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WOMEN’S SUFFRAGE September 2017 THE ROAD TO THE 19TH AMENDMENT INSIDE THE ISSUE More than 170 years ago Women championed the cause of Women’s Suffrage. Lydia Taft, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony were the early leaders of the movement that would take more than 70 years to achieve. Chairman Robert Stovall ..2

In the beginning of the 20th Century women like Alice Paul lead the movement. Suf- Rep. Lamar Smith ...... 2 fragist Paul organized the first picket line outside of the Democrat Woodrow Wil- son’s White House. For six months, these Suffragist pleas went unanswered... until Speaker Joe Straus ...... 3 June of 1917. That is until…. Club Segment ...... 4 A Russian delegation came to the White House and the Suffragists unfurled a flag Training Dates ...... 4 decrying “We Women of America tell you that America is not a democracy. Twenty million women are denied the right to vote. President Wilson is the chief opponent Grassroots Segment ...... 5 of their national enfranchisement”1 Training Dates ...... 6 More of these protests occurred and Paul was arrested. But eventually on June 4, 19192 the Senate approved the amendment by 56 to 25 after four hours of debate, during which Democratic Senators filibustered to prevent a roll call. The vote passed 36(R) to 20(D). By an 82% to 54% margin and the 19th amendment passed. The resistance from the Democrats was defeated and eventually enough states rati- fied the 19th Amendment which prohibited state or federal sex-based restrictions on voting, in August of 1920. Donate or track your Just one month later, in September of 1920, four San Antonio Women, Mrs. R.J. Milburn, Mrs. Alexander Boynton, Mrs. Jimmy Rue, and Mrs. Frank Wine began volunteer hours at the group the Republican Women’s Club of Bexar County. The suffragist activists www.Legacyfounder.com immediately began working on campaigns, particularly the Harding-Coolidge- or with the mobile Wurzbach ticket. Legacy Pro App

By 1950, the club changed its name to the Bexar County Republican Women’s Club. Where today they are still extremely active. In the 2014 election cycle the club vol- GET IT TODAY! unteered more than 169,000 hours. The most in the state of Texas. BCRW is the oldest chartered club in Texas and will celebrate their 100th birthday in 2020. It might have taken 70 years, but women never faltered when fighting for this cause. But women didn’t just fight for the right to vote. They’ve exercised that right and today women have become instrumental to the success of Republican Candi- dates. The Republican Party is the party for women. There is no war on women here. Just women willing to take the fight to the cause they feel most passionate about. Here is to another 97 years of women exercising their voice and standing up for the values we American’s hold so dear. (Sources 1 and 2 page 8) Vivian D Brown , Editor VOLUNTEERS GET IT DONE Whether its volunteering for Hurricane Harvey relief efforts or the Salvation Army many organizations solidly depend on volunteers and Your Bexar GOP is no exception. In July alone there were more than 613 hours of treasured time donated by people just like you. This is like having four full-time employees. In 2016, each volunteer hour was valued of $23.07. That is more than $14,000 in July donations alone! As great as those numbers are we know many more of you are volunteering and you haven’t gotten credit for those hours. “How can I count my hours, Robert?”, you ask? The Legacy Pro app is a great way to keep track. Once you download the app you just Check in and out every time you volunteer for a Republican cause. Find it in your APP store. That’s it...that’s all there is to it. This is particularly helpful for TFRW members. Chairman Robert Stovall (210) 824-9445 Without our volunteers we would not be able to maintain headquarter operations like we [email protected] have year round. Many counties are open only during the primary season. Your Bexar GOP operates year round. I want to give a particular shout out to Vivian Brown and Susan Solcher. Combined they have more than 2000 hours logged on the app. It’s these kind of volunteers that make all difference. Whether its Hurricane Relief or an Election Cycle. Volunteers get it done!

MEDIA FAIRNESS CAUCUS A Look at Media Bias Rep. Lamar Smith (R-TX), Chairman

Gallup: Less than 3 in 10 have “confidence” in newspapers From Washington examiner… “According to Gallup, less than three in 10 Americans have ‘confidence in TV news and newspa- pers.’” 27% have confidence in newspapers and 25% in TV news. CBS, NBC Censor Murder at Hands of Illegal Immigrant From Newsbusters… A 17-year-old Muslim girl, Nabra Hassanen, was beaten to death by her attacker, Darwin Mar- tinez Torres, in an act of road rage. ICE announced that he was an illegal immigrant from El Salva- dor. NBC and CBS ignored the story. ABC hyped it as a possible “hate crime” – even though police dismissed that motive – and left out the attacker’s illegal immigrant status from their report. Rasmussen: Just 4% say media like Trump, 50% say biased From Washington Examiner… Congressman Lamar Smith “[A Rasmussen] survey found that just 4% of voters believe that the press leans in favor of Trump, CD 21 while 50% said that there is bias against the president.” CNN Describes “Allahu abkar” as “something in Arabic” From IJR… 1100 NE Loop 410, Ste. 640 During an attack on a police officer at a Michigan airport, the attacker screamed “Allahu akbar”, a San Antonio, TX 78209-1302 phrase used by many jihadists during terrorist attacks meaning “God is great”. CNN reported it as (210) 821-5024 “Michigan airport subject said something in Arabic before stabbing officer.”

Editor: Ivanka is Anti-Woman Because She Wore Pink Dress 2409 Rayburn House From the Federalist… Office Bldg. Joan Walsh, Editor of Salon, on MSNBC “slammed Ivanka Trump’s dress choice at a G-20 sum- mit meeting calling it ‘ornamental’, and saying it hearkened back to a time where daughters were Washington, DC 20515 shown off as nothing more than the property of their fathers. Walsh added that Ivanka could not (202) 225-4236 possibly fight for women’s equality while wearing a pink dress with bows on the sleeves.” But, back in 2012 when Michelle Obama wore a pink dress to the DNC Convention. Walsh said the impression she made to women “demonstrated empathy with their day-to-day economic struggles.” Congressman Smith represents constituents of Texas’s 21st Two-thirds of Americans say news media has negative impact Congressional District in the From The Washington Times… U.S. House “A wide ranging new survey from the Pew Research Center finds that two-thirds of Americans now say the news media has had a ‘negative impact on the U.S.’ – rating the press at the bottom of a list of national institutions.” NYT’s Big Trump Jr. Scoops Contain a Key Disclaimer From the Daily Caller… “Two scoops from The New York Times on a meeting between Donald Trump Jr. and a Russian lawyer contain a key disclaimer about five paragraphs deep clarifying there is still ‘no evidence’ of collusion.” It appears they were trying to bury that the meeting may amount to nothing more than opposition research from a foreigner, which is neither illegal nor unprecedented. 2 SPECIAL SESSION RECAP The special legislative session that ended last week gave the Texas House a chance to work on some of our top priorities. Ultimately, some efforts were more successful than others. But that's how legislating often goes: You achieve what you can and you keep working for the next opportunity to get something done.

Retired teachers' health care: The Legislature directed $212 million toward help- ing the retired teachers who have seen the most severe increases in their health insur- ance deductibles, premiums, and other expenses.

Public education: We provided additional funding to help school districts facing Speaker Joe Straus severe fiscal challenges, and we designated extra dollars to help schools educate stu- HD 121 dents with autism and dyslexia. Unfortunately, the Texas Senate blocked our attempt to 7373 Broadway, Ste. 202-A put another $1.5 billion into public education over the next two years. The funding that San Antonio, TX 78209 the Senate blocked would have helped nearly every school district and it would have reduced the amount of local property tax dollars that school districts send to the state (210) 828-4411 through Robin Hood. This was a setback, but the House will continue to prioritize a better school finance system for students and taxpayers. Capitol Office Room 2W.13 Property taxes: The House voted to put new limits on property-tax growth and give P.O. Box 2910 property owners better information about appraisals and the setting of local tax rates. Austin, TX 78768 In the session's short time span, we did not reach final agreement with the Senate on (512) 463-1000 this issue.

Joe Straus represents Texas Annexation: Residents of unincorporated areas near large cities will now have a vote House District 121 in Bexar on whether they want to be annexed. We worked closely with city officials in San Anto- County and serves as the Speak- nio to include a buffer zone around military bases in order to protect those bases from er of the Texas House of Repre- sentatives. development.

Maternal mortality: We passed a bill to extend the life of the Maternal Mortality and Morbidity Task Force. Texas has an alarmingly high maternal mortality rate, and this task force will continue to look at ways to reduce pregnancy-related deaths in Texas.

Thank you for your input on these issues and others that we addressed in the special session. I also want to thank the Members of the Texas House for their many hours of work. We carefully considered every idea that Governor Abbott put on the agenda, we listened to constituents, and we acted in the best interest of Texas. Now we will begin to look at issues that should be addressed when the Legislature meets again in January 2019. As always, I welcome and appreciate your feedback.

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BEXAR COUNTY YR’S HEAD TO THE TEXAS YOUNG REPUBLICANS STATE CONVENTION The Bexar County Young Republicans attended the Texas Young Republicans State Convention on August 11-13 in the Woodlands. The Montgomery County Young Republicans hosted the Convention at The Woodlands Waterway Mar- riott Hotel & Convention Center. The Convention kicked-off Friday evening with a welcome reception and dinner at 7:00pm for all delegates.

The motto of this year’s Convention was “Uniting Republicans Across Texas”. Following that theme, the Young Republicans heard presentations on a variety of diversity issues. The discussions focused on how Republicans can unite and celebrate the issues that we agree on while respecting those who might have a different opinion on some subjects. As Haley Barbour at the RNC Convention in 1993 said, “My old boss Ronald Reagan used to say, ‘Somebody who agrees with me 80 percent of the time is a friend and ally, not a 20 percent traitor.’”

At the Texas Young Republicans Convention, Eddie Gallegos discussed a per- spective of activities by the left in Texas. The Log Cabin Republicans of Texas will speak about the LGBT community within The Republican Party and Karen Jamie Mathis Watson, will speak about the book she authored entitled “Being Black and Re- publican in the Age of Obama”. Club Segment Leader Saturday afternoon, delegates convened to discuss and vote on issues im- portant to the Texas Young Republicans. Saturday evening the delegates gath- Have a club event to promote? ered in their semi-formal apparel to attend the Convention Gala and Silent Send to [email protected] Auction. Part of the proceeds from the silent auction will benefit Lone Survivor Foundation and Montgomery County Women’s Center.

There are also informative speakers at the Convention Gala who will provide updates from Washington DC and the state of the Republican Party of Texas. Texas Young Republicans heard from Special Guest Speakers Congressman Kevin Brady and RPT Chairman James Dickey. The Keynote Speaker was Ra- fael B. Cruz, Pastor and father of Senator Ted Cruz.

Sunday morning the Texas Young Republican Federation Board convened one last time, as delegates disperse back home across the State to share with their County chapter what they learned at this Convention.

Thank you to Montgomery County Young Republicans for hosting a very well organized and informative convention.

POSITIVE RESULTS

Michael Deffendall Grassroots Segment Leader

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The Governor's first called special session of the 85th Legislature is now com- plete. And several important pieces of legislation were passed by both the Sen- ate and the House of Representatives and then signed by the Governor. While some will debate on what was not accomplished, now is the time to look at some important items that were successfully completed. Items that not only are bene- ficial for all Texans, but items that the grassroots asked for in the form of the Republican Party of Texas platform.

First and foremost, the legislation that keeps the states agencies operating in- cluding the medical licensing board, has passed and been signed. This was the reason a special session was required. Without this legislation, there would be no medical review agency to permit doctors to operate.

With all the talk in the media about elections, it was very timely and appropriate that Texas now has stronger laws to crack down on mail-in ballot fraud. It is an important step towards ensuring voter integrity during our elections.

Another critical issue for the Texas grassroots is the right to have a say if your house is about to be annexed by a nearby city. Property owners and residents now have the right for a vote to say if they choose to be annexed or not. This previous abomination of taking areas of land without voter approval ranks right up there with "taxation without representation".

Additionally patient care rights were addressed as the Legislature approved for the Governor's signature a bill to strengthen the penalties for a doctor who will- fully disregards a patient's do-not-resuscitate order. The wishes of the patient are of key concern in this matter, and doctors do not have the right to violate those wishes.

There are other measures that also successfully have been signed by Governor Abbott, but these highlighted issues show that progress has been made in an- swering some of the concerns of the grassroots, as they have called for in the party platform. We look forward to additional gains when the legislature next meets.

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COMMUNICATION TEAM TOP LEGACY PRO VOLUNTEERS OF THE MONTH Vivian Brown Communication Director Bexar News Editor

Vivian Brown ……………………………….. 245.10 hours Mike Asmus Republifact Segment Susan Solcher ………………………………. 129.90 hours

Lille Gough ………………………………….. 121.80 hours Michael Deffendall Grassroots Segment Ann Chandler ……………………………….. 29.20 hours

Tracy Hibberd ………………………………. 27.2 hours Stan Fisher Bradley Chandler ………………………….. 16.00 hours Web Development

Michael Deffendall ………………………… 14.20 hours Chennine Guerro Vatsal Patel …………………………………… 6.60 hours Spanish Segment

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Congratulations to Vivian Brown for

surpassing 1000 volunteer hours. 7 Republican Party HOMETOWN HERO SPOTLIGHT of LT. COMMANDER JOHN DUNCAN BULKELEY UNITED STATES NAVY Bexar County

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San Antonio, TX 78209-1302 The United States

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takes pleasure in presenting the Email: [email protected] Medal of Honor Email Editor: to [email protected] JOHN DUNCAN BULKELEY Website bexargop.org Rank and organization: Lieutenant Commander, Commander of Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron 3, U.S. Navy. Place and date: Philippine waters, 7 December 1941 to 10 April Party Leaders 1942. Entered service at: Texas. Born: 19 August 1911, New York, N.Y. Other awards: Navy Cross, Distinguished Service Cross, Silver Star, Legion of Merit.

Chair: Robert Stovall Citation: Secretary: Deanna Abiassi For extraordinary heroism, distinguished service, and conspicuous gallantry above and beyond the call of duty as commander of Motor Torpedo Boat Squad- Treasurer: Lille Gough ron 3, in Philippine waters during the period 7 December 1941 to 10 April 1942. Director Operations: Becky Edler The remarkable achievement of Lt. Comdr. Bulkeley's command in damaging or destroying a notable number of Japanese enemy planes, surface combatant and

merchant ships, and in dispersing landing parties and land-based enemy forces during the 4 months and 8 days of operation without benefit of repairs, overhaul, or maintenance facilities for his squadron, is believed to be without precedent in Management Committee this type of warfare. His dynamic forcefulness and daring in offensive action, his

brilliantly planned and skillfully executed attacks, supplemented by a unique Precinct 1 Patty Gutting resourcefulness and ingenuity, characterize him as an outstanding leader of men

Scott Stratton and a gallant and intrepid seaman. These qualities coupled with a complete dis- regard for his own personal safety reflect great credit upon him and the Naval Precinct 2 Betty Eckert Service . Ray Rodriguez

Precinct 3 Ann Chandler 1 James Ciment, Thaddeus Russell (2007). "The home front encyclopedia: United States, Britain, James Cotter and Canada in World Wars I and II, Volume 1". p.163. ABC-CLIO, 2007 2 "Our Documents - 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution: Women's Right to Vote Precinct 4 Jeanne Melendez (1920)". ourdocuments.gov.

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