The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1925-04-30
G. 0.P. WOMEN WILL NOT
SEEK THE GOVERNORSHIP
Representative Hill Not Expect
ed to Have Support of The
State Federation.

Republican women of the State of
Maryland will not nominate one of
their own sex for Governor, although
Mrs. W. Bladen Lowndes, Republican
National Committeewoman, was sug-
gested Monday at the semi-annuaI
meeting of the Maryland Federation
of Republican Women at Rockville.
Neither will they, as a group, support
Representative John Philip Hill as a
Gubernatorial candidate, it was indi-
Gated.
The suggestion to nominate Mrs.
Lowndes came from Mrs. Calvin Cab
riel, Baltimore, and was answered
from the chair by Mrs. George E.
Wright, Towson, president of the fed
GRAFTON. Mrs. Wright said the time
had not yet come for Maryland wo-
men to try to place one of their own
sex in the highest office of the State.
wyoming and Texas both have
women Governors" Mrs. Gabriel de-
clared,in offering Mrs. Lowndes' name
for nomination, "and although we
might not succeed in putting our can
didate into Office, think we would
have made good start and would
give the women of Maryland more
political confidence"
Il do not feel that the women of
Maryland have a sufficiently strong
organization" Mrs. Wright, the chair
man answered, land | believe a great
deal more educational work must be
done among the feminine voters bfore
we would hope to manage success
full political campaign. We certainly
need more women public speakers and
executives before that day"
Following this the question was
asked from the floor by Mrs. Warren
Search:
How about John Philip HIP"
This also was settled from the
chair without further discussion
among the delegates.
81 do not think we are going TO
support Mr.. HILL" Mrs. Wright re-
piled. maryland men are looking
for US to do the right thing and stand
for the right kind of candidates."
No arguments were brought forth
and neither of the issues were ex-
pressed in the form of a motion.
Il only answered the question from
my own personal viewpoint" Mrs.
Wright said Tuesday night in discuss
ing the meeting, "but the majority of
the women must have felt as l did,
because no opposition was voiced. I
am frank in saying that l would op-
pose Mr.. Hill, because he is an out
and-out wet and l am an out-and-out
dry"
Representative Nicholas Longworth
of Ohio, was the principal speaker at
the afternoon session of the confer
ence. After commencing the work of
organized women in the world of pol
itics as "wonderful'', Mr.. Longworth
outlined the work of the Republican
party in the last siXty-three years,
during forty-eight of which it has
been in power.
Other speakers were William Tyler
Page, author of the American Greed,
and Mrs. Bessie P. Brueggenan, Mis-
souri,, chairman of the United States
Compensation Commission. In her adj
dress Mrs. Brueggenan declared wo-
mans duty to her home, where she
always has been supposed to belong,
makes the most imperative demand
on her to fulfill her obligation toward
government.
More than 400 attended the open
session in the afternoon. About 200
delegates from declarations through
out the State were present for the
whole conference. approximately so
women were there from Baltimore. A
campaign to place women on the
State Central Committee and all the
Republican county committees was
decided on.