Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-10-07
CROWDED HOUSE
HEARS MRS. THOMPSON
Little Woman Delights Big
Audience Senator Gar
lands Forceful Speech

Inc uraha opera mouse was well M
e1 iast hignt, the occasion Delhg the
aauress ny Mrs. Alexander thompson
Oh me Daiies, on the supJect, Why
we Shouid vote 1or woodrow VII
son. Inc advance NOTICE sent OF her
cailed her "the Demosthenes OF Ore
Is an orator, naturaiiy so. II is tod IN
history thae Deihosthehes nes,tatea IN
ms speech ana oVercame the detect Dy
speaking with peoples IN MS mouth.
WIN Mrs- thompson, pelng a woman,
Oh course sne never had any natural I'M
peaiment IN her speech, ana CON
sequentiy never had 10 DO the pebple
act InsITd she haa pearls ana sne
dropped tnem one arter another, pearls
Oh "isuom, gems Oh thought, sparkling
wit, Keen humor, ana profound deeps OF
ieehhg as she discussed some Oh the
great thlngs accomplished by our presi,
cent III ms strenuous tnree years ana
u nan at me heau OF the government;
her views on suffrage are proau
she tahng 'he grouhu that the so,caiieu
woman party was the greatest handi-
cap tne woman had 10 pear IN their
struggle Tor me oaiiot' She spoke with
pitihg sarcasm OF tne traln load OF Wo'
men VINO had not yet earned the paiiot
coming west 10 sufirage states TO tell
4'Voo,Voo women VINO nave the paiiot
now tney shoulu vote; on thiS suoJect
sue .oiu story OF nara working girl
~ okeheateles, New YORK, whose daiiy
ne was one OF utter uruogery ana
whose soie pleasure was readlng tne
ouhuay papers ana hopihg that some
.iine sue hight ENJOY some OF tne pleas
ures sue reiu ABOUT. Aiter iong time
She gave up an nope IN TINS hne ana
reailzng rs she read OF social doings,
thas IL was never TOT her, she threw IL
asiae ana cohsoieo herseif py saying:
Maype !, isn So one saiu "hen sne
reau Oh the woman . party and their
threat 10 .nro" the votes OF the women
oi tne suffrage states against Mr. VII
son sne eonsoled nerseii WIN me
.nought: Maybe II lsn = SC" !
doh, Deiieve II IS, she added, "for !
uo hot DelleVe tne f,ooo,ooo women OF
.ne suffrage states can DC dictated 10
py group Oh noh'Voters ana nave their
conceive vote hahded 10 anyone She
declared that women We're the monety
spehders, ana that IL was really OF more
| Importance IN the domestic economies
'nah tne earning OF IL by rather.
-, "heh Aoaih Learned wisdom.
Inc women were educated spenders
ana would Drlng economy INTO public
afiairs lgst as they did IN their house
h0iu atfahrs. incidentally she remark,
eu that man never mad WISDOM untli
women gave IL TO him That sacred his
TORY showed now IL was Eve who frst
Piucked the apple and obtained Wis
dom, ana then generously gave Adam
u pi'e ana taught MN wisdom. why, -
she sald whimsicaliy, m It mad not
Deeh Tor EVe Old Adam would be hang
ing around IN the garden yet."
/ She SAID the women would not at
tempt 10 PUNISH wilson because con
gfess had not taken steps to make suf'
frage national, ana IN telling what they
would be punishlng MN for, reached a
height OF eioquence that held the audi
ence GREATNESS untli at the conclusion
OIL her glowing tribute the big house
suddenly broke into storm of applause
that would not stop.
Those VINO heard Mrs. Thompson had
an evening they will long remember
ana those VINO ana not VIII never know
now much they missed, because no one
eau tel mem ABOUT 1t. IL was one OF