West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1885-11-25
REPLY.

| by the National w. c. I. U. will have the ef-
| feet to make us in reality a component part
of any political party.
| AS women and non-voters, we can only
stand in this outside position and express
our ~ npdeny VII me oilf Pal(y II, tiif f
when Is Identical win our p own VIZ The
WI - ~ oul ~ n Il, e.; 1N'' Uii0
'o1ai pt af ~ Une
of Tho I,rnI ibition ,lortv orr niada IF
10 80 o ,p1 ~ VI
' INV 10 oo NO ~ 0'
TT uo don,, +t,o+ c,,r oo+io,, 500, oto,,,
to,t of .sii. f tl -. a. Ia
Citi " VIZ No. ot t an ~
~ Goul Ce9S, uhleGe NY u IuiIPiI VI
1 any lnaJolHS over Cle ihlholIIS Is lhIo1el-
"ioei ,4.,,,, - 4,;, - ~ oi
zafton Where The N ma}Pority decides ,s new de-
n a,oN i,eI ~ ~ ueCaueS ne" ue
IP;o - " ,ji VI t az ~ 80 80
" T ;; e q no . 80
" % aIte5IanCe, lUr Clle uIsseRulnS
~ 0 eiie eocielS' "oihtn age
"iiu oChe % HeoaIeu quesIdo 10 ii
up ~ Nefusal " acceee W tne WI
hate Is not nniv nnyorfhy the shirt of onr
p"Ij'o Cbntiy W Wy ny pt ~ 20 49, ~
uooIo I'M lstlth pl sai f w against
NE Eelf Sqni9s ~ our zee InsolIutlohs,
IL. iIul VfuutiS tuo ouat?s are leh W Tree
tAPlessl9n VI oPlHioil Oh uLls as 0ulteI quee
Ia IN Urit past u9eu s'c ~ f,t I
9i ana Wltn0uG loss OF 05lcIal or
~ " oIo IStGioIlel w ollttn
ChrlStlon Temperance Union. , inns IN
9o M ii 1U 70 IT, fIi,
o. " ~ ., ~ -, S W liz i - too HiI ny
4la t 4 ~ 4liceiS 9g sacfe,iS me
M Ur1tru ~ t az ~ t9 iiay
&c Iii ~ i ti tI t'S.tiiist ClieI1 t
HS tl" So TO- ~ usp IS No.
daiio Of th o ib u We ne
oeGlslon ol Vne hlaJorltv whose rl9hC IL Is 10
RUE
We also reply that not one dollar from the
treasury of the National Womans Chris
tain Temperance Union has ever gone for
party purpose. When such use of funds
shall appear in the report of the Treasurer,
proper action can be taken.
". In reply to the fourth allegation, we
appeal to the history of u year of unprece-
dented success in every line of our many
sided endeavor for this great reform. In or.
work, we have reached more ears, and NOV
ed more hearts than IN any previous twelve
months, ana 70 the Temperance queSt!on
has come Sucn serious ana decisive actlon
in legislative nails, as plainly SHOWS that
the Will OF the nome Is on us way TO express
sion IN government; N denonStrau9gnt mat
not been wounded by our action OF last year,
more churches have oeen opened, more pas
tors, more ChrlSuanS ana pnllahtnfoplc as
soclatlonS IMAM ever before nave come TO the
National ConYentlon OF 1889, offering their
greeting, ana inviting our cooperation.
". me acUlon was taken ior Ihe tfanSior-
nation OF the work from the broad poiti-
cal" basis OF polntless effort TO the focus of
power, where alone the inality we seek can
be secured.
The momentum OF the pfohDltlon move
ment, evidenced by the vote OF Kentucky,
Ohio, New Iork and other States, proves the
wisdom OF our action and the dIrectneSS OF
~ ~, e. = = Is 90 49, - - 50 90 ~ ~
Ine eliolC VI tlloSe az Eoffies VINO
are III opPos1oh W Vlle uttelahces ol tle pro-
test; mathematician - -, a4,,o.o, o,,,.o,,
VI: 1t is me province OF an oinclal organ
70 SET Iortn Ine con Vlcolos ttuu lnetnpus oi
the organ ~ tel1ifesGnoe, Iallig ah i
lmpartalIy 10 record uiH eISe views OF tile
members IhtIeoI, eAGiuolnS hoie rom ~, me
has ieei been eminentlv true Of our organ dur
mo tho mast year An nnpreiudiced rpview
Of 73tc coIIun14s will show that more snaca
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. u, l,1 has been given to the argu
4Ene,l1ts AND nrofest of a small minoritv t5an
70 +h vs. ~ ar9nreS of tho majority '--'1-
W ''i0 0''oi W
VII Tho o11ooo+ion, that tho ao,,o,, ,,os
ao o cI 10 ae
f 1i ~ ~
n % tir trit ~ Porrot
sllie - do' - ~ ~
'S to ii ~ i ;i0 n.y. &c w Wy ~ ~
LOUIS ne noVG llIGn
GGGIuest M IueSSlon W%J llVtm AitimotS'
S N,t1i n ,d MA, e+t j3'
missouri N epr G any olheI sites WAlcli
home nrOhibition work have proven that
| the position taken bv their REPRESENTATIVES,
| in National Convention one Year ago. was
sustained bv n well.nigh solid constituency
| al home. and now after n wear which
| has severely tested the wisdom of this policy
| these States again take the same position
with unbroken line and doubled maiorities
| mn