Women to Manage Big Rally for Cox Tonight
Title
Women to Manage Big Rally for Cox Tonight
Creator
Unknown
Identifier
WWP16307
Date
1920 October 20
Description
Influential Philadelphia citizens throw their support behind James M. Cox for the 1920
presidential election, primarily due to his support of the League of Nations.
presidential election, primarily due to his support of the League of Nations.
Source
Cary T. Grayson Papers, Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library, Staunton, Virginia
Language
English
Text
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All is in readiness for the big Democratic mass-meeting, which has been arranged almost exclusively by women and which will be held in the Academy of Music this evening. The League of Nations will be the principal topic discussed. Able orators will give clear and concise explanations of the provisions of the League and will present the straightforward position of Governor Cox, who favors America’s entry into the League and contrast it with the attitude of his opponent, Senator Harding, who has said he will reject the plan if elected.
The speakers include former Governor Joseph W. Polk, of Missouri, and Judge R. E. Goodale, of Washington, D. C., who are coming here under assignment from the Democratic National Committee. In addition the women have secured the services of Mrs. Clarence Renshaw, of Pittsburgh, chairman of the Speakers’ Bureau of the Democratic State Committee, and Mrs. Carroll Miller, of Pittsburgh, who have achieved much success in their appeals to men and women voters for support of Cox and Roosevelt, the peace treaty and the covenant of the League of Nations; Major John A. Farrell, of Chester County, Democratic candidate for United States Senator, and Dr. Cyrus Adler, president of Dropsie College.Woman as Presiding Officer.
Mrs. Ellen Duane Davis, chairman of the Democratic Women’s Committee of this city, will preside. She is a candidate for delegate-at-large on the Democratic State ticket. Hummel’s band will give a concert from 7.30 o’clock until the opening of the meeting and there will be singing of patriotic songs, in which the audience will take part. The demand for tickets is so great that a crowded house is assured. Tickets of admission will be distributed today at the Democratic headquarters, No. 221 South Broad street, No. 33 South Sixteenth street, northeast corner of Tenth and Walnut streets, and at “The Record” office.Colonel Samuel Price Wetherill, Jr., the Union League member, who recently renounced the Republican party and turned in for Governor Cox, was scheduled to address the meeting, but will be unable to keep the engagement as he was called to Chicago yesterday on important business in connection with the campaign. A large delegation of Pro-League Independents, an organization formed by Colonel Wetherill and which numbers many Independent Republicans in its ranks, will attend the meeting.
Dr. Anders Can’t Stand Harding.
The drift from Harding to Cox among influential Philadelphians continued yesterday. Dr. Howard S. Anders, No. 1700 Walnut street, one of the most distinguished physicians in the city, announced that he would support Cox and Roosevelt, because they favor America going into the League of Nations. Heretofore Dr. Anders has always been regarded as independent in politics with Republican leanings.Dr. Anders declared that he could see how any self-respecting man or woman could be for Harding who, he described as a “wiggly, elusive and unfit candidate, who does not look to the prevention of future wars.”
Asked what he found to be the attitude of local physicians regarding the respective Presidential candidates, Dr. Anders said in his opinion the majority of the members of the medical profession “desire to follow the truth and to cultivate intellectual honesty and humanitarian principles in intellect and service.”
Dr. Anders has joined the group of pro-League independents being organized by Dr. Hamilton Holt, of New York. He is not expected to take an active part in the campaign, as his position in the professional world would make it inexpedient for him to do so. Vincent D. Nicholson, of this city, and Frederick Hay Howard, of Chester, have also joined Mr. Holt’s organization. A contribution of $500 has been forwarded to the “Match the President Fund” by Thomas J. Lewis, of this city. T. Henry Walnut for Cox.T. Henry Walnut, of Philadelphia, former Republican member of the Legislature, sent the Democratic State Committee a check for $50 today and announced he was for Cox. “I was convinced early in the game I could not vote for Harding and now I am convinced I will support Cox,” he wrote Secretary Van Dyke. Mr. Walnut has been serving as special United States District Attorney.
All is in readiness for the big Democratic mass-meeting, which has been arranged almost exclusively by women and which will be held in the Academy of Music this evening. The League of Nations will be the principal topic discussed. Able orators will give clear and concise explanations of the provisions of the League and will present the straightforward position of Governor Cox, who favors America’s entry into the League and contrast it with the attitude of his opponent, Senator Harding, who has said he will reject the plan if elected.
The speakers include former Governor Joseph W. Polk, of Missouri, and Judge R. E. Goodale, of Washington, D. C., who are coming here under assignment from the Democratic National Committee. In addition the women have secured the services of Mrs. Clarence Renshaw, of Pittsburgh, chairman of the Speakers’ Bureau of the Democratic State Committee, and Mrs. Carroll Miller, of Pittsburgh, who have achieved much success in their appeals to men and women voters for support of Cox and Roosevelt, the peace treaty and the covenant of the League of Nations; Major John A. Farrell, of Chester County, Democratic candidate for United States Senator, and Dr. Cyrus Adler, president of Dropsie College.Woman as Presiding Officer.
Mrs. Ellen Duane Davis, chairman of the Democratic Women’s Committee of this city, will preside. She is a candidate for delegate-at-large on the Democratic State ticket. Hummel’s band will give a concert from 7.30 o’clock until the opening of the meeting and there will be singing of patriotic songs, in which the audience will take part. The demand for tickets is so great that a crowded house is assured. Tickets of admission will be distributed today at the Democratic headquarters, No. 221 South Broad street, No. 33 South Sixteenth street, northeast corner of Tenth and Walnut streets, and at “The Record” office.Colonel Samuel Price Wetherill, Jr., the Union League member, who recently renounced the Republican party and turned in for Governor Cox, was scheduled to address the meeting, but will be unable to keep the engagement as he was called to Chicago yesterday on important business in connection with the campaign. A large delegation of Pro-League Independents, an organization formed by Colonel Wetherill and which numbers many Independent Republicans in its ranks, will attend the meeting.
Dr. Anders Can’t Stand Harding.
The drift from Harding to Cox among influential Philadelphians continued yesterday. Dr. Howard S. Anders, No. 1700 Walnut street, one of the most distinguished physicians in the city, announced that he would support Cox and Roosevelt, because they favor America going into the League of Nations. Heretofore Dr. Anders has always been regarded as independent in politics with Republican leanings.Dr. Anders declared that he could see how any self-respecting man or woman could be for Harding who, he described as a “wiggly, elusive and unfit candidate, who does not look to the prevention of future wars.”
Asked what he found to be the attitude of local physicians regarding the respective Presidential candidates, Dr. Anders said in his opinion the majority of the members of the medical profession “desire to follow the truth and to cultivate intellectual honesty and humanitarian principles in intellect and service.”
Dr. Anders has joined the group of pro-League independents being organized by Dr. Hamilton Holt, of New York. He is not expected to take an active part in the campaign, as his position in the professional world would make it inexpedient for him to do so. Vincent D. Nicholson, of this city, and Frederick Hay Howard, of Chester, have also joined Mr. Holt’s organization. A contribution of $500 has been forwarded to the “Match the President Fund” by Thomas J. Lewis, of this city. T. Henry Walnut for Cox.T. Henry Walnut, of Philadelphia, former Republican member of the Legislature, sent the Democratic State Committee a check for $50 today and announced he was for Cox. “I was convinced early in the game I could not vote for Harding and now I am convinced I will support Cox,” he wrote Secretary Van Dyke. Mr. Walnut has been serving as special United States District Attorney.
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Unknown, “Women to Manage Big Rally for Cox Tonight,” 1920 October 20, WWP16307, Cary T. Grayson Papers, Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum, Staunton, Virginia.