Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1920-10-04
TWO GREAT CROWDS
HEAR SPEAKERS
Campaign Arguments Given Up
stairs and Down-Great Pleas
For League of Nations

Two immense crowds thronged in
to the court house Monday afternoon.
Democrats had speaking in the circuit
court room upstairs, while the repub-
hcans had two orators down stairs in
the county court room. Both were
filled to capacity with men and wo-
men. The side aisles and windows
were filled, and the center aisles.
The audience upstairs was entirely
white in complexion. About a fourth
were ladies. Downstairs a third of
the audience was composed of negro
men and women.
County Campaign Chairman John
G. Chenault called the democratic
meeting to order. Mrs. John l..
Woodbury., of Louisville, spoke first
Tor the democrats, and was followed
by Hon. w. w. Davies. Mrs. Charles
Firth, of Covington, substituted for
Mrs. John w. Langley, who had been
advertised as the republican woman
speaker. Congressman King Swope
followed Mrs. Firth.
Mrs. Woodbury., was introduced by
Judge Shackelford who scored the re-
pnblicans for their deception concern
ing the League of Nations He point
ed to Governor Morrow's statement
America might have to send boys to
settle dispute between the kings of
Siam and Timbuctoo. Judge Shackel-
SUrd said that he readily understood
why Governor Morrow didn't want
I mbuctoo bothered, and that was be-
cause he got the biggest part of his
ms iority from descendants of Tim
buctoo, which is located in Central
Africa, and naturally Ed feels a deli
caCy about sending them back to fight
their own kinsmen. This sally was
greeted with applause.
Mrs. James w. Caperton introduc
Cd Mrs Firth.
Mrs. Woodbury. said in part:
'I am to speak to you a few min
utes upon the great issues which are
before US. First, last and all the
time l want to urge all to register
and vote. 1t is quite possible that l am
speaking to many who worked long
and hard for suffrage; it is more
likely that l am speaking to those
who were either Indifferent to it or
even opposed it. That is now all past. !
Whether you felt it should have
come as q federal amendment or by |
action of the separate states is no
longer a matter of discussion. The |
vote for women is here, and it is as
Il
TO lay it on your minds and hearts
Neither republicans nor democrats |
can claim full credit for this. The !
question hung fire for forty years in
congress and most of the time with Il /
republican president, it remained for !
Democratic President Woodrow Will |
son TO come out boldly for it and to
urge its passage.
"The way to register and vote is !
easy. 1t does not take long and one
does not have to do it every day, nor !
all day. You go to the voting place |
in your neighborhoOd. There will be |
women workers outside the polls who
will tell you just what to do. Inside |
The polls YOU give your name and adj |
dress, and your party if you wish to.
That is all. You can do this any time
between in the morning and 9 at |
night, October 5, next Tuesday.
"To vote is just as easy. You gol
TO the same place; the clerk will give ,
YOU a printed ballot. At the top of
the ballot the emblem of each polit-
ical party is printed; there is a circle |
beneath each one and you stamp with |
a stencil which will be handed you. !
Now, don't be like the man who wish |
cd TO vote, but was undecided whether !
TO stamp under the chicken or the
coop. One of the hopeful things
about the vote for women is that it |
will largely be an intelligent vote.
"To know for what we stand brings
me naturally to the greatest issue of
the day-the League of Nations. !
want TO ask and answer two ques-
tions-frst, what is the League of +,
Nations? 1t is a union of civilized
nations of the world with headquar-
ters in Switzerland What is itsi
purpose? The league seeks to bring /
about peace: By settling disputes be-
tween nations by peaceful adjustment |
instead of war; by pledging each
member nation to gradually reduce
armies and navies (this means, of
course, the reduction of taxes and the |
high cost of living;) by making all /
treaties public so that all citizens
NAV know what their governments |
are doing; by undertaking to better
working conditions and the welfare OF
women and children everywhere.
"Some of the enemies of the league I,
call it Wilson's league, but many ma
r,0ns and many prominent republl- |
cans of our own country had hand |
IN framing it. When the president /
came back from Paris in February, !
1919. he brought with him the tlrsJ
proposed draft of the league; it was
eiven widest publicity; amendments
and criticisms were invited. Among |
those offered and afterwards incorpo-
rated into the league were four
amendments by former President |
Taft; six amendments by former
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