The Washington times., 1920-08-27
At POL|S
FOR SUFF VICTORY
Novel Political Meeting Where
Leaders Wear Silks and
CorsageS.
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part In the emancipation OF the Amer
lean womsn.s he continued.
II bring to you a message from
the President of the United States
And l want to say In this connection
that l believe there ls no man In this
country who cares less to inject his
personality into this hour and who Is
less concerned about having his ell
forts recognized than your President
~ believe there Is no man In
America who cares less for recogni-
ton or reward.
'T am sure the President would
be the last person In the Democratic
Party to claim credit for his party
for this result. But. my friends the
credit that sticks does not have 10
be claimed. The credit that is fairly
won does not have to be analysed nor
conceded by formal resolution. Ger
tainly this Is true. There never was
man more deeply or profoundly
convinced of the justice OF the suf-
frage cause than Woodrow Wilson.
And there neve rwas a party leader
who held his party with more stern
austere and unbending insistence 10
the performance Of a duty by high
principle.
The Secretary then delivered the
Presidents message, and continued
with a warning to the women voters
of America not to be ruled by party
BEWARE OF VENOM.
Although you belong to an oppo-
site party than that in power don't
let venom dim your vision. You have
Joined the great jury OF the people
hAf nj
argued and to whom all questions are
submitted. A profound difference ex-
lists between your political status
of yesterday and your political status
of tonight. You have now to deter
mine, not your attitude on sunrage'
but your attitude on every question
that engages the attention OF the
people.
Vote your earnest and deep con-
victions. Vote for country ana re.
member that before Republican and
Democrat were known, America rose
above the horizon of world affairs.
and, like a sun, cast her beams OF
liberty and promise upon mankind.
Let us resolve. my friends, that no
one shall form our judgments for US
Let us be loyal to faithful public
servants. Let US not join the snarl-
ing pack as they run after some
great man whose only offense is that
he has kept the fires of American
idealism burning throughout the
murk and blackness of the night
Mrs. Gait made a bitter attack upon
the railroads, the steel trust, the
whiskey interests and the manufac-
turing interests, who, she said, worked
day and night against the suffrage
amendment in Tennessee.
"Of one thing am quite convinced.
she said. These men In Tennessee
who changed their votes did not
change because they had changed
their minds.
II make no accusations. But those
are the facts.
POLITICAL KAISERS.
at Is the Kaisers in politics who
pull the strings that make men act
like puppets in ways we cannot un-
derstand. But in this fight my coun-
try, and the American woman has
won over the invisible government
which for a quarter of a century has
been the most severe menace to po-
litical freedom.
"I an sincerely glad that the vic
tory which has brought to us free
dom brought the first signal defeat
of the power that dared to try to in
timidate a governor Of one Of these
United States"
Mrs. Gait expressed the gratitude
Of herself and the women she repre-
sents to "the President. who has
stood so manfully by us during the
past four years and never once has
1 failed u.s."