Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-10-24
MISS WILLARD.

She urged the establishment BY the State ii
homes tor, adult incapables such as iatlrm In:
ebriates, and victims of the tobacco, opium
ana chloral habits whose conduct vteafs' out
Variable iives''@The establishment OF peace
conferences was referred to, and Miss Willard
4oggested that the convention ask tor the an.
polntment OF Mrs. Elizabeth Thomrjsou nd one
OF the ten peace commissioners to be desiQ-
nated by the President '.l5,a ::
She then discussed the political side OF tenn.
T perance. The Republican party, she said, &C.
cording to the testimony of tho ~bre wers had
done all that hhd been asked tor the bre win
interest. while tho Democratic' party openly
espoused the liquor trat1lc. THE candidates
81 the: prohibition party-thgtl party. which
women and men will bu Id together-is the
party to support. The hour could not be more
propittous:' Northerners have lived to be eye
witnesses 10 the fact that We have not gone to
ruin under q Democratic Administration and
Southerners-outsdeo fhco.seekers have Jared
equally we'll under. Republicans, Both parties
'aeslre rectihcation Of the tarih and ne Their
wants free trade, neither favors Civil: Service
reform to- any extent, ana the, only vital issue
before u.s. Nationally is the question Of tn .
fqupr. traffic." :, -. +! %.
r Miss Willard hqd 20 tear Of 'partia}tty ip lie
United States Supreme Court. She then
argued at length against the injustice of the
Observation-Disclosures OF women against whom man
commits crimes and Axes the punishment In
this she held there was no reason or justice
On this question OF the ballot she dwelt al
greater length than upon any other aid
quoted various high judicial ana ecclesidstf9h)
authorities showing that women were uni ust,
~ treated1ip the matter OF suffrage ..... r,
AT the barred council room doors OF the
church, she said, was where q woman had
made the least progress; but there, dis else:
where, Enlightened womanho6d: will prevail
The;refusal Of the Methodist Protestant con
ference to license women after ordaining them,
she, said''w4s without justice, and their: treat,
eous, beyond parallel. She said that a
new church organization was under
considerations to which oil could belong who
subscribed to the apostles creed and the triple
pledge of total abstinence, ,anti-tobacco and
social purity In which men and women were to
De upon the $ anne terms OF perfect equality.
The name OF this Organization, She said, would
be the Church Union, but she herself prayed
that this step would be delayed four years al
least in the hope that :lninister views would
\ broaden. "
i The labor questi Oh was last touched upon.
|: The knights OF Labor; Miss Willard sa d, were
the most effic emit body in the land for the pro
lection OF women. 1t upheld wages and regu
lated the hours OF service so as to 1isband the
army of .tramps. The, climax OF the labor
movement, she said, would be reached when
workers ceased soothing 1T the Bible and looked
upon it as the book OF brotherhood. ~
After recess the Sc: sion wis opened
with prayer by Mrs. s. C~..Acaenson,, OF
Texas, followed by music; and Mrs. Caro-
line Buell. then read her report as secre-
tary, viii CHI was full of gratifying. infor-
nation of tie progress Of the cause all
over the country. ....,. ,;... 49,,
Mrs. Buell. began her report by mentioning
the work OF the cause in the New England
do Tctn IN fop -.
best facilities for enforcing tho prohibitorry
law, and the Situation IN. regard to tho Kansa.
injunction law is also encouraging. The re
ports in Pennsylvania, Ohio and ,Indiang
showed that. there exists no cause to regret
the, work the Women's Christian Tenn
perance Union =; has performed there
The ASSOCIATION whose members ibelons
in Michigan have devoted u .: goof
deal Of tine in investigating the; piner,
horrors recently discovered there. Iowa has !
piper espec ally devoted to the TEMPERANCE
movement In the Pacific States there wa!
nothing mentioned in the reports of any grea,
consequence. In Washington Territory The
women will 60 to the polls on the, 9th of No
vember, vote, and await the result:' In New
Mexico thew. c. T: IT,; looks to the interestso
the Chinese, and in their work. they have {
good many lof the Mongoliaus converted L
Christianity and temperance. *
The union is in very hourishing condition
as the follow ng statement, furnished by Mrs
Buell., will show. There are 1871 unions with &
membership OF 1e4,s1a OF Loyal Legions, ar
outgrowth OF the unions, there are 8, az unioDs
with a, membership, Of. 1913, 74s- The secretar,
called this an OF year, because tho var,ou.
Legislatures have not met In Iowa The
Legislature has been petitioned to allow
women 10 vote. In North Carolina the w. c
T., U. urged the members to spread tho kin.
dergarten system among the people. The
work IN the Gulf States hos progressed favo.a
bly,; In Louisiana the work has been princ,,
pally among the school children. Tennessee
has lost her prohibitory constitutional amend
ment Utah is getting on her feet through the
system organized by Mrs. Burnett. and gains
have been large. ;, =. :. - '-'.S~'