Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1920-10-29
Four Noted Women Speak
crs Explain Campaign
Issues
MRS. O'BRIEN PREsIDEs
Many Men Attend Meeting-Speakers
Deliver Entertaining Addresses
Predict Sweeping Victory

1 Flf.r wSmcn speakers last right
/ discussed the campaign issusas be
fore lsrcely attended democratic
:! rally cs men ard women held n the
opera house ur;,er the auspices Of
the ccv. Roosevelt and Moore Club.
The ral!v was big Sucress in every
particular. Mrs. NJ w O'Brien pres;d-
ID Music was furnished b% Smiths
Orchestra. Al the conclusion cf the
meet:rg he asdien"c. sang the last
ve,.s. f America, being led hy
Mrs. o'Bf:en.
TT. first speaker was Mrs. a. c.
| Cc4t"s of lllirnis She spoke on
/ Article Ten of The I.ragae Of Ma
ticn~. What the NGr~oe Doctrine
! 1Gs G~nr fcr th:s hemisphere, the
!.e!rGr r N%t;ca's w:ll do for the
wc"!,! III. d"rlar"d. Article Ten she
Gaid "';m;na.eS the chances Of war.
Tia .ne"k"" laud.,l th. pclicrs cf
! President Wilson ami declared the
:. f"rr:en "aticns, especially tha small
'"~ o"c& lock to tie United States
fo" leasIc- ship. II The United States
j backs nut at this time she asked.
: what will be the opinion of the
cthcr nations, especially the smaller
cne?"
IN conclusion Mrs. Coates said that
It is so:re to take the Republican
uariv thr"e decades to reach the pin
nacle ~"a"hed by the democratic par
y :9@ tha past eight wars.
Miss Cvr+hia Cleveland. cousin Of
.he lat" P-esiAcrt Grover Cleveland.
! asked + The republicans would tell
'''a rr"rle If thc country what they
III with the money during the years
Drior = the war, if this country was
vnprsra~ei when war was declared.
\ rav:.w r. the splendid war work of
the government at hcnoe and fer two
~"ars rr:c- to the er,trarce OF this
country i7to the conflict was given
5y the sneaker.
Mrs. William Grey Rurkhnad. n,
f ~" T""cgc cf America Pen Wo-
n,en. Wash;rgtcn, whose home is in
s.. louis told nf how former Pres
'Acr.. T"Et irdorsei wo"id league,
COR nrnco. She asscrte.I that Europe
: cr firn IN! america is smoking.
The rn~lhlican SIDE cf h. campaign
from the viepo;nt Of a Democrat
"9s ~'~o., bv Ms. Grace Porto Fn--
kris. T:cc nresidAn: cf the National
p-ess Association. The rcpu5li-
"are ~ro"t issue she sod have beea
hatred ana, fer. While President
Wiser was in Eucapn she said they
started a campaign Ct hatred the
"apubiicans sign;nts q rourd rcb;n
that ;hav would stand against the
'"aeue hof"re they kn"w what t was.
The rcnuh!icans stree the Chicago cou
'cqsirn she said have nlade the cam
ra;~r c?r:rairr &C lins
| Al The conclusion Of the addresses
|;a",ll-'' r. Rcrth. aXnla:red hcw to
vote tha democratic ticket next Tues
hay and stated that It would rot be
necessary FIR the wcnlr', to- bring
'h";r t.v r""c:pts as first stated.
| Mr.. Bcc-he stated that as fer as
,a knew this was fhA first meeting
.cn!.rtoj exclusively by women held
n Virginia.
Occ ny'n~ scets cn the stage we've
Ms !. Y. O'Br;"r. who presided: Mrs..
Thac'os Peadheim, Mrs Newell s.
Greenawav ard Mrs. c. Z. Nicol. and
GartEe- T.. Rooth", treasurer IF the
Cox, Roosevelt and Moore Club;
!! Nsvcr Jars NJ Duncan. Common
wcalth's atto"rnv Howard ". Smith,
Commiss:onn" nf Pcvarue Charl": y.
Callahan and Cie5k Ct Ccur"il ~. r.
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