Swedish League Plans Meeting
Chicago Tribune, Jan. 25, 1914
The Swedish-American Republican League of Illinois will hold its twentieth annual convention at the Auditorium Hotel on Monday March 9th. The leagus is a confederation of county clubs from all over the state, and represents 50,000 voters.
The executive committee met yesterday at the Congress Hotel and allotted five-hundred delegates, of which Cook County is allowed 125.
The annual banquet of the league will be held on the evening of the same day in the Gold Room of the Congress.
The committee on arrangments has decided, for the first time, to admit women, and wives of past presidents who will assist in the evening's reception.
2The following will be the speakers at the banquet: Former Gov. Herbert S. Hadley of Missouri, Senator Lawrence Y. Sherman, Henry S. Henschen, and Miss Harriet Vittum, who will speak on "Women in Politics."
Alfred A. Norton of Chicago is secretary of the league.
