The Republican journal., 1888-11-01
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fiom Your Friend.
BENJAMIN +. MOVES.
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NOTES FROM TIIE RECENT NATIONAL Co>NES
ZION.
Miss Willard in her annual address. urge,
| the establishment by the State. of homes fo
| adult therapeutics. such as inrm inebriates
| victims OF tile tobacco. opium and chora
habits. She suggested that the convention asl
| for the appointment of Mrs. Elizabeth Thomp
/ >"H as one OF the peace commissioners to be
designated by the President. She discussed the
| political side Of temperance, condemning botl
the Republican and Democratic parties. ailt
| declaring the Prohibition party was the part,
10 support.
Sunday Rvy. Elizabeth W. Greenwood o
Brooklyn preached from Nehemiah: II an
doing a great work. an, cannot come down.
h;' sermon was devoted principally to th,
character of the work undertaken Nv the
W emcn> Christian Temperance | Inion and it.
influence upon the home and country. Theil
object. She said. was to build higher types OF
w"maniGo'i and ltanhooi. Eighty thousan,
hN""re> i'll a year had preceded the worst
revolution the world has ever seen. In 1Sa(
there was one divorce in every 100 marriage.
in toniociirlt. Now there is one In 10. hat
Is needed is the revival of home life Liquol
''f''t
| home. In san Francisco. out of population
of 800 ,0t). Size had been told that only - .O0(
attended church, Ihtre was in this country
l4.t6.' commercial travellers who arc women,
architects. chemists and a>>asi>tS. 2l36: pro
fe>>ionHi journalists, 2>S authors $40: artists
2f"i: pinfe N>ional musicians. l3,l>2: Govern
meat clerks, l9i: physicians and Surgeons
2l2; lawyers. -: ministers. lt.,: stock raiser>
2l6; farmers. Hi.>'H. and teachers 500.
The Wi>t>t and wiltic>t speech was that OF
Mi>. Fwi:@. who disputed MIR. VILLA N l.iakie'.
conclusion - TO the best form Of exercise for
women. Instead of the gymnasium trainn.
prescribed by Mr.. Hlakie. Mrs. Ewing a.
citrcd h"u~cW"rk to he the best exercise that
woman rpnlI possibly get. She claimed tha!
the affinity between badly baked bread ant
sour mash "hi>kcy was wonderfully close
and that the band of the poor cook paved the
road 10 the saloons. Mrs. Ewing closed hel
able address 10y telling the story of the usbant
whose wife was more devoted to fancy work
than 10 the Kitchen. ans! who remarked: Mn
'llrli;tE, what beautiful dinners we would ha, I
il tl.4y could only be crorhcted.'
Nil j. Miller. of New York City. delivered
IN address on .Ijow to Dress" She had never
Worn coi>et>. had discarded her petticoat and
Would net wear pcttroat> or cor,etS.
Miss Alice Gould. the Portland artist paint
ed an elegant banner for the National Women'>
Christian Temperance nion, which was pre-.
>tnted 10 the society Friday evening by Mrs
Elizabeth Thompson. OF Stamford. Conn. The
banner i 12X.4 inches in size of white silk
aAd bears the representation of the flags of all
| nations. thirty-iNe in number. Over the tor
in scroll is the motto of the National lnion.
"For God. for Home and Humanity. The
banner is mounted on Il gilt staff. with white
dove perched upon the sphere that surmount,
it.
At the close of the Convention Tuesday. oct
y Mrs. Iereltla W Waace. of Indiana. present
ed tie report of the Committee on Resolutions
| The resolutions favored Federal aid to public
schools, according 20 illiteracy; prohibition OF
the export OF LIQUOR to Africa and other unciy.
| Illzed countries; national legislation to sup.
press the liquor traffic, State laws having prov
| ed Insufficient, as shown by the Supreme Court
| decision allowing ori@ina, packages to be sent
| into prohibition States; abolition of the inter
| nal revenue system. which is a partnership il
crilnc; reattirm allegiance to the Prohibition
| party; declare that while members are free in
| private opinion and utterance regarding pol
| ltic>. yet the action OF the union in promising
| its influence to the party embodyiny prohb.
| ton principles @ives the organization a polio,
| which each member is bound in honor to re.
| >pert, and it is. therefore. the sense of the W
| {. /. L. that no member should speak publicly
| to antagoniZe said policy and any member do.
| ing 50 i di>oyal to the organization; favor
| woman outrage and indorSe the Blair EuIca.
| tional bill.
The resolutions We're all adopted as read. eX
| ccp1 the one referring to the Prohibition party
| which was laid aside until the report of the
| Committee on Protests and Memorials on that
| subject should be made.
| Much of the evening session was given up tc
airing the differences OF Mrs. Foster. of Iowa
ani Miss West editor of the Union Signal
| Finally resolution supporting the Prohibition
| party was adopted. and the convention all
| journea sine die
The Decline Of a Noble Organization
| 1t is always melancholy thing when an or
gan;zation, conceived with good purpose