Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-09
Women Resent
Moore Criticism
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'essness do not stay where they orig
mate. You women must help find the
cause and fight it. We can't entirely
eliminate crime and vice, but we can
reduce it to minimum
MIR. Moore told the women that his
only ambition was to help his fellowmen
and to hold the good repute of his com
munity and his family. He warned
them that suffrage would entail many
new duties upon them as citizens. 1t
will increase the taxpayers burdens,
he said. and will result in an addition
to the burdensomeness of the election
machinery.
Women Protest Suffrage Remark
"Anyhow,' he said, women, very
largely, vote as their husbands vote, the
records show"
This started buzz in the audience.
When several women cried out aloud
in protest. Mayor Moore said he would
be very glad to give them u chance to
talk, because it would be good for both
him and them.
1.-THE law is superior to the indi-
vidual, he continued. Il am firm in my
determination to make everybody know
which is the law will be enforced.'
He then asked the women if they
would have followed the example of the
man arraigned in the Municipal Court
for parking his automobile too long in
restricted area. He apologized and
pleaded ignorance, and was allowed to
go, the Mayor said He said that some
women would have argued the justness
Of the arrest.
such things are the law, whether
we like them or not" he said, land
they will be enforced"
He urged the women to be
"mOthery." He said many cases il
court are there because the participants
lacked a proper ''motherly' bring
ing up.
Delaware Bridge Will Reduce Prices
He complimented the women for Their
interest in public affairs and urget
them to continue. The completion OF
the bridge over the Delaware river
between Philadelphia and Camden will
open vast store of New Jersey food
| stuffs at cheaper prices, he said.
Mrs. Nancy NJ. Schoonmaker, a
prominent speaker and author, who also
spoke, said the time is not distant when
mayors will be selected without thought
of race, color, politics or other dis
tinguishing marks other than efficiency.
Mrs. John O. Miller, of Pittsburgh, is
chairman of the Pennsylvania League
of Women Citizens. Mrs. Lewis A.
Smith is vice chairman. Mrs. Clifford
Pinchot secretary and Miss Martha G..
| Thomas treasurer. Mrs. Charles NJ.
Lea is chairman of the school enroll
| ment committee, which also includes
Miss Helen Taft, acting president of
Bryn Mawr College; Mrs. Lucretia
! Blankenburg, widow of the former
mayor; Mrs. Clifford Pinchot, Mrs.
George A. Piersol. Mrs. Horatio Gates
| Lloyd, Mrs. Frank Battles, Mrs. Ed :
ward Parker Davis. Mrs. Francis Y.
Dercum, Mrs. Murdoch Kendrick, Mrs.
Charles Carver. Jr.. Miss Martha G.
Thomas. Mrs. Herbert Lincoln Clark,
Mrs. George \. Dunning. Mrs. Barclay
II. Warburton. Mrs. II. $. Prentiss
Nichols, Mrs. Edward w. Biddle, Mrs.
Walter, c. Hancock, Mrs. Thomas
Robins, Mrs. Henry D. Jump, Mrs.
| George Wharton Pepper, Mrs. Wilmer
Krusen, Mrs. Norman Mcleod, DR..
Martha Tracy. Mrs. Edgar W. Baird,
Mrs. Paul Dencka Mills, Mrs. Andrew
Wright Crawford. Miss Helen Fogg,
Miss Lucy Lewis, Mrs. Harry Il. kohn,
Mrs. II. II. Battles, Miss Elizabeth
Kirkbride, Miss Gertrude Atkinson,
Miss Elizabeth johnson and Miss Mar
garet I. Mcguire.