The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1883-12-28
TEMPERANCE DEPARTMENT.
EDITED ny TITH
Womeh's Christian Temperance Union
M1e Tenth annual Meeting al Detroit,
Mich. October SIa 10 November kh, 1888.
NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS.

The problem Of National organization
being 80 we'll on its way toward solu-
tion, and tho official organ Of tbe Ma
tional having become 6sld piece that
10 fired fifsy.two times a year instead Of
twelve, my strongest interest csnters in
the building up Of National hoadquar'
tsrs for our White Ribbon fmy that
shall be to US what headquarters were
70 Illinois in tho days Of our great
pstition-wbat those Of Des Moines
were to Iowa in the struggle Of 1882
nay, later on, what those Of Cleveland
wsro To Ohio in the unrivaled year Of
tho recent heroic campaign. To achieve
this will take meAsurelsAs toll, much
money and many years but this we
have 10 do, and by Gods grace We are
capable Of great tasks.
Oar National headquarters must DO,
first Of all a faith eonter,a prsysr-center,
a keart-centsr. II must be made Of
pa,lors as we'll a. Offices and prayer
rooms most Of all. Il must be the
temperance Mecca Of this continent
nay, better far than that, the beloved
and sacred home Of the refoIm that
seeks homes purity and peace. Il
must also be the whispering gallery
wherO meet ell voices worthy TO be
heard in the discussion of this mighty
movement. Every temperance paper in
Christsndcm must be on 6le there, and
every speech of value, from pulpit,
platform, or halls Of legislation. The
freshest statistics mus. be on view
there, not in dry tabulA,ed statements,
bat speaking to the eye in forn and
color, by chart, map and diagram.
Telegraph and telephone must connect
us with our most distant auxiliary !;
typs-writers must keep up their music
and stonegraphsrs ply their swift art.
Every week our News Bulletin must
so oct 70 al the leading papers, both
religious and secular, while pointed
paragraphs, brief articles, replies to cur
rent press misstatemenls and mistakes,
mu.t keep our pens busy, aud temper
ance literature Of :hs most practical
sor, bs furnished through the columLs 9
OF Americas ten thousand magazines
and newspapers. There must not be q
local unioniso small, so distant or OBJ
Icurs, hut that our alphabetical dirsc-
tory Of towns will revea. at q glance the
names Of its standArd-bearsrs, nor q
worker whose residence We cannot
locate by our directory Of persons. In
addition to our paper, sending out its
broadside Of family reading every week,
with constant helpful suggestions for
all departments Of the work and news
from the field, there must bs n watch
fal little War Bulletin, furnished at
cost TO State and local unions for dis
tIibution in audiences, through post
Offices, ETC., the inside pages of which
should be filed with the most clear and
pointed refutations of the "license," !"
"moderation, ,"and other fallacies while
for those States that desired it the out
side could be left vacant TO print tbsir
own local news, plans and documents.
This handy weapon would enable our
soldiers to puncturs the dreary false
hoods with which the partisan press ID
tseming, to the effect that "ths Maine
law is failure" more liquor is drank
in Kansas than under license" and sc
on to the end Of the ridiculous chapter,
whose only hope of momentary accep-
tance lies in the ignorance Of the intel
ligent and the crednlity Of the ob.use.
aye shall know the truth, and the truth
shall make you free," is the law Of
intellectual growth. We must be torch
bearers Of Gods truth written in science
experience and revelation. But to thi;
department Of Che press. with the myr-
lad ampli6catiens of which it is suscep-
tible, We must add the department o.
organization, sending out National
workers to sucl sections as are least
able or least inclined to help thsmsel-
yes, and selecting with serpent's ey,
and doves heart, the strategic points.