Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-06-16

cUnSOatc the dissatisfied and the dis o.
llusoncd. It will WOO the farmer and
Mr.. Gompers, Mr.. Borah and Mr..
johnson, the $uffragists and the indie e
prndrnts generally, the anti Nc Adoo
Democrats and the anti Harding Re
pubicanS.
OF Mr.. Pinchot il may be said that
he has slight regard for Mr.. Wilson :
party. little belief in the New Free
dom. When the news of Harding's s
nomination came from Chicago he. Mr..
Pinchot. moaurd aloud and called for
the mobilization Of all unhappy voters.
old and new.
Now. great many of us are dis
contrntcd and some Of us are unhappy
about number of things. but we arcn t
going to walk with Mr.. rinrhot'S COM
mittcc of forty eight. \ parade of the
old fashioned sort which the old parties
hold once in every four years has one
supreme advantage.
1t gets somewhere.
1t goes in straight line. Rival
demonstrations move always in circles.
\ third party. if it j. actually organ
lied. will have rivals. The single
takers are already busy with plans for
fourth party. and they have decided
that Brand Whitlork must b" their
presidential candidate and that Mrs
Carrie Chapman Gait will be hOnOrcd
with their nomination for the vie" prr>-
drncy. Mrs. Gait has more brains than
som" of the men who have gone into
the perpetual political twilight Of second
place in Washington. 1t i comforting
TO know that she couldn't be elected
because she is of more use to the coun-
try as critic and commentator than
she could be As an assistant president
under Whitlock single tax admins
tration.
The Senate. too. is very sensitive
about some things. 1t might not like
to be- ruled and called to attention by
a woman. Fancy Mrs. Gait in the role
of presiding officer ordering Mr.. Lodge
to sit down,
The fourth party will not go far.
Nor will the fifth party or the sixth.
But there i no reason why all of them
should not BE- sincerely welcomed or why
there shouldn't be cheers for a seventh
party. IN eighth or a ninth. Each will
be in som" way animated by the energy.
the enthusiasm and the sincerity of
virilc minoriti"S. Fervrut voices will
speak for thrm Men like Lincoln Stef-
frnS--aud where has Lincoln been all
these months will cry out with on"
crowd or the other. They will do n
very real service to their cOuntrymcn
bccauS" they viii keep the older fash
iouod politicians keyed up and on their
toes.
The Isaiah~ Of politics. and there are
groups Of them in every national cam
paigu, are extremely important in their
way. They stand fcrccly aside to chal-
l"ngr and roudrmu They utter threats
and dreadful prophecies. They bawl
ont the Unrrgoucrutc and rcnd their
garments because this is not a perfect
world.
These crier, oIt in the wilderness,
have IL" on" inmiraSurablc advantage
that bo.uug, to the hopeless. They have
nothing ~ lose. Sppaking as they do
Cor small and exclusive groups. they
AN afford to be- cxplicit, frank and
,von rccklcS~. They have no rcSpon>i-
,ilitrr>. no real cause to cndungcr, NO
lyIt to win.
The men who bear the real rcSponyi
Grlrir,. in office and out Of it. have ,o
rruk and think for Il whole vast roun-
ry that has many minds and many
ouccruS and an endless variety of per.