New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-10-18
TEMPERANCE WOMEN DIVIDED.
DIFFICULTY EXPECTED IN THE CONVENTION To-
MORROW OWING TO MISS wILLARD's
THIRD PARTY IDEAS

The preliminary executive meetings OF the Woman's
Christian Temperance Union will close this evening
at the Broadway Tabernacle, and tomorrow the
convention itself will open at 10 a in the Metro
poitan Opera House. 1t will be preceded by prayer
meeting, beginning at O'Clock, which will be con-
Quoted by S. NJ l. Henry, Of Illinois, chairman Of
the Evangclstic Board of the Union. Miss Frances
K. willard, president Of the Union, will call the
sembly 10 order after the roll call and appointment
of the usual committees and deliver her annual ad
dress. The address OF welcome will be left to
General Fisk and Mrs Mary Towne Burt, Of the New
York State Union. 1t will be made tomorrow even
ing
Most Of the afternoon session tomorrow will be
taken up with the reports of the officers and superin
tendents Of various departments, such scientific
temperance instruction, kindergarten, franchise social
purity, Sunday school work, etc. In the evening
there Will be addresses by Mrs Mary A. Lvcrmore
who will respond to the speeches Of welcome Mrs
Mary I. Lathrop, of Michigan Mrs. sao f. Chaplin,
superintendent of Southern work Mrs. Clara Holman,
Of Missouri and Elizabeth Thompson, who will present
woman's Flag TO the Union. The afternoon
session Will begin at p. the evening meeting at
AS. The report scientific temperance instruction
by Mrs Mary l. Hunt will be Of tho most
interesting features Of the afternoon session Mrs.
Hunt is Of the pioneers In the work Of the Union,
and remarkably able woman. She has succeeded
in introducing temperance text books that is, books
containing instruction on the deleterlous effects OF
alcohol the human system, I'm thrty-sk States,
and intends to have them in every State and Territory
before she reaxes her efforts.
But the velest part OF the proceedings will DO
witnessed when the question Of reading Mrs. J. Ellen
Foster out OF the union comes up This has already
been done by The Onion Signal,- which purports
be the official organ Of The union and undoubtedly does
reflect the views of Miss Willard and the other leaders
who have succeeded in putting the National Union In
a partisan position, and made 1t an auxiliary TO the
Third party This paper declared July IL that in
spirit, II not in namer Mrs. Foster had ceased to be
a Woman's Christian Temperance Union woman" be-
cause she declared 10 the platform committee Of the
Republican National Convention at Chicago, that she
would remain Republic IN, whether or not tenn
perance plank adopted so far can be
learned this utterance Of The Union Sgnal' was not
Endorsed by the majority Of the members The Iowa
Union has repudiated 1t unanimously, and in a mo
mortal which will be presented to the convention
protests against this action OF making party fealty
test OF loyal membership In the organization" Tho
ma, rity OF the Pennsylvania Union holds similar
views and I'm all the other State delegations there is
a strong and steadily growing sentiment against the
alliance existing between the union and tho Third
party. the result OF which Is In such actions as
that Of I" The Union Signal" regarding Mrs. Foster
In other words stronger effort will be made this
year than ever before to get the National body TO