Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1920-10-21
Eloquent Plea
By GIFTED 2PE5g
Vivid Word Picture By Mrs. Ida
MEG. Gibson To Record
Breaking Crowd

Mrs. Ida McGlone Gibson, of Chi
cago, spoke Wednesday night at the
court house to one of the largest
throngs that has ever packed the
building since the political speaking
commenced this campaign. people
standing on the inside and the thron~
extending to the doorwavs outside
and stepladders being utilized on the
outside of the windows. and then me-
ny being unable to get even within
these crowded confines, the crowd
having gathered to a large extent two
and half hours before the speaking
hour had arrived.
Mrs. Gibson had spoken here before
hence her type of delivery and man.
ner of handling her subject was not
entirely unknown to many in her au-
dience, but to even those who heard
her here during the recent World war
it seemed her words were even more
convincing, and her pleading more in
tense on this occasion. She spoke for
more than an hour, holding the rivet-
ed attention of every human being
present, and all had only regret to
express when her address had ended.
She had the flags of every nation
stretched from one end of the court
house to the other, representing ev-
cry nation of the world that belongs
to the League of Nations, with their
brilliant colors, as it were, calling on
the United States to take their stand
and come in, and when she displayed
the flag of the United States along
side with that of Russia, Turkey and
Mexico, it did, indeed, seem a sad day
for this country to be in company
with such outlaw nations, and she
made very dramatic picture along
this line.
She gave a wonderful description
of the palace of Versailles and the
signing of the peace treaty, when our
own beloved Woodrow Wilson, gaunt
and weary looking from the long
strain, rose with the long work on ar
ticle, the League of Nations. She told
how during his sickness that every
nation on the globe had sent wire af
ter wire inquiring of our president
health, when no message had been
sent from our United States senate
or our congress, and expressed q 90
shame for the country that such was
the case.
Mrs Gibson depicted q -ery touch
Il, H.
telview with the sad-loolyirr QreN-
Sophia during the negotiations of -
peace treaty, and how - tal'-;n- e.
the queen she asked he~ what -
thought of signing the treaty, =
queen reDlied: "What am I, what 90
my people to the peace of the world"
showing how tired even the Germans
were of war and all its horrors.
She told in strong terms of how
much prosperity we had enjoyed IN
der Wilson, saving, "Not man or
woman in this audience but who has
more now than you had four years
ago" Her scathing denunciation of
the Dupont Powder company. largest
and wealthiest in the world, and 9TH
ers of like character, who were or
posing the League of Nations because
it would prevent war, and thus cut
down their immense incomes from the
slaughter of human beings with their
powder, bullets, etc, was very pow
erful and made a telling impressioT.
on her hearers.
Mrs. Gibson opened the campaign
with Governor Cox and stated at the
hotel Wednesday evening that she
would close the campaign also with
the governor. She was very tired
from the long strain and had to can
eel her engagement at Ashland, re-
naming in Richmond all day Thurs
day in order to get much needed
rest.
1t is the hope of one and all that
we may have many opportunities OF
hearing such a forceful, powerful and
delightful speaker as Mrs. Gibson.