Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-07-03
A Correction and Explanation.
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To tie Editor Of he REGISTER:
l desire to correct q misleading state
ment made by your reporter in regard to
the resolution of the State Convention OF
the Woman's Christian Temperance Union
in reference to political parties. The reso-
luton reads as follows:
Resolred, That we work in every right
cons way and with all, who will co-ope-
rate with rs for the ratification Of
the Prohibition Amendment aud
as Constitutional Amendment,
10 be effective, must have q favorable po-
litical force back of it to enforce 1t; so we
declare our allegiance to the National W.
c. T. U and give our sympathy to that
party which declares for the Home and
against the saloon"
The resolution does not 'promise its aid
to nor recognize the third party as an I'M
oortant fsctOr for the success of the Amend
ment," as stated by your correspondent.
Ii proposes to work with air. for
the Amendment, and our past record
in this regard, is our pledge OF fidelity II
| the future.
II those who shall be found actively
eugs ged in working for the Amendment
belong mainly to the Prohibition party,
that will be no fault Of the Woman's Chris
tian Temperance Union. Theactlon OF the
convention did commit the sympathies OF
the State Union TO that party, which
declares for the Home and against the
Saloon"
Ii il true the admission of those who op,
nosed the resolution fixed upon the Profit
Sition party alone this declaration OF pur-
pose.
The logic of our creed commits our
organization to such political force,
whether we affirm it by specific resolu-
tions or not To deny this, Is to be
illogical or disloyal. ,.
II that party be- indeed the Prohibition
party, and if it he true that neither the
Republicsn nor Democratic party declares
for the protection Of the home against the
saloon, can the Womsn's Christian Tenn
nsrsnee Union, in either righteousness or
reason, withhold its sympathy from the
one or its condemnation from the Others?
The oppcsers of the resolution did not
disclaim sympathy with such party, but
protested sgainst its open declaration on
the ground that such utterances would De
"impolitic."
while the policy Of the action may be
criticized, it's consistency, and its rights are
ununestionable.
OF course this resolution will be seized
by the secret enemies of prohibition, and
forged into Damascus blade, with which
TO thrust the womsn's Christian Temper
anee Union and the Amendment through.
Let those who WELD il beware lest the
rebounding blade, wound unto death the
. political party in whose defense it is used,
The mission Of the Woman's Christian
Temperance Union is not simply to secure
the ratification of the amendment. LII
purposes are broader, comprehendInl
eyery endeavor for the uplifting Of human
: ity, from tho cradle to the grave, reaching
into the future until it touches the borders
of the Millennium.
The Amendment campaign Is but ont
Of the directions into which it is centerinl
= it's tireless energies.
II will ever in the future, as it has II
the past, stand shoulder to shoulder will
every individual, every organization
every political party that works for tn
amendment and stands for the home
ard against the saloons of West Virginia
In consistency, in righteousness, 1t Cal
do no other.
: Yours for truth and fairness,
JANE A. JOHNSON,
President State W. G. 7. U.