Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-10-21
MRS. GAIT JOINS IN
APPEAL FOR cox
u.ads List Of 65 Women Urging
Sister Voters Serve Cause
of Peace.

Catt the suffrage leader, joined YESTERDAY
IN an ,npcal 10 the women OF the nation W
sunpo,t Cox and Roosevelt on the Leasuo
~ Nations issue They urged the women '
to s'scrve the great cause ol peao.
,,.orl;ng for the success of the DeHooraei1
,,otot senator Harding was condemned
g., bov;ns committed himself positiVeiy
ara;nst the League OF Nations.
In signing the appeal Mrs. Gait apah-
s,,,o5 ber announced stand OF neutraiiVy
IN the Presidential campaign, 1ccis'ts
~. ~ .o,,Id not. endure the attitude oil the
pa,',bIcon marty toward the League
po,L Rcnuhlican and Democratic Ma
,,onal Committees had sought her sup
mort in the present contest put sile
clarcd that. officially and other"lse' b. b,
would remain neutral and not uSu nc
influence as head of the National ToI III
a, suffrage Association for eltner oi sile
two main parties. IN eApi''i9
change Of attitude she said: ,s
0T IN, enrolled in no party ana deSiIeu
e. continue non-partisan nave iolle
heor an advocate of League OF Natiohs,
~ NOW | believe in the League because
i,ar,,, in the hand Is worth any
r,r,hcr NJ leagues in the bush. IL
becomes clear that the way TO enter tue
Irau,e does not lie in the direction o
NJ Harding. The only hope promlseo
bv the Root statement, purpott'ns ~
represent the league wing Is tnaI ~,
Harding. If elected. Will cause M -, 80.
new covenant. or Fundamentals !, ie' sun
of tho present one. to he written;
-ri ~, fa,,,eal ,oints out that lowering
,b, r,,st Of living reduction OF taAe9'
,hrough disarmament and the hinoe'ihs
nj secret preparation for war, are some
ri the good results that the passage Oh
the treaty promises Ia bring TO woiiieh
The text of the appeal follows:
The undersigned earnestly appear 70
thor fellow women 10 serve the bie'''
cause of peaoe- u,;,o
The League Of Nations IS a gong
concern" with over 225 oihclais ana
clerks EMPLOYED IN its sccretariat- ~ I
Is administering the Sa3r Naiiey anu
the City Of Danzig conducting pu1I
lie health campaign to shleld the "".N
from typhus and other dLse,Ass 80 CO
for the elimination OF the OPIUM tIiple
ard the traffic IN women and chidren
it,uIs following out the work begun july
y, I00o Al the Paris conference on thAt
sub.c,t and appruved by President hoCSs~
Volt ~ pr,clanation June 10, i"o}- ~ y
bclplpg the Rcd Gross 20 blnd up I"e
xroi,Dds LET by the war, tn reduce the ap
railing deaths from underieoiing anu
iack of medical care. lt h.s estaohSile5l
Al international labor bureau, ana IS ~.
rcsdy scttlIng international disputes,
has developed plans, ~ when Emu A'o'
rarilcipatei. to organIzs an nteTils-
t,oral court Of Justice. Treaties are beInE
rrristsrrd and published, thus marking tilf
cnd forever of secret treaties Ii Is actIne
.sa clearing house for information SO tha'
secret preparatlorrs for predatory "Af
Nil he dIficrllt. If not impossible
.eTbe cost Of living VIII be helped wher
the world IS really agaIn At peace ~
nrod,,crr can scarcely hope to have stable
pr,o,s for his goods as long as there L
chaos in international affairs !,
.sThe League Of Nations furnishes IN
only hone OF early disarmament ana th'
saving 10 the taxpayer o. the lnccTe'ASill' y
billions which arTnaments cost
Without a strong League ot NatlofE
another world war IS inevitable
.H the Republcans WIN overwhelIn
ingl>- the League OF Nations may becon'
dead issue. Such q victory may .
taken 70 mean the triumphs. not Q. ait
Viokersharn. Hughes and Hoover, but Q
Io.dqe Johnson. Rorah and Brandecee
who are pledged 70 scrap the league
Fverv vote for Cox. therefore. helps IN
Iearie. whoever Is elected. Remember.
IS the aft-Hughes-Root-Nllso 1ses4gu
that YOU are asked 10 support
Do We want a separate peace WI
Germany. enabling her 20 escape Inakli'
iust restitution 70 our assocl,aVeS ~ .
var who are now almost bankrupt irol
the costly effort which saVed u a. 4pIo
as II saved them
VIII America 90 down IN hlstor
linked with heroic Belgium, who stoo
bv her Allies 10 the end, or viii she 90 {
HARDING advises ''scuttle and lose ~
honor among nations.
.eWe ask YOU. IN the name OF humanIt,
IN the name OF your devotion TO i2theF
husbands. sons. whose present and futul
welfare Is at stake, 10 keep iaith WI
'rThose who sleep ID Flanders fleiQs
And made the supreme sacrlhce TO aDois
war 10 help establish permanent peac
This Is woman opportunity on n
srst Presidential vote under the Mn
teentb amendment, 70 show what women
suffrage means and 10 save the countl
from the horrors OF war and bankruptcy
.Tf the women who think lndependen
~ will before voting give little stuc
n the League OF Nations, the Novemb
election viii be won by their votes.
The women Of America Will MAKE
mistake m the exercise OF the hlghe
duties Of citizenship if they hold TO the
Independence. always putting the lnleFes
~ the great republic above party al
voting upon the issues that may DC pr
sented upon their merits and not lfo
the standpoint of partisan politics
"To the twenty million or more new
enfranchlsed women who have not
vet formed party affiliations and w
will not submit to the whip and sp
of the party politicians, opportunity
Knocking The chance has come 70 me
a pressing moral obligation. -
This is no ordinary campaign ]
new women voters are seeking way
show their power and true purpose ~
can best be done by voting and work.
for Cox and the League
The signers Of this appeal are promihe
women from all sections Of the COUNT
and besides Mrs. Gait, include, amo
Others. the principal Of Bryn Mawr Z
leee. N Carey Thomas the dean
Barnard. Virginia Gildersleeve; Miss r
Nv Smith Hill Of Teachers College Coiu
bia University; Miss Ida NJ. Tarbell, !
well known writer; Mrs Henry M
gcntbau. Of New York; Mrs. Winst
Churchill. Of New Hampshire; Or;
MacCurdy, prof N NassaT; ~
Georgc Haven Putnam, New York; N
Jamcs Lee Laidlaw, New York;
Lillian u. Valid New York; Mrs Norm
Hapgood. Petersham, Mass; Miss Ma
Carney. Teachers College; Mrs. Hei
pbiDDs Great Neck, n ~; Mrs. Oh