Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-11-07
WOMEN WATCHERS
IN ROW At POLLS
Come to Blows With Election
Officers in Dispute Over
Sitting
CAMP STOOL TO RESCUE

1t woman watcher allowed to sit
down at the polls?
Two ot them and election officials
Mt the polling place in tho Sixth D!-
vision Of the Seventh Ward. nearly
came 70 blows this morning on the
subject before Miss Emily lIopkinson
| finally dragged stool triumphantly into
the camp and. sitting on it. ended the
dispute one" and for all
The two women watchers who get
tired pacing up and down the floor and
the sidewnll; were Miss Hopkinson and
Mrs. Edward Parker.
4SSVhen they were just ahou. 10 sit
dow-i, nm election official spoke M and
said women watchers weren't allowed
TO break precedent in such fashion. Ed
ward Mackn and Wrosden Jenkins.
/ committeeman. stood by and did not
take sides in the argument. Then Miss
H0rknson brought the dispute TO an
abrupt close with camp stool.
Mrs. Samuel B. Scott. vice chairman
Of the pinchot City Committer, and Mrs.
.Archihnld II. Harmon, president of the
State Republican Womcn's Committee,
held an Indignation meeting on the
subject when they met at the thirteenth
division Of the Seventh Ward later.
Mrs, Scott criticized the two committee
+
II spite of the depressing atmosphere
md gloomy weather, the women were
on q" job bright and early today help
Ing 70 get out the vote.
In every division in tho city they
had their watchers on duty out long
before the polls opened. Women lead
ers We're out in their machines from
=" Opeping of the polls. circulating
/ through their wards with words OF
inquiry and encouragement for their
! lieuteNants.
1T looks like n substantial Pinchot
victory" said Mrs. Harmon, who cast
Ter vote at 40, South Tenth street at
. 80 o'clock this morning.
The rain w!ll keep many voters
away, but there seems to be fairly
good number In all OF tho places T
have visited this morning. expect
to max" a! the wards before evening"
Mrs. Harmon Is Friendly
To show there were no hard feelings.
during the course Of the morning Mrs.
Harmon visited the Woman's Demo-
cratic headquarters and put McSpar.
ran badge il her pockA.
II feel friendly TSard Mr.. Nc.
spartan" shc snid, because he's a
farmer and I'm 4 farmer. too"
.Ns an aftprthought she added: II
'c!ieve. though, Mr.. pinchot will carry
1Ov 600"
Beehive Of Activity
Ono of the busiest spots In the city
was the headquarters Of the Republican
Locust street Which was headquarters
far
\ corps Of women remained there
from members Of their sex, irrespective
cf party affiliations, concerning tho
election, Tho telephone bells rnng
increasingly and scores OF difficult
, queries were propounded In the first
few hours Of voting. One woman called
up and said that she was Republican,
but wanted to vote the Prohibition
t,cl,cr today. She asked ii doing so
would impair her Republican standing,
- she would want T. vote the Rcpub-
lIcon ticket at the next mayoralty
election.
IN Charge at Headquarters
In cIargc Mt Headquarters were Mrs
Pearl Sanford, executive secretary
J Mrs. Hayes a, Clement, chairman %
} the PinchGt Committee OF the club
Mrs. Samuel Is. Scott, vice chairman
Of the Pinchot City Committee; Mrs
Sara Mcneil and Miss Harriet Leib
man.
The women maintained also a
. emergency motor service, working i
, conjunction with the Committee q
Seventy. Machines were held nt head
, quarters prepared to make a dash TO
any trouble center that might develop
: Those in charge were Miss Marth
, Harkness, Mrs. George Horace Lori
{ mer, Mrs. j Earl Wagner and Mrs
. William II. Thatcher.
. There will be 'open house. at tn
/, headquarters this evening. with refresh
!. ments. Mr.. PinchOt and his wife an
Senator Pepper and Mrs. Pepper ,ar
} Private wires have been inst allied so tha
there will bs no delay In receiving re
turns