Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-01-29

League of Women Voters will be held
on Monday evening, Jan. 30 at 7
o'clock at the home of the president,
Mrs. Lynn Tuttle, BIT Ninth street.
Yearly election of officers will be held
and all league members are urged to
be present and cast their votes. Re
ports will be read by the heads of
each department., including the leaders
of last year. The new league at
Pearce will send representative to
the meeting at Douglas and after the
business there will be social hour
with refreshments served by the board.
The regular bi-lnonthly meeting of
the unit in the department of public
welfare in government will be held on
Tuesday afternoon, Jan. 81, beginning
at ;2:30 at the home of the leader,
Mrs James Hastings, on Twelfth
street. The program on the study of
cooperative associations will be con-
tinued Following the last study of
the European development of these
organize lions an examination of their
progress in the United States will be
made and the following women will
report on their various phases in this
country: Credit associations, Mrs. Guy
Crouch; mothers productive societies,
Mrs. Henry Williams; consumers aSSo-
Citations, Mrs George Gmah1ing; hous-
ing associations, Mrs Redwine, and
farmers marketing associations, Mrs.
Carl Lund Following these reports
Mrs. Crowell, who has been studying
the book on cooperative democracy
by Warhasse, will lasummarize her opin-
ion of the kind of socialism Warbasse
was trying to develop and how, in the
authors opinion, it can broaden the
influence of literature, art, medical
science, etc.. in. our present civiliza-
ton A later meeting OF this unit
probably the next on the program,
will have lecture on elementary
economics for women by Mr.. john
stone, teacher of civics in the Douglas
high school. ;
The regular meeting of the evening
unit was held last Monday evening
with 16 members present. A number
of news items directly bearing on af-
faits of the state, county and city Call
of which had been cut from local
papers) were first presented and dis.
cI1ssed. The information tabloids on
the offices of the regular ballot OF
which this unit is making a complla-
ton. were then in order Mrs, Lllnd
brought a carefully outlined chart OF
the judiciary system which was gone
over with much interest. This was
followed by an explanation OF Cne
state tax commission, its formation.
personnel and duties by Mrs Agnes
Sadler. Mrs. Meiser reported the quail,
fications, duties and basis OF repre-
sentation of the national senators from
Arizona and Mrs. Thompson on the
rational representative. Mrs. Tuttle
gave the memorandum for the otf1ce
of secretary of state. The other oftlces
will be reported and filed at coming
meetings. The three questions on Cne
study of "Know Your Own ParCy
were then answered by several unit
members end a general discussion OF
what had been learned during the
evenings study followed during the
service of light refreshments at y
O'Clock. The three questions Tor next
meeting are Nos. 4, s. and on Cne
list of 20 questions on Know your
own Party: A, ''How Have New
parties Been Created and Grown to
Power in the United States?" 5, "WnaU
Are the Fundamental Purposes OF the
present Dominant Parties? In, WhaO
DO They Differ2 In What Do Tney
Aoree?" 6. "FoW Have Political Partles
Reen Regulated by Law and why!
Finding the answers to the queSUlon-s
naire of the party i has not proved
easv bv anv means to the unit mem
hers hut the search has been stlmu-
latinq in the extreme and mucn
knowledge is acquired indirectly IN
caek;ng for direct answers. The three
e,1actions answered on Monday night
were:
Answer: A political party is a dur
abla organization of individuals or
orol,ns of individuals, fluctuatlng IN
,,ersonnel and numbers, united Oy
common principles or a common pollcy
o,,d having for it's immediate end Cne
co,9trol of the government through
tIoa CARRYING of elections and the pos
session of office.
portant parties IN the 80
States? a. o,,or,,noart
Answer: StudenGS VI s', ,,c
have come to recognize thet there arc
forces and conditions in the uMCeo ueo
states which assure the permanen,c;e :,
9TH Of the two-party system. PROBABLY
the most important factor IN keepins
anv @ third party from gaining mtcnl to.,
nower is the great size OF the cquliVly' y,
To To" maintain party organizatlon; ~ III
e,lch a, great country as the oIll.ee'
states. with it's 48 separate state ulli.s' L.So
is . task which so far only two parCles
Of one time have been s,ole W
achieve. It should also be remein. n,
hered that the division OF powers III ~
the national government have mace &c
great parties necessary and requires oh
these great parties such powerful Or, Or
ganizefion O.T that we have never peea
shle to have more than two importanC !,
,,srties ,,ar in national affairs. Probably
another factor is, the election OF con-
oreSsmen by districts. This pracGice
in nearly every case works TO tne ols+
advantage o. of definite group lnCeresV
and in favor Of mere parVlSailShipS'