Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-15
SAYS DEMOCRATS
NEED MONEY HERE
Wescott Also Predicts Women
viii Cast Their Votes
for His Party
AGREES WITH HELEN TAFT

The tronble with the Democratic
party in Philadelphia is that 1t hasn't
money, according to Harry d. Yves
colt, Democratic candidate for Mayor
of Philadelphia in the recent election
md the first Democratic speaker at the
Citizenship School which is being con-
Quoted by the League of Women Citi-
lens in Witherspoon Hall.
Pupils in the school protested the
ether dav when George Wharton Pep
per and Judge ]. Willis Martin spoke
az the same meeting, and when view
cf the school program showed that no
Democrats were on the list of speak
crs. The protest brought out the news
that Democrats had been invited. bu
mad failed to appear. Finally at a last
resort, the Democratic city committee
was appealed to for the sake of the
school and for the sake of the party to
send representative to address the
pupils who are trying to learn what
citizenship means.
.'The hope of the Democratic party
lies with the women voters of the coun
try" he said. Ninety nine out of
100 of them will vote the straight Demo
cratic ticket.
II agree with Miss Helen Taft that
national woman's party would be
great mistake; in fact, it would be i'm
possible. The men would line up against
the women all over the country. A
woman's party would be tremendous
waste of time, money and energy.
Lack of money is what has kept
and is keeping the Democratic party
down in this city.
"These are the things most needed
in politics today: More principle, more
brains, more honesty and more patri-
otism.
Every one of the great political
leaders in this city became rich some
time in his political career through bad
selfish domination of the political sit
uation,' continued the speaker.
Mr.. Wescott gave very frank eX-
position of the political control of a
nonpolitical organization ard let the
pupils have clear view of the inside
politics. He referred to the Salvation
Army drive, the head of every committee
If which. he said, was a Ware man.
Their meetings were like ward meetings,
he declared, and his statement was cor
roborated by women in the school. Judge
Patterson had declined to head the drive
until "the boss" called up and he ac-
cepted forthwith.
1--WE might just as we'll go back to
the convention SYSTEM said Mr.. Wes-
colt after criticism of the secrecy of
committee nominations. Back to the
convention with it's black eyes and
bloody noses-in the convention you at
least know when the fight begins and
YOU don't run the risk of underground
secrets of committees and you don t
build up a system of deceit.
Mrs. Raymond Brown, of New York.
who followed Mr.. Wescott. declared that
she had never heard so frank view
of marty politics exposed by a party
"Women have the qualities that the
world and that even politicians are
pleading for now. They have common
sense, they have care for detail, the
quality that makes them good house
keepers they have the quality of frank
speaking and this they should continue
in their clubs and in conversation with
each other so that the evil conditions
in political and civic life are not for
gotten. And women are economical and
here's the thing that surprises men
women are good team workers.
"Women are organized through the
whole United States. 1t is much bet
ter to study politics than it is to study
Browning and the condition of the
Hindu. Politics is more important than
the league of nations, than the high
cost of living, than the return of the
railroads, because it includes them all.
'Politics is the controlling partner
in every mans business and in every
woman's business. The well do don t
suffer so much from corrupt government
or unfit civic conditions as the tene
ment family. Politics. and when !
say that l mean our affairs, not the
the subject in which we must all be
interested. ! urge every woman to &c
in-get on the inside with all your
might and main. Be good Repuh-
lican. but be a good American first.
Put the value of candidates above party
loyalty"