Evening star., 1932-06-30
SCORES JUB|LANT
OVER PARTY STAND.
Not One Took Floor to 0p-
pose Dripping Wet Plank
at Chicago.
by MARGUERITE YOUNG.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO. June 3o-Scores on
scores of Democratic women were
crediting their sex today with iubilantly
riding-even spurring-the donkey TO
its new radical-wet stand.
That's how much they reveled in the
tidal wave which inundated the con-
vention last night
They said so with votes and they
shouted it into mierophones to increase
the drama Of the roll call. Two gave
soprano obbligatoS TO the wet chorus
from the platform Altogether their
performance was one of the most strik-
ing aspects of the show
True. women snatched the Arkansas
placard and tore II to bits to prevent
its being swept into the wet parade.
There must have been others who felt
the same way about It, But they were
like the proverbial needle in that soak
ing haystack, and the only word of dis
approval heard came from Mrs. Edith
OKeefe Susong Of Tennessee.
Georgia win Accept
When it was all over Miss Emily
Woodward of Georgia, one of the origi-
nal dry States predicted "the women
of my State will accept the party die
tum"
Elizabeth Marbury, who calls herself
the grandmother of Democracy in
New York, beamed as she asserted, I've
been working for this since 1920"
"I always said then the prohibition
lists were entitled to fair trial Well,
they've had it-and the few fanatics
left have been overwhelmed. At least
a million women who never voted with
Democracy are for us now"
Women had jostled along in the
slow. clamoring parades down the aisles.
In evening dress and daytime suits. they
stood up all around the TERED galleries
and waved as madly as the men,
Then in the debate a feminine voice
came through the platform micro
phones.
"A Woman for Repeal"
"Just think-a woman voting for re-
peal!"
Mrs. Jean Whittemore of Porto Rico,
a little brunette with a big eontralto
voice, was repeating the remark which
greeted her vote for the wet plank in
the Resolutions Committee, on which
she served.
Moderationists came to the plat
form-but no woman among them.
Yet another woman addressed the
multitude.
Il am a delegate from Virginia I
am a member of the Woman'S Organi-
cation for National Prohibition Re-
form"
Mrs. George Sloane, slender young
daughter of George ingalls,, New York
Central Railroad man, was demanding
modification pending repeal. The Vir-
ginia delegation had been pledged to
h ,.fa t.,.k =, ,ol
been released.
In the final showdown Of the roll
call Illinois announcement reverber-
ated through the Coliseum in a deep,
emotion-cilarged contralto: Illinois
enthusiastically and emphatically votes
SO No"
Mrs. Elizabeth Conkey, committee
woman and delegate, was polling the
mo" vote as against the mild repeal
submission plank
Mrs. Sabin Pleased.
Montana, New Jersey-down the
roll many and many big vote was
sent over the wires from the floor to
the platform and the vast auditorium
in a feminine voice. Finally came
Texas votes IS No." in the terse
Western phrssing of Mrs Cecil Smith.
All this time Mrs. Charles H. Sabin
of New York. head of the woman's
organization for national prohibition
reform, exultant, clapped and smiled
from a box above the floor
We'll, you ought to be happy" ex-
claimed Jouett Shouse as he came up
to shake hands. Her reply was, Per
fectly SWELL"
Tossing bouquets to her lieutenants,
she claimed for them the credit Of hav-
ing made repeal respectable"
Yes, we viii still hold our meeting
In July 70 decide whom the organization
will support" Mrs. Ssbin grinned and
added, Now, don't laugh yourself to
death!"