The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1920-11-02
Prof. Charles West And Mrs.
Thomas Weir Speak AT
The Court House
MT. VERNON SPEAKERS
ADDRESS AUDIENCE
Mrs. Weir Urges Women OF
Knox County To Vote For
Governor ]. M. Cox

senator ftarulnS TO Qate mas taken
ia different stands on this great is
sue and still is not certain of we'll
defined course for himself and his
party.
Governor Cox is not against reser-
vations to the league. He does not
favor reservations that will in any
way impair the effectiveness of the
treaty.
The League of Nations primary
object is to prevent war; 1t says so
in SO many words. In the opinion of
A nations of the world it is the one
worth while reward for the great
war.
The cost of the war in killed by ev-
cry means known to war, in all the
the countries concerned, was 39,00O,-
600 people. A vast number truly
more people than live west of the
Mississippi river in the United States.
The league is the only safeguard
against the recurrence of similar
war and human tragedy
These were the high points clinch-
ed in the address of Prof Charles
West of Wooster university, one of
Mt. Vernon's own boys, who took the
place of Hon. Thomas M. Sparron,
master of the Pennsylvania state
grange, as speaker at the Democratic
gathering at the courthouse Friday
evening. 1t is thought Mr.. Sparron
missed train connections at Colum-
bus, but the people were delighted
er of the evening was Mrs. Thomas
Weir of Mt. Vernon, leading woman
Of the county in all work pertaining
to woman's advancement.
Mrs. Weir stated that she was glad
to meet everybody present as a fell
low citizen in her own right, having
come by the new speher of being af
ter struggle of half a century.
But despite the difficulties of our
advancement to suffrage" said Mrs.
Weir, don't you suppose, women of
Knox county, that we were saved for
just this great and extraordinary
time. There has been no time since
the declaration of independence that
was more problematical to our own
welfare as country than the pres
ent day. And it Is not a time to
vote for man to live the next four
years in the White House, but to vote
upon an issue and a policy that shall
have grave things to do with us in
the near future-that of the League
of Nations"
She said that the league is not a
perfect document, but that it is the
most perfect yet devised by man, and
furher that the new force of 10000,
900 voting women would have great
deal to say in this election about the
adoption of that league.
Mrs. Weir lauded President Wilson
as the man who did more for suffrage
than any other one president. "He
was first to fight for the issue before
congress-" she said. mot only should
ministration that has done SO much
for them but they should be for elect
ing the present governor of Ohio to
the presidency because he too has
done wonders for the cause of wo-
manhood. Gov. Cox has put in force
every law introduced and passed in
favor of women and children in Ohio.
Every woman owes him her one vote
for his accomplishments for her."
"There are $1,000 reasons, in the
81 900 buried American soldiers in
France, for women voting for the
Democratic candidate and the League
of Nations" said Mrs. Weir. I'VE
have their silent messages telling us
to do the thing that will prevent an
other such calamity to the world"
Mrs. Weir stated that the $4,000
Changers of Ohio for "a years have
been for woman suffrage, and for pro-
hibition, and she felt that such a
progressive body would do its bit for
the great issue of the League Of Ma.
tiOns. women of Knox county, vote
for the men who say that they will
carry out the things that are next to
your heart, who will enforce the laws
of the land. Cast your vote for the
party which has done most in recent
years for your own welfare-the
Democratic party"
Prof. West took up the League of
Nations and discussed it point for
point through its entirety. He left
not one stone uncovered.
: Referring to the administration, he
said that if it had done nothing else
than put in force the federal reserve
banking act, it would go down in his
tory as one of the most progressive in
the history of the country. This act |
alone has saved the country five bill. |