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rhllirftlphli. Mnndir. June 2a, 1?!0
A FOUR-YEAR, PROGRAM FOR
PHILADELPHIA
Thlnns on wlilcli the people expert
the new nilmlnlslriitton to concen
trntu Its nttenllmii
The Dataware rtuer bridge.
A drydock bg enough to accommo
date the largest chips.
Development of the rapid transit sys
tem, A convention hall.
A building for the Free ZAbrarv.
An Art Museum.
Enlargement of the water supply.
Homes to accommodate the popula
tion. THE POINT AT ISSUE
THE nrguments before the Public
Service Commission on the 1. It. T.
fare question today will deal with the
interpretation of the contract with the
city.
Under that contract no chnnges are
to be mnde In the rnte of fare without
consultation with the city. President
Mitten announced the nbolition of the
free transfers, which amounts to an in
crease in fare for certain riders, with
out taking the city into his confidence ;
and also, ns It appears, without pre
xious approvnl of the directors of the
P. R. T.
The city insists that its rights have
been disregarded. The overage layman
will believe that this contention is well
founded. But laymen do not interpret
contracts. The lawyers of the P. It. T
we believe, are arguing that there Is no
proposed change in the five-cent fare
and that the contract with the city
deals only with the five-cent fare
Now if this contention is valid the
P. It. T. can, by abolishing free trans
fers, force pnsscngers to pay ten cents
for a ride they hnve been getting for
five cents, and it would seem also that
by abolishing the three-cent exchange
tickets It. could make passenger? pay
ten cents for the ride they have been
jetting for eight cents.
The layor is doing only his duty in
fighting for the right of the city to have
its say in this matter. If it shall ap
pear that the rights of the city are not
protected by the contrnct with the 1
K. T.. then -.onic other way must bf
found for protecting the users of the
street cars.
A NUISANCE
SUL
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ULTRY days and hot nre on the
ay. And it is on summer nftcr-
noons wnen the tnermometcr is doing
Its worst thnt smoke nnd gas from im
perfectly adjusted mntoreni engines
hnng solidly in the air of crowded streets
to make going hard for everybody If
factories consistently poisoned the nir
and filled the streets and business houses
with smoke there would be n terrific
outcry nnd quick nctlon by the health
authorities. But the automobile smoke
nuisance developed grndunlly until it
hns become almost intolerable. Only a
police order strictly enforced Is neces
sary to ston it
POSTOFFICE PENSIONS
THE announced retirement of 1-0 em
ployes of the locnl postoffice nn
August 20 is made possible under the
new law for the passage of which the
postnl employes have long been working.
The law provides for the retirement
on u pension of thos,. employes who have
reached the age of sixty -live ve.irs.
The maximum pension is $li' a month.
The postmaster general mnj . in his dis
cretion, keep men In the service after
they hnve reached the age of sixt -live.
Thus far he has not exer is, d that dis
cretion. A considerable proportion of the men
who hnve reached the nge limit nre still
capable of giving etlli lent service, and
many of them would doubtless like to
continue to draw full pay ns long as
possible. Yet then Is no doubt t tint if
every mnn is retlnd at the nge of sixty
five the postal employes will not regret
the passage of the law It 1ms long
been needed for the good of the service
as well us for the protection from want
of men who lime outlived their period
of efficiency. Did men hnve been kept
on the payrolls because their discharge
would leme them helpless nnd de
pendent. They can now be displaced
without inflicting hardship upon any
one.
The capable men sixty -five yenrs old
vhp are retired nre not likely to lie
long out of ii job, for Postmaster Gen
eral Burleson, even if he persists in
refusing to exercise his discretion to
keep them in the service, will not be In
oHiec many months longer nnd his suc
cessor Is likely to take n different view
of his duties.
TROUBLES OF THE BOSS
AGNEW T DICE, president of the
Reading, spoke what 1 In the
minds of a Rood mnny bosses every
where when, m n statement to the strik
ing railway men. he embodied a lumi
nous but difficult question. "Will jou
work," said Mr Dice, "or hnve you
qUlt the service?"
- The rail men couldn't answer him
because, they do not know Tlicy are
groping. But their difficulties are no
greater than their bosses djfflcultles.
Thficongresdiuual provision for th rail
wajf labor toard, ty wn.ll ns rdutraets
with the brothctaooi lYW u ran
wnr executives ttltlmnt (he Independent
rlffhl (o clmnRp vn.RC seliednles. Jtrnn
wlilln the ronds linve to run. nnd It U
the bosses who hnve to run them. Sim
llrtfly, It Ip the hosH who hns to meet
the. demnnA for lower lUIng eot"" In In
ilimtr.v Hut! nt the snme time find mrnns
to eontiinic high vm?c.
A Rood deal of ii(ini('n''e li hehiR
written nhout he itrlKiiiR rnllwn.v men.
They have adopted the wrong method b.v
reortliiR agnln to threnti nnd direct
nctlon. The rnllwn.r lnbor bonrd, the
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did nbnut all that nnyone could n
when they promised to make new wngc
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Incrensei rctronctlve.
Hut the striker? i
normally nrc pretty good Americans,
mill they hnve n good deal of ofilclnl
evidence to prove that they ennnot live
nnd maintain tnnilllrs on n wage of $1
n day the pay that the great mnjorlty
of them have nvernged In the last yenr.
A YEAR OF THE NEW ORDER
MIXES HOPES AND FEARS
Certain Tangible Accomplishments
of the League of Nations, How
ever, Embarrass the Con
firmed Pessimist
THE observance of holidays Is very
largely dependent on hindsight. It
i is through the rearward perspective that
1 i ... ... . ... ...i .
the memory of great events nnd grent
men thrives. That explnins why the
pnssflge (if years was required for
recognition of the conclusion of the
Louisiana Purchase as n signal date;
why official celebration even of Lin
coln's birthday was so long deferred.
The past which lies close to the pres
ent is the critics' pnrnile ground. Such
Inquisitors hnve stamped all over the
i year of peace which ends today the
I first nnnlversnrj of the signing of the
(treaty of Versailles by (Jennntiy nud
the allied powers.
It is unfair to brand ns pessimists
these innuircrs Into the state of things
'ns they nre. They are realists back In
the saddle again after n world adventure
in idealism which failed to cure the
world's ills. It is ensy to brood over
that incontestable fact: quite as easy,
Indeed, ns it is to scoff nt today's an
niversary nnd to reject the note of
jubilation as a mockery.
Wars hnve not ceased. Toland, Bol
shevist Itus-sin. Greece. Turkey, are all
engaged in nrmed strife. No American
nurse, regarded ns indispensable for the
infant Lengue of Nations, hns yet been
employed. The round of supplement
ary Pence Conferences nnd Oermnn
laxity in fulfilling the treaty terms
vltlnte the force of diplomatic deci
sions. Knowledge of these failures is uni
versal. Examination of them would be
profoundly discouraging were the events
of the past twelvemonth capable of
detachment from the chain of conse
quences nnd immune from the beneficent
Influences which as yet promise rather
thnn perform. For the year from June
2S, 1919. to June 2S, 190. hns set in
motion many forces- fnr more thnn nre
generally appreciated the vnluc of
which ennnot be estimntcd without the
illuminating advantage of historic per
spective. While it is rash and foolish to declare
that nil will be well, it is equally in
considerate to maintain thnt all will be
ill. Patience is a hard school, but it
is there that truth is taught.
General Jan Smuts is a pntient man.
So is Herbert C. Hoover.
It is interesting to note what these
two sincere champions of world recon
struction on a plnne nt once lofty nnd
sane haAe to ay of a peace program
that has been called Impotent. "In
the first days of its operntions the
League of Nntions hns not responded."
declared the premier of the I'nion of
South Africa the other day. "to the
grent hopes entertained of it But,"
he pertinently added, "rather thnn re
joice over its failure, every one should
bend his energrcs to mane ir an lnscru-
ment of realitv and power in the affairs
of the world.
Mr. Hoover has just urged ngnln the
ratification of the covenant, although
with n significant amendment nullifying
the much -discussed Article X pledging
the nntions to use military force to
chastise n refractory state. The faith
of these distinguished statesmen sug
gests thnt. despite adverse conditions
and the celerity of detractors in capi
talizing them, the operntions of the
international sooiet during the yenr
ending today hnve not been entirely
negligible.
' And indeed n survey of the nctunl
ncinmplihmciits of the league nicy
serve ns a tonic to the despondent.
Some of the projects launched, while
laudable, are grandiose in design, nnd
sentence, favorable or otherwise, can
not be pronounced upon them at this
i arly daU. Others are definite, tangi
ble instruments already of visible im
portant in the task of reconstruction.
Since the ratification of the treaty of
Versailles ten sections or committees
of the lengue have been organized. They
nrn devoted to the consideration of poli
ties, legal affairs, economic and finan
cial affairs, administrative commissions
nnd minority questions, transit nnd
communications, information, mnndntos,
international buieaus. reg'strntion of
treaties ami sonnl questions nnd henlth
In certain instances nieiely the pre
liminary machinery has been started
In others genuine constructive work i
to be recorded.
Jn the fields of ln'ior and henlth r'ie
I recommendation and suggestion stage
I hns not been missed More vi-iU r.
I progress Is to be noted in the s-i ,.
i taken in the formation of n perinnMiit
'court of international Justice. A fm
i mittee of jurists is now sitting nt I lie
Unguo nnd occupied with the format i n
of tliis potent agency on behalf of pe.iee
The presence of Klllm Root in tins
body is uncompromiseil b the fnrt that
the I'nited States is still wit1. ut the
lengue. Mr. Boot was summoned as nn
expert, together with twelve other con
freres from various nntions nnmed bv
Leon Bourgeois, chairman of the league
council.
There is no doubt thnt the new court
will bo crented nnd it it proper to ob
serve thnt Its existence does not neces
sarily discredit the old Hague court,
which is still the guarantor of some 200
arbitration treaties, ' including twenty
eight to which the I'nited States is n
party. I uiler the covenant option is
given to disputing nntions to agree upon
the choice of a tribunal.
The new legal framework, however,
looks toward the future. What Is
likely lo be disturbing tn the confirmed
skeptic is the functioning of the league
In the governm
and fiie free cti
lef IjrJtnry U
iirotvctliin 6( th
In the government of tlio Maar vnlley
Itr of Danzig The lat-
lhnov (under the direct
nroiectiun oi nieveaxuy. or me onnr
.. V. 1 M-- .1 C
Wcdn, ikt council of the international J
evened pxihuc
society which hns entire control In this
dltrlct hns nppolntcd n ROvernlilR com
mission, consisting of one Frenchmnn,
one citizen of the region, n Ilelglnn nnd '
n Pnne. There Is ho shntlow on this j
Jurisdiction, which U working efll
clrntly. I
Mpmbcrchlii In the lengue hns lm-
prcsstvely Incrcnsed since the trenty I
ranie In force. The nsoelnted countries
now Include Argentina, Austrnlln, Hel- I
i glum. Ilrnslt, ( nnntlii, Chile. Czccho-
.Hlovnkln, Denninrlc Frnnce, (Jreece. i
Ncthcrlnnds. India, Italy, Jnpnn, New
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i the I nion of South Afrlcn, hpnin.
Swltzcrlnnd nnd the United Kingdom.
Most of the new applicants entered
without nuntlficntlons, but it is In
itrurtlve to renllr.e that Norway nnd
Switzerland did not hesltato to define
special positions lo wiucn the lenguc
n greed. The former tint ion frankly In-
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concerning disarmament, authorized n,I,,",h the senntor nt Colu.nbns nnd got
member nation to nbollsh Its nrmy nnd
navj. In effect this interpretation
means the disregnrd of the drastic
Article X by Norway, nnd Is closely in
accord with Mr. Hoover's view of the
proper operation of the league.
In the ense of Swltzcrlnnd, It was
decided that this republic was not
obliged to take part In military nctlon
ndopted b the other merqbers, although
It wn assumed thnt Its neutrality would
be vigorously defended nnd Switzerland
"would not stand aside when the high
principles of the lengue have to be de
fended.
An nrrnngement of this character not
only illiisttntcs that within a year the
lengue hns learned, to avoid the pitfall
of rigidity, but that the Democrntic
assumption of its inflexibility is lnrgel)
fictitious.
It may be too soon to cheer, but it
Is also enrly to bewail the trend of In
ternational nfffllrs since June 28, 1019.
Notwithstanding "overflow" wnrs nnd
the menace of bnnkruptcy abroad, pre
liminaries In progress seem to have been
made. Whethcr'thelr results will com
pel us to Ignore or joyously to recognize
the recurrence of this date is a matter
upon which the future must pass judg
ment. TODAY AT FRISCO
IN MORE ways than one the Demo
cratic National Convention will be
a picturesque battleground. The war
between the old elements and the new
in the party must end with the anni
hilation of one side or the other.
Few Democrats agree with the Presi
dent's views of national, world and
party affairs. Few have willingly sus
tained him in the role of benign dic
tator. War'gnve Mr. Wilson cxtrnor
dinnry power nnd extrnordinnry oppor
tunities, nnd led him finnlly to a com
plete abandonment of the pollticnl the
ories which he nnd his party were
supposed to represent. We have had
the novel spectacle of an administration
which threw overboard one by one every
basic principle that had stood the test
of experience.
In theory nt least democrncy menns
the conservation of state n'hd individual
rights, an unvarying respect for the
opinions of minorities and governmental
policy dictated by the common desires
of the multitude. Yet official power hns
been centrnlized in Washington nnd
given Into the hands of a small group
of executives. In Mr. Palmer the
country has been able to perceive some
of the dangerous results of that policy.
Democrats like McCombs, Reed,
nrynn, nnd even Cox and McAdoo, re
fuse to believe with the President thnt
the theories of government which orig
innlly gave their party a cause and a
cry nre altogether outworn and fit only
for the rubbish heap. Thnt. however.
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every move There nil bo a tremendous cIjlnilmtcd. uncertainty became cer
effort at Pan rrnncisco to make the . tnintv ana Harrison nnd Morton were
party rignt-atiout-facc and to restore it ;
to its original point of view. Bryan nnd j
Reed nnd a great many southern I
leaders, aided bv bosses like Charley
Murphy, of New York, have gone to
the convention with a determination to
free the pnrtv from the hypnotic spell
C,nst upon it b Mr. Wilson.
What Democracy will he in this
country for a generation will be decided
between now nnd next Saturday nnd
reflected definitely in the platform and
the personality nnd associations of the
nominee The President dislikes old
fnshioncd Demorrnts ns heartily ns he
dislikes old-fashioned Republicans. He
Is making a desperate effort to remodel
the partv, to give it a new and younger
leadership and n new set of guiding
prinoip!e He will have some help.
But at this writing it does not appear
that he ill have the help necessary to
save him from overwhelming defeat by
the old losses.
GLITTER AND A KIND HEART
ALTHOUGH the originnl romance
f the announcement thnt the mng
nifi' fiit collection of jewels belonging
to tli" late Gnby Deslys was to be sold
"for the benefit of her native village"
is somewhat punctured by the news
that the city of Marseilles will be the
rcei lent, the charm of an unusual be
quest abides.
Tins legacy, from n performer nlleged
to personify the mnxlmum of footllght
frivolity, is perhnps unscientific ns an
nid to social progress. It is frankly
sentimental, slgnificnntly French. Nev
ertheless, there is .something touching
in the offering, something thnt is cs
pe inlly interpretative of the henrt nnd
rather nnlve philosophy of so mnny
stage folk.
Large or small, the sum secured will
he welcome to Marseilles, n town like
all senports of splendor and squnlor,
of keen misery nnd spectacular display.
Slums of which Bichard Hnrdlng Davis
could find no authentic specimens in
Paris are discoverable In the metropolis
by the sometimes mockingly bright Med
iterranean, and they mny entertain n
kind thought or two of once glittering
Gnby.
Unless ndvance re-
Not Sugar Enough ports are Inoorrcrt.
to Coat It Homer Cummlng-
will tell the eountn
today that the Democratic convention
will mix up n dose that will cure it of
all its ills. Mr. CuinmingH does not jet
know what the dose will be, but Is con
vinced of its remedial properties. It
will be eusier, however, to mix up the
dose thnn to persuade the country to
take it.
Governor Sproul
What Eperlence lias made it known
Proves thnt he will cnll the
Delaware bridge
commission for another session before
long. But you can't build a bridge with
words, and words seem to be about the
only things with which the bridge com
mission Is disposed to work.
Can it be that their knowledge
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wllat lias led the llotnrlaut til favor
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HARDING THfe POLITICIAN
One of His First Delegates Talks
of Him Mrs. Harding Charm
ing The Situation In 1888
Similar to the Present
I Uy GEtfltGE NOX RIcCAltt
HAltltY E. VESTAL, phnrmnclst
, and former uewspnper mnn, of
! West Phllndelpjiln, hns known Warren
G, Harding since young ninnhond.
, Mr. Vcstnl Is n native of Marlon, O..
, nnd having lived there until n few vrnrs
ngo, knows nhout nil there is to know;
'concerning the Itcptibllenu candidate
for President.
He was one Of the Harding delegate
In the convention thnt first nominated
him for state senntor. It was the
I future United Stntcs senator's initial
I entrance into politics.
Afterward Mr. cstal was nssocintcii
to know him Intimately politically. His
opinion of Seiintor Harding is wotth
quoting:
"lie Is one of the finest men I ever
knew. He plnys politics on the s-qunre.
I never knew him to do n questionnble
thing In his entire pollticnl enrecr.
"When he wns chosen as the nominee
of the HcnubHcan party of Marlon
county for stnto senator he was so
backward nnd modest thnt nil he could
say when our committee waited on him
wns, 'Gentlemen, I thnnk you.'
'bnt lt ias n como to him since he cu-
"He Is n fine cumpnlgn orntor now,
teicjl public life.
".Mrs. Hnrdlng Is nn exceptionally
bright woman. In fact, I do not know
of another womnn who possesses finer
trnlts of character nnd is more ngrccable
nnd grnclous than she is. They arc nu
unusually well-mated couple."
THE fact that the nomination of
Senntor Hnrdlng has not been re
ceived with vociferous ncclnlm by the
entire Republlcnn party will recall to
the older generation similar conditions
following the nomination of Harrison
and Morton In 1888.
General Benjamin Harrison's selec
tion wns then, ns In the case of Senntor
Hnrdlng, a compromise.
His opponents were James G. Blnine,
John Sherman nnd Walter Q. Grcsham.
Compromises rarely arouse popular
enthusiasm.
The result of the Republlcnn National
Convention's work thnt year was re
ceived without demonstration; rntber
with np'nthy.
Attempts to arouse anything in the
way of interest in the early pnrt of the
cnmpalgn were ineffectual. Criticism,
particularly from the adherents of Mr.
Shermnn and Judge Grcsham, was gen
eral and to the party lenders disheart
ening. There were serious doubts during the
summer of 18S8 ns to whether or not the
ticket would win.
THE nnmlnntion of Levi P. Morton
who died within the last few weeks
for Vice President, was equally criti
cized. He was described as "a prominent
and wealthy bnnker, of high chnrnctcr,
with n strong tnstc for politics nnd pub
lic life, whose nsslstnncc In raising
funds in previous Republlcnn cam
paigns has been of great practical serv
ice to his party."
Mr. Morton wns opposed for the
nomination by William Walter Phelps,
of New Jersey, in whose support n
strong combination had been formed.
The unanimous desire, however, of
New York was for Morton, nnd ns New
York then exercised a more potent sway
thnu its delegation did in Chicago two
weeks ago. Morton was chosen.
The friends of Mr. Phelps were al
most as greatly disgruntled over the
failure of their candldnte ns were the
friends of Sherman nnd Greshnm.
The result wns thnt the campaign of
lS'vS opened with a general feeling of
i uncertainty, fnctlonul animosity nnd ill
1 feeling prevalent in a good portion of
wie nnny.
elected.
T3ENJAMIN HARBISON wns, at the
J- time of his nomination, better
known than Senator Harding. But he
had faults that nre foreign to the pres
ent cnndldntc.
He w-ns reserved to a point amount-,
ing almost to frigidity. In the light of
lnttcr-dny presidential experiences he
might be regarded ns the originnl Pres
ident with the "one-track mind."
He wns intensely practical nnd un
sympathetic to a marked degree.
He once said thnt he had never in
vestigated his ancestry to any consid
erable extent for the reason thnt he
never felt much interest in it.
"I received nothing from my ances
tors," he said, "except an education.
But that was sufficient, for my father
died poor.
"1 married young nnd m.v wife nnd
I took us our dwelling n little house of
only three rooms. I remember we had
six knives nnd six two-pronged forks,
six plates and n similarly slim equip
ment nil aruaud. My wife did her own
work nnd we were both never happier
in our lives.
"My first fee, ns n lnwycr, a .$5 gold
piece, I luvived nt the door of thnt
dwelling."
The home of the. Harrisons in In
dianapolis at the time of his fust nomi
nation was, us I recall, a very unpre
tentious residence set buck from the
street, whose parlor wns ery plainly
and inexpensively furnished.
Tins point btands out conspicuously
as one memory of my visit to General
Harrison for the purpose of a news
paper interview.
CHACNCEY M. :
publican eonve
DEPEW in the Re
ention of 18SS
was
was
the platform star, just ns he
thlm-two years later In Chicago.
But when Mr. Depcw In his brilliant
address before the convention in ('hi
i.i.'o two weeks ngo, ns the dean of Re
publican leaders, presented reminis
1 1 m es of tlie past, he neglected to point
out one notable feature and failure.
I On Ids return to New York from the
liouvcntion of 1888 he started for En
' rope and did not return until early in
September. He then took the stump
. for Harrison nnd Morton.
Before leaving for Europe, however,
he expressly declared his intention of
j quitting politics for good nt the close
of the campaign.
I In his brilliant way, and the passing
wars have robbed him of none of his
oldtlme vigor of expression, he said:
I rise to remark that the experience
' of the preliminary canvass nud of tho
'invention at Chicago has convinced me
Hint the only business worth prosecut
ing in this country is that of railroad
iiin'. . .
Railroading nnd politics will not mix
without damage to one or tho other. I
intend to accept the political disabilities
of my business and herenfter give it my
Individual and exclusive attention."
Yet n generation attcr, and at nn nge
thnt runs well up into the plenties.
Chnuncey M. Depew is still In the game,
the youngest old mnn in his party.
"Mnc'll do!" cry
What Mac'll Do the Demociats at
Frisco, meaning, of
course, Mr. Wilson's distinguished rel
ative. Mad krliws what ho will do.
Um the princely salary of the chief at-
lie win Luuuuio to enjoy tiift peace
rt'rv',.s -,
SHORT CUTS
The most popular kind of summer
fiction continues to be fish stories.
i i '
All his biographers admit that
Warren GnmallM Harding hitched his
wagon to n Star.
Roptr will tomorrow mnke another
effort to tnke the deadly "spark" out
of "sparkler."
There is at least probability thnt
'Mr. Coolldge will hnve to pny rubrc
rent in Washington.
A Republican Jonah Is what tho
New York Tliried crills HI JohbsOn.
Well, ho got a, whaling all right.
Mill II t I I .-
Meredith and Gerard hnve opened
joint hentlqtinrters in Han Francisco,
"Two souls with but u single thought."
Tho cnmpnlgn song of the Rrt
tnrlnns next yenr will presumnbly be
"Within a mile of sweet Edinburgh
toon."
Delay in mnklng nwnrdi In the
railroad controversy suggests the possi
bility thnt tho labor board hns been
misnamed.
There nre optimists in Snn Frnn
cIsco who think the Democrntic mule
may nrrlvc somewhere If it doesn't grow
too thirsty.
When do we get it? is the (Jtics
tlmi the teachers nre nsklng nhout tho
rise In their pny. No one seems to be
able to answer.
Tho fnct thnt sugar hns gone up
nnothcr cent Is perhnps because the
drop wo hnvo been reading about wns
followed by n rebound.
With the approach of the Demo
cratic convention it is comforting to
remember thnt the scrnppiiig Kilkenny
cats eliminated themselves.
Even the pep of a Democratic con
vention cannot altogether lighten the
gloom of those who renllze that Carp
Cavinr has dropped ono point.
Despite expectations, there is pos
sibility that the Democrntic orchestrn
will be composed of a large number of
brazen Instruments and one Reed.
The weather nnd crop bulletin re
ports thnt barley harvest is well nlong
In Colifornln. Tho rye report will be
received Inter in the week from Snn
Francisco.
It will bo observed thnt Senntor
nnr'dlng spoke of "preserved nation
ality." It he had meant to comfort
the wets he would have said ''pickled"
Instead of "preserved." f
The enpture of the Bnnk Rtrcot
cloth thieves gives citizens n thrill of
pride in their policemen. Who knows?
The renction tuny cnuse us to pay them
what they're worth.
Onlv his ability to pronounce the
most difficult word in the Enclish lnn-
I guage. No, saved Senntor Hnrding from
allowing mo womnn suurngists to piace
him in a false and impossible position.
Though he can nnd does play poll
tics with consummnto skill, opponents
should do the President justice enough
to concede thnt his dominnnce over the
Democratic pnrty is intellectual and
spiritual.
Tho slaying of Article X by Her
bert Hoover, while definitely, putting n
quietus on the hopes of his friends thnt
he might, by some fluke, become Dem
ocrntic nominee for President, nlso, it
mny be, suggests n compromise Lengue
of Nntions plank on which contending
Dcmocrnts mny ngrce.
A plnn ndopted by the Democrntic
national committee contemplntes dou
bling the size of state dclegntions, with
eqtinl numbers of men and women with
cqtinl voting powers. Before the con
vention rntlfics this nlnn it should he
amended to mnke only mnrried couples j
eligible, this wculd simplify matters
for delegates who have to take their
wives along, anyhow. '
McADOO
BECAUSE he Is n clever chap ;
Because lie is n son-in-lnw:
Because the ring has known his cap ;
Becnuse his hand Is worth n drnw ;
Because he works to bent the band :
Because he has some notions new;
'Tis easy, quite, to understand
The McAdoo ado.
But Frisco now some questions asks :
What prompted him to quit? And will,
If cnlled on. he take up the tlisks
Ills friends assign to test his skill?
Does he oppose a triple term?
Where will he smile nnd where im
brue? Where is the rooster who'll nffirm
What Mc.Vdoo'll do?
We know not what the week may bring
Nor what sad tricks the fates may
pluv,
But cheerfullv euough we'll sing,
"The world is nil right anyway!"
Our ship of state will still set sail
On joyous voyage with nble crew
Though it he "McAdoo. all hail!"
Or "McAdoo, adieu!"
G. A.
What Do You Know?
QUIZ
1, What is mncaronlsm?
2, What Is nn oasis?
3. AVlifn did tho noer war como to an
jnd'
4. Wh-it Is "tnro" In weighing?
G. How mnny times nnd by whom has
Alihe Ireost's story, "Manon Los
nut ' Iippit used ns tho basis of
nir opera?
6. When nnd whero wns rostmnster
(it-rural liurleson liornf
7. Who wns Horace. Walpole?
8. What Ftnte contnlns tho principal oil
si .ii.. deposits Ixi the United States?
0. What Is the height of tho Phllndel
ph'a city Hall tower?
10
Win n did Director OencrnI McAdoo
onli r the eight-hour day oxtended
to all railroad employes?
Answers to Saturday's Quiz
1. "Hrn Mawr'
the Hill
Is Welsh for Urow
ot
2. The King of Denmark on June B,
1115, signed tho new constitution
BHIng full BUfTrngo to women.
3. Andrew Jackson wns glvon tho name
of Old Hickory because of the
tuiighnoss and sturdlncss of his
character.
4 In law "devlBo" Is used It? rcferenco
to teal ebtnta nnd "bequeath" In
reference to personnl property
6. Rrrman silver Is nn nlloy composed
of copper, nickel nnd zinc.
C. Ilosginl's 'The Barber of Seville"
wus composed In thirteen days,
7 A tare Is a kind of vetch, u plant of
tho bean family.
8, Rhodo Island was settled by Roger
Williams In 1636.
0. Surgeon General Rupert Blue .was
born. In Richmond county, ffortll
Cnrollna.ilay 30, 1867, " 1V""
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WOMEN, BUT NO
AT DEMOCRATIC PARLEY
There Are Tea-Pouring Ladies, Hoivever, and Miss Antoinette
Funk, Foster Mother of the McAdoo Boom
By CLINTON Wk GILBERT
Copurtoht, 1010, by TuMlo Ledger Co.
San Francisco, .Tune 2S. Up to the
present, with one convention finished
nnd the other, drawing to a close, the
best things women ill politics hnve pro
duced were General Wood hendqunrters
vamps at Chicago, the ladles who pour
tea in the candidates' headquarters here
nnd one womnn organizer for McAdoo,
The latter is Miss Antoinette Funk.
The women do best whnt they hnve
been used to doing. Vamping is an
nnclent nrt of the sex ; pouring ten is
a polite accomplishment of mnny of the
scx
Soliciting votes, like soliciting
' Kiihscrlntlons for the. Rod Cross. Is heo-
ond nnture to the sex.
They hnven't any vamps in tho enn
illdntcs' liendqunrters in San Francisco.
Perhnps there is some inherent differ
ence between the Republican nnd Demo
cratic parties whlch makes it nnturnl
that the Republican Indies in Oen
crnI Wood's hendqunrters were brilliant
vamps, while the Democrntic Indies nrc
not vnmps nt all. ,
Men rack their brains telling what
the difference between the two parties
is in these days when both parties nrc
alternatively conservative or progres
sive ns the mood strikes them. Perhaps
this is it. But probably even 'this dif
ference will fall us nnd both pnrtles four
years from now will have their vnmps
looking lovely nt hcadqunrterH and pin
ning buttons on the men or sticking
feathers in their buttonholes, ft way to
win henrts for their candidates if not
votes.
Adopted tho Abandoned Child
We pass the ten-pouring Indies. I.n
,u. nnu vine? ten whether to make pres
idents or to find or help their friends
to find liusnaniis arc uu very niucii
nlike. Then to Miss Funk. .When the
McAdoo movement, abandoned by Mr.
McAdoo, left fntherlcss and brothcrless
by Mr. Baruch and Mr. Roper, wns a
lone and puling lnfnnt here. Miss Funk
ndopted it. 8hc mothered It. More
thnu nuy one 'person she kept It nllve.
Miss Funk is n perhonnllty. She
hns the energy which women have and
which they haven't generally learned
to harness to politics. She goes about
the Snn Frnnclsco hotels sailing to tho
doubtlug moles: "Mr. McAdoo will nc
cept. You may tnke it from mo thnt
he will accept. I know." And she
says It in a wny thnt will parry con
viction. You become n subscriber to
the McAdoo movement ut once.
All this shows the limit of women in
politics up to now. Sjie allures, she
entertains, she smiles, she introduces
the amenities, she is in the show win
dow. But sho does not belong to the
lodge. She is not admitted behind the
scenes. Into the great mjstery of poll-
tics she 1b not admitted, it will be u
long timo before she is.
And this is said at tho Democratic
convention, which hns shown more con
rlderntion for women than the Repub
lican meeting did, which hns named
more women delegates, decided to add
numerously of the other sex to Its com
mittees and to urge the ufirrltifyliig
states to rntlfy the amendment.
Somewhat Out of Phice
If this wero a convention of nurs
ing mothers with their bnblcs, men
would play nhout the same role lu it
that women do lu this gathering of men
performing the mnlo function of picking
out candidates. At Chicago the con
vention was In tho hands of senators
nnd tho political bosses. Both llvo in
au atmosphcro of politics BUo days out
of tho year. There arc no women sen
ntors. There aro no women nortv
bosses'. There aro no woami who llvo
ami breathe polities Ver5day -In . tlp
":
iX
i-!HTf-.A'ifr.s w, s . . -2E2a2iii
'Ti'Mi-REVErtGtE!"
"VAMPS,
have counted nt Chicago and might
count here. But until that queer thing
happens which Is called wiiiallty bf the
sexes nnd which is a state of mind
rather thnn a legal state, women will
flay a discreetly minor role nt con
ventions. Equality of the sexes has not been
established in politics by the equnl suf
frage laws nor will it be by the amend
ment of the constitution when that is
adopted. Most of the men delegates are
merely pawns in the hands ot tne tew,
nnd Thomas Jefferson's burning words
nhout nil men being born free nnd equal
have not altered that fact. All of the
women delegntcs arc of tho pawn type.
They nre gentle subsidiaries picked out
because they nre gentle subsidiaries.
The men don't want on the floor of the
convention 'hnll women of the Alice
Paul, Abbey Scott linker type, militant
feminists. There is a story here in
Snn Francisco that the Rtocknde wns
built around the Auditorium to keep
away the militant suffragists. It was
not. but it Represents pretty well the
attitude toward militant femininity.
Whnt Will Sho Think?
But If the individual woman doesn't
count for much, woman counts. Tho
great question, "Whnt will she think of
it?" so familiar to men's consciousness
through all the ages, hns been Introduced
into politics. It troubles henrts of the
mnlo presidents, much ns it has always
in its more domestic nspects troubled
men's hearts. What will she think of
it? What will the woman voter think
of n platform with a wink in it on
booze? "Whnt will the woman voter
think of n candldnte for President who
hns been divorced?" snid a womnn. "If
lie gets nil the divorcees, he needn't
worry hbouc the other," but that is
neither here nor there. The men won't
accept a flippant answer to the ques
tion, "Whnt will she think of it?"
And so fnr as one enn sec they don't
even nsk the gentle subsldlnrlcs present
whnt womnn will think of it. Manlike,
tncy tiiniK mcy Know ns wen as any
woman whnt womnn will think of it.
They hnve had a grent deal of experi
ence through the ages of whnt women
will think of it. Experience hns tnught
them to fenr the worst. They have to
reckon politically with a new con
science. It isn't a htlll Rmnll voice.
Men hnven't been husbnuds for nothing
for thousands of years. At least they
think so.
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