, 1879-01-22
TEMPERANCE.

TEMPERANCE.
woMAN's CHRISTIAN UNION.
The Wonan's Christian Temperance Union
Of Tho First District tCongressIona) held it, Sec
ond annual Convention yesterday. commencing
1t 10 o'clock a. ,n., in Temperance nali. corner
Of Twentysecond street and WAhash Avenue.
Mrs. N. A. Cummings presided.
The President made 4 statement to the elect
thst Illinois had Nineteen Congressional dis
trtcts and 100 counties. Thcse Was a very large
territory to work up and II Was tn the Interest
OF sonc OF these districts that this Convention
was called. Tho Presidents OF alt the Unions
wers to net as helpers, and they were constituted
Vice Presidents OF the stato Union to conduct
the Congressional mectlnga.
The reports Of the Secretaries Of Tho various
Unions IN the district were called for, Including
that OF the TwcntJsccond strect Union, tic
Forty.scycnth Street Union Hyde Park. and
Stock Y ards Unions. The reports were al high.
ly sattsfaetory, showing tho beat Of resu!ts.
A committee Of three, consisting Of Mrs. Nil
Mr.. Aton I'D Me- Pa snRostea TO
The President and Vlcc-Presidcnt are appointed
y,iss s siss sssases 1s'e. willard wa. un.nuou.y
clcctcd rs . member Of the Convention BY ris-
| Ing vote al she lades
On motion, tic Chair oppointcd Mrs. e. II.
Case Mr. Henry emitn and Mrs: ~ TICKER tSit, a.
| pfnn Of action. -...- ..-.
Mrs. Henry Smith read an interesting paper
on The anhsect Of Juvenile Work.. which was
| Mias Gordon, Of Evanston, mud Miss Willard
epoke Of tho work which the young ladies werc
doing In that suburb In the way Of getting up
"no:treas PLEDGES. temperance autograph
| MRs- c. II. CASE
was called upon to expross few OF fher thoughts
| In regard to the Christian temperance work.
Bhe stated that &,e t,ad tl,ae no preparation to
,as dig Gs au fpo bsss the sa9sss 4sT
| erful work H. be done BY the Wotuan's Christian
Temperance Union; great deal could be doHd
BY lts workers In the way 81 rctosmhtion: they
from The cutters, and restoring them to their
families. .
Capt. a. Z. Bradley, Of Cincinnati, temper
~ wS o f9a 1ast oRpia to ,Ke
masks. which he did. fecIngiy nafrastne the
stoty. Of his cxpertcnee,-hts signing the pledge
aid his conversion.
Mrs. Waite, editor OF the CrsssadeTs temper
anco paper, made few remarks.
Mtas Baker, Secretary Of the Chicago Won.
nn's Temperance Union, read report Of tho
workIngs Of thnt Society.
Tie Chair stnted that she would appoint sflss
Willard upon tho Committee to dovlso pans for
the working Of tho Soelety, antl announced that
lunch was ready, whercupon motion was made
| to aliourr until hatf-phst o'clock.
The assembly convened at Tho appointed hour
purluaut TO adjournment. i was dec!ded that
. ha,f-nour should b. spent in devotional exer-
e.r xsn e o. 0 5: Gase and p.n, Of
ArranGement reported, through Mrs. Head,
the forna Ut constitution Which hnl been
drafted By the Com ntttee, and tho report was
Thn Iomrnittcs on Resolutions and Plan of
Work. Mrs. Case chaIrwonsn. reported tertcs
Of resolutions, In substance ssfollons: Thst the
influence Of Gods spirit a. the only permanent
ground Of hops tn the temperance causc{ nntl
tho Chrl.tian Church a tho cradle Of tile
womcn's temperance crusade, and the Woman'a
coaded that wonderful uprisinE''; that
they urge upon all women in the
Church to to unite ~!th u, them them in TIC TIC
% t;.e in s slsohoslie liquors @ as iii esmea
tcir ballots il favor of otrectt1a legislation for
, thu. destruction OF tho rum power. aud the
| mixing OF drunkenness q crime In law; TINT
ther do all IN their power to net before the W,
, e. 4. Unions Of thi4 district tho Importance ol
beeomtng auxiliary t. t1s b, ssats = + En!"n; also
Gsy g s Gaoe. Il a7
village in the disttict; that they earnestly cali
! upon every loyal, citizen to unite in op.
DSdse sds IN the the sIt Gee,,.a4s xnsh ths wi w,nte, ss
to tcpen1 the laws forbtddnR tho sale of liquor
| to minors, and also ondcav0r to secure t1lore
stringent enforcement OF the laws already upon
our statutes In references to tho destructive
trat'ic; lint tho forming Of juvenile Temperance
untuns In schools 10 enconrageds that they CT.
I deavor to secure tho usa of the purs iuice o'
J the grape 10 c0mmnnlon-scrvtce, indtead ut for
ucnted liquors; That, while as Temperance
c workers tl,ey hold themselves aloof from ths
q wamarsufErngo question. they desire for tn
aala of home protection to rcalstcr their op!n
, idus In the form ol vote against making the
i liguor-tfaf!lc. legal In the State OF illinois.
d The Resolutions were adopted.
The Conmittce appointed to nominate OH
cers for tho ensuing year reported tho fo!owin.,
who were elected iu the order named by th'
: Committee: Treasurer, Mra. c. D. Nelson. 9
g Miller. of Hyt!s Park; Corresponding Secretary
| Mrs. q. r. pomcrny, Of Chicago.
y Addresses were tnade by seyeral Of tho ladIe
). present. after which the msotlnz adjourned. l
: woilld tse hod At the corner Ut Twentr.tift
street and Wentworth avenue every saturda
at7:80 p. u.
Il wAsIITNOTOEIAN HOME.
J: The annual meeting OF thu Board OF Dlree
4 tors Of lhe Washlngton'nn nAn,s was hel
~ ~ Inst evening, the following being present
g Or, y. 4. NcWsllams. 8. II. NrIrel
u A. O.. Throop, George ". Sherwood
y A. g. Warner, Thomas Wtlee, Judge Booth, v
,. u II. Wells, u. G. llayman, Or. Samuel Wiltart
y w. h. Batehatn, Or, II. Hitchcock, Nj. Cor
10 prost ur. e. W. Earle, Q. II. caso, anl II.
y Moray. pr. Davis prealdSd.
!, J, Mr.. II. C. Mnrey made report With Ecfcrens
y to the lIfe-policy OF c. J. Hull, which was d.
mated to the Homo lIs said the Chartar-Oa
Lie declined to give pala.up pulley, a. pa
"a mcuts bad lapscd. Tho Committee hlvit
Ia charge OF tho matter were Instructed to 1