The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-04-20
NORTH CAROLINA WILL RATIFY
 AMENDMENT
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Among the speakers was Miss Caro- line Ruutz-Rees of Greenwich, member of the Democratic National Committee from Connecticut, who has been leading and earnest cru sader in the movement which has culmfnated in the ratification, lacking one state, of the Susan B. Anthony amendment.
 It was received as a good omen that the chief speaker of the even ing. Whitehead Kluttz, of North Car ohna, is a son of the state which will make the ratification complete.
 Said MT. Kluttz, the Democratic convention of North Carolina has or dered the ratification of the suffrage amendment What the convention orders the Democratic legislature obeys, and my state will complete that process by which American women will be admitted to full politi- cal equality with the men,
 The announcement was greeted with applause,
 Town Chairman John A. Cornell was toastmaster. He was introduced by Lawrence T. Gallagher, who made brief, but appropriate speech of welcome.
 Said MT. Cornell, referring to the recent rails, Our mayor appointed the police, raised their wages, pro- nounced them the finest police force l in the world, and called in outside detectives to clean up the city, These remarks, aptly put, brought pronounced expressions of mirth.
 Mrs. Ruutz-Rees said thA there arg some women who will vote the Re- publican ticket, some who will vots the Democratic ticket, and some who are independent, ana will look over the program before they vote These women, she said, are progressive, and will desire to ally themselves with progressive party. She proceeded to prove that the Democratic party is the progressive party of the nation and that it is especially progressive In Connecticut, where it has always advocated equal suffrage, while a. tIrnes the Republican convention has refused to receive representatives og the cause Miss Ruutz-Rees char acterized the attitude of Gov. HoI, comb in convincing terms. Lynn ". Wilson spoke briefly, sug- ge5t1ng measures which in his opin- lon ought to be included in the next state platform of the Democracy. | MT. kIuttz, who is a member of the | international joint boundary commis- sion, and who has been named bv the president as a member of the ma tfona1 board of concihation and arIb:- traitor, proved an eloquent and per suasIve orator, after the best fashion of the South. He reJoiced because the l blue and the gray are united, and his references to the gallantry of the American boys in France evoked storms of applause.
 | He recapitulated the achievements | of the Democratic administration
 saying, 'tIf we are to be accused o1
 causing the specks on the sun, we | demand also to stand in the glory o1 l that sum- He accused the Repub- l licans of ''wearing their headlight af l a frefy does, on its tail.''
 Congressman Garde, describing 1T
 detail some of the chief Legislation | brought into being by the admins
 tration, paid a tribute to New Eng l land, rehearsing the heroic deeds O
 the men of Lexington and Concord, O
 the men of New Haven, Milford anC
 Fairfield
 One of the most enjoyable events ot
 the evening was a song by Mis- | Katherine Lombard