Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-09-30
EvenSn0 Session.

The audience room or the onurch was Hileu
to repletion last night. though bitter disap-
poiutment awaited most Of the audience, who
had come expecting to hear the address of Mrs.
Mary A. Woodbridge, of Ravenna, Ohio, who
had unavoidably been detained at La Crosse,
as much to tho disappointment of the officers
and delegates to the convention as TO the ex-
pectant audience assembled to hear the gifted
and eloquent lady.
The meeting opened with the singing of
ssPrecious Promise reading of the scriptures
by the president and prayer by Dr.. Griswold.
After singing, the president apol0gi5ed for the
non appearance of Mrs. Mary A. Woodbridge,
by reading the following telegram:
LA CROSSE, Sept. 29.--Detained here Will
speak Thursday evening. Will arrive Thurs
day morning M. A. WOODBRIDGE.
The president stated the telegram was all
the explanation of detention that had beeu re-
ceived. and expressed the sorrow of the Union
in having to disappoint the large audience
present but hoped to see all present
again this evening, when, as appearances now
indicated, the lady speaker would surely ad.
dress the large audience sure to be assembled.
The report of the committee on schools was
then read by Miss Campbell, in the absence of
Mrs. N. d. Wlnchell, the chairman, on the sab
iect of Temperance Textbooks in schools. The
report recommends the introduction OF DR..
manu- into the schools as text books. Miss
Coleman's manual should first be placed in the
hands of every superintendent, and then in
the hands of the teachers, who would be only
too willing to use them-say, once week-so
that the precious scientific knowledge of alco-
hol and its effects may be taught
the scholars by the teachers. Iu
Daluth the books have been
introduced into the schools, and the committee
have the assurance that they will be intro
duced in the Minneapolis schools within a
week.
The report of the committee on prison re-
form was then read by Mrs Il. E. Bishop. OF
st. Paul. The report returns thanks for the
courteous manner in which the committee was
received by the State prison officials, and in
contradiction to the universally accepted theory
that cities and villages derive revenue from
liquor licenses, gives the following figures, TAX
ing st. Paul as basis as applicable to all other
cities of the Union:
1.-THE license revenue for one year in the last
report of the city comptroller of the city OF
St. Paul is 1927, ,065. 65. To make the most OF
the city revenue which accrues from the Ii.
cense crime we add to the given amount
$6. 1868. At of municipal court fees, which gives
S33 1923. Is. From this same report we have
the sum total of $50, ,053 65 for criminal ex-
penses, which are the direct result Of the liq
uor traffic. From this deduct the $33, ,929 OF
the liquor revenue and we find a deficit o
$25. .l27. so to be met by public tax. Where, O
where is tie boasted revenu %
Mrs. A. IT, Anderson, of Minneapolis, chair
man of the committee on the tenn mperance tes
timonial to Mrs. President Hayes, then ad
dressed tn assem- blage, explaining that the tes
timonial was the uniting of all States in the
union in the purchase of life size oil painting
for Mrs. Hayes to be hung in the White House
beside that of Martha Washington, as a tribute
to the lady who, disregarding the
harmful precedents of the past,
| has banished intoxicating liquors
| from tbs tables of the Presidential mansion
| Subscriptions were then called for, with the
| understanding that those who contributed five
| dollars would receive a large steel engraving
| of the magnificent painting costing at leasl
| $4,000. Mrs. Anderson headed the list, tt
| which number responded, with the under
| standing that local Unions or individuals no.
subscribing at this session could send in sub
scriptions to Mrs. e. 81. Miller, at any time
hereafter, who was appointed permanent secre
tary of the movement.
Five-minute speeches were then called for
eulogizing the noble lady who presides at tbs
White House, happily responded to by Mrs
FIxen, Mrs Hollowell, ,Rey. Robert Smith, Rev
Marvin and others.
The closing speaker was Mrs. 81. A. Hobart
of bed Wing, who called for subscriptions o1
81 each, heading the list herself, for the pur
chase and framing of one of the steel en-
cravings of Mrs. Hayes to be hung in the Senat.
chamber in the State Capitol, in honor of 'our
girls" Six more dollar subscriptions came il
response to this appeal by Mrs. a. B. Farr
Mrs. Haggard. Mrs. Ladd, Mrs. Matthews, Mrs
Oleson and Miss Henderson.
After the benediction the meeting adjourn
ed to meet at $50 this morning, instead of {
o'clock, the press of business necesaisating
an earlier hour as the whole Of the evenine
session tonight will be given up to Mrs. Wood.
bridge