, 1874-11-29
THE W0MEN's NATIONAL THMprp,
CONVENTION, +3aca

ins oon'enuon sat: stood, and spoka ..
Cleveland Oh Thursday and Friday Of Tesk, I y
forelast. The conclusions at which Il .s.
are somewhat interesting. They seam
show-though, perhaps, it is hope tha+ :, "
ceives US here-that women have 1a...,
something since they prayed God md ~:
for prohibition and went on property y-des.,.<
ing crusades for the glory Of the geat r,.:
The resolutions adopted ct Cleveland do -.
demand prohibition. We gladly tsll7 ors ~
good-sense. They do, however, maxi ~
wild recommendation that q man ubo ~
liquor within year stof the pending ~
ton" shall be disfranchisedl Hera W. -.
rowfully tally one for folly. Other ,pso,-
tons ask for aid from press and pulni. IL
ject to the nomination Of intemperate ns,
for Office, ask the President and al ot,s.
public men not to have wine on their ta,1s,
request Congressional Investigation of \,
evils of the liquor traffic, invite the co-pn.,,
ton Of all "good temperance women, gitbr+
regard to sect or nationality" and p,ote<t
against the prescription by physicians Of \.
coholic liquors. On this last topic, the cor.
vention was emphatically in deadly ea,oet
The assembled womankind were gi!Iino h
have their friends (not themselves) die wiz
the greatest rapidity rather than have tie.
initiate Timothy and take "little wirs t,r
their stomachs'" sake. At any ra.e. ths7
seid so, in these words: ave protest, ct.
believing it to be infinitely better thst OF:
friends die prematurely, if need be, from nd.
ural causes, rather than that their lire, Ia
prolonged to go ultimately to drunk.d1,
grave, unhonored and unsaved-" The 1,s
word shows that the members of the Womsns
National Christian Temperance Union h,r.
acquired m insight into the schsns
Of salvation far beyond the ken d
others. We are accustomed to hesrin1
Of liquid damnation in abstinence speeches
The phrase is great comfort to an sng1
assailant Of alcohol. It allows him to sEsu
with safety. But ne have never before seen
it distinctly asserted that drunkard las no
chance Of salvation. This is very SD But
perhaps, incredible IS the hypothesis seems1
the Women's N. c. T. Union is mistaken
Perhaps a man who inherits from his ances,
tors fiery thirst for alcoholic stimu1ants ena
who struggles bravely but in vain agains
overmastering temptation is not such hope.
less sinner as he seems to eyes which ha7s
never been charmed BY the snake in the gisz
The Unions plan of work is good ItFp-
poses to form subordinate leagues through
out the country, and to systematically sgta:a
the subject by means Of mess-meetinSs, ten-
perance tracts, pictures, coffee-rooms I'd
glee-clubs, and the aid Of pulpit and Pres
The aid Of the latter can bo got much m1a
easily, since the Union has abandoned TIA
exploded dogma Of prohibition The An,e1'
can press is not in favor Of the States sup
plementing the Ten Commandments with an
Eleventh tsThou shalt not drink Eine.7
Just before the adjournment, Miss Frances
Willard, of Chicago, presented q sensible res
olntion, which was adopted. It as follows:
R<solred, That endeavor to sscure the eo-o2s',.
ton Of great manufacturing firms IN our s3or;s @ .
pledge their employees to total abstinence md tas
ask these firms to consider the advantage to sob5
paying their men on Monday, rather thin on sasa1a1
evening.
Our praise should be restricted, perhaps: TO
the second half Of the sentence. Circulating
the pledge is but g low method of Temperance
reform. Making Monday paJ-dsy is Atts
thing which means great deal Va ha7a
urged it editorially heretofore, and have IN
every instance received letters indorslng ths
idea from firms which had tried it. Proml-
nent English employers say that the change
Of payday from Saturday to Monday ms d.
minished drunkenness among their men ona-
half, and increased the production OF tne1
works by fourth. We are glad that als'
Willard has revived this sensible idsa, am ~
hope the Union with long name VIII %
able to do something to put the Theory Il"
practice.