The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-07-02
SPLENDID RALLY
 AT TOWN, HALL
xsperiai to The Times.

 spices 4f the Stratferd Alliance of Demeeiatie women, missed awe irftAst ihsbiitlhB and educational addresses given by Mrs. Nancy Scheonmakef of HartfofN and Hoh. Kenneth Wghhe of New Haven. Both of the speakers who admitted their faith in the rin- ass,pAis of the Democratic party and AeielhE their belief in the adninistra- tioA landing the acts Of President woodrow Wilson, spoke at length on tho k@Asne Of Nations and expressed many reasons why the covenant had not been passed by the United States Senate
 Mrs. Harry Wiicoxson, who IS ehANHAAA of, the local organization, {r6A4fAea. at the meeting and in her eHpehlAS address told Of how the orr EyAhizafi8h was first started when a humber of sthe representative women ; 5N& tAe4 State .ffet and appointed chair linen who m ayfn appointDd district EehAirfAeA who have perfected ergahi- skatfAns ih most gseetiens of the state. Mrs. WaleSxsoA invited the women Of AtfAtfofd who are not now affiliated EVeitA any other party to unite with EheF organization expressing her de- Afes In having them meet with them JAt tAeir regular monthly meeting which is held the first Monday of ieAaA fno4th In the Democratic head f0tAkters In the Chrfstensen building. Mrs WiAeoxeeA also exteeded the ttAAAahs of the members of her ergani- G2A&sNA to, the members Of the Strat- ffDrd Democratic town committee for ttAe4F kindness In allowing the 14e Of then rooms as a meeting spAee. and m inviting members of the El0eaA sAaHAaHce to meet with the town seofAf4fasse giving them the fall power to4 a vote at aAyrof the meetlngs. In Introducing Mrs. Schoonn,aker. ..who twas the first speaker. Mrs. Wiloxson safd that no Introduction was neces- hxAry and Mrs. Schoonmsker in her EVpenfn4y reanarks expressed herself as FDeanH very pleased to again have the E4pPort&mfty of being present at a lgatAerfng of S5tratford women and be- ssnes h@Aored by having the privilege i0f. addressing them. Mrs SehooA- LFaa&er, wM0 claimed the South as her SyDfrtApAaee, spoke at length on the r2snSt0sAs of the SoHtherners, dpholdiAg S&h4em an much of the legislation pass Ee@. uMfeM she claimed was to protect ttMe Southern people She said the Aoornfng presidential campaign would knot be based on the old principals Eana tTaAitions of xhe Democratic and N2ep@haacaA parties bat that 1t would E159 a .OI uO we UT aC we Hot ENant a Gseaspaerof Nations. In speak ktng oe the recent World War, Mrs. gScM@omnna&er efassed it as the greatest Hob ever put over but dia not give all .0f the credit to the Democratic party sAdthougAs she emphasized the fact that idt was tdore @nGFer Democratic admin ,fs4Haston with the help of the Repab- alAcans She said there had been thlmnderss made and that all of these tbnmrFdesrs were not Democratic oaaes ,attrdb@stmy rn@eM credit to the Re- ,~nNaaeama her helping to win the war. also for sssastsmg im making some oi the nnsstakes that were made.
 Tho speaker said that at the pres 'emt t1rne tMere pvsas hdttle difference be- tween fh@ t'w@ old parties and that neither of these old parties had been trrtue ro thedr principals. She stated that she was mot a Democrat because ,her Faremts were, but because the gDernVcrsltSn party wsss a party of the lpeepHe. From the beginning the SEJeaaCer said. the Republican party sHsad concerned itself with institutions, Wh1He the Democratic party was a Irnnty of the people and for the peo- pds II. v In handling President Wilson Mrs. 'E3c1nocnnIaazer said that the presids11t rwN1en he went abroad, was the great Gst Hfwdng Inan tn America, and prob Hnbly the greatest Mvirrg man in the world amn that she had a great Amount wB respect for a man who tries [tn do ssornsth1ng to stop an fmture rwnrs nmd H1ad the courage of his con- fTIrrions tn stara by the gums even taEatrst the gT.eatest of opposition as xVas shown by Senator Henry Cabot Tspdsss nna Eis followers, whom she CHnssed as p1ayang petty politics
 CouffnEfng the speaker said thai EsEnntor Hsodge had spread propaganda aEntrsst President Wilson and that he rpxaB nptt altogether opposed to 6 fana4rza nf Nations bpt to this very Marre 1n SumR was able to find out what LktrpA oE A lsagDe he wanted. Mrs Nrhprmmraa1er said Senator Lodge nrusart the trnaty covenant becaust bda r1aa1ned Inc did not want the chi1
 dfnRn Nrf tpdaE sent acrpss the AtIant11 ,fhD 1tga1H. th@ wEars of 1he European supunrrI1s burt fhe Atlantic Ocean, shs
 naid. hras now been wiped away z azanriev tefween the United States ana Emmmre and that today we mugst real
 inc WIG are a part of the wUu1d
 Ehe claimed that Senatur Lodge hat tfaanen up 1nrich of va1naIble Eme O.
 fine Limited States Congress in hi
 flight against the League of Nation:
 UDL DSCapRB ne Was enulTely OppUSet
 tn at bout because he was full O
 9seraon, spite and hatred for Presiden
 TUNlaun, the man who has been bi
 sencngfh it0 accomplish the greatest o
 Geats of ail .;arnea.
 Speaking on xhe Woman Suffrag
 Tn1estdGra Mrs. ScshoOnMla1oer said t9la
 fine woraea of Corlnecticat had bee
 t@ the R@pubaicaa < convention an
 sold out the right of the woamen C
 A1nerdca and that the Republicai partv had absolutely sold out tn
 ni&fat of the Woman Suffrage and tn
 Eeagn@ of Nations.
 Mr, wvrnne who followed MT.
 HchoopaaaalSer in his opening remark
 Hta&ad that he was 8 Democrat an
 that he was proud of it. That he wa
 a strong admirer of legislation givfn
 the women of America the full frar
 chise and the right to cast their ba-
 lots a privilege which the men (
 fadav T4A StatSad that had h