Jasper County Democrat, Volume 23, Number 59, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 October 1920 — A WAR MOTHER’S VIEWS [ARTICLE]

A WAR MOTHER’S VIEWS

There has been so much said on this great issue, the league of nations, I would like to say a few words to the mothers of this country. A few years ago I held a little boy on my lap. I looked after Ms little needs, little dreaming that the time would come when I would see that same boy in his splendid manhood march away to join in this bloody war, but I did. Never will I forget the cold, dark, gloomy morning when he kissed me good-by and left for the training camp. Never will I forget the day he sailed from New York harbor out Into that terrible war, just like thousands of other boys did. No one knows but us what it means and if things go on the way they are now it will be, but a very few years until we shall see the same dark days again. My boy may be too old to go then, but it will be your boy, the babe of today. Now, while we mothers have a chance to vote for a league of nations that will forever keep peace, what shall we do? Shall we let a party hold us or shall we vote what our hearts tell us is the right thing? You ask the boys that went to France what they think is the best for our country and they will tell you frankly the league of nations. I will vote the Democratic ticket, not . because I' am a Democrat so much as I am in favor of the principles the party stands for. I’m not going to vote for Mr. Cox because he is. a Democrat, but because he stands for just what our- country needs—-the league of nations- If the Republicans were standing for that and the Democrats against it, then I would vote the Republican ticket because I want to vote for the things we need most to protect our country. I’m not tied to any one party, nor would ever be, and I don’t -see how any war mother could ever--vote. for anything but the league of nations and make our boys safe for all time. A War Mother, in Indianapolis News.