Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-09-30

She also held citizenship schools in
Maine and Massachusetts,, and made a
number Of tours through the western
States making lectures.
During the campaign for woman SUI
frage in New York in 1917 she made
speeches throughout the State In be-
BALI of the measure.
AUTHOR OF
TEXTBOOK.
She is also author of a textbook or
citizenship, Actual Government OF Con.
necticut," and has assisted her hus-
band, Edwin Davies schoonmaker, In
preparing a number of his textbooks on
Russian questions.
1.-THE women of the United States"
declared Mrs. Schoonmaker, in an inter
view this morning, believe that the
League Of Nations is the great moral
issue for this campaign"
She declared that women are deeply
interested in voting.
Women try to get the truth more
conscientiously than men. believed
she said,
MANY of them, doubtless. will be
raisled by the distortions Of the Repub-
licans In regard to the league"
She expressed the opinion that women
are not so partisan as men. and are
more easily appealed to by the moral
aspect.
Women will never be tied so closely
to party views as men," she declared,
for I believe that they care about the
real truth OF the issue more than party
affiliations"
Mrs. Schoonmaker said that the major
ity Of the women are more interested In
national issues than local ones, for they
are usually better informed on national
affairs.
In my work" she said. 1T have found
that women are not deeply interested in
local corruption, although in citizenship
classes their interest seems TO tend to-
ward the community unit rather than
the national Organization
In discussing the aspect OF the present
campaign she declared that the majority
OF the women can be aroused 10 vote
through the instrument OF the Leagne Of
Nations issue.
Women are not TO be fooled by the
assertion that politics is thing which
is apart from them she stated. "and
have found great interest among the
women from Maine 10 Minnesota in suf-
frage for itself"
In commenting on the attitude of
Senator Harding toward the league.
Mrs. Shoemaker declared that II would
be dangerous to the country TO trust
the leakue in the hands Of an enemy.
we can not tell what Senator Hard
ing's WV Is" SD said, "for he does
not know himself since there are too
many people pulling different ways at
m IN TrThn hn ha haa
no mind Of his own"
She termed Cox as the representative
OF progressiveism and constructive
mes sures and Harding as negative
vote on all beneficial measures.
She scored the latest tactics OF the
Republicans to divert the attention from
the league as an Issue Of the campaign.
saying that It is an exceedingly unsafe
move on their pare to endeavor TO sub.
stitute the activity OF hunting for ex-
trava gences in the conduct of the war,
since II viii bring to light the extrav-
agsnce in the Cuban war which was
fought under a Republican adminlstra-
ton.
KENTUCKY WOMAN ALSO
SAYS WOMEN FAVOR LEAGUE.
"The women of the United States are
heartily in favor Of the League OF Ma
TONS" said Mrs Cora Wilson Stewart
Of Frankfort, Ky. who will also speak
at the meeting.
Mrs. Stewart has been prominent in
educational work in~Kentucky for num-
Der Of years, being a member OF the
National Council of Education and of
the National Arts Club, chairman OF the
educational department OF the Kentucky
Federation Of Womens Clubs, and for
merly president Of the Kentucky Educa-
tionaI Association.
Mrs. Stewart, who is making a tour
Of the Western states under the Demo-
cratic National Committee, will discuss
the record of the Democratic party dur
ing the past eight years, the League Of
Nations as an issue and why women
should vote the Democratic ticket in
her speech tonight.
Women who have been Republicans
have been brought into the Democratic
party" said Mrs. Stewart. because they
know that the only way that they can
keep faith in boys who gave their lives
is to secure the League of Nations"
Mrs. Stewart, who is wearing q chain
of small metal ROSTERS presented to her
by the largest Democratic county in Ken
lucky, declared that the League OF
Nations is the greatest issue III politics
since the adoption of the Constitution.
PEOPLES MINDS -
CANNOT BE DIVERTED.
She said that the minds Of the people
cannot be diverted by any tactics of the
Republicans.
''Senator~Harding came into Kentucky
speaking about waterways" she said
'apd we don't want TO hear about water
ways, we want to hear about peace"
She scored the attacks of the Repub.
iiean speakers on the financing of the
war, saying that results were gotten and
intimated that this was more than the
Republicans could have done.
Zone Of the reasons I am In favor of
the league is because / have been en-
gagged in educational work In Kentucky
for many years and the Democratic
party has taken definite stand for
education in its platform while the Re-
publican party has not"
Governor Cox has declared himself in
favor of advocating the educational
standards, and Senator Harding has ig-
nored the subject"
Mrs. Stewart declared that Governor
Cox has made Ohio one of the most ad-
vanced States in constructive legislation
Of education in the Union and she be-
lleves that be will do the same things
for education as President Of the United
States as he has done for Ohio as Gov
ernor
Governor Cox" she said. sis the only
Governor who has ever called a special
session Of the Legislature to pass acts
to assist the teachers.r
Mrs. Stewart asserted that education
is one of the chief constructive measures
of the Democratic candidate for Presi-
dent.