Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1920-09-23
UNCLE TED TELLS
The CHILDREN
1T WAS A COLD WIND IN MAINE
LAST WEEK FOR THE
DEMOCRATS

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DEMOCRATS
ut sure was a cold wind that
blew through Maine on Monday,
September 18th, so far as the Demo-
Gratis are concerned. 1t was Uncle
Ted speaking He had just put down
his evening paper and was talking to
his brother-the father of Jack and
Ruth.
What do you mean?' asked Jack,
who never loses an opportunity to
start his Uncle Ted telling a story.
Simply that the 18th day of
September was surely an unlucky
day for the Democrats and still more
unlucky for the world club" replied
his Uncle. you see on that date
the voters of Maine, both men and
women, went to the poles to elect
their state officers and Representa-
tives in Washington. The result
was that the Republicans swept the
state like forest fire, electing the
Governor by the largest plurality
ever given a candidate for governor
in that state. More than that, they
elected Congressman from all four
of their districts and put Republic
cans in every county as attorneys
and sheriffs."
What's that got to do with the
world club plan?" asked Ruth.
Simply this, Ruth-that the main
issue of the campaign in Maine was
the same issue that will determine
the election of Warren G. Harding
as President in November, the league
of nations, or the World club, as we
know it. 1t was a question of
whether the people of Maine would
| place in power those men who repre-
sent a party which would entangle
the United States in European poll
| tics and give countries of Europe the
! right to dictate the affairs of this
country. Senator Harding in
short statement after the election
| told the whole story when he said
The result in Maine is reinsurance
that the American people mean to
return to representative govern
ment under the Constitution though
the agency of the Republican
| party
zone of the most interesting
| things in the election is the effect
of the women voting. Both Gov.
Cox and Mr.. Roosevelt, have had
great deal to say about how the
women would vote for the world
club because they don't want war.
Gov. Cox is clever in some things
| but he hasn't been clever enough to
| see that he cannot fool the women
of this country with such fairy stor-
| les. The women of America know
that the world club MEANS WAR
and want no more of it.. IL anybody
had even suggested, ten years ago,
! or even five years ago, that the
United States should simply throw
away the independence won by blood
of the fathers in the Revolution just
| so that we could join club in
which the control rested in Europe,
| the American people would have had
| that person locked up in an insane
asylum. 1t is true that lots OF
| Americans have been misled by the
[ statements made by those who want
| this world club. Many people had
| thought that the independence OF
| America should come second, since
| it was our duty to help serve hui
mainly But when the voters, the
men and women, went to the polls
| in Maine where they had their first
real opportunity to show their opin-
| ion of the league, they voted it
down just as hard as they possibly
could.
when Franklin ID. Roosevelt,
Democratic candidate for Vice Pres
ident, completed a speaking tour in
Maine he said that he was convinced
the women were for the world club
and because of that fact they would
support the Democratic candidates.
Well Mr.. Roosevelt is a nice man
but he is young in politics and has
lot to learn, for the women played
a large part in winning that election
for the Republicans. About go
900 women registered in Maine and
about one women voted for every
two men and they DID NOT vote for
the world club.
but Maine isn't the only place
where the people have shown that
they will have nothing to do with the
world club or with anyone who fav-
ors 1t. When the primary election
was held in the state of Georgia,
Woodrow Wilson's administration
and all it stands for was turned
down flat. They nominated for the
United States a man who is abso-
| lutely against the world club and
who made his fight for the nomina-
ton on that platform. Some time
before the election in Maine, Sena-
tor Moses of New Hampshire made
the race in that state for renomina-
ton on the Republican ticket. Be-
for the nomination the Democrats
were loud in their claim that they
would break into New Hampshire
this year on the world club issue
| Senator Moses has been one OF the
bitterest fighters against the world
club and yet he won the nomina-
ton with a smashing victory.
at looks as IL the Democrats
haven't much show doesn't it,"
commented Jack.
Jack, not only that, but all these
victories against the world club give
us some understanding as to why
Gov. Cox tried so hard to get the
minds of the people off the subject
by trying to make an issue of the
money the Republicans were sup
posed to be spending. But he failed
to produce the proof and now he is
in the position Of being forced to
take up the battles of Woodrow
Wilson for the world club. The
people have had enough of this silly
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