Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-05-18
P|NCH0T WOMEN
PREPARE DRIVE
Watchers and VigiIantes Get
Together to Plan Novem-
Der Election
TO DISCUSS MISTAKES
'Now--not In September. ="

| 'Now~-not In September" :"
! That's when tho host Of women who
worked faithfully for the nomination Of
| Clifford Pinchot declare they are going
to start putting him over in Novcn-
| ber -
! The first move of the women toward
the election of Mr.. Pinrhot next fall
viii he meeting OF watchers and Wig.
! ilantes called 10y Mrs. Samuel Il. Scott
/ vice chail man Of the Pinrhot city
'"mmittcc and one Of the organizers
! responsible for the overthrow Of the
combine in this city yesterday.
| ~ this meeting. which is expected TO
! be held before tn" end Of this week, the
watchers and vigilantes will submit their
reports discuss the mistakes they mad.
on primary day ana set in motion the
campaign they are certain will result in
the election of Mr.. pinchot.
Mrs. Scott. Mrs. Hayes A. Clement.
chairman of the vigllantes: Mrs. Sylvia
Van H. sharpe. West Philadelphia
leader. and the host Of other active
women workers in the Pinchot cause nrr
expected I" carry out the same pro-
gram In November rs they did this
month namely. have central citv
committee. with efficient branches in
every ward in the city.
Mrs. Barclay r. Warburton. vice
chairman of the Republican State Com
mtttee. who started The bolt from the
combine TO Pinchot when she refused to
sanction any harmony candidate So.
iected without the consent of the wO-
men Mrs. George Horace Lorimcr.
president OF the Republican Women of
Pennsylvania Mrs. George A. Dun.
ming one of the vice presidents of the
Y -.
kerburg. Mrs. BESSIE Dobson Atcmus
and the scores of other women leaders
in Philadelphia who supported Pinchot
a. tho primary are ''nll set now TO be-
gin work for n successful campaign
against John A. McSparran. the Demo
cratic entry.
Women JubIant
The women were ubilani last night
over Finchot'S victory. Many of them
gathered in the Pnchot city headquar-
,ers in the Liberty Building congratu-
lating each other on their successful
fight and expressing hope that their fa-
v"rite would win in November.
} II m tirkled 10 death. - ''Isn't II
too wonderful for wnrds?' and similar
expressions were heard in the Pinchot
rooms
/ II was n far different scene from the
one the previous night. when the early
returns from the city districts gave
Alter II big lead which the feminine
/ politicians feared would never be cur
down.
! One Of the happiest women in the
! city today is Mrs Ellis Groben. Of
Oak Lane. chairman Of the Womcn's
Republican Committee of the Forty
second Ward. She was the only w"m-
an running on the independent ticket
10 be elected on the State Committc"
from Philadelphia County.
''rhe women out here did wonderful
work for me" said Mrs. Grober. ''lt
didn't seem possible before the election
that ! could defeat Tom Watson. the
, Ware candidate. in this. the Sixth Dis
! trirt. But the women did it for me.
Watson finished third in the race.
Frank German. an independent. rum
ming second to Mrs. Groben The For.
ty-second Ward turned in n ma a.iority
of 1000 for Pinchot AS well As eiecting
Mrs. GrODen.