Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-06-24
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EDEzoE PosT-fxTKxx1aEscxR
Il chanced % be ny good fOrtane 10
spend q part of the past week IN your
capital city, and ] agaiied myself OF
TIE opportunity Of attending the tenn
perance conTeatiou reported in your
issue of the FIST inst While yoar re-
porter has furnished q coTreet o1tll1e.
Framework or skeleton Of that oo1vsn-
ton, and has el1thed It IN flesh, and
Rraced IL with some degree Of TIE
beauty belonging to IL, be has utterly
failed, possibly has forgotten, TO breathe
into his report the glowing spirit which
VS. il life.
Il has been my privilege 20 sttend .
number Of such and similar gatherings
10 The older portions of oar country,
and in cities from whose subaFhs
washinRton's picturesque little capital
eonid have been gathered aud scarcely
missed; and | wish 20 bear witness to
tie superior excellence IN this eenyen
tl0n Of bo4h business dispatch and the
merit Of the reports. papers and sd-
dresses.
I vas deeply impressed with the
plain eommon sense displayed IN dis
eussiue practical work, and the one
ncss Of ali minds as 10 the end IN view
prohibition The earnestness also
was remarkable. No observer c0ald
possibly imagine those zomea were met
together for q pastime. The very idea
Of social gossip died without FORM
The business Of reports from commit
tees and all the secessary routine went
on with c9mmendAbie promFtness dur
ing the first two days, and the evening
sessions vers thfopRed 10 bear the ad-
dresses. all Of which we're good and
some Of which called forth unusual
demonstrations of appreciation The
Increasing interest eliminated only on
the afternoon Of the third day, when
the report Of the eommittee on resoiu-
tions vas reached. Then could be Oh
seryed q certain quoting down and
getting into position, and an adjusting
of harness indicative of work to be
dOus. Then stiffness reiened and the
entire report was read in q clear, DIS
tiuet voice 10 intent listeners At its
completion motion was carried at
once to take mp the resolutions seris-
tim. There was 8 little rapid moving
aboat the room, q short whispered con-
ference here and there, perceptibly in
tensifyine in interest, and all again
vas Quist and the reading began. /
confess to shade Of disappointment
80 one after another, in rapid Success
zion, the resolutions were read and
adopted without comment or dissenting
voiee until the tenth was reached.
had hoped to hear some discussion, and |
had thought ! bad shifted symptoms of |
Is in the air, but / became little an |
noyed that no discussion was 50 far |
developed.
Bot th@n came the tenth resolution.
relating TO plan Of work, when instantly |
here burst forth, as from concealed |
such fusilade Of hot shot as |
amazed my very ears. This engagement |
1stween what | would call the common /
lense party and the extremists lasted /
,ver an hour. There was some oonfu- |
non, some sharp dispnting as to rights /
N the floor, de-, but through 1t all a
bread of order was maintained. Ii
here are still persons who cherish the /
0nd delusion that women don't knew /
THAT they ars about when working to
AIRY point IN eoDveuti0n-I say. If
hers still remain any of that faith, they |
houid have been there. think they |
gonld have changed their minds. The
erse and pointed arguments, the scin- |
illations Of wit, the sharp touches of
areasm. the ripple Of mirth. the instant
md explosive expressions Of apprecis-
ion followed each other In too rapid
accession 10 admit Of accurate report.
The presiding officer, especially daring
his stormy session, where her rulings
Fefe once or twice called in question.
Iispiayed q brilliancy of repartee and
developed wealth Of resources in the
rarely equaled.
But finally quiet was restored and The
pore practical wing of the convention
arried the day by substituting resolu-
ion for the one discussed, in which they
mbodied their idea of what was most
and so, 10 them, best. The
God feeling manifested by the victors
nd the graceful acquiessence of the
defeated called forth admiFing CON-
nents from observers.
understand the next annual meeting
4 the Temperance Union is 90 be held
n Tacoma; and II il 10 to equal the
of last week in enthusiasm,
parking intelligence and Christian
pirit, may be there 10 see."
AGNEs HRATRFrELD.
SEATTLE, June I'D, 1885.