Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1888-10-24
THE MORMON WOMEN.
Mrs. Angie Newman Says Their
Condition Is Terrible.
INTERESTING REPORTS.
The women's Convention in New York
Listens to the Accounts of Workers
In Various Fields-Among the
Indians-Onicers Reelected.

NEW DIRK, Oct 24.-Ihe NTH day OF the
convention of the National Woman's Chris
tian Temperance Union at the Metropolitan
opera house showed no diminution either in
attendance or interest. The body of the
house was well filled with delegates, and the
boxes and galleries contained large audi
ence. The vestibule and corridors of the
opera house are at all times filed with women
discussing the proceedings of the convention.
The proceedings, as usual, were begun with
the prayer meeting at $50 a. m., led by Mrs
Anna NJ. Palmer, of Iowa, and at 10 o'clock
the convention was called to order by Mrs
Caroline B. Buell. who presided in the tem-
porary absence of Miss Willard, who was
in attendance upon the executive committee
Reports were read by Mrs. Dr. T. p. Ste
venson, of Pennsylvania, on the status of
the Bible in the public school; Miss Helen L.
Hood, of Illinois, on railroad rates; Miss
Mary Allen West, of Illinois, on The Union
Signal, and George c. Hall, of Illinois, on
subscriptions to The Union Signal
Mrs Susannah Evaus Pech, of New York,
made her report on organixanizing in this
state, and Mrs. S. NJ Perkins, of Ohio, gave
her experience in organizing in Dakota She
spoke of the growth of the work in that ter
ritory.
Mrs, Mary B. Reese, of Washington Terri
tory, told of her pleasant experiences in the
work of organizing unions in the Indian ter
ritory, and the unexpected success she had
met among the Indian women. She declared
that there was less need of unions in that ter
ritory than most other places, as the Indians
were far more sober than the white people in
the territory In the six weeks she was there
she had not seen a drunken Indian. But she
saw plenty of drunken white men about the
United States military post.
Mrs. E. T. Scott, of New Jersey, reported
on work In Massachusetts, Mrs. S. H. Wash
ington, of Connecticut, on work in Pennsyl-
vania. Mrs. e. NJ. J. Decker, of New York,
reported, on her work. and then the white
ribbon quartette from Maine rendered Sc
lection. Miss Anna Z. Bussell, of New
Hampshire reported on her work in MisSis-
sippi among the negroes In that section of
the country the Women's Christian Temper
ance union is well known and its work ap-
preciated.
The chairman then introduced Samuel
Dickie the chairman of the national Prohi-
bition party campaign committee Mr..
Dickie brought message from the commit
tee asking that Miss Willard should become
a member of that committee The request
was greeted with cheers, and the convention
Mrs Caroline NJ Woodward, of Nebraska,
closed the reports with statement of the
work in the territories of Nebraska and
Wyoming. She declared that the great curse
of the United States army was rum. Officers
and men were at its mercy. The law of the
land should be invoked TO put an end to the
traffic among the soldiers, who were brave
men and true when sober, but everything un-
manly when under the insiduous influence Of
the dread enemy-whisky.
Mrs. Angie +. Newman, of Nebraska, chair
man of the department of work among Nor
mon women, was greeted with applause and
gave an interesting account of her
work among the Mormons. She drew
a terrible picture of the condition of
the women of the Mormon church,
and spoke of the establishment of a
Christian home for Mormon women, and
the appropriation of S4S 900 for its support
by congress Mrs. Newman was listened to
with the closest attention, and when the bell
rang that noted the expiration of the five
minutes allowed for the reading of the re-
ports, a storm of applause followed and con-
tinued until motion was made that Mrs.
Newman be allowed five minutes more to
finish her report In concluding, Mrs. New
man said:
Mormon women have come to me and
begged that their children might be saved
from the dens of hell that they themselves
were i'm
Mrs. Newman's report was the sensation of
the morning. She pleaded for more stringent
laws against the evils of Mormonisn.
Mrs. Willard was almost unanimously re-
elected president of the association, as were
all the other officers
They are Mrs c. B. Buell., of Chicago, sec
retary; Mrs. Mary Woodbridge, of Ohio, re-
cording secretary, and Mrs. Esther Pugh, of
Chicago, treasurer.