Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-10-02

true bulwark against extreme rad1-
calism and will be the basis of. an
intelligent, free and tolerant thought.
Large Crowd Yesterday.
The crowd which heard the candi-
date and cheered him many times
during his address yesterday was one
Of the largest of the front-porch can.
paign. Several special trains brought
DELEGATIONS of women to Marion for
the event and most Of the commerciai
establishments employing women
closed their doors to permit attend
ance. The visitors, marched to the
Harding home in martial order, win
bands playing and with STANDARDS
bearing the names Of numerous cities
following in column the banners of
local employees organizations. They
crowded the lawn to overfowing. and
at the end Of the speech women rae
tory workers jostled shoulders WIN
women decked in costly furs ana TAI
lored gowns in a scramble to shake
the nominees hand.
One feature Of the procession up
Mount Vernon avenue was pageant
in which twenty-one girls of foreign
ancestry marched in the native cos
tune Of their races. Mrs. Richard
Edwa ris of Indiana acted as marshal
of the parade and chairman OF the
front-porch meeting. and Mrs. Kay
mond Robins of Chicago made the
speech presenting the delegation to
Senator and Mrs. Harding.
Discussion of League.
In his discussion of the league; dur
ing his speech to women. the candi--
mothers and wives Of America do not
wish to give their sons and husbands
for sacrifice at the call of an extra
constitutional body like tho Council
of the Paris League"
you have heard SO much about
that ] wish to read it to you. You
have also heard something about our
failure to adopt 1t. breaking the hear.
of the world l am a pretty sympa-
thetic man myself. but want to
tell you women of America that
would rather break the heart of the
world than destroy the soul of the
United States. = -.
IT have a notion that most of you
can understand the English language
You can understand Article y. That
is the heart of the league. That is
the mortgage Of American resources.
man power and -wealth-putting them
at the command of a council of for
eign powers, sitting around a table
at the capital of the world in Geneva
And. if anybody is in doubt about my
position, understand me now: I am
not in favor of that covenant.
you note the contract America
is not a welcher.
eff you do go in. and don't keep
your promise. you have made it the
colossal disappointment of all time.
Sot, say to you women. of America,
let US. in good conscience, play our
part. not only by example. but by
helping the cause of humanity and
forwarding civilization, as we have
done from the beginning of our re-
public; but let US hold to ourselves the
right to determine what Americas
obligation is othe rest of the world"
Women in Audience.
Many prominent. women were in the
gathering, which came largely from
Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky,
and Minnesota. Among
those present were Mrs. Leonard
Wood. Mrs. Douglas Robinson. Mrs.
William C. Sproul, Mrs. James Gar
field, Mrs. Alice Roosevelt Longworth.
Mrs. -Maude Park Wood. Mrs. Mary
Rinehart and Mrs. Clifford
A delegation of negro wom-
en- was headed by Mrs.. Lethia. c.;
Fleming. republican national director
Of works among colored people.