Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1920-10-22
MRS. BROWN AT lEWISBURG.

wood. recognized as among The most
effective speakers now pleading the
cause of the Democracy and the
! racue of Nations, addressed Il
arca, crowd in Carnegie Hall here
last Friday evening. From what our
pcoplc had heard and read of her
all looked forward TO her appear
,ucc here with unusual interest and
hish expectations. The result was
,hc largest crowd we had seen in
Carnegie Hall since Governor Corn
wells appearance here during the
war with Germany. When Mrs.
Brown was introduced, and most
felicitously. by Mrs. P. A. George,
of Ronceverte, she looked upon Il
sea of upturned expectant faces of
men and women eager to hear the
message they knew she was there to
4 deliver. And they were not disap-
pointed. Mrs. Brown did have a
message they knew she was there TO
such evident sincerity and with a
patriotic ardor so impressivethat
no one who heard her could doubt
The force of her convictions on the
| honesty of her purpose.
We started to take notes of Mrs.
/ Browns address with view to a
/ full report of it, but as this inter
ferrcd with the pleasure and inter-
est we felt in. seeing and hearing
her as she pleaded with irresistible
I logic and persuasive eloquence for
fAmerica'S ratification of the Peace
kTrcaty and acceptance Of the League
4 Covenant, as the climay and crown
/ ing glory of our victory over
Germany, we stuffed the book into
4 our pocket and listened unhindcred
and profoundly impressed TO the
finest and most effective appeal for
ratification we had heard since
The campaign opened.
The charm Of Mrs. Browns oratory
was as irresistible as her marshal
f ing of the facts on which she based
her appeal so that her speech al
together left an impression that
cannot easily be lost.
Ii is impossible for us TO prepare
from memory Il report Of the
1 speech of this charming Wst Vir-
sinia woman that would be even
measurably adequate or just to her.
We must therefore be content in
noting few OF the points she made
as we recall them now. After all
onc must see and hear Mrs. Brown
10 realize and appreciate the power
and pcrSuaSiveness of her public
addresses.
She begun by saying she was
born and reared in Republican
environment and was a Republican
Pntil she learned to think and 10
examine party principles and poll
cieS for herself. She then became
b Democrat and has found no reas-
On TO regret her change of party al
4cgiancc.
Presuming that the people al
ready had a fair understanding of
The League Covenant she did not at
Tempt a detailed discussion of that
great document, simple in its terms
and easily understood by any read
er of average intelligence. 1t was
only when distorted and misrep-
Presented by partisan bigatory and
passion That the popular understand
ing Of both the League and the Gov
cnant became confused.
Mrs. Brown attributed the blind
unreasonable, un-Amcrican and un-
patriotic opposition to The League
covenant TO three leading causes or
nnOllvcs: Cd Bitter, partisan hatred
ol the President which did not
tcuplc to assail him even while he
lay on a sick bed unable to defend
nunself. (2) Selfishness ss--scen in
me opposition of :big business to
Af'lclc VIII demanding "thc rcduct-
ION OF national armament TO the
lowest point consistent with safe
N, big business, in a spirit of pure
"lilshnesS. prcfcrring big profits
oh war munitions 10 peace and
Snod will throughout The world.
~ Jcalusly, the grccn-cycd mon
N,er presiding in the deliberations
o' Republican Senator's, and Sug-
ScH'lng to their jealous souls lasting
,'mc for Woodrow Wilson and a
loh3 lease Of power for the Demo
''a'ic party, if, after conducting
great war TO glorious victory,
lry succeeded in crowning this
"Piehdld success with The organi-
t'''on of a League among the ma
mohS to preserve the peace of The
"orid and a covenant dcclarign the
,n,r'nciplcs y, of amity and good will
""a' should insure its perpctuation
MIS-. Brown answered with Il CO.
s'ni and fOrCeful statement of the
H""' The partisan misreprescnta-
IONS o fArticlc X which seek 10 mis-
,Eao and deceive the people with
Wv charge that this article sets up
Nupcr-SOvernmcnt having power