Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-09-16
HARDING MAKES
STRONG BID FOR
WOMEN 5 VOTES
NEXT NOVEMBER
Says They Should Align
Themselves With the Re-
publican Party; Democrats
Delayed Suffrage, Claims,
COMPARES PLATFORMS
OF DOMINANT PARTIES
League Of Nations As Pre-
Sented By Administration
Would Not Mean Peace
For the United States,

tsy MORNING JoUasAL SPECIAL LEASED wiEE'
Marion, o.. Sept. 15.-In a mes
sage addressed to the republican
women's organizations of America,
and the women's Harding and
Coolidge clubs. Senator Harding
today set forth his views on women
in politics, and why they should
align themselves with the republic
can party.
"Our country" he said, will be
well served by the participation in
politics of all our citizenship. now
justly the constitutional grant to
women" The message is address,
ed to Mrs. Ray F. Fucker. presi-
dent of the Womens Harding and
Coolidge club of New York city,
and is sent to all women's organi-
cations. In his message he referred
to the league of nations. declaring
that women are too wise and too
fine in moral sense to listen to
technical discussion tending to
prove that having made moral
promise by an indefensible inter-
national agreement, we could in
duce congress to withhold the ac-
ton needed to perform our moral
obligations. We must measure
our Obligations in determination To
live up to them"
The message said in part:
~ believe that before We en-
phasize the need for any new
voters to join q particular political
party, we must emphasize the need
for their joining some party and
giving to the party of taeir choice
their services. conscience, wisdom
and loyalty.
Our Two-party System.
"Our two-party system has
brought progress and prosperity to
America and the party not in
power has always proved capable
of gaining influence to check reck-
lessness or wilfulness of the party
having control.
1--WE must point cut especially
to women voters that our own
party offers 10 them the best hope
of measures of social justice. aim
ed at preservation of our human
resource and of the American
home.
1--WE republicans are committed
to a policy of solving housing
problems and encouraging some |
owning. The platform of our OPP
ponents fails to consider this sub
ject. We have declared specific
ally for a long list of social justice
and social welfare measures, un-
I.xyt tIn ratio Mat !
form. We stand now, as the ro-
publican party stood before the
of suffrage. for participa-
tion of all our citizenship in the |
formation of the peoples free will. |
1t is needless to point to the fact
that democratic votes In our con-
gress and democratic governors
and democratic legislatures of
democratic states, have been the |
forces of obstruction which have
prevented earlier action upon the
grant of suffrage.
Bungling at Paris.
1--WE have no desire to claim that
the democratic party nor even the
one-man domination Of 1t which
now seeks to perpetuate its war [
power government. stands for war.
But we do claim that the bungling
at Paris and the unfortunate tangle
created in negotiations looking to-
ward an association of nations is
upon the shoulders of our
opponents.
American women will realize
with us that the work of building
an association of nations which
will prevent war. must be under
taken again by those who are most
capable of creating workable
plan. and committed to that policy.
American women must realize that
The league of nations as presented
by democratic administration
would not mean peace for us, but
would mean American boys living
n army tents overseas and asked to
lie In causes in which they would
nave no heart.
DesirOus of Preventing War.
"We are all desirous of prevent
ng war. Let us not break the
1eart of the world by any more
lelusions. Let us unite America
behind new proposal to the other
nations for the prevention of war
ind for amicable relationship In
world administration. Let us, In
loing this, preserve our national
at home and not check
I at Geneva"
Commenting on the women's
yote in the Maine election. Sena-
or Harding said he could see moth
ng in it but the "country's express
ZION of general dissatisfaction with
he present administration"
Arithmetical Progression.
Before leaving for Columbus to
,lay golf today. Senator Harding
conferred with DIR. Newell Dwight
Hills, pastor of Plymouth church,
DIR. Hills later gave out
. statement in which he said that
possibly one reason why the tide is
bbing away from the party in
lower is because the people think
hat Governor Cox illustrates the
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