St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-07-24
the recognition of the principles Of prohib l.
tion in Indiana.
A LITTLE STORM.

Sentlug the PrOhlDltlon party OF the city or
Chicago, addressed the convention. Some
of his gave offense to the delegates
from Wisconsin and other states, and there
was grand call to proceed with the busi-
ness. Mr.. Blanchard had therefore to make
an abrupt close to his speech. This little
storm having passed over, the convention
joined in singing 'Praise God from whom
all blessings fiow.n
Miss Willard, president of the Woman's
Christian Temperance union, appealed 30 the
convention to listen at this time to the mem
orial prepared by the union, and it was read
by the secretary, Mrs Woodbridge, as fol-
lows:
W. C. 7. q. MEMORIAL.
To the National Convention of the Prohibit
ton party: We, the members of the
Woman's Christian Temperance Union,
herein represented by the signatures of our
officers, believe that while the personal habits
of the nation can be largely restrained by an
appeal to the intellect through argument, to
the the heart through sympaty, and to the
concience through the motives of religion,
the traffic in alcoholic poisons will be best
controlled by prohbitory law. We believe
the teachings of science, experience and the
golden rule, combine to testify against the
traffice in alcoholic liquors as a beverage,
and that the homes of America which are
the citadels of patriotism. purity and happi
ness, have no enemy so relentless as the
American saloon. Therefore, as citizens of
the United States, irrespective of sect or
section, but having deeply at heart the pro-
lection of our homes, We do hereby
respectfully and earnestly petition you to ad-
vocate and adopt such measures as are requi-
site to the end that prohibition Of the impor-
tation, expectation, manufacture and sale Of
alcoholic beverages may become an integral
part of the national constitution. and that
your party candidates shall be by character
and public pledge committed to national
constitutional prohibitory amendment
Miss Willard related the failure of her
efforts with the Greenback convention, and
the Woman's Christian Temperance union
in logical order of sequence now brought this
memorial to its national home, to its native
heath. Applause 1t would not fail to be
noted in Florida, as well as in Puget Sound,
in Maine as well as in California, that the
dove which went flying from one convention
to another like the one from Noah's ark, had
come at last home to the Prohibition ark and
was drawn in there. Cheers.
A vote of thanks was given to the Women's
Christian Temperance union, with accom-
panying cheers.
An appropriate piece was next read on the
use of the ballot with much ability and eff
feet, by Miss Carrie Mosher, of Baltimore.
After some further delay the report of the
committee on credentials was presented,
showing that there are thirty-seven states
and territories represented by 576 delegates,
and there were actually present 461 delegates.
A resolution accompanied the report to the
effect that delegates will be authorized to
cast the full vote of the states which they
represent. The report was accepted and the
resolutions adopted. The resolution was
not adopted, however, until after discus
sion. in which its opponents represented an
unfairness of permitting one or few men
from state to cast the votes to which the
states were entitled under the call, while the
chairman of the committee on credentials
explained land defined the principles on
which it is based. There was SO much
NOISE AND DISORDER
that a delegate suggested that they would
become a Democratic convention before
long. An excited an angry delegate made
suggestion rather plimentary to the
temporary chairman, that the committee on
permanent organization, on selecting a
chairman for the convention, shall find some
body to preside who is acquainted with par
liamentary rules, and who has the voice and
ability to keep silence.
In the midst of much confusion and tur-
moil the roll of states was called for nomina-
ton of committees on permanent organiza-
ton and resolutions.
The convention, with a rising vote and
with much excitement, endorsed the views
and principles expressed in the memorial of
the Woman's Christian Temperance union
presented to-day. 1t was proposed to couple
with 1t woman's suffrage plank, but at the
suggestion of Mrs Woodbridge, the secretary,
that part of the motion was withdrawn. In
connection with that it was stated that Mrs.
Willard was on the committee on resolutions
and would, on consultation with the lady
members of the convention, recommend such
action ON the suffrage matter as might be
agreed upon.
Several resolutions were presented and re-
ferred, without discussion, to the committee
on resolutions, among them a proposition for
a constitutional amendment removing the
distinction of sex which now limits the
franchise, and one to drop the name ''home
pretection" and declaring the name of the
party to be ''The National Prohibition party.n
proposition was made to appoint on the
committee on resolutions several lady dele
gates in addition to those regularly nomi
mated by the state delegations. 1t was argued
against on various grounds, and delegate
moved to lay it on the table as mere 'sgushn ~
Mrs. Hewitt, of New York, declared the
convention had no more right to add to the
committee five women in favor of female
suffrage, than it had to add five men op-
posed to it. The. resolution was laid on the
table, and the convention, 1T 6:35, took Il
recess to S p. N.
EVENING SESSION.
The evening session was prefaced by the
singing of various hymns and campaign
melodies, and when the national emblem
with ship attached bearing the word 'spro-
hibitionn was waved, there were three cheers
given for the old flag, and then the audience
joined in singing the ''star spangled ban
ner.''
Prayer was offered by the Rev. Mr.. War
ner, of New.York, who asked that the same
Divine help which had led to the riddance of
the land from slavery, would also lead to its
riddance from rum
Permanent organization was then an
nouuced, with Prof. Samuel Dickey, of
Michigan, as president, large number of
vice-presidents, among them several ladies
and gentlemen, Clinton B. Fisk, of New Jer-
sey, and several secretarys, the first among
them being Mrs. Woodbridge, of
Ohio Report was adopted and a committee