Grainger County news. (Rutledge, Tenn.) 1917-current, 1920-05-05
WOMEN VOTERS
HAILED BY WOOD
Their Advent in Politics viii Bring
Wholesome Effect, He
Believes.

Leonard Wood has welcomed hcartI.
ly the advent of women to active par
iicipation in our political life. He has
been impressed, in the course of ca
reer tllut has shown him many varied
phases OF the modern widening of wO.
mans influence, that the coming of the
so called gentler sex into public affairs
is gain for civilization and will re-
| suit in renewed hope for the world nj
large. Wood has endeared himself TO
American women for his humanitarian
achievements in various fields of en-
deavOr, in which he was enabled 10
bring vastly improved conditions to
the homes, schools, hospitals and char
liable institutions under his influence.
In connection with this subject Wood
says:
women are bringing an eleyating
influence into public life that will tend
to correct many OF the evils to which
our present unrest Is due. One of the
reasons for the growth OF undesirable
tendencies in our country has been the
regretable fact that countless men,
qualified by education and character
for public service, have wantonly neg
lected their civic duties.
with the coming Of women to the
| polls, these men will be ashamed to
disregard the political duties they for
merly shirked A man who spends
election day at his club while his wife
was at the. polls il sure to forfeit the
respect OF the community.
II believe woman suffrage will have
| a vast and uplifting effect upon our ma
tiOnal life. Public morality will be in
creased, housing conditions improved
the problems Of child labor satisfactory
ly solved, sweat-ShOp evils minimlZed
and the training given to children in
our schools purged of Its present de-
fects.
"Our women must take up the Ques-
ton Of the social evil. To that and to
other OF our vital problems they now
come with the power of the ballot.
Women realize that our American civ
iliZatiOn can never be what ii should
|
upbringing of our children as we do TO
the breeding of our cattle.
Women's Great War Service.
I'm short, the difficulties that mp
parently beSet our national future
would confront us as immensely more
insuperable if we could not look sor-
ward TO overcoming them through the
assistance of voting women. The
granting of suffrage to women gives us
the promise of an amazingly better
world in the years 10 come.
There is one field into which the
women are corning that can be called
the big field. II is tie field of national
politics. Personally, having seen what
Il Tie women did during the war, both al
home and abroad, feel very confident
that the entrance Of American women
into the field Of American politics Is
going to have very helpful and goor
influence. think thry are going tC
bring ~ healthy influence, one which
will make our politics cleaner and in
: troluce better spirit into the political
/ field
} I'VE have reason 10 be proud of the
] American women during the war, | 1'
not know Of any part of the country
I where American women did not take
hold OF the situation with keen energN
| know from personal experiences II
the Middle West and nelghbOrint
states the women did everything hl
manly possible to send our men over
seas sound in body and clean in soul
They looked after the men in the town
!, near the camps: they maintained ex
celtent conditions OF public morality
they looked after the men when TIE
were EN- route to the sea they wer
: at the ports OF embarkatiOa to give tn
last help they could give. and when tn
' men arrived on the other side the
y found American women scattered a
. various points OF activity from, tn
ports Of debarkatien up to the hghtin
line We found the women OF the Re
Cross, the women OF tina Saivatie
! Army and others actually 10 tire BATH
0 area doing work. In fact. the work q
D women In all kinds Of war activitie
D was wonderful"