The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1874-04-30

The Woman's State Temperance Con-
vention met at Cincinnati on Thursday Of
last week, and continued IN session on
Friday. Seventy six counties and 1873
towns and cities were represented, and
$40 delegates were present. Mrs. Manly
of Akron, was President. The call for the
Convention had only been issued the week
before. The Akron choir led mostly in
the singing. The convention is said to
had been very largely attended and to
have been a grand and imposing success.
Eloquent speeches were made by "Mother
Stewart" Mrs. Leavitt, of Cincinnati, Mrs
Letter of Mansfield, Mrs. Goss ofTuscara-
was county. Mrs: Douglass of Warren
county, Mrs. Heer of Dayton. Mrs. Nc
Mullen of Circleville, Mrs. Reed Of Def
ance, Mrs. Brueh of Canton, Mrs. Reese
of Alliance and many other ladies. Most
of their speeches read we'll and many were
crested with frequent applause. We give
specimens T
Mrs. Deselem, of Columbus, said they
had there secured between six and seven
thousand signers of the pledge. She
knew that many women living In palaces,
who had been pale and wan, were bright
ening up, and the light was returning to
their eyes. She knew too that many chill
dren who had seldom seen their fathers at
home were now happily surprised to find
them spending their evenings there. She
thought the time had come for the women
to out into the highways and hedges and
preach the Gospel. She said it was bet
ter for the bands to be outside on the
street than to be shut up in a back room
somewhere.
Mrs. Uhler, Of Akron, was called upon.
She said that ten o rtVelve of their saloons
had been closed. The women prayed
there before the election, and the temper
ance ticket was elected by about four hun
dred majority. They had the McConneIls-
Vile ordinance in operation since Monday
and the saloons were all closed. The de-
pots would be watched and contraband
LIQUORS e~oniscated, and in this way they
would cut off the supply ofths cellars. al
mean the e-e-l-l-a-r-s." daughter.
Mrs. Leavitt said: "Some of our min
listers here say we are fanatics. 1 wish
they would all become fanatics. They
say We are crazy. l wish all the women
of Ohio would became crazy" 1t was on
ly from one standpoint that she felt dis
couraged, and that was in view of the in
difference of many Of the churches. If
there were only not so many such church
es here it would be better. 1t was not
the fine churches, but the poor ones were
sending out these bands in Cincinnati.
We had some discoursgements here. We
had a City Council here, and that was a
Encouragement. They had gore and re-
pealed the Sunday laws lust when we
thought we had worked up the public
sentiment to enforce them.
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DR.. Walden said he supposed that every
person in the house had heard of such a
place as Washington Court House. thad
been said that something was begun there.
Applause.
Mrs. Hustich was introduced TO report
for that point. She told how they had
gone forth In solemn procession and visit
ed the saloons, and how the next day
they held the first prayer meeting in the
street in the snow. She gave an interest
ing report of the first pouring out, and
said that on the Sth day after they had be-
gun the last saloon wal closed, and none
had opened since. [Applause.
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Mrs. Springer, of GAINESVILLE, delivered
an eloquent and feeling address. She
thought the emotional part of this crusade
is passed, and the time for cool, energetic
work was at hand. Now that the women
have entered the work (many of them in
all probability for the rest of their lives,
they should grapple the monster of in
temperance in a determined spirit. The
proof of the progress of the work is in the
great falling off in the liquor traffic. Ever
the sales Of wholesale dealers have de.
creased at least fifty per cent, and the
dealers are beginning to plead that theil
business will be ruined and their children
suffer for bread.