The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-04-15
Spurns Bosses, Favors
Young Man, Urges Wom-
en- to Demand Rights

en- to Demand Rights
CLEVELAND. O., April IA SYM
postum on Pitfalls in Politics was the
feature of the annual banquet last night
of the second annual convention of the
National League of Women Voters here
The league. with characteristic fair
ness. chose a Democratic and a Rcpub-
lican woman to lead the speaking. Mrs.
\. r. Pyke of Cleveland. O., member of |
the national Democratic committee. the |
first Democratic woman delegate elected
to Democratic national convention. /
and Mrs. Harriet Taylor Upton of War |
| rem. O.. vice chairman of the national !
! Republican executive committee.
| The two leaders were assisted by mem |
/ bers of their respective state Delegations !
| and at the conclusion Of the speeches /
! the pitfalls We're Wei exposed. Mrs /
/ PIXIE spoke in part as follows:
Naughty. Foolish Man.
Political life of America is told in I
the history of the major parties and
these parties up to August. 1920. were
man-made entirely. Men made the plat
forms and rarely stood on them. made
! their organizations in a lo0se-jOinted
! fashion and looked after patronage and
the making of laws unassisted by women
for several hundred years and Is it to
be wondered at that these men hesitate
and doubt the need of womau's wisdom?
! but here we arc-2I .OUOtHO women
with 2{,QOQDQQ, YRtGs to depOsit--UUt a.
the political boss, his serene secretary.
his hectic barker. and mild-mannered
hencbman dictate, but according to our
own conscience and our own understand
ing. These votes. TO be effective. must
be cast with political organization. of
which we want to be an active, helpful
part
Young Men Know, You Bet.
In many states now. party laws gov
ern party organizations. Ohio has such
party laws. and those women in this
state occupying places on party commit
tees are there now by courtesy of the
committee. Some committees arc more
courteous than others. Where the old
time political boss is still in power. few
women. if any, enjoy a place in the or
lganizatiOn. Fortunately. however. in
many Of our big cities that party or
CARNATIONS are in the hands ofi rUnne
men who have seen women organize eff
! cicntly for the loan campaigns. and 50
are convinced of the ability women viii
contribute to party organizations.
As many women did not believe in or
employ militant tactics to obtain suf-
/ frage so women viii not employ such
tactics to obtain admittauce to the in
ncr circle. And it is the inner circle we
must enter. For there the principles are
planned, policies approved, candidates
endorsed and chosen.
| Roland for an Oliver.
Two great obstacles prevent men and
women functioning together in party or
gauizations Most politicians do not
want women and most women do not
: want the politicians.
: The politician wishes to protect his
, lordly right, to be undisturbed and have
5 his wisdom unquestioncd. traditional
/ prejudice still obtains with women
w. against dirty politics.
First of all, / have found politically
- minded men understand human nature.
t They. want to please the public. They
do play fairly.
4 The 200 women who sat in the ma
\ tiOnal Democratic convention at San
i Francisco were not ostracized from par
- ticipation because of sex, but were a bull
p wark of strength in determining many
r questions. | shall never forget the dele
n CATION of eight from one of our small
! states. In this particular delegation
o were seven men and one woman. As the
o roll was called for ballotng. each time
: there would be four votes for MCAdoo
n and four for Governor Cox. Again and
5 Woman Sways Delegation.
Q Finally | went up to the man sit
: ting on the aisle and asked him how he
ID
Cox Then / asked if there was any
possibility of getting all eight votes.
+ If we can just win one over he
= said. we can have all, because we have
4 to observe the unit rule.
. Another days passed with no change
7 lin the voting of this state. but on the
: next day. on the first roll call. all eight
p votes were given to AIcAdoo. 1mmedi-
I ately. went up to see, my friend and
r ask him why one of our good Cox sup
! porter.s changed, and he said
Il Well Smith~shas sat-neXt TO our
woman delegate four days and he could
not hold out any longer
Those women who have worked for
suffrage in. order that men and women
should enjoy the same political equal
J. itv. mean to continue that work until
marty organizations accept them on equal
footing and with equal opportunity for
/ public offices.
: Modern Mans o. Il.
e .One dear old politician friend of
n mine warned me emphatically not to let
@ these women aspire to office. control
Y them. and keep them to the smaller du-
n ties of public life.
& And so the pitfalls in politics are
: scattered in the ways of the old time
Is politicians The modern man with the
modern woman accepts gladly the new
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