Evening star., 1924-06-10
PEPPY YOUNG MEN
RULE CONVENTION
Session at Cleveland Greatly Like
Kiwanis Conclave, in Out
ward Appearance.
OLD-TIME POLITICS GONE
Bay State of Factories, Not Blue.
bloods. in Saddle.
OLD-TIME POLITICS GONF

o"y ototc VI CdCtoIlcS, MOI hlue.
bloods, in Saddle. ,t
BN WILLIAM ALLEN WHITE
CLEVELAND. Ohio, June 1o-Tbis
convention differs from any other Re-
publican convention that ever assem-
hlrd in that the business men who
control Republican conventions gen
orally from the inside have movea
wo rooms out and are now easily
visible. The attitude of the delega-
tons indicates different sort of
personnel this year in the conven-
non. II is not the stopped, noisy. fatu-
nnS crowd of "whoopers- that one
sees in the hotel corridors and around
he convention, though that old
fringe of futility does adorn the fab
rio. The general impression that one
gets OF the convention and its crowd
Rotarian imprcSSio Busy young
Icntiemen in fairly well cut clothes
tnd nobby straw hats. better than
recently neCktfed. who are putting
zIp ami snap and pep into the pro-
:eedingS. The whisper is gone. Orders
,ome from Butler's room, the Coolidge
manager. with certain tone of au-
-horlty. as from the general super
ntendent'S office or the head of the
sales department
Lodge May DO Pennnce.
Word goes down the line that Lodge
$ to do penance.
He may have to stand in his pa
amas three days in the hot sun be-
Ill. Orders is orders. Political idols
ire being wrapped in burlap and
slowed away.
The vice presidential talk does not
ouzz around the Senate leaders. \
tory is circulating TO the effect that
coolidge said To- Borah. Il would
Ike 10 have YOU on the ticket with
NJ: and says Borah to Coolidge: "At
which end" But Borah is not the only
nan in the Senate of whom that
night be said.
Senator Curtis of Kansas is men
toned as Il vice presidential candi-
late. The Kansas delegation has
ormally indorScd him. Then come
,tiice saying. Why not have a Re
.ublicdn on the ticket with Cool
dg"" This man, as Republican
Whip. forced through the Senate five
measures in opposition TO presIden-
ial messa ges. If he runs We will
ave to have two platforms" But"
iecIar- the friends of Curtis. who
Vas. standing on the Republican plat
CTm Of I920@'
Punning New Platform.
"AlI right" say the poppy young
,aIesmen in nobby straw hats. yours
and contents noted. Will
say in reply. let him go back and
run this year on the platform of
1920. We are running new plat
'orm"
orders is orders, and the sales de-
,artment is making il snappy.
TIE women who are presenting the
,lank for the women to the commit
&c on resolutions are divided into
wo camps, those supporting the
.Gague Of Women Voters and those
the National Women's
'arty. The League of Women
voters desires. first of all. three
hings: The world court as Hughes
md Harding conceived it. the in
orSemcnt Of the ratificatio of the
hiId labor law AMI a plank provid-
~ lbI hllItl'!tN tI S'N u Iliiltil
hr establishment Of the merit sys-
an for employment and promotion
iIii service. in short.
The National Wumen's Party has
ne major demand, the ratification OF
yhat is known az the blanket amend
nent TO the Constitution giving
women equal economic and Industrial
lights with men. This amendment
would wipe out all of the social legis-
alton fer women. mothers pension
avs. providing for the eight-hour
ay and the minimum wage and in
ustrial privileges for women. and
aturally the other women's organi-
ations are very deeply opposed to
his plank.
No division in the league of women
ince the days of suffrage is so deep
: cleft as this difference over what
; known as the blanket amend
nent." 1t seems unlikely that it Will
,et 4 chance in the convention, al
hough the manufacturers aSSocia-
ions Of the country and the employ
RS associations generally are for it,
'ecauSe ii would do away with social
cgislatfon for women which is more
r less annoying in industry.
Dress Doesn't Count.
But, alas. in this convention. 1t
oes not do the women any good to
year their evening full dresses. This
,rowd is all business The publicity
department. of the League of Women
'oters and two or three Of their best
workers look like million dollars.
But they might as well wear dim
ners and dress in gymnasium bloom
rs for all Of the good it will do them
rom this bunch of boosters
The old politician who used to
dominate the convention had emo
ions. He got a kick out of a smile
1H a pretty face, but these lads in the
saw tooth straw hats, who sit around
Ike lot of first assistant chief
clerks in the general office of some
hing or the ot>er, have no time
Tor the ladies, God bless them. They
Will probably take the League of
Women Voters planks as they would
accept an invoice, put it down on
-helE books, send it to headquarters,
put there Will be no nonsense about
t. The platform is going to be short
and snappy, looking very much like a
cross between an appraisers report
and an invoice from the head of the
New England branch office.
Lack of Adornment.
There is a woeful lack of adorn-
nent on the coats and vests of the
delegates. 1t isn't the best form to
go charging about the hotel lobby
with badges and buttons and tinse1ed
cast-iron hardware changing from
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