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Show DEMOCRATIC WDMI IS A DEFENDER OEM! With Republicans in Ogden City optimistic op-timistic today over possible results of the rally yesterday and last night on the occasion of the visit of Senator Sena-tor Harding of Ohio, Senator Sutherland Suther-land and noted Republicans, Democrats Demo-crats today sent their enthusiasm to high tide in hope for satisfactory results re-sults from the Democratic rallies this afternoon and tonight. Helen Ring Robinson of Colorado, state senator, addressed a gathering this afternoon. The address, starting a little after 2 o'clock, was in reply to the arguments of the Woman's Party workers as to why women should not vote for Woodrow Wilson. The speaker told why they should vote to re-elect the president, She was brought to the city under the auspices of the Ladies' Woodrow Wilson Wil-son club. A Owing to belated arrivals of some of the club members, the address of Mrs. Robinson, who was one of the first women to be elected to the office of-fice of state senator in the country, did not begin until nearly 3 o'clock. Her appearance was the occasion for applause. ' Answering the contentions of the Woman's Party that Wilson was not In sympathy with the women on the suffrage question, she referred to certain specific Incidents to show that more had been accomplished in the move to secure the federal amendment under the Democratic administration than Republican administrations. ad-ministrations. "Our president is, not opposed to suffrage. He voted for the suffrage cause in 1915. Nominee Hughes has not voted for six years. In falling to do so, he did not act as an American Amer-ican citizen should. I can say also that Mr. Hughes is opposed to suffrage. suf-frage. While he Is being burdened with that one plank in the Republican Repub-lican platform which is uncertain as to Its actual intent, he argues for It. evasively. In Cooper's Union on February 9, 1908, when he was governor gov-ernor of the great state of New York, he refused absolutely to receive a delegation of women on the suffrage question. His statement at that time was In substance this: '"I never will see women or women suffragists until they can vote my ambitions up or down.' He said also at the time that he .was opposed to granting women the franchise. "The man has not changed. The women of the country who know him and know his position on the question know he has not changed. He Is still opposed to suffrage. The Woman's Party is in the field primarily to help secure votes for Hughes. They declare de-clare they are for the success of suffrage suf-frage by federal amendment only. But that Is not the case. "The women of this country will not take seriously any of the claims made by workers in that party for Hughes. They can not do it with consistency. con-sistency. Hughes is opposed to those legislative acts which have been made laws under the Wilson administration. admin-istration. These acts are to promote the cause of women and children, in other words to promote humanltarl-anism. humanltarl-anism. No one can doubt the sincerity sincer-ity of the President when considering the child labor bill, the very thing ior wmcn tne women ui. tuc uuulilij have been striving." The speaker touched lightly on economic questions, preferring, as she stated, to confine her argument to the humanitarian aspects of the Wilson legislation and to show that his policies and his methods have kept this nation out of the bloodiest war of the ages. The senator made an open attack on Colonel Roosevelt, calling him the the "Benedict Arnold" of the Progressive Progres-sive party. "Do you believe for a minute that the women of this country have any faith in a one-time leader who has shown such traitorous proclivities as he manifested when he deserted the Progressive party on the harmony appeal ap-peal of the reactionary Republicans? The women of this country, it Is my opinion, have too much sense to give serious consideration to the talk of a man of this character. The Republicans Repub-licans as a party can not consider him seriously either. One desertion, not because of principle, but bocause he chose to satisfy his peevishness resulting re-sulting from a rebuff, was sufficient," Meeting Tonight. Tonight, at 8 o'clock, Judge Nor-ton! Nor-ton! of St. Louis, will address Democrats Demo-crats of the city and county, the gathering to be In the Weber Academy Acad-emy auditorium. Joseph Rlrle, Progressive candidate for state auditor on the Democratic ticket, will preside as chairman and Introduce the speaker. A Progressive was chosen for chairman in view of the fact that Judge Nortonl was considered con-sidered one of the biggest guns in the Progressive party In Missouri before be-fore that party was abandoned " by Theodore Roosevelt, being candidate for governor of Missouri on the Progressive Pro-gressive ticket. The jurist resigned a position on the Missouri supremo bench to campaign for the re-election of President Wilson. Mr. Rlrle, together with Judge Ageo and C. C. Richards, will constitute consti-tute a committee to receive and entertain' en-tertain' Judge Norton! during his stay in the city. At the meeting tonight the Eagles quartette will sing. A supply of campaign songs was received receiv-ed at Democratic headquarters in the Dee-Ecclcs today. They will be used in programs in the future. |