Evening journal., 1920-09-02
Sees WOMEN AS
POLITICAL FORCE
DR.. Odell Believes World
Will Be Bettered by New
Voters
P. S. DU POINT MEETS
CITY ROTARIANS

guest Of honor and chief speaker at
the weekly luncheon OF the Whining
Ion Rotary Club in the Hotel dupont
this afternoon Another guest was
Pierre ;. dupont
Dr, Odel's subject WAS THE New
Force in American Democracy" II Il
was a glowing tr.bube 10 American
women and a pr0phesy that this
country and The world at large Will /
benefit greatly by their enfranchise-
mcni.
In the carly part OF his adrass. Dr,l
0dell read with marked effect the
following article, entitled My Bal
lot which he had written for AS
ISOLATION Men a periodical TO which /
he Is a contributor;
Il an The Ballolr'
II seem TO be only a bit OF paper |
but | am Power
4 am unlimited Power; am
mightier than the sword and more 1
deadly than high explosivesl
u can take a lowly citizen and |
make him stronger thsn any severe
ign that ruled an empire
i can decide whether one hundred |
and twenty million people shall be
rich or poor, happy or miserable, for
the next four years
II can alter for tier or worse the
very constitution OF the gre3test re-
public the world has ever known
= can make The dreams OF the no.
blest men and women come true, or
! can blight The hopes Of those who
plan and work for liberty, equality,
Fraternity.
II am the ballot OF a citizen Of the
United States
u hold the welfare OF The whole
race In my power but for ages no one
would use me.
Il am stained with The blood af
more than three thousand battles in |
which brave men have fought for
freedom Of thought and speech and
conscience
Il have pined In dungeons, Lam
glished in exile, famished In deserts I
have been scorned and reviled and /
auffeted; | carry all The marks OF I
neglect. persecution and crucitlxion
Il have been In every, land and in |
every age wherever men have tried I
TO break the shackes OF tyranny and I
have s0ushi to establish their human /
md divine rights, but not until recent
wears have men and women realized I
lhat | am the answer TO all their I
prayers and the goal Of all their
slriyings.
Il am very old and yet am always
young: my FIRST sad memory Is Of the |
day when God told Cain that he was
his brothers keeper and ever since |
then | have tried To get mankind TO
adopt ME as a substitute for blind,
brute force.
II thrilled with my earliest hope
when Moses led a mob OF slaves out
OF Egypt and brought them TO Mount
| Sinai, where the Almighty gave them
| the Ten Laws Of Liberty.
al
I lies OF ancient Greece from ruin N
Socrates had made me the key to his
philosophy.
~ might have saved The glory OF
carly Rome from quick decay II ITS
strong men had trusted me In the
hands OF the people.
Fl wandered from country TO c0un-
try, In year after year; ! saw hum
1 dreds OF promising experiments IN
1 human freedom come to nought be-
cause no one seemed TO realize that
was the only guarantee OF liberty
1 "i saw the English harnns wresl
their rights from King John, and
/ then saw them lose what they had
! gained for lack on my aid,
~ wallOwed In blood with the gall
, liant Dutch when they beat back the
Spanlards. and / watched the fearless
covcnanters OF scotland and the
sturdy purlians of Britain struggle al
infinite pains for the riehis which
| could have given them without cost.
~ crossed the stormy Atlantic
Ocean IN The "Mayilower.' and made
my nrst real friends among the stern
fathers OF bleak New England
81 drew my first breath on life on
lhc Fourth az luN. ili6, when a holl
IN Philadelphia pealed the news OF the
signing OF the Declaration Of indie
pendence.
II have lived In America one hundred
and fOrty-fOur years protect ng the
weak. curbing the strong and bring
ing Justice to an; ! am now coveted
I by all the peoples Of the earth be-
cause | have made this nation a place
where everyone has the right TO
\ life, liberty and The pursuit Of happi-
II am SO valuable that no one can
purchase me, SO pure that no one
cant taint me, SO strong that no one
can overcome me.
II am Gods guardian OF mans in
alienable rights am the ballot OF a
citizen OF the United states"
Hearty applause greeted him at the
conclusion OF the reading
Dr. Odel said that there have been
two especially noteworthy strides of
progress IN Democracy. First, the
adoplion Of he United STATES Consli-
tuition: second, TIE enfranchisem Mt
Of women. In reply 10 criticism fire.
quenry heard that women will make
political mistakes. nr. Odell asserted. :.
"Momen cannot make greater mis-
takes than the men have made The
great war through which we recently
have passed was an unquestioned re-
suit 0f misgOvernmcnt by men"
He added that wOmanh0od Is power
OF the most enduring Kind and that
now that it Is entering The democracy
OF This country, II Will resuE in modi-
/ flying and improving many conditions
| and the national life viii be richer
/ and better than ever before. IL Della
ware women had been enfranchised
years ago, Or. Odell said this State
Mould not have been afflicted With
the horror Of public school system
such as exists In Delaware today.
III Is ours TO welcome This new
force in American democracy"
In conclusion DR.. Odell suggested
that the Rotary Club should hold A
ladies' night at which the wives
daughters, mothers and sisters Of the
members might De informed OF the re-
? spOnsibilities which have fallen upon
I them as a result Of their enfranchise-
ment.
Z EXPECT HIGH PRICE ON OYSTERS.
) Local merchants predict high
. prices in oysters this season. Al
fHatfnsh fIa 1anu1F hana.,