Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 190, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 August 1920 — WILL REPRESENT THE REPUBLICAN PARTY [ARTICLE]

WILL REPRESENT THE REPUBLICAN PARTY

Hon. Jackson Morris, of Kentucky, who will represent the republicans at the League of Nations debate, which will open the new tabernacle seating 8,000 persons, at Winona, Monday night, served two years in the Kentucky legislature, four years as Assistant Secretary of State so Kentucky, and four years in Washington as a congressional secretary. He is an intimate friend of Governor Morrow, of Kentucky, and of National Committeeman A. T. Hert. Mr. Morris is a lawyer of more than statewide reputation and a brilliant orator. During the war he served first at Hattiesburg, Miss., where he was active in the organization of- that cantonment. He was in active service overseas, having spent seventyeight days on the firing line, and later served as Judge Advocate in the trials of German prisoners of war on the Rhine. What Major Jackson will say is with the authority of the Republican National Committee, and will definitely state the party’s position on the League issue. Similarly, Senator Hitchcock, the democratic champion, will relay to voters what his candidate, Governor Cox, believes to be a workable League. No admittance is charged, and the debate will be first of four big days at Winona previous to the dedication of the new tabernacle, Friday, August 13. Other events of the week will be the splendid pageant, “America”, Tuesday and Wednesday, and “Billy” Sunday on Thursday with a lecture, “Safety First.” Galli-Curci, the Italian songbird, originally billed for Thursday, will be at Winona, -August 19.