New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1928-06-25
BY RODNEY BUTCHER
NEA Service Writer


ocrats treat their women better than
the Republicans.
There will be something like so
women delegates sitting in the Dem
Ccratic national convention at Hous-
ton this year and about c60 women
alternates. AS was the case at Kan
sas City there are fewer women
seated than in 1924. a reduction
from about 500 to 400 among some
1000 delegates and alternates.
! The Republicans had less than
half as many feminine delegates and
few alternates.
Many of the ladies will split their
votes with men, so that their actual
voting power will be somewhere
around 100 votes.
For some reason or other. the
women at the Democratic conven-
tons are considerable more indie
pendent that their Republican sis
tiers.
An excellent example Of Demo-
cratic feminine independence is the
case of Mrs. Emily Newell Blair.
Mrs. Blair was national committee
woman from Missouri and for sew
eral years vice chairman of the ma
tional committee.
When Senator Reed wanted the
Missouri delegation it would only
have been smart politics for Mrs.
Blair to chime right in. Instead of
that. Mrs. Blair, d good Wilson DEM
ocrat, led the fight to prevent his
endorsement. Mrs. Blair. of course.
was eliminated from active leader
ship in Missouri politics as soon as
the Reed faction gained ascendancy
at the state convention. She will be
succeeded as committeewoman by
Mrs. c. B. Faris. a Reed supporter
and wife of a federal Judge. Reeds
other foes Joined with his friends to
endorse him and save their skins
The nominee will select Mrs
Blair's successor as vice chairman
but she will be active at her head
quarters here during the conven-
ton. She is regarded as the politi-
cally best informed woman among
Democrats and retires after a bril-
liant administration Of her position.
Nearly all the leading women's
organization will have represent
atives before the platform commit
tee to urge their various pet pro-
grams. The platform, of course. will
be dedicated by the politicians. with
such concession as seem eXpedlent.
A considerable number of widely
L. dntnCotcS Judj J.
ana paid neat tribute to widows
of three of her distinguished sons
by placing them on the at-large
slate. They are Mrs. Thomas r..
Marshall. widow of the vice presi-
dent under Wilson: Mrs. Samuel
Ealston. widow of the late Senator
and Mrs. John W. Kern, whose hus-
band was one of Bryan's running
mates and a great progressive fight
err.
Mrs. Woodrow Wilson is expected
tC attend the convention. but not as
q delegate. 1t has been reported that
Mrs. Wilson fa,ors the Smith Can
didacy. possibly because Reed is
Smiths principal opponent.
AJIlOHS lIiI dilil-k7lilti which 10
Mrs. William II. Pattangall. nation
al committeeman from Maine.
But Mrs. Pattangall is not a dele
gate. She had the courage to oppose
Smith, and met with defeat similar
to Mrs. Blair's.
One hears, by the way, that
quite a few Democratic women
IoI 1n1n %
to avoid the expected wet-and-dry
fight.
Gertrude Atherton, the novelist, Is
a delegate from California. Among
the others to be seated-all dele
gates unless otherwise stated-are:
Mrs. Anna Dickie Oleson. an al
ternate-at- large from Minnesota.
who was the first woman to be NOM
mated for the United States Senate.
Mrs. Emily Smith Warner. daugh-
tier of Governor Smith. from Albany.
Miss Gertrude Ely of Pennsylvan-
ia, leader In the League of Women
Voters.
Elizabeth Marbury. Democratic
national committeewoman from New
York.
Mrs. Henry Morgenthau of New
York. wife of the former ambassa-
dor to Turkey.
Mrs. Nellie Tayloe Ross, former
governor of Wyoming, who has been
active in the Smith pre- convention
campaign in the west
Mrs. Leroy Springs of South Caro-
lima. who spoke for McAdoo at New
York in 1924.
Mrs. Gertrude Bowler. national
mmitteewoman from Wisconsin.
Mrs. Ralph STAFFORD. a woman's
leader in Kansas City.
Mrs. Bernice Pyke. national COM
mitteewoman from Ohio.