The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1888-01-20
THE NATIONAL WoMAN's CHRISTIAN
TEMPERANCE UNION OF 1857,
As SAW 1T.

estabiiahed,and Termed the beglnning o.
a very pleasant friendship with an Arkan
sas delegate. The hour being late wher
We reached Nashville We decided 10 spead
the night together at a hotel. In the
omnibus we heard the Superintendent oi
Ohio's "Y's' declare she would be IN
bearabiy disappointed II not put 70 room
with "wlld Westerner." When we found
we must take . third occupant for eur
room We suggested 10 her that perhaps a
wild oregonIan and an Arkansas traveller
would do. She accepted the offer. The
incident is suggestive Of the happy Inter.
msngiing Of delegates from every stale
and every territory but Arizona and New
Mexico. A birds eye view Of the conyea.
ton gave one the impression that these
women were giving their mature years to
this work. While there were a few cid
ladies, like Mother Thompson and Mrs.
Wallace, and while In nearly every dele
CATION would be found one or more on the
snnny side et thirty, the body Of the con-
vention, numbering In members and Wait.
ors about four hundred. were women past
their meridian and BY the discipline Of
years prepared for the sharp conflict In
which We are engaged. II was an earnest
purpossful looking company, with q sense
OF the magaitude Of osr undertaking, and
clear Of vislon and fall Of faith a. 10 the
manner Of achieving Gaai success. No one
could be In the convention without being
impressed with this characteristic. care.
fully watched to see ifbetweea the llnss I
could read hint Of encouragement be.
cause Of the summers defeats, or that other
defeat then brewing at Atlanta. but not q
suggestion either in public or In private
did hear. During the meeting Of tIas
@Y's." as large company Of Nashviile's
young ladies marched In 10 the seats -.
signed them, gentleman behlad me re-.
marked, "whew II all these girls are go.
Ing TO be W. c. 7. U.'s II means huslmsss. =
and just 20 thInk the two Representatives
et the Nashville Liquors Dealers who At.
tended every session felt. as they locked
over that assembly Of grave women with
the shout Of triumph forming on their
lips. Standing frat a. our leader Il Mlss
Willard, whom we do well to hsnor. A
resonant voice and good command Of Par
llmentary law make her an admirable pre-
siding officer. Her steady faith In God
and iiis purposes toward humanity clearly
marx her leader while over and around
IL her gentle loving spirit, her ability 70
say just the word to set thlngs right in =
debate the graceful dignity with which
she can introduce Governor, or present
= four months old baby as an applicant Coz
membership her honest womanilhsss
without suggestion Of the masculine on
one side or the frivolous on the other, fit
her beautifully for the center around which
That body of consecrated womanhood re.
velves. She doubtless has her faults !;
she IL only woman--but sHeh woman I
AneHtence In the prayer Of Hannah White.
hall Smith after her re-election expresses
the feeiIag with which she inspires one
"Lord give ner great wisdom for Thou
knowest we will fellow wherever she
leads." The last ten years Of hard work
are telling on her and every heart said
Amen 10 another sentence ia that prayer.
"Let not the adversary get the better Of
us by making her sick." The sInaple,ea
est prayers OF our Quakeress Bible reader,
Hannah w. Smith, and her words Of In
struction aud counsel without = semblance
Of cant or sslf-righteous judgment Of
others,were lesson 70 us. Her devotion
Al meetings from 9 to 70 =. m. were 50 val.
ued that before the convention adjourned
the church was filled each morning. Mrs
c. b. Buell., Nat. Cor. Sec, was decided by
the Nashville papers to be the prettiess wo-
man,whiIe many masculine voices declar-
ed for Mrs. Mary T. Bart, of New York,
who certainly shared with Mrs. DR.. ]. P.
Newman, Of Washington, d. c-,the honor
OF being the elegant lady of the conven-
ton. The unmarried ladies' seemed t.
me to be an admirable body Of women.
My kind hostess said to me, "You have
the jolIiest crowd Of old maids ever saw"
An earnest company OF happy, christian
women, hemeless themselves, but dcterm-
ined that the homes Of the world shall be
happier and safer that they haye lived.
There were three colored women In the
convention, Mrs. F. E. w. Harper, National
Organizer, and the Presidents OF the color
ed Unions OF Miss. and Ala. The latter
ladies, who are graduates Of Fisk Univer-
sity, maintained their dignity and plead
for their race with force and effect. The
Cherokee woman, representing Indian
Territory, Interested the convention deeply
in fifteen minutes talk, while Pundita
Ramabia, whose book Is arevelation,plead
with such effect for the chiid-widews oi
India as to obtain substantial aid for her
enterprise. Mrs. Bent,our golden-cornet'
ist, led the singing of the conventions de.
votional meetings,a proved to US all the
superiority OF that instrument in leading
the great congregation, but more than b,
our cornet even were we interested in thu
Herbert Quartette Of Monmouth, Ill These
young men furnished such capital music
and were SO self-forgetful and obliginG
they certainly deserve success.
In every place and by every one we re
ceIved the most courteous attention an'
the hospitality was genuinely American
NashviIle's best homes were thrown open
to US, and am sure they are enshrined Il
the hearts OF the delegates. The recep
tion rendered US by Col. and Mrs. Col
was unique as well as elegant. ] believ
no such social recognition was ever &C
corded the N. w. G. T. u. before, and tn
elegant home with its masses of palmI
f.-..n - nalf.a n..d a. I'LL ..fntran