Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 224, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 September 1920 — WOMEN SHOWED WHAT THEY THOUGHT OF LEAGUE [ARTICLE]

WOMEN SHOWED WHAT THEY THOUGHT OF LEAGUE

Will H. Hays, chairman of the Republican national committee in a statement Wednesday, said the republican party was willing to let the women of the country decide whether the United States “shall enter into obligations which will make her sons liable to be ordered by foreign powers to foreign soils to settle foreign disputes.” Mr. Hays’ statement was made, he said “apropos of the Maine election, which was entirely devoid of local issues, the fight being on the league of nations and Wilson.” “For 150 years the women of thia country have given being to our soldiers,” said Mr. Hays. “For 150 years the women of this country have inspired our soldiers to deeds of unexampled heroism. But the women have had no voice in the disposition of these soldiers. “Now, by the triumph of a supreme justice,' the women will have a voice in the disposition of our soldiers. The Republican party is ready to let the women decide whether the United States shall enter into obligations which will make her sons liable to be ordered by foreign powers to foreign soils to settle foreign' disputes.”