Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1922-07-27
To the Democratic Women of Iron
County.


On the first day of August, 1922, o our
women will have their first oppor
tunityto vote in primary election.
1t is in the primary that we have the
opportunity to select the men whom
we think correctly represent us when
we come to vote, just as if we wrote
our vote down on slip of paper and
asked him to hand it in. IL is surely |
the duty of every woman to study be-
forehand whether che thinks the man
she is voting for will hand in her vote
as she wishes it. The are two men
running for the position of United
States Senator subject to our choice
at the primary election, who have de-
cIared their views often enough for us
to know how they stand. Because |
am the president of your county
Democratic Club l have studied not
only the promises of these men made
in prediction speeches, but I have
studied their private characters and
public deeds, to see if l think they
will vote and work for the things we
women want After honest and earn
est study, think l can tell cur women
that Mr.. Reed will try to defeat all the
things we care for, and Mr.. Long will
do all he can to uphold them.
When Mr.. Reed ran for Office in
1910 he told the Democrats that if
they would elect him he would stand
by the party and never turn his back
upon it. We know by the reports in
the papers and by reading the Con-
gressional Record, that he opposed
measures that he knew the Demo-
cratic people back in Missouri wanted
him to vote for. In May, 1919, was
in Washington City and attended ses-
sions of Congress. I heard Senator
Reed make speeches for separate
treaty with Germany, without the
League OF Nations, and would see him
often leave his seat and go to various
Republican Senators and converse
with them, and when it came to a
vote I heard him give his vote as the
Republicans did, and not with the
Democrats.
He was not contented to vote
against women voting, but took oc-
oasion to say many scornful things
about women, and their inability to
vote right. Doubtless he meant that
they would not always vote as he told
them to. Nor do I think they will.
He says he was never a "White House
cat,n uor are the women going to be
"Jim Reed cats"
Mr.. Reed told our sons that theil
mothers did not have enough sense
TO register their opinion on election
day. And yet we have heard many
strong man say he wished he hao
taken his mothers advice. Because
we wanted our boys to have a chance
to grow up without their brains be-
clouded with alcohol in any shape
most of the women for years have
worked for national prohibition. Mr.
Reed did all in his power to defea
prohibition in the senate. Now h'
says he is for prohibition, but want
tight wines and beers. He does no
ask for the return of the distlller.
which was largely run by Americans
nstive for several generations, but he
wants beer and wines which are usual
ly made by people of German extrac
tion, and who when they becam
wealthy off their products, sometime
lived like Lords in Germany again.
A large body Of good women whit
had made a study OF the matter sue
ceeded in getting introduced In Con
gress bill which was ouly meant t.
decrease infant mortality and con
serve child life, just as we have law
to keep the young partridge and rs
and deer from being driven out OF tn
country, and Reed bitterly fought
ana said unkind things of the goo
women who were trying to work fo
our babies and mothers. Now he MAX
eloquent spe eches about motherhoot
He says we are like the leopar
mothar and know best how to protet
our young. Indeed we do. II som
man was dropping poisoned food II
the young leopard to eat when
crawied away from its mother, an
then went to the mother and told he
how beautiful she looked resting
her lair, what lovely coat she ha
how beautiful were her spots, do ye
think she would purr and let b
young 60 out and eat the man
poisoned food? No, she would SINE
it from afar, and she would try
drive away the man who was tryil
to harm her young and also try to
away with the poison that was beir