Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1880-11-05

THE RrrRJJNGTON W.T.. FREE PRESS, FRIDAY NJ

The WaEan's National Temperance ua;aA
Which has hcid a four days session III E"s-
ton, was largely attended hy DELEGATES from
al the Northern States, including many "l
the la,lics who are most prominent III tenn
rcrancc work Ei"ht DELEGATES from Yer
mont were in attendance Miss Frances L.
Willard of Chicago, the president, presided
Mrs. &. II. Perkins Of this city was placed
on the committee on resolutions. The treas
urcr's report showed receipts of Se,5i3, of
which Si30 was from Vermont. The cN-
pcnditurcs hail been sees. Many interest
ing reports and addresses we're presented
Mrs Burt of Brooklyn, the corresponding
secretary, reported State unions organized IN
81 States, l,5ll local unions, an increase ri
49, local unions aggregate membership
81 $50, being an increase Of .,l.S.
There are &c young ladlics' unions, with 4
membership of l,GS2; :ij3 papers publish
Temperance columns there ave - reading
rooms, n friendly inns, 20 temperance Ee:Ts-
papers, and 10 organizers have been employ
ed in the different States.
The report of the committee on the r.i';-
ton of intcmperancc 10 ranpclism and
crime stated that 16 per c2at OF all the crimc
and poverty was caused hy intempcrance,
and that one half of the iJiocy and insanity
is due TO the same cause. Potter county,
Pennsylvania, is prohibition county, and
at recent term of the court the district at
torney said he hal no case 10 present TO Il c
grand jury, the sheriff said he had no prisoner
in his hands, and it was reported that there
was no poor person supported by the pnb-
lie charge
Mrs. Livermorc made Il statement regard
ing the Lucy Hayes testimonial. She said
there had been some doubts about the matter,
i having been stated that perhaps the next
occupant of the White House would remove
the picture of Mrs Hayes if placed there.
But she had met Senator Edmunds of Yer
mont recently, and he said it would he i'm
possible, in the present state Of public opin-
ion, for any person, Democrat or Rcpubl-
can, TO remove the portrait, if placed in the
White House and he also thought it would
inaugurate good movement of placing por-
traits of Presidents wivesin the White House
Mrs. Lathrop in an address said
The National party would float the country
out TO the millennium on the top of a green
back the Democratic party would save the
country by killing the fatted calf for the re-
turning prodigal while the Republican party
would kill the rrodigal himself but the
temperance party come to float the country
to the millennium on the prohibition plank.
The resolutions adopted By the Womaa's
National Temperance Union rcailirm the be
lief that the sale of liquor is crime, and that
a constitutional amendment prohibiting the
and sale of intoxicating liquors
is the only measure which will eradi-
cate the evil Of intcmpcrancc cx-
press alarm at the incrcasin. con
of malt liquors favor the es-
adjustment of coffee houses in the cities
urge scientific instruction of youth, as TO the
value and necessity of total abstinence and
declare it to be the duty of temperance
women TO give their patronage, as far as pos
sible, to physicians, druggists, groccrs. hotel
and restaurant keepers who are committed to
the principles of total abstinence.