The Washington times., 1920-07-03

IL
The platform makers followed copy
to the letter.
They had the pattern on the table,
laid the material on the pattern.
pinned them carefully together and
cut according TO directions. What
sort OF garment II is that they have,
Time, the great wearer Of con-
tunes. will some day be ready to
show us.
WOMEN WENT LAUGHING MAD.
And in the meantime the Demo-
cratic convention yesterday, and es-
pecially the women members OF IT,
went laughing and crying mad when
the platform plank about the women
and their interestskwas read
Ratification Of the Nineteenth
Amendment. prohibition OF child
labor, adequate appropriations for
the Children's Bureau, adequate ap-
preparations for the Women's Bureau,
in the Department of Labor, increase
OF teachers salaries, establish
ment OF joint Federal and State en-
ployment service of women's depart
ments under the direction OF qualified
women, reclassification Of Federal
civil service free from discrimination
on the ground of sex, full representa-
tion of women on all commissions
dealing with all women's work or
women's interests-what more can
you ask?
What more could the women OF
America dream of even trying to get'
ALL FOLLOW PROGRAM.
I don't think all the meR in the
convention are exactly crazy about this
women's suffrage plank. and all that
went with it-~but they followed the
program made in the platform COM
mittee and followed 1t like good boys
without even a murmur Of protest.
I couldn't look at some of the old
fashioned States and their delega-
tions-those delegations which have
all through the convention sat &c
morosely by whenever any woman
spoke or any man spoke of privileges
for women-without thinking of that
unregenerate rhyme about the "Casso-
wary on the shores of Timbuctoo
who gobbled up the missionary SKIN
and bone and hymn book. too"
/ wonder If the missionary agreed
with the cassowary after he was
down and what happened-really TO
the hymn book. In the terrific DEM
onstration that followed the reading
Of the suffrage plank. some States
hesitated a little but all joined-eX-
cept the State Of North Carolina:
The North Carolina banner never
budged and the North Carolina dele.
gates sat like sad pilgrims. deaf and
dumb and blind in a land OF perfect
strangers.
PARTY LEADERS PLEASED.
The women on the platform and
those in Seraphim Row, high above
the platform. laughed and cried and
hugged each other and waved their
handk erchiefs and cheered nice,
proper feminine cheers-they held a
jollification here in San Francisco TO-
night-the women who have fouSht
so long and so hard for equal party
representation.
The party believes. of course. thai
they have secured the election or theif
candidate this fall by taking Tn.
women in, not half-heartedly ano
apologetically. as the Repupiicans ~
a Pickwickian sense pretended 10 40
hut entirely and with no reservations
whatsoever.
wonder If the Democrats are
right.
I wonder IL the women of America
will all turn into Democrats over
night, even those who have been borr
and bred in the briar patch OF Rc-
publicanism-just because the leaders
of the Democratic party were cirvei
enough to see great chance and
take advantage OF 1t.
Will women next November vo.t
10 hut
What an interesting question.
Bryan is today the idol of the oon'
vention. Old enemies or no old enc
mics old scores or new ones, they are
all forgotten in the wild rush TO the
Rryan banner of prohibition ana tha'
rush was led without any question ol
a doubt by the women delegates and
the women guests and alternates ant
spectators.
Rrvan spoke not at all for men and
all for women and for the home. He
didn't make the slightest pretense ol
irving to please the men-thouSh oi
course he was snrewd enough TO sc
Introduce his argument as to give
very strong suggestion to the male
delegates that they had better stand
by prohibition, II they know or
which side their bread is buttered az
far as the voting Democracy was
going to be concerned just as soon
as that Nineteenth Amendment Is
ratified.
IRISH TURNED DOWN.
The men took the hint and today In
convention circles here in San Fran
cisco there were not wantinag those
who were willing to say a firm swear
and vow that IL Bryan wanted to rur
for President on a porhibition ticket
with the speech he made at the con-
vention yesterday for platform and