Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-04-10
IF WOMEN ORGANIZE AND VOTE
PlNCHOT WILL WIN IN A WALK
And Not Enough Of the Wheezy Old
State Machines viii BE left to
Interest the Junk Men

Interest the Junk Men
A Ill the engineers, mcchanicians, stokers.
\ oilers and bell ringers Of the States
political machincs--and the troup includes
Mr.. Ware. Governor SprouI. Mr.. Grundy,
Mr.. Alter and rlttsburgh's own Mr.. Leslie
will proceed now to entertain the multi
tude with their usual artistic imitation of
happiness and optimism. They fancy them
selves playing in good old comedy of which
the public never tires. They are. IN n sense,
pathetic. This show Of theirs. unless we
are mistaken. will have quality Of au-
thentic drama.
The bosses are sleep walking II has
been years since any Of them went out 10
take courageous view Of the State, to talk
TO farmers. workingmen and workingwomcn.
TO the average business man or the average
taxpayer And. of course. they refuse to
take the woman voter seriously. Grundy
didn't consult with the representatives OF
women voters when he named Fisher. The
Wares ignored Mrs. Warburton when they
kicked Markey and Beidleman off the band
wagon and elevated Mr.. Alter. Yet women
and their organizations can and probably
will be the deciding power in the election
Vi N'ui'n NDteTS you might say mat,
though they may not know what they want.
they have n very clear and fixed knowledge
of what they do not want They do not
want Grundyism and the attendant menace
T" all laws made and proposed for the pro-
lection Of women and children in industry.
They do not want n continuance Of the
present squalor at Harrisburg. just as they
do NOT wan, dirt about the house. They
don. like the spectacle Of ignorance and
brutality dominant in the public life Of the
State. SO, quite instinctvely. they driftcd
TO Pinchot.
Will all other Republican voters usually
identified with the various State organiza-
tions be unalterably for Alter? Will they
obedicntly follow in the dead march Of the
Fisher campaign? That is doubtful. as the
bosses would know il they descended from
the clouds occasionally TO rub shoulders with
the man in the street or the man on the
farm.
Mr.. Sprou IS not popular as he used
to be even on his home grounds. Even the
unattached organizations and the voter who
is glad TO be known as thick and thin
partisan are in mood of irritation and
impatiencr. In appearing to look compa-
Gently on an utterly reckless and boss ridden
administrative machine at Harrisburg the
Governor has put the loyalty Of the everyday
party man to pretty severe strain. The
farm regions and many Of the smaller cities
displayed little enthusiasm when Alter and
Fisher emerged from behind the scenes as
the chosen of the Ware and Grundy soviots.
In these regions there is. however, u pretty
general conviction thar Harrisburg 'needs n
cleaning up" That belief has just dnwncd
in the minds of innumcrahle hardened party
men. II has driven masses of masculine
voters into an insurgont mood Yet it is
the thought that has been in the minds of
women voters ever since the suffrage amend
mcnt was passed.
The machines will win or loso ~ the pri-
maries, At the primaries the machinsts
will depend upon the vote that can be
herded upon the order takers. th" h"elers.
the blocks and battalions of the submerged
multitude that never has learned TO do its
own thinking. The women voters are pow
crful enough numerically to nullify this
degraded or iliteratc votc--if they will.
They need do nothing but register on
Wednesday.
At tho election they will then be able to
translate their hopes and sympathies into
action 1t has not been easy even for women
TO organize the woman vote. But recently,
and particularly since Pinrhot appeared TO
fight the powers Of darkness in Pennsyl-
vania. women everywhere have been display
ing n new interest in politics and the tech
niuuc OF election 1t is certain that this
new movement will be entirely in favor of
Mr.. pinchot and it might be enough 10
insure his election evnn If there were no
wide undcrrurrrnt ot resentment and dis
Gus, 70 cause 4 rebellion among masculine
voters against the machines that have been
,Icspoiling and disgraring the State.
Tho bosses themselves sccm bltheIy un-
oworc Of this spread Of inSurgent senti
mcnt Let them drowse.
II , political overthrow ever was needed
IN PENNSYLVANIA It is needed now.
General rrowdcr has been telling Frcsi.
don, Harding and his Cabinet that Cuba
,,,,v Loye TO be taken in hand again because
Of its waste, its extravagan"c and its po-
lj,irol corruption. Congress is gri"vcd N
the ycnpral'S report and it is anxious. But
rrrh that l'rowdcr says about the course
or affairs at Havana might be said with
o,u,l ,ruth about Harrisburg.
ocN,\IAI ICrS PEVlVEN