Mountain advocate., 1920-10-08
AND ALL WENT MERRY As
A MARRIAGE BELL
Mass Meeting A Great Success

MONDAY night, Oct. 4tn, hepuDll-
cans--men and women-Democrats,
men and women,-and possibly
some Socialists attended the Repub-
lican rally which was a big success
Trained singers rendered America
and the Star Spangled Banner in
which the big audience Joined heart
lily. Hon. John NJ. Tinsley presided
over the meeting.
Mrs. Fred Burman, the first speak
er on the program, spoke on the var
ious lines along which women may
work in politics to be most effective.
Robert w. Cole, who is an excel
lent speaker as he talks in an easy
conversational manner which makes
the audience feel as tho they are lis
tening to neighbor. told of the
waste of the present administration
He said that while spruce, which en-
tiers largely into the manufacture
Of aeroplanes, was offered to the gov
eminent at $40 per 1000 feet the
contract was given to Dierks, the
warden Of a penitentiary and he paid
$4,000 per 1000 feet. A number of
patriots had offered to supply the
spruce without profit.
The speaker mentioned the fact
that while our boys were dying for
the lack of areoplanes, those in
charge of the building of them were
experimenting with the new Liberty
motor. instead of buying motors al
ready tested and proved.
After building 1900 planes, with
600 changes, they were scrapped.
During this time the Germans were
using thousands of planes against
our boys. One of the men in charge
Of the work, on being asked the
cause of the delay, said 81 don't
know a d .. ID thing about it,"
The extravaganza of the admins
tration is largely responsible for the
fact that Liberty Bonds are worth
S5c to soc on the dollar.
Mrs. J. w. Hughes said she was
not a speaker. but also. she was no
Stacker. After urging all to register
she urged women to do their part.
II the polls are not decent for .wo-
men they are not decent for men.
Mrs. Hughes said the women of the
Blue Grass and Western Kentucky
will turn out and vote and she urged
the women of the mountains to do
the same. Don't let them say we
can't get out to vote"
Paying her respects to the league
of nations, Mrs. Hughes said that
while she would be willing, even tho
with heartache, to give up her son
to fight for his country she would
object to doing so when some for
eign country had voted war on us.
Mrs. Hughes objected to Great Brit
ain having six votes to the United
States one.
Judge J. d. Tuggle, in a speech
bristling with humor. said that fifty
years ago woman's suffrage was look
ed upon as one of the jokes of the
day, as was prohibition. Today, both
are accomplished facts. The speak
er said that IL any person asks how
lady can vote. the answer is. "just
the same as man" The RESPONSE
bility, privilege and duty have now
been passed on to the women and it
is only question as to how they
will use the vote. AS American citi-
Gems, he urged the most earnest thot
and study of the questions of the day
Government changes as the people
change. There will always be burn
ing issues to confront us and respon
sihility to hand down to future gen
erations.
When it comes to thinking. do
your own. draw on your recollection
don't be led OFF by promises Look
to the history of your country as one
OF your guides.
" Hile TTeSlutHl w llSOn PROMISED
to keep us out OF war, the biggest
thing he did keep us out of was SUI
gar. Eight years ago he promised
to lower prices. at is a good thing |
don't cuss. There would be a blue
streak in the house" Before the war
one could get good family steak
for 25cts. Now one can't get enough
to bait the mouse trap. Then we had
low prices and good times. In six
months after the Democrats came in |
the railroad sidings were full of idle |
cars. They would have been full yet |
II the devil had not broken loose in !
Europe.
The war has been over some time |
and they have made no move to |
bring down prices.