Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-09-12

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| ~ terest to those clubwOmen who
| II are striving through their ma
4 a tional groups to improve con
! ditiens at the polls was held
| in San Antonio, Tex. the past Week.
when members Of q prominent WOm-
ans committee gathered at a luncheon
| to rejoice over the signal success or
| their volunteer service campaign IN
which they had met the political SIT
| uation and conquered it.
| The Texas women's citizens com
mittee for Dan Moody as governor re-
viewed at this luncheon the high lights
of the significant bit OF work done IN
| conspicuously by them at the recent
| gubernatorial election-work which. In
| the opinion Of many, may have lar
reaching results. In their enthusiastic
response to the call from their leader,
| Mrs. Jane Y. McCallum, was evidenced
the earnest determination with winch
| the women of the country are work
| ing toward honest elections, with
proper protection for the polls--a de-
! termination which is back OF the many
campaigns for digger and better elec-
ton returns" now holding first place
on the programs OF prominent "ofh-
ems organizations.
Mrs McCallum, who is a writer OF
some note in Texas and a we'll known
clubwoman, together with her COM
mittee laid aside personal affairs ana
organized Statewide poll protection
crusade" which Is said to nave re-
suited in q much more accurate ac
counting than usual and much larger
volume of returns. -,
This group Of women, entirely WITH
out remuneration, devoted their time
during the election period to the Dusi-
orHS
polls. Echoing complaints from past
elections Of stuffed ballots inaccu-
rate counts and like handicaps to a
nonu]ar choice of officials, were an
swered by a campaign of practical &C.
tion on the part of the women. VINO
actually stood by and saw TO II that
votes were counted as they were cast,
thus guaranteeing that the result QI
the election would represent the VIII
of the people and not problem ILL.,
political mathematics!
Reports from the chairmen OF
senatorial districts in Texas who at
tended the luncheon in San Antonio
indicated unanimously at least one
worthwhile result of the work done
nv tho women's committee. In speak
ing of the various phases OF the cam
imagining in their district. the COM
mittee chairmen emphasized tne uI
usually heavy primary. attributed. AT
least in part, to the vigilance OF the
women in their role Of guardians
Predictions coming from national
Democratic headquarters mere IN
Washington are that the success OF
this campaign inaugurated by the
women of the great Southwestern
state will have even more poWeriul
influence than its own promoters
have vet realized. 1t is propnesieu
that with the guarantee OF better
balloting conditions slgnlncant
change will be noted in the quahty
NJ candidates who will stand for OIL
flee i'm the Lone Star state Demo
cratic leaders hold that the example
Get nv the success of the governor
elect will encourage other candldates
of his caliber to enter the held. IL
is conceded to be victory OF me
FIRST Importance to the publlc-splrlt-
cd women who are striving con
scientiously to improve the INTERNAL
mechanism of political machinery
= X x x
MRS. EDWARD NELSON DING
NI LEY, acting president OF the