The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1920-10-06
MRS. R. f. ROWE.
Her Speech Introducing Senator
BeCkham.

As l look out over this aSsemblage
of people 1 feel that there are those
present who at this moment are wond.
ering what a woman, who wants to go
to polls and vote, thinks or believes.
So l want to tell you some of the
things we believe.
We believe, that in the teachings of
the SAVIOR of mankind, we may lind a
solution for all the problems that
come to the human family.
We believe, in the brother of man.
That God created of one blood all the
nations of earth.
We believe in political parties as a
means to and end. In the present
political campaign we align ourselves
with the democratic party, because,
that party, more nearly than any
other, has embodied in its platform
the ideals and principles in which we
believe.
In this campaign we feel that our
issue is paramount, that it overshad.
ows all others This issue is the
elimination of war, the perpetuation
Of peace.
Woman opposes war, not because
she lacks courage, it take courage for
a mother to, rise out of the dust and
ashes, of ruin, to rear her fatherless
children, to fight the battles of
poverty, vice and immortality that fol-
low war. 1t takes more real courage
to do this than it takes to die on the
battle field.
War is the greatest sin Of the ages.
We are the mothers of the human
family and protest against reckless, des,
truction of human life. We protest
against the existence and liberation
OF an evil, which in an hour, destroy:
the social structure which ages, ever
centuries of patient toll have reared
We protest against the destruction Of
the worlds capital and civilization BY
war. We recognize these as the right
full heritage of future generations
we consider it our special duty anC
God giving privilege to start eacf
generation toward higher and bette
humanity.
In the world war the nations enactet
the greatest, darkest and the blood
lest tragedy the world has ever seen
As an outcome of their world struggle
and for the healing, Of an agonisinl
and bleeding humanity, we have tn,
League of Nations, the product Of tn,
combined thought of the maSte
minds of the world. The League o
Nations now comes, before our peopl
as a campaign issue. And now, paus
ing for a moment and brushing asid,
political affiliations, we want to pleaC
for the League of Nations.
We believe the wisest and mobiles
thing our country can do is to ente
this League with the other nations
We want peace for ourselves, peace TO
our children and peace for the world
OF our two great political parties
one the democratic party sees in thi
League of Nations an instrument o
peace. An instrument for putting be
hind US the brutality, the savagry an,
the inhumanity of war.
We have with US to-day a represen
tative of that party, an honorable up
right christian gentleman On
whose private as well as his public
life is above reproach, one who at al
times has the courage of his convic
tions, one who has been life Ion
democrat and served his state and ma
ton with honor and distinction, on
for whom to gether with James N
Cox and Ralph Gilbert we shall b
glad to cast our ballot in November
believing that 1t will be vote 10
practical christianity, with forwar
look to higher and better thing;
1t now gives me great pleasure
introduce to you Senator ]. W. {
Beckham. who will address you on tn
issues of the present political can
paign.