The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-09-17
Rheta Childe Dorr Addresses. E
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Women Voters of the City
FAMOUS w11T11 AID Mov1&OS
TEARa MASK Y1oN DlN001A~a
TIC oARaoYL1 or WASTE i4s~
AND fNI1111A0Y ~
Ringing speech In which fsznaiss Ass
idvised How to Use Their aSns
OF Franchise

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Launching the Republican campa41n
i'm Ohio county. several hundred womeN.
newly made voters. listened intentiyrao
Mrs. Rheta Childe Dcrr, famous mSk
zine writer. novelist and newsI$Raf
, correspondent. at the Chamber OF CeH
merce assembly room last night, az leh4
delivered her niasterful address on ma.
jority Rule" -.,. .
Mrs. Dorr held her audience. speits I.
bound for almost two aouTs, .,,orT VIZ
matters and her story OF untold wasse.
, on the part Of the Democratic war &c.
partment Of the United States: Ihe
{ audience was representat,ve% % ot ,oye.S
to stand in the hall listening since TINS
room was crowded to capacity. -
Mrs. Dorr was introduced BY Mrs. Jul:
ian G. eHarne. district chairman ot
womens organization IN the Republican
party. Mrs. Hearne expressed her ap1fe.
citation at the large attendance ana eH;
thusiastic interest shown ano ul1eo III
, women TO merit all We get ana Get ~
; the polls on November second ana e140
: to those who refuse to rub shoui4stk
with Tom, Dick and Harry" tnat tA14
had better not permit Tom, Dick 49,
! Harry to run the government.
At the very opening Of her rsmalk
Mrs. Dorr explained that her father ApN
mother were Democrats, but tnAt (ne
has been a Republican ever since ans
| has been able to think FOR herseh.
Credit TO Republicans
| "We women owe our right to wa
70 a Republican congress FOR z Rsnte.
| iican congress- passed the suffrage ~.
solution Thirty Republican state Us
islatures followed by ratify1ns that -
WHAT are the basic issue. Of ~
! campaign" Mrs Dorr asked. Il hAyr
voted twice in the state Of New fo.k
but this is my first vote for prsside2n
Democratic and Republican parttsSf
There is svital. psychological di6SJ:
ence. I am Republican. not beeaue1 i
was born one. for my father and unethAr
were Democrats; o%t;;oI am sspn kspu1lis.n St
! can, never guilty Of backsliding 9AN
, there will never be any backslid1nE. An
Of my life. since l was little girl, 9fqt
able to think for myself at all h4te
; wish to live under class rule OF AAg
kind, corporation, or Mr.. Debs rule. {
Il want to live under majority Svle
, of all citizens and believe that the
does put into practice majority rule. go, 80
Going back to the days Of the wrttIAO
! Of the Declaration of Independence. Nh
! Dorr said that the trainers Of that WeN.
! derful document would fade Gway ~
! they had thought Of women voting. u.
{ spite their assertion that all men 90
I created free and equal with inaisnakl0
rights Of life. liberty and the pursuit :sf
! happiness. She said that Abraham Lin.
! coin was the greatest Republican n4t
! ever lived and that the greatest RepHS-
/ lican uttcrance was his idea Of "16t.
! ernment Of the people. for tho people
, and by the people. .-,s---f
Minority Ruls . Fatlnxs '-.s3s
Il believe in this decle ration OF 6A-A
| coins. that Il. why. believe In, II y.
| publican oarty. y
"WomsR Of America have great
privilege in Joining the Republicsn
Man IS found minority rule flll.
ure. Monarch rule has proven q flA.
ure. Constitutional monarchy has Ike
wise been . failure. Illustrating this
point Mrs. Dorr told Of her travels
through Europe as a reporter and Of her
, Of Norway in 1906. She said all Of the
crowned families Of Europe were repre-.
sented. but that the Crown Prince OF
/ Germany was excluded becaues he va.
me Of a circus more than anything else.
said Mrs Dorr. .,-
I'm the Middle Ages tho rule Of
priests in churches was tried and II
proved a failure. Then came the rule OF
| landlords and barons and they failed too
| Finally all men were given the right
! to vote and even that has been given UP
for it has no, been a glittering succsae
So the men have called upon the women
Of America to join them In : majority
rule and majority vote. The Repuelt.
can party did this and We owe our right
to vote and majority rule to the RepuS'
| lican party. ..
Under Southern Democrats.
I'VE have lived under . despicAeee
/ type Of minority rule for the past cigar
| years, in this country, but the last tADr
years have been the worst. President
| Wilson is southern Democrat. Aoi
chose to surround him rubber stamp
! southern Democrat cabinet and eene
! time that any cabinet officer attempteS
TO asset himself as q man he had % ee' >,
| sign Southern Democrats have controlb
| ed every senate committee except tNS
and every house committee except enA
, W hav been under the compile domino
ton Of southern Democrats"
At this point Mrs. Dorr In q nastS1-
full fighting spirit took. q fall out Of The :
Charleston, w. Va. Gazette, . DemocFp;
| tic organ. Mrs Dorr spoke at ChaTlsH.
(conttnusd on RaSs 1our)