Women Picket at Republican Convention for Suffrage
Picket lines formed by National Woman's party protesters in Chicago as the Republican National Convention opened. About fifty women with purple and gold banners stood unmoved through the first session, signaling demand for rapid ratification of the federal suffrage amendment. Alice Paul led the line, calling for continued protest until enfranchisement is ensured nationwide.
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Woman’s Party
Omuaide Chivapo Colitean
Chicago
National Woman's Party
Alice Paul
Woman's Party
Connecticut
Vermont
To Say
Paul
Abby Scott Baker
Doris Stevens
Lawrence Lewis
Edith Ainge
Ella Riegel
Havemeyer
Republican Party
Hechuse
Delaware
Sutto Wey
British Flag Burning Report Sent to State Dept
Washington police filed a report on Irish women burning a British flag in front of the Treasury Building last week. The notice to the DC Commissioners includes six photos and names the participants. It states the Federal District Attorney said no law permitted prosecution.
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Washington
Treasury
District of Columbia
Colby
State Department
Federal District Attorney
Resolutions Committee Debates Platform Planks At City Hall
The United States Resolutions Committee, chaired by Senator Watson, convened in Chicago to hear proposals for the Republican platform. Speakers urged two speakers per side with a five minute limit, discussed aviation, Ireland, the League of Nations, Mexico policy, and suffrage planks, and debated a firm international law code and an advisory treaty stance.
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Oatublicans
Old Guard
Mills Committee
Resolutions Committee
Watson
Louis Coolidge
Massachusetts
Reed Smoot
Utah
E. L. Knadler
Washington, D.C
Disabled Men's Bureau of Legislative Relief
Knadler
la Guardia
Fiorello H. la Guardia
Board of Aldermen
New York City
Department of Air
Adriatic
Wilson
Air Department
Post Office
War
Navy
Department of the Interior
Aar
Aviation Production Board
Imperial German Flying Corps
America
Walter M. Chandler
New York
House of Representatives
Chandler
Esthonis
Sinn
Buthonia
England
Italy
France
Japan
Russia
League of Nations
John C. Cheney
Cheney
Republican Party
United States
Hague Tribunal
Johnson
California
William Allen White
Kansas
Wilm Heyburn
Kentucky
D. Lawrence Groner
Virginia
Louis Coolridge
Ogden L. Mills
William E. Borah
Idaho
Wallace McCammant
Oregon
Overnor R. I. Beeckman
Rhoda Island
Harris Gilpin
Michigan
Medill McCormick
Illinois
John F. Keylan
Mary Garrett Hay
Youmans
Walter McNab Miller
Missouri
Ada Bush
Indiana
Hay
National American Woman Suffrage Association
League of Woman Voters
Maud Wood Park
Richard Edwards
George Gellhorn
St. Louis
Gifford Pinchot
P. Louis Slade
Henry Lane Wilson
Mexico
Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Thomas N. McCarter
New Jersey
Public Utilities
George Wharton Pepper
Philadelphia
N. G. Richards
Yakima
Wash
Thomas E. Campbell
Arizona
Samuel Gumpers
Platform
Indores
Monroe
Borah
Senator Johnson
Kelloge
Minnesota
Hale
Maine
Lenroot
Wisconsin
Lodge
Senator Watson
Versailles
Senate
Alabama
J. J. Curtis
S. F. Noon
Arkansas
A. J. Russell
John F. Neylan
Allen Completes Nomination Speech
Governor Allen of Kansas finished his nominating speech for Major General Wood and sent it to Fort Sheridan for final approval. The draft spans about 2,400 words and covers platform issues such as the league of nations, anti strike measures, prohibition enforcement, suffrage, and veteran bonuses while party leaders push for a middle ground plank.
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Chicago
Allen
Kansas
Wood
Fort Sheridan
Washington
League of Nations
Rublican Senate
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Isaac Mf. Ullman
L. H. Ball
Florida
J. T. Bielle
Georgia
B. J. Davis
W. E B. Borah
Ilinois
James E. Watson
Towa
Charles E. Pickett
William, Allen White
William Heyburn
Louisiana
D. A. Lines
George G. Weeks
Maryland
W. Bladen
Louis A. Coolidge
Harrie Gilpin
Frank Murphy
Mississippi
J. T. Montgomery
W. L. Cole
Montana
Lynn D. Ambrose
Nebraska
Londove
Nevada
E. W. Griffith
New Hampshire
Jease M. Barton
Austin Colgate
New Mexico
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Ogden L. Mill
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Ote
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Alr. Johnson
Oklahoma
Vernon Whitin
Wallace McCamant
Pennsylvania
W. E. Crow
Rhode Island
R. Livingston Beesman
South Carolina
R. R. Talbert
South Dakota
Chamvers Kellar
Tennessee
Fred Arn
Texas
T. P. Lee
Reed Smost
John M. Thomas
D. Lawrence
M. C. Richards
West Virginia
A.B. White
E. J. Gross
Wyoming
J. M. Wilson
Frank J. Hoga
Alaska
George C. Hablet
Philippines
A. S. Crossfield
Porto Rico
R. H. Todd
Hawaii
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