The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1888-08-22
HASTY JUDGMENT.
The Wellsburg Union Tries and
Condemns the President of the
State Union, In her absence
and without a hearing.
We clip the following from the
Wellsburp Herald:


Wellsburg Herald:
"WHEREAs, we find with sorrowlthat our
President has placed at least respectable
minority of our Woman's Christian Tenn
perance Union in false position during the
Third Party convention held at Parkers-
burg, July 3lst, by pledging our support to
the Third party, and
WHEREAS, the Wellsburg Union protests
against being considered in any other light
than an organization Of Christian women
banded together to redeem tae homes of
our State and Nation from the drink curse,
without either political influence or aspira-
lions, therefore
BE IT RESOLVED, That Mrs. johnson, our
State President, has by her partisan course
placed us in false position before the peo-
pie of our State and clearly contrary to the
spirit of our original organization.
| RESOLVED, That while we deplore the ne
cessity that demands an expression of opin-
ion a variance with our Preside MT, yet be-
ing assured that her course will injure our
work for the ratification Of the Constitu
tional Amendment we hereby repudiate
this new test of membership to the w. G.
T. U.
RESOLVED, that in pledging 500 to advance
the Third party work in this State from
our treasury, we deem it our right to pro-
test against money raised from mem bership
fees being used save for legitimate Amend
ment work.
The above was adopted without
dissent at the last regular meeting
of the W. c. T. u, Thursday, Aug.
9TH"
With sorrow deeper than that
stirring the Wellsburg Union, we
ask if it is in keeping with the
spirit and morale of the Woman's
Christian Temperance Union, to
frame an Indictment against sister
on hearsay evidence, which is not
admissible in any court in Chris
tendon, and worse still the hear
say evidence of an enemy?
And then, that Union should
on such evidence arraign the &C.
cused, resolve itself into a Jury, try
the case without even notifying
the accused, find her guilty, and
publish the verdict to the world,
as the first intimation that any
charge had been preferred against
her all this is certainly an exhi-
bition of unfairness not allowed in
any civil court in the land.
That this procedure should ema-
nate from band of Christian Wo-
men against one of their own num-
Der, is only another tangible evil
dence of the "humanness of the
saints"
That we are innocent of every
count in the indictments, has been
openly asserted, and is capable Of
abundant proof.
The evidence upon which the
charges We're preferred was furnish
ed by an individual not pres
ent at the Prohibition Convention i;
and has been denied emphot5cally
by scores who mere present and
heard every word that was said.
We repeat, what we have said
before, in regard to the 500, pledg-
ed to the Prohibition party, that
it was no part of any funds belong
ing to or to come from the State
Union. Personally, we can afford
to pass by this matter, since the
charges have no foundation in fact.
but for the sake of the cause. for
the sake Of the Wellsburg Union.
we could wish they had taken the
pains to have informed themselves.
before taking formal action and
spreading their records before the
enemy, whose only hope lies in an
lnterneolne war among the friends
of the Amendment
Let us be "SaOJt to hear" but
"slow to speak"