The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-10-29


The result of last nights meeting was
the establishment of a Central National
Committee, for counsel and cooperation in
connection with the work now being car
ried on.
The Central Committee, as organized, was
composed of Bishop II. B. Whipple, of Min
nesota; Bishop F. D. Huntington, of Cen
trail New York; Bishop McLaren, of Chi
cago; Bishop H. G. Potter, Assistant Bish-
OPP of New York; Rev. Dr.. J. w. Eccle-
son, of Baltimore; Rev. DR.. G. H. Con-
verse, of Boston. At a meeting of
this committee held after the close OF
the general meeting the following
laymen were added Brent Keyser, of Bal
timore; W. HI. Coleman, of New York;
Amory Lawrence, OF Boston; Arthur Ryer-
son, of Chicago; and William H. Arnoux,
of New York. The General Secretary,
Rev. DR.. B. F. De Costa, of New York. was
made Secretary, and w. w. Steel, of
Batavia, Assistant Secretary, both being
made ex-officio members of the Central
Committee. The next meeting will be held
Monday next at 80 p. M in the House of
Bishops, when constitution will be
adopted. Bishop Whipple is chairman Of
the Central Committee.
During last nights meeting addresses
were made by Bishop McLaren, of Chicago
Bishop Potter, of New York; Bishop Whip
pie, of Minnesota, and DR.. De Costa, who is
at the head of the movement in New York
and who explained at great length the
scope of the society.
TEMPERANCE WOMEN,
MINNEAPoLIs, Mimi, Oct 23-The Ma
of Sc Gb,,ic
tan Temperance Unions met yesterday in
the Casino Theater with about 300 delegates
and visitors present. Miss Frances E.
Willard, of Evanston, ILL.,, delivered an an
nual address which would fill ten or twelve
columns Of newspaper. Mrs Mary T.
Willard, aged eighty-two, the mother
of Miss Willard, occupied a seat
on the platform Miss Wizards address
closed with series of twenty-four recon-
mendations, among which are the follow
ing A system of township organization !:
an address to the Knights of Labor asking
them to include total abstinence in their
basis of membership; the issue of circulars
urging work in behalf of the White Cross
movement; petition asking Congress to
pass the Blair Educational bill; petitions for
abolition of prison chain gangs and for
VI WO1uGu WOudu'S care
in all penal and philanthropic institutions;
petitions to Congress for a prohibitory
amendment to the constitution, and the
granting of suffrage to women; the addi-
ton of a clause to the Women's Christian
Temperance Union pledge, pledging the
signer against the use OF opium, and the
appointment of national lecturers.
Mrs. Margaret Bright Lucas, of England,
Mrs. Youmans, of Canada, and Mrs. Pear
son, of England, assured the convention Of
the hearty sympathy of their country
women in it's work. A Committee on Res
olutions was appointed with Mrs. E. G.
Bryce, of Alabama, as chairman.
At the afternoon session a cablegram of
greeting was sent to Mrs. Leavitt in Japan
The offer of Mrs. M. B. Reece, of Washing
ton, to go as missionary to Japan, was ac-
cepted. Last nights exercises comprised
addresses of welcome by Governor Hub
bard, Mrs. Prof. w G. Winchell, Rev DR..
w. L. Chase and Mrs. II. A. Hobart, presi-
dent of the State Union. A response was
made by Miss Narcissa E. White, of Penn
sylvania, the National organizer.