Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1920-10-04
DEMOCRATIC WOMEN
or CO. ORGANIZED
ecoatlnasd Ese.a Page .,


Theodore ,iDhnaoa
Eigiah Igiatricl A4a Alfred r.
PerTie
An executive committee was APP
soialed with tie Democratic general
caairR,an. Bars. White. and al the
chaiaaen Of the coaRty dtstricts. the
two secretaries also to be on die exc
=cutlye cOlqaalttao. A number OF yolan-
teer Workers among Women in the
county were called for and responded
oahers net present being appointed on
committees Ia their district
YRS. Fuller Introduced
The feature of the meeting after the
organization was the speech Of Mrs
Gertrude Brcslau Fuller. who was in
trodueed IN d happily expressed little
speech by Mrs. Clarence N. White
chairman. Mrs Fuller begGn BY CALI
ing the women Fellow Citizens.
She told them d great new epoch had
c9me into their lives and With IL great
new responsibility. and that whether
for good o. for evil they are d propor
mate part Of the government and must
sAart 4 proportionate sponsibility
They have been called She said, the
crowned Queens OF America, they
ne now joint rulors and the American
s3eptre lag been placed III their
hands
She said thare is no such hing any
more as suffragistf aud Anti-suf-
tragiat they are thing Of yester-
aay, Of The past Men recognize that
women helped to win Tho war; and
Low they helped in the reconstructiYe
period, and now they must help 70 pro-
mote peace.
She analysed the League Of Nations
made its points clear. and eulogized
President Wilson whom she pros
nouncea as The greatest leader Of the
people of the world. who has the cour-
age OF his convictions. and whose name
history will write as imperishable
She saceinetly defined that wicked
erticle l0s Of the League, which has
praescally stood for 97 years or moro
IS Tie Monroe Doctrine" and there
gere Lodge and Penroses and Borahs
even III 1928 Is oppose and defy
airs. Fuller Il most persuasive
speaker. She knows WHEREOF she
speaks, and having 4 thorough knoWl-
edge of her text aud subject mater.
she presents her facts most conyine-
iassly ana IN 4 foreefnl manner Her
speech Was punetuated with pithy
ss4anas, aud she held her audience
Vafl undivided attention from begin
n:ab 10 esl
Piths Extracts Of SPEECH
MRS Gertrude Hresiau Fuller made
direct thrasts in her speech Here
are pithy extracts from her remarks:
These are he times that test the
auIs Of men and Women
The acid test Of patriotism IS the
s3f peace.
No nation can develop q race Of
rong. liberty loving men tram We * s
iimia. Indifferent. Stacker women
We helped anr men win the war.
nov Nc Will help them win the peace
The League of Nations is treasure
vastly mors precious than conquered
territory I'll tribute money
What orr boys Won with their bay
onets we will hald With our ballots.
The woman who Withholds her bal
los may ~ that aet sente nee her lit-
lie son TO death il another var.
We are not nation Of atheists
and blaapaemers. aasiag no faith III
justice righteousness and brother
hood
Whenever in tile history Of man
Kind lover of humanity has arisen u
great heights OF service there have
followed the powerful and feroeious
forces or envy and reaction, with the
thorns. the hyssop and the cross
Tho delay Ia ratiiyiag the peaee
treaty has cost eur merchants. our
industries and our WORKERS billions 10
dollars that would have come to them
inevitably could they. have taken their
rightfal part la the reconstruction
work liz Europe. a separate peace
would cost us untold billions more and
force US 70 reliaqulsh hl indeIqnities
for our losses and bring US eountless
lawsuits from German nationals ami
payment Of many millions more. "
Senate Kept Us Frsm peaee
The Senate has kept us fFara later