The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1920-09-30
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1t Was a Cold Wind In Maine For
The Democrats.

1T sure was cold wind that blew
through Maine on Monday, September
18th, so fare as the Democrats are
concerned" 1t was Uncle Ted speak
ing. He had just put down his evening
paper and was talking to his brother
the father of Jack and Ruth.
"What do you mean?" asked Jack,
who never loses an opportunity to
start his Uncle Ted telling story.
SSimply that the 18th dof of Septem-
Der was surely an unlucky day for the
Democrats and sill more unlucky for
the world club" replied his Uncle.
"You see on that date the voters OF
Maine, both men and women, went to
the polls to elect their state officers
and Representatives in Washington
The result was that the Republicans
swept through the state like forest
fire, electing the Governor by the larg-
est plurality ever given a candidate
for governor in that state. More than
that, they electe Congressman from all
four of their districts and put Repub-
licans in every county as attorneys and
sheriffs."
whats that go to do with the world
club plan?" asked Ruth.
Simply this, Ruth-that the main
issue of the campaign in Maine was
the same issue that will determine the
election of Warren G, Harding as Pres
ident in November, the league of ma
tons, or the world club, as we know
it. 1t was question of whether the
people Of Maine would place in power
those men who represent party
which would attempt to entanSie the
United States in European politics and
give the countr.esrot Europe the right
to dictate ene affairs Of this country.
Senator Harding in a short statement
after the Maine election told the whole
story when he said The result in
Maine is reinsurance that the Ameri-
can people mean to return to repre-
sentative government under the Con-
stitution through the agency of the
Republican party
zone of the most interesting things
in the election is the effect Of the wo-
men voting. Both Governor Cox and
Mr.. Roosevelt have had great deal to
say about how the women would vote
for the world club because they don't
want war. Governor Cox is clever in
some things but he hasn't been clever
enough to see that he cannot fool the
women of this country with such fairy
stories. The women of America know
that the world club MEANS WAR and
they want no more of 1t. If anybody
had even suggested, ten years ago, or
even five years ago, that the United
States should simply throw away the
independence won by the glood of the
fathers in the Revolution just so that
we could Join club in which the con-
troll rested in Europe the American
people would have had that person
locked up in an insane asylum. 1t is
true tht lots of Americans have been
misled by the statements made by
those who want this world club. Many
people had thought that the independ.
ence of America should come second
since 1t was our duty to help serve
humanity But when the voters, the
men and women, went to the polls In
Maine where they had their first rea
opportunity to show their opinion Of
the league, they voted It down Just as
hard as they possibly could
when Franklin d. Roosevelt, Dem.
ocratic candidate for Vice President
completed speaking tour in Maine he
said that he was convinced the women
we're for the world club and because OF