Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-02
THE GREAT uNBoSSED

"Yoo tell them to do one thing, "
L moaned a San Francisco delegate
from the alfalfa country. "and they up
and do the opposite. II they say yes
they mean mo- and IL they say mo-
you don't know what they mean. DO
thcy2 Search me! But they won't t
obey orders and they won't stay
hitched :"
The women delegates at the Demo
cratic convention were the cause of this
lament. From boss after boss who
found his plans threatened by uncx
pcctcd revolts they have wrung despair
ing cries. Miss Elizabeth NIarbury
broke with the All -Tammany Soviet
which Charley Murphy leads, and It
was being said on the convention floor
yesterday that the misguided enterprise
of Miss Antoinette Funk might actually
cost Mr.. McAdoo the nomination for
the presidency.
McAdoo's friends were careful to give
their man the benefit Of their own hard &.
earned political wisdom. It was ar
ranged that the McAdoo boom should
not be endangered by premature
w Vlll'l III llN NuTlOuS utlt-
cations favorable to the former secre =
tary of the treasury were given instruc
tions to be patient and follow the lead
of their leaders. But Miss Funk. eager
to get the thing going, went out on her
own account and exploded the McAdoo
boom. Mrs. Peter Olpson disobcypd
orders issued by Fred r. Lynch. the
Minnesota leader. and started n move =
mcnt to swing her own state delegation
and others in behind Miss Funk :
scheme. The McAdoo boom went M
nobly enough. But it went up too soon
Mr.. Bryan more than any one else
has reason to wonder anew about the
things that the mysterious sex may do
with the vote. The great apostle OF
dryness went to San Francisco feeling
sure that he would have the fullest help
Of all the women there in his scheme
to nail an anti-liQuOr plank into the
party platform. When tho moment OF
strife arrived the women delegates man :
| ifcstcd little interest in tho Bryan dry
plank. They seemed bored by the dis .
cussion Of it. They were more inter
ested in the labor plank and in the de
bate about the League Of Nations.
! 4 millennium Of sorts mav arrive with
! the ratification of the Anthony amend
ncnt in Tennessee and tho automatic
cnfranchiscmcnt of 2G.O0O. .O00 Ameri
ran women, but it will not arrive for
the old d-lino political leaders. Women
voters are Displaying a desire 70 be in
dependent. They are now enough in
the game Of politics to delight in break
! ing the rules. They hate tho sound ot
orders and often enough they will do d
thing just because they have been tolC
not to do it, So it has been since the
! beginning Of the world. and so it vii
be until the end thereof. Women. too
arc revealing = desire to hold office
They say they do not and never viii
desire the presidency or the v"c presl
dency. This means, of course. thai
they are looking with an interested eyI
at these great Offices. Ard If womor
are qualified to vote they ere qualiieC
to sit in the seats Of elective authority
Even the most liberal minded vote
Of tho old type cannot think Of Lad!
President" without a start of anxiety
But if women voters decide to nominal,
ono of their own number on a tiCke
of their own nt some time or othr
what can any ono do to Ston them
Mr.. G0mperS believes that the expert
mcnt of woman President would b.
worth while and that il is certain to b.
tried. Is he in earnest or does h
merely wish to make the men of thi
world tremblcf