with that which might be
called temper. but which is known to
her friends as the Hanna spirit"
Il have bsen elected and there is
nothing they can do. | WAS elected
twice. first as associate committee
woman, and then committeew oma II
if the $3.50 resolution. then pending
became a convention ruling"
1t is said that the senator's wife
| was given her place without competi-
ton to win her support for the party
after her husbands disastrous de
feat for reelection at the primary.
Women Take HanA.
every bush. the women have taken 1
| hand. For although woman delegates
! to the e. o. T. conclave here refused
to get excited over it, relatives o.
| candidates insisted upon doing lit
! tie debating.
Two cases are being gossiped about
! over manicures, and candie-ighted
tea tables. They are the cases oi
Senator Curtis OF Kansas and Secre-
tary OF Commerce Hoover.
! with the boom for Curtis as the
logical representative of the middle
| west, his sister, Mrs Dolly Curtis
Gam. hurried to the scene here tG
explain his points TO the women. The
! senator's wife is seriously. probabiH y
fatally, i'll. and he himself was unable
1
Cam, a handsomely gowned. volu5i'
| and charming woman. fastened to
manage his campaign here.
| Mrs. Hoover RefsAesi.
| Herbert Hoovers interest in the vice
presidency paled into inSignificance -
make place for Senator Borah after
pressure was brought TO hear by his
better half.
For il has been announced by close
! friends of the Secretary family thai
Mrs Hoover refused 10 permit II
After enjoying the prestige OF belpe
i the wife OF one of the most inportan'
and influential figures in the coun-
| try she is said to have refused to bt
relegated. together with her husband
| into the social and political grave
! yard that is the vice presidency.
Women from Washington here are
wondering why the Idaho senator's wife
an astute and definite personality, II
willing to acQuiesce in the move &c
shroud her husband in pompous OBJ
scurity.