The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1888-10-26
wo,nen IN tne Campaign.

anxious care over piles of documents; thirty
pairs of red lips pnckered into painstaking
perplexity, and thirty pairs of slender, deft
hands folding, FASTING, and directing thou
sands of circulars a day q quiet, slender
woman writing at a desk a gentleman with
the white rose button of the Prohibition
party in his lapel presiding-all in the
shadow of the big Prohibition banner on
Fourteenth street, at the headquarters of
the National Prohibition party.
"What are thew. c. 7. L. doing to help
the Prohibitionists - was asked by the re-
porter.
Gas an organization, nothing. They
send ont no campaign docu .nents, hire no
campaign orators, send in no contributions
of money. AS individuals, everything.
They give us their support, hearty coopera-
ton, money, write for us, speak for us, and
keep up a perpetual, never-ending cam
paign against intemperanee in the home,
society, church, State, and nation, which
works as surely for the Prohibition party
as it works against the Republican party,
and we are not the only ones who acknow-
ledge the power Of the 100000 women
crusaders. There are prominent Itepubli-
cans in this city who have refused to enter
tain the delegates to the Temperance Con-
v~ention, and admit that it is on account
of their prohibition principles. The ladies
of the National Republican Committee is
sue a document on Non partisanship i'll
Temperance Work, and are sending out
hundreds of them having printed in con-
splcuous scarlet letters on the cover the
words, Compliments of Mary A. Liver
more. This proceeding Mrs, Livermore
denounces publicly on every occasion, for
her earnest support is given to the Prohi-
bition party. The women who helped
make the glory of the Republican party
are fast coming over to our support, led
by Mary \. Livermore, who renowned her
lifelong allegiance to the Republicans last
year, and is occurring for us for $25 and $50
a night, though she never speaks on any
other subject than temperance for less than
500. Mrs. Helen M. Gouger, formerly a
radical supporter of the Republican party,
has been lccturing for us at her own ex-
pense, and so ably that her Republican
opponent, Anna NJ. Dickinson, was recall
cd, 50 effectually did Mrs. Gouger confute
| all her arguments. Mrs. Gouger has also
sent out in the State Of Indians some doz-
Ell or more speakers, at a cost Of 50, 900.
Mrs. Mary A. Lathrop, Miss Narcissa
White, of Pennsylvania Mrs. Clara Hoff-
man, Miss Frances e. Willard, Lille Dew
ereux Blake, and other wcll-known
lecturers are speaking for us at SO, $50
and $25 a night, though that is scarcely
half Their regular terms for lectures"
800 you think the woman orators are
more popular thar men, and more %infiuen-
tial in obtaining proselytes to the new polit-
ical creed?"
mo; the novelty of women orators
has worn off, and they are no more con-
vincing in their arguments than men, bnt
in every town, however remote, there is a
small auxiliary of the w. c. T. L., and
they interest themselves more readily to
obtain an audience for q woman than for a
man."
Mrs. Mary A. Burt, President of the New
York State w. G. r. t., said
eve are doing no campaign work except
that which we do during the entire year,
but we are in sympathy with the Prohibit
ton party, endorse its platform and accept
its candidates. The root of temperance is
prohibition, and we are Prohibitionists
first. last, and forever. We admire and
respect Mrs. Cleveland, and would like to
see her President, but we nave no con-
fdencc in her husband, or any of the other
candidates of the old parties, and hope the
time will come When n Prohibition Presi-
dent will preside over a temperance nation,'
''Now do many of the State societies
support You as loyalty"
eyes, every State and Territory in the
Union has a State temperance society, and
every State society except two is marching
under our banner. Iowa and Pennsylvania
are non-partisan, but in their societies will
be found a large element Of prohibition
sympathizers and workers. There is no
doubt that the Convention will be a scene
Of bitter strife over this very question. 1t
is no new dissension, but Il battle has been
fought at every Convention they have held,
each time leaving a smaller continent of
bipartisan women. This time the quar-
rel will be almost luaieIous, the majority
in our favor is 50
Zone very telling and unique manner in
which the White Ribbon Crusaders aid our
party is through the work done in connec-
ton with Il prize speaking contests, for which
Mr.. w. Jennings Demorest supplies the
medals. A public meeting is arranged at
which are recited prohibition selections by
q class of eight or more competitors, either
male OF female, aud less than 81 years of
age. The competitor to whom is awarded
the prize for general excellence receives a
silver medal, suitably inscribed and in a
morocco case. When eight or more con-
testants have received the silver medal they
can unite in a class to compete for a gold
medal. Those receiving gold medals may
compete for a larger gold medal, and they
in turn strive fer a diamond medal. Mr..
Demorest has given away / 800 of these
medals and has several WAGON loads mare