Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 37, Number 303, 25 October 1912 — Page 6

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WOMEN all over the United States are going to carry through on Saturday, Oct 20, the most daring plan that they have attempted in the presidential contest to which Cey have contributed so many original ideas. It is their first " dip " into practical politics and they want to wind up their campaign in a whirl of glory. In behalf of the l'rogressive party, they are to celebrate "Founders' day." Which means that on the last Saturday in October they are going to sell in every city and tuwu iu the country Bull Moose badges, struck off as a permanent reminder of the fouudin,; of the new party. They chose the date, too, partly to honor Col. Roosevelt, whose birthday falls on the following dayThis " stunt " may sound easy, but it is o big a scheme that the men politicians never even thought of attempting it. .u political or other organization has ever triej to get the whole U. S. A. into a single celebration on a single day. It has looked like . . too much work. The Progressive women would never have dreamed vt tryiug it in the early days of tu caupaign. llut they tried out their hand in all sorts of lesser political joba and touuu Uiat alter all there was no mddeu secret iu them that allowed the men ouiy to uo theui. First they opened up the " liuu aioosc ' tores: la these little snops, started heic and there in uie uowutowu streets oi iu larger cities, they sold charter member cet Uiicates in the new party, and the gay lutio l'rogressive stamps. Over ui'e couer, too, they disposed o Uie Aloose pius auu gu uuu thousands of copies of tue 'rogiessne piu. form and Jane .Udaius' convention speech. They invented tne " bandanna bonnet. This dashing little affair was made uy a bandanna handkerchief wound arounu three cornered hat and caught up with a iiui Moose cockade. Xhey held " Aloosette bans ' at which. " paying guests " danceu speciu, dances to the tune ol Progressive campai;. music. They organized political meeting at whicli women speakers were the maxu' sttraction, and they did not hesitate to shoulder their share of the work of raisin money for the camoaigatund. Thm. toorthough (they have always been called th pending ex.' . ,v Then they had their great Idea for tu windup of their campaign. The thought o it came first to Mrs. MediU McCormick on morning in her apartment on the Lake Shore drive in Chicago. .Now, Mrs. McCormick is a daughter of the late Mark Uauna and it is a lamily characteristic to act promptly on a good inspiration. So she took the train to New York and presented her Founders' day scheme to Senator Joseph N Dixon chairman of the national Progressive committee, to Hiram W. Johnson, and to Oscar Mraus. All three men received the idea enthusiastically and she was made chairman of the enterprise on the spot. Then the real work started. Letters wersent to every Progressive newspaper in the country asking its support of the plan and not one of them refused to help. Other let ters went out to every Progressive state" chairman, asking his cooperation, and the was done by writing directly to Progress;,women in every state in the union " If men. want to find out " how women a-e doing ln their first national entrance inr! practical politics they ought to read , J the letters of reply that came into Mr. Me". Cormick's offices in the Hotel La Salle Chi cago Most of them said not, What do yo , t0,d " tUt " We he already o -ganiaed .nd started doing it." m ten day , for instance, every one of 102 counties i Illinois had a Founders' day committee formed and hard at work org.Ling Tom" for the work of fellinK the badges on OcS There is only one thing remaining," said T 6 Decessary t0 Founders1 iL i 1 ",UCCeSS- We aeal to the women all over the land to come out on that day and help sell the badges. For the first time a great national party has taken women tato its councils and asked them to help in ts campaign, not as auxiliaries.' but as actva party members. We have accepted that invitation because of what the party offer to women and children, and now we want to end our campaign with this one big contribution to its cause. "I don't know where the women have come out most splendidly to hejp us. In the east the New York women have done wonders. In the west the volunteers came in overwhelming numbers and in the south it i most interesting to find that the women, young and old, did not seem to hesitate a minute about accepting our call for help." Mrs. Amos Pinchotof New York has been national chairman of the woman's finance committee. Mrs. A. Gordon Norrie has h.id charge of Founders' day in New York City. Mrs. Everett Colby, wife of the reform leader in New Jersey, has been active in the woman's Progressive work at headquarters in the Hotel Manhattan. So has Mrs. Elon Huntington Hooker, wife of the national Progressive treasurer. Most of the Founders day work has been

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done from Chicago. There Mrs. McCormick has been actively assisted by a corps of energetic women. Mrs. Kellogg Fairbank, as chairman of the woman's finance committee in the western states, has lent her advice to the big plan in the intervals of opening up new " Bull Moose " stores. They had fifteen of them in the Windy city before the cauipaigu entered its last month. As one of the women mem burs of the national committee of the new party. Miss Jane Addauis of Hull House was often asked to help out from her wonderful knowledge of social and political conditions throughout the country. Mrs. Uaymon.i liobins, herself a candidate for state uuiversity trustee in Illinois, came in frequently to see if there was anything that she could do, while Mrs. John F. Hugs lent to the Founders' day plan all the wisdom that she has acauired in organizing the l'rogressive women of the western states. " How much money are you going to take iu for your campaign fund?" is the question that is most frequently asked of Mrs. McCormick. Whereat she usually smiles and says that it all depends upon the number of women who volunteer their Founders' day services to the leading Progressive women of their resnective towns. " I have an idea that there will le a gooJ many," she adds. ith another smile.

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PROGRESSIVE WOMEN OF RICHMOND ARE ACTIVE HELPING TO ELECT STATE AND NATIONAL TICKETST-LOCAL 0 B G A H IZ AT 1 0 FI HA Oil ITE A; L AR gPME M B ERSfl IP Richmond women are taVintr the! "Wa-cc-rKAao. tm nncomm. r-i,.K t - j j t j: . , . .. ... - --. -.r

Richmond women are taking the

keenest interest In the success of the . Progressire party. Recently the Wornin's ProgreBSlv League was organized and It has a large membership. Tomorrow the league will sell flowers land souvenirs to raise money for the 'progressive campaign fund.

Beveridge for Governor Club.

This lettering on a white satin badge pinned diagonally across the coats of two young and attractive women, attracted the attention of that portion of the public which was abroad this afternoon. Miss Helen Tudor and Miss Alice

Lnderwood, of Indianapolis, arrived

in this city at noon to make a canvas this afternoon for membership In this club which is open to young men and boys. There are two certificates, one selling at twenty-five cents, one at one dollar. Either can be purchased al

though the young voters who have

joined this organization have generally elected to take the dollar certlicates. But any-one. If he prefers, can take one for the lesser amount. Miss Tudor and Miss Underhill have been to Anderson Pendleton, Newcastle, Columbus, Lafayette, Blooming-

ton and this city- and hare met with

great success whererer they have gone. . "Everywhere we find Progressives," said Miss Tudoi "Very few Democrats or Republicans.! But whether they are for Rooserelt on not we find them for

BeTerldge. Thet may be for Wilson

but rarely for Ralston almost invaribly for BeTerldge for Governor. "Certainly) we are for woman's suffrage!" The young women return to Indianapolis each evening to make a report direct to the club headquarters. They remain In Richmond only

throughout this afternoon. They called at the Commercial Club headquarters to get the endorsement of Secretary

Jordan.

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