Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-04-13
CANDIDATES PLEAD CAUSES
BEFORE REPUBLICAN WOMEN
Clifford Pncos and Senator Pepper Get Great Ocaion at Ba
quet-Corernor Stresses Need for Unity

truth and nothing but the truth laid
clearly before the people.
Time TO Name Names
III we have been letting n few men
use the government Of Pennsylvania for
their own selfish purposes we ought 70
know It. and know their naines and
Just what they have been doing and
who let them do 1t. IL We have not we
ought TO know that. and stop believing
that we have.
such an investigation ought TO nave
power TO send for any person or paper.
and 10 hear testimony under oath. II IL
finds the trail Of wrongdoing It must
follow it fearlcssly. impartially and
dogg"dly to tho very end. no matter
where IT lends. and tell the story as 1t
Is. no matter who is helped or hurt.
".Is Governor I will give such an in
vestigation all tho hacking and assist.
nncc that lies within my power. While
"" a,c AT il we might as well turn on
the light and clean up the whole mess"
4 humorous intcr,tide was contributed
to the evening by the piquant and
whimsical address of Mrs. Harriet Tay-
lor Upton. vice chairman OF the Ma.
tiona Republican Executive Commit.
tee.
Mr.. Pepper Gets Ovation
Mrs. Lorimcr introduced Senator
Pepper. TO whom she referred as likely
10 be President some day" Tremend-
Gus applause greeted the Senator when
he rose and he was given n rising re.
ception.
Mr.. Pepper tod the women Of the
necessity for supprCssing temperament
md individuality in behalf of orgnniza-
ton.
"lou arc beginning to recognize this.
bu, not get so much as you should
It has been more fully recognized. for
example. by the women in New Jersey.
You mist subordinate your will to the
party individuality. You submit to
law even when It Is against your desire
| because il is n matter Of habit. The
difference between submission TO law
and 10 party organization IS that one
is forced and the other is voluntary.
That difference doesn't mean that sub
in the latter unworthy.
The American Government Is so
vast that It cannot even be comprc-
hended by the mind of any one man.
, II will be run by either the Democratic
Party or the Republican Party. Theo-
retically there is nothing to prevent
any number Of parties. but practically
and now nj least it will be run by one
party or the other.
His Idea OF Zero
The people who are detached from
party organization. however widely they
may view the operations Of govern
mcnt, arc just so many Ciphers on the
wrong side Of the decimal point. You
may multiply them indefinitely. but
7 hat ho,.
first. The unit OF the group must be q
cross. section Of the party.
Il challenge you to find" Mr.. Pep
per said. - a group to which you can
as trustfully submit the great problems
Of the people as you can TO that group
which is now wrestling with them.
I'VE must have men who will bt
revercd in the face Of great problems
honest in attacking them and fearles.
and tireless in carrying their conclu
sions into effect. You are determined
Just as ! am-that we shall choos,
men of whom we need not later b,
ashamed and Of whom we can say
Thank God that we trusted them. ="
Major David 4. Reed. Pittsburgh
the other candidate for the Senate. wa
the last speaker of the evening. I
was his political debut in Philadelpnla
No Senator an Ex. Service Man
Up TO the present time. there i
no member OF the United States Sen
ate who served in the line in ou
navy or in our army during the WOrl
War. yet the men in service consti
tnted nearly ne-fifth of the aaul
male population of our country tn
major said. 1T would be deplorable
, think. for any Senator to conside
himself representative Of any, particn
aar group Of citiZcns--whether tina
, group be soldiers. wOrkmen. manufac
turers. farmers. or any other frac,lo
. of the community--ye ! believe tina
those men who made up our fightin
!, forces in the great war carried pur
patriotism to pitch as high as has "
been attained. and | believe that 1t
, fitting that they should now have q
! least one spokesman in the uppe
D house OF Congress.
IAN Ssu" on which the thought
n every candidate for Office in the Ma
tional Government should be known
II the matter of excessive governments
{ activity with its accompanying cost an
dates for office put forth catalog,
Of new laws that they intend TO adyc
e cate.
o MY own inclination is just the or
t posita. We have too much govcrnmel
Il in many respects. We have too mar
Il commissions. too many officials. Il
!. many governmental bureaus witho,
= any real excuse for their existence. ar
o the citizen today is paying in tax
for the support of many government
il acriylttcs that had better be abolishe
n This is a self reliant people and v
Y do not need to be nursed by our go,
i ernment. and We resent the mcddl,
r some activity Of government that /,
. terfcrcs in all our affairs
Mayor Moore spoke first and vc
:, briefly. The other speakers We're Mr.
;, Mcdill Mccormick. of the Nation
=, Republican Executive Committee. al
! Representative Alice Robertson,
Oklahoma.
10 Mrs. McCOrmick's Address
- Mrs. Medill Mccormick. Of the Il
-, publican National Executive Comm
-, tee. made telling address.
Il Mrs. Mccormick. daughter Of I
~ late Mark Hama, told Of the victory I
~, women Of Chicago won over Ma!
Thompson s forces. She was cSpecia
effective in urging women to get /,
a. politics.
80 There is no need for women TO pI
g III" oilettante in politics. she said. 20
-, tics is nothing more than the art n
science OF government. and gOvernm'
-, nowadays touches every phase OF
=, from the mine and factory to the hor
N don't shy a. being politicians
~ she urged. BE politician and W.
at II. Get right down to precinct wo
You are needed there. for women hi
III greater organizing ability than men