The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1888-11-08
THE w. G. r. U.
How tho Work Was Conducted at
the National Convention.

the National Convention.
A New York paper gives the following
details of the manner in which the National
Convention Of the Womln's Christian Tom
perance Union was conductoi:
Like men at "A political Convention. women
get tired at the end Of the fret days work.
so IL was with the fifteenth annual Convcn-
ton of the Nat onGl Noman's Temperance
Union at its five daNs session In the Metro
pr it1n Opera House. The - cgntcs filled
all the seats on the orchestra floor Each
delegate is there tO voice the sentiments of
30 members VI the organiSat on. and with
dun sense ot this responsibility each DELEGATE
maintains th" most mutrouv dignity. Not
even the United States Senate could bc moro
staid and precise than this congregation uf
gcntlewpmpn \ rat onnl political conveu-
ton could bc hardly more impressive. Tho
Metropolitan Opera House has an immense
auditorium, and when IL is iilcd To lis rcmot-
est rcCcsS-and with women at thut--thc
scene Is n grand one.
MI over the housr there was the quiet of
dcliOcrativC body cons pinus oi the importance
Of its work President Frances Eli ah'th
Willard was the foremost figure in the group
of secretaries AMI executive officers on tho
stage. There were Gathered the twonty.~iV
erintcndcntS oi departments who were to
read reports of the work under their supcr-
vision. As their turns came, each would
step to the side of Miss Wiilarl's table. aud
there, for the ten minutes allotted. stand
and address the 1000 auditors An official
tlmckccpcr taps bell when the ten minutes
is up. aud thcu the 81 cnker stops short ami
gives way to another
The business of the morning and afternoon
was the reading of over a score of reports
upon the results of the Unions work IN it,
many fields. Each paper was prcs. ntpd hy
the superintendent ot u department There
are laborcrs in these special branch,S i'm every
village and town wherever. irutn Alaska To
Florida, the wrArcr, of the white ribbon live.
and the work Of each local band * supervised
by one chief tor the entire country. The ,u-
per ntcn lent of tine press department. Esther
T. llouSh. of Vermont, told what her
sisters had done, T.. Il. lusull, toll
about narcotics; Caroline a. Lroch, OF Ken
tucky, about the efforts to get the U.s. of
alcohol IN medicinal compounds abolished.
Il. \. Egmond, of New York reported about
uufcrmcutcd wlnc aud the Sacrament Of tho
Lords Supper The resume of Augu-tl
Cooper Bristol of New Jersey, on Labor and
Capital was presented hut not read hcclu,r
of her absence. j. H. Barney told Of the rc.
forms accomplished IN Prison aud luil A.
NJ Henderson, of MinucSotL about As,uri-
atcd Charities, and ,lcnEic Cas,rdny about
the Flower Mission The story uf CnlruvorS
among the Colurrd people of the North was
related by +. T.. W. llarp'rof Pcuusylynu a.
herself cnlorrd woman, anl :. j. VI. Early,
another culOred woman, spoke or the THINKS
done among her rnra ~, thu South
I'm account of the help given to raise the
standard of morality among soldiers aud
sailors was presented by : \. NcClrr, Of
New Jersey: reforms secured for the good
of railroad employees were outlined by jon
ME smith. of Maryland anl Ada W. Ntl'u-
bender of Nebraska, who only last Monday
was admitted To- plead before the bar If tho
United states supreme Court. toll uf tho
work done 10y the Department # Legislation
and Petitions - BENJAMIN OF Nirhi-
"A of "a f.tl
gr.s' made ly the local unlou, aud the Con-
Nention ~ the iutrirnriry of parliamentary
USAGE: Hannah j. Bailey of Maine app nrcl
ns historian of the advance in peace and in
tcrnatonal arbitratlon DR. Mary Weeks
Burnett won applaus" IN telling how the Va
tional Temperance hospital at Chicago cures
the sick without whisky, brandy, or drop
of nl"ohul in any medicine
The doings of the l.vnu"ostic Board wcre
rccouutci hy - VI T. Henry. OF lllirps,
nud !. &. llatcham toll what her department
had done 10 secure moro ruu.lot' o. -"rvHuro
of the sabbath. Hannah Nhtnli Smith was
To have toll about the department o; Rhle
readings, but sh" is IN London, absent for
the first tim" from convention, and so her
report was presented by PROXY. an "a rpblc-
gram of alloctrpu1to rym'mnruc' wa, sent
20 hor Mary Ellen Nr.t, Of Illinois rn-
ported for the department OI the School Of
Methods, and Y. Ii tdrsc, # Illinois, told
what hnr labor.ry wore doing to build tho
lrillNf rance Temple IN I Ul'1Gt.
\cncruhl" and knlIv tu'cl Clara Barton,
Of the i'ei Cross society, was nitro ,u'cd in
the morning The Convention stool aud
waved hnuikorchrats az her She made "a
speech conveying tn" gre ting of the Society
ut the Red Cross to the Society of th" " mite
Ribbon. IL was onl a little while ago that
Miss Barton had been 20 -ru Emperor Fred
frIck, and President Willard sad that IN
honor Of his memory aud IN gratitude for
hl- welcome % Mis-, Barton "Thc Watch on
the Rhine ought To- hc played. She said
that the society could not agruc with tho
Germans on the beer question, but they
could respect their love uf home. So the
crusade quartet lifted up their silver horns
md gold cornctS ana played the German ma
tonll anthem
4 delegate ad ircys,l the Chair and said
that many present hnl never soyn Noul How,
the tcmpcriu'e apostle from Maine, aud
that. knowing he was ma the hall, She moved
that Miss " Hard introduce him. The gray
haired octugcuarinu was hidden behind
screen. Miss Willard led h m to the front of
tn stage The old crusader SMILED an dldnt
mind being put ON exhibition. The lal eS
laughed, and he talked II little tp let them
hear what Kind OF a voice "A man Of his
years may have II h" du 'sn't tIppc.
Whom noon came 10 brought the most inn
pre-sive moment of the day. II Is TN" custom
If women who wear the white ribbon of the
/ union t. bow their heads ~ prayer every day
i when the clock shows th" hour of ~. The
custom Is observed ey"rywher" IinrdlY a
steamship crosses tho ocean that does not
carry "A member of the sisterhOOd of temper.
ance, and her sisters are scattered al, over the
land SO as the sun AT every instant of the day
stan Is in tho zenith of some spot ON land or
sea, il may be conceived that at every
moment in the twenty four hours IA petition
is being offered up 10y some member of this
organization But not ono woman alone
bowed her head in New York Yesterday at
I noon. There were four thousand who knelt
/ in prayer and after IA moment Of solemn
/ silence Miss Wizards voice led in an appeal
! 10 God, and when she came TO the words,
"Our Father who art in heaven the entire
asscmblage joined with her in repeating tho
| petition common to every Christian creed.
The night gathering was the biggest since
! the Convention began, and tho young people
! had captured it without doubt In fact, 1t
was on the programme as "the young ladies'
| evening" This brought lots of young men.
| some Of the girls went on the stage ana made
| galaxy Of lovelinesS, with Mrs. Frances j.
/ Harnes as the centre Of II.
| The exercises began with music and prayer,
and n reading from the Bible all the ses-
| iions begin this way-and then Arthur Is.
| Cochran, President Of the Junior lro-
libition club in New York, welcomed tho
youug women 10 the town. ida {. Clothler
! made everybody laugh when she replied in
| 7ointed speech for tho thousands ani thou
| ianls of her sister, in the Junior | mon.