Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1886-04-16

Great cause for rejoicing, encourage
rneht and gratitude is recognized by every
true patriot in the fact that our Ednta-
tional Bill passed, unanimously, the United
States Senate.
Mrs, Mary II. Hunt, national surerin-
tendent OF the department of Scientific
Instruction, in a letter 10 the Union Signal,
describing The progress OF the bill from iis
first presentation 10 both houses OF Con-
gress a5 sooh as organized this ses6idn, and
the sending out OF blank petition tablets
askitg for signatures with letters pleading
for the children and the land soon to be
ruled by them; relates some interesting
Scenes in The Senate and interviews with
members whose frequent response is like
the following: "O yes, MY vile is inter
ested In this, she circulated the petitions"
awe have this law III my state, helped
get II through ohr Legislature. My boys
are studying the Temperance Physiolo-
gies;" or, any wife is president of this
society in our place." and she adds, "If THE
household gentleman does hot get mixed
up in saying 'Women's Christian Temper.
ance Union, or II he says w. c. T. u
glibly, as only man where this is a
household shiboleth CAM then we recog.
nize "a brother-ih-law' Indeed, who will
not fail ,isa She says, "There are many
slich in this Congress whose members are
not all weather-vane politicians" Then
recognizing the aid Of the w. c. T, U. at
home throughoutthel land; she says, "Every
weary step you have taken, tried and true
workers, in the storm; SHOWS and mud OF
this inclement winter to gather signatures
has been link in the chain that with
Gods blessing Ia helping bring to the chill
dren of this land natures solemn warming
against strong drink" "If you had been
in the Senate gallary last Thursday, March
1s, at ls o'tlock-pelitlon hour-you
would have seen Senator Payne, of Ohio,
rise with one of these petition tablets in
his hands, saying, ~ present petition
from representative citizens, including
seventeen clergymen, eleven physicians,
twenty-one lawyers, twenty-seven teach
ers, eighty.eight prominent business men,
| ffty-nine officers OF temperance and other
societies of Lucas and Ottawa counties
and another similar petition from the citi-
zens of New London, Ohio, praying Tor the
passage of law requiring scientific tenn
perance instruction in schools under federal
jurisdiction. "He was Immediately fol-
| In,y h, hilIar pf N,w Vnrty
Jones, of Arkansas, Logan of Illinois, Frey
of Maine, and Conger, of Michigan, and SC
on by Senators from other states, all with
the same petition read In inll. "for scien-
| tific Temperance instruction in schools un:
der federal jurisdiction" "This is only d
sample OF what has been going on at this
hour every day In the United States SEN
ate for the past two months. A united
voice from all parts of this great country
has daily been thus heard in the highest
councils of the NATHAN for the education OF
the child against the saloon"
| After the reading OF the speeches on the
bill made before oommIttee-the debate
| that followed, &C., "Then came a momen-
tary pause-the friends of the bill held
their breath, waiting in suspense lor the
attack that did not come. Not one of those
c0nsitional lawyers-members OF this
august body-loaded TO the muzzel with
legal lore, mounted the Constitution to fire
an objection as we had been assured they
would.
The silence of suspense was broken by
the call for the vote, and every Senator votea
"Ycd," and not one "Nay."
The history of the bill in the House we
trust will be as commendable to It's mem
bers and as glorious in its results to the
nation.