The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1881-07-22
Temperance convention at Saratoga.

M. s,,.e,. Mrs. v. W. BLANCHA RID
TEMPERANCE Convention at Saratoga.
The opening meeting of the Conyen-
tion was held on Tuesday morning.
The building in which the meetings
are held is the Methodist Episcopal
Church. large and beautiful edlnce.
The convention was called to order pY
.Jndqe James Black, of Lancaster, ra.'
and opened with devotional exercises.
An address of welcome to the delegates
was made by the Rev. Dr. Homer Ea
ton, of Saratoga. He thought IL was
coincidence suspicious for the SUCCESS
of this Convention that the nag OF our
Union was first unfurled on the neiu Oh
Saratoga and led our army on to victory,
and that the temperance reiormatloh
was first organized in Saratoga county;
Mother Stewart, of Ohio, was appoinI.eo
to respond for the convention. One
spoke of the great work that had Deen
done and was still going on; Jonn D.
Cough spoke briefly. Mrs thompson,
of Ohio, spoke of the progress maue
since she attended, with her father, .he
first National Temperance Conventioi
at Saratoga, in 1888, at which she anu
seven men only were present, ana nov
this, the largest church in Saratoga'
was nearly full. Professor George ".
Foster, of Canada, followed with lew
words. The next business was tne
election of officers. This resuiteo III
the choice of the Rev. DIR. A. d. Ooraoh'
of Boston, for president.
The committee on organization re-
ported the following list OF vice-presl-
dents, who were elected:
ATLARGE.
Joshua L. Bailey, Penn; Mrs. Eliza
7. THOMPSON, O. Hon. Felix X. Bruno,
Penn. : Ex-Governor A & Howard, X.
l.: John B. Cough, Mass. Hon. Joseph
Weed, CAL; Prof. George E Foster,
Can. Mrs. Annie Wittenmyer, Penn. I;
AM Powell, N. Y; Mother Stewart,
o.: Rev. George Ii. Carey, N. "; Eu-
gene III Clapp, Mass; Miss Frances Il
Willard, Ill. Rev. DIR. E Morris, o.;
Rev. ID G Babcock, Penn. Miss Esther
Pugh, o.; Miss Julia Colman, N. Y.
STATES.
Mrs MN Stevens, Me. y Craw-
ford, N. H.; Rev. P Morrill,, VT; Jas.
Ii. Roberts, Mass. p ID Stivers, Il. l. i;
John q North, Conn.,; Rev. DIR. z
Striker, N. Y; Rev. DIR. Robt. Ak
man, N. j.; William T wilkins, Penn: /;
Mrs. Sarah Bringhurst, Delaware; X L
Smith, Maryland; d Miller, Pennsyl'
yania: Gov. Jarvis, North Carolina;
Mai d D Il Townsend S. c.; John {
Pepper, ILL.,; j l. Starkweather, Mich.
Hon. Il d Hastings, Wis.,; l. r. Elliott
Kan. Mrs. Charlotte A Hardy, Neb.
Mrs. Mary + Shields, COL; Lorenzo
Waugh, CAL; Rev. j F Griffin, Ore.
Ell Neidlinger, Ca; Rev. j l. Lyons
Fla. Miss T. f Griffin, Ala. Gen. Alex
Stewart, Miss. Rev. John Pipes, La.
Ell Dahoney, Tex; Hon. l. Palmer
Ark; Rev. DR.. Judkins, KY; Prof
Dodge, Tenn: Miss Mary Clardy, Mo.
l. A Cobb, Iowa: Hon. j @ Stevens
Mimi: w Ii Doane, Ohio, Mrs. Gov
Wallace, Ind. Mrs. Nellie ii Bradley
DC.
A paper on the duty of the church t.
contribute to the temperance cause, by
the Rev. DR.. j M OTIS, of Philadel
phia, ELECTED some discussion; as die
that by the Rev. Alfred Taylor on TIM
"Pen and the Press as Promoters o
Temperance" On the latter topic
Miss Julia Colman of New York, re
commended not general or miscellan
eous distribution of tracts, but that
certain tract should be taken and fur
nished to every person in community
Other speakers recommended temper
ance almanacs and newspapers. Tht
Committee on Credentials reported
1897 delegates, representing Maine, New
Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts,
Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York
New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware
Maryland, District of Columbia, Geor
Gia, Ohio, Louisiana, Illinois, Michigan
Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Ore
gop, California and Canada.
Miss Willard was one of the presi
dents, and took her turn in conductin,
meetings. She managed admirably thu
last and most excited meeting of all, n
which many wished to speak at one,
on the important questions as they
came up, and at the first evening meet
ing she delivered one of the best speech
es. Mrs. Wittenmyer, Mrs. Foster
Mrs. johnson, Julia Colman and othel
ladies, all leaders in the temperance
cause, also spoke well, and were listened
to with deep interest. 1t is to be OBJ
served that these are not at all the elias
of bold, skeptical women who used t,
bring womanhood into disrepute b,
their mode of supporting the anti-slav
cry and other good causes. Neithe
are they of the lotOs-eating, literary
class who gain small respect for thei
sex. They are earnest, God-fearing
philanthropic and benevolent ladies
who are contendipg for the purity o
the home, and the defence of the family
from the invasion oflntoxicating drinks
The Difference with which these womer
were treated, and the high respect il
which they were held by an assembly
composed mainly of able and enlighten
cd ministers of the Gospel, are the re
suits of woman's labors in the temper
ance crusade of few years ago; an(
the consummate ability which they have
shown in uniting vast array of womel
all over the Northern States, in league
for the protection of their homes from
the desolating influence of the liquol
traffic, is recognized and admired. TIL,
distinction women now enjoy in the
temperance cause is not conferred upon
them. They have fairly won it them
selves, and that in way that is moi
open to any just objections.
At any previous convention a reso
luton affirming the right of women tC
vote could not have obtained the sane
ton of the committee on resolutions
and therefore, could not have come
before the Convention; but on thi,
occasion resolution to that effect was
not only brought regularly before the
meeting, but was received with grea
enthusiasm and carried unanimously
some of the male speakers, indeed
went TO the extreme of laudation, anc
spoke as if prohibition was to be carried
solely by women; whereas 1t Is perfect
ly obvious that to carry such measure
the united efforts and strength both o.