The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-10-25

fom Africa. where MISS WILLARD.
Ms. Leavtt . now laborIng, to the wo-ld's
wine center and metropolis, the city OF Par:s.
She urged the establ shment by the State OF
homes TO-. adult incapables such as iafirm In.
ebr ates, ami victims OF the tobacco, opium
and choral habits whose conduct wears ont
valuable lives. The establishment OF p, cs
conferences s referred to. and NJ SIS Willard
suggested that e convent on as for the ap-
po ntment OF Mrs. FL zabeth Thompson as Que
or The ten peace commissioners TO be desig-
mated by the President.
She then discussed the political side OF tenn
perance. The Republican party, she said, ac-
coriing to the testimony OF the brewers had
done ali tn II had been asked for the brewing
interest. while the Democrat C party openly
espoused the / lquor traffic. THE candidates
OF the Prohibition party-that party which
women aud men W II tu Ia together the
party to support. The hour couli not be MO Q
propitious. Noriherners have lived to be eye
witncsse, 10 the fact that we have not gone 10
run uader ID 'mocratc Administered on and
Soutnerners-outs dc ofiice-seekers have Jared
equally we'll under Repub icans. Both pa I es
desire rectlticaton of the tar q . "a G ther
wants free trade neither favors clvil S.rv &c
refo IN TO any extent, and the only tai ssue
before us Nationally Is the quest on Of tn .
liquor trafllc.''
Mss Willard had no fear OF Nartiality n the
Tn ted States Supreme Court. She then
argued NJ length against the INJUSTICE OF the
disranchisement OF women ga nst whom man
commits or mes and fixes the unishment. In
tn she held there was no reason or justice.
On this question OF the ballot she dwelt ut
greater length than upon any otner and
quoted various high Judicial and ecclesiastical
authorities showing TINT women were uni ust-
~ treated In the matter OF suffrage.
At the bar ed council room doors OF the
church. she SAID. was where o woman had
made the least progress; but there, as else
where, enlightened wOmanhoOd will prevail.
The refusal OF The Merhod st Protestant con.
ference TO license women after ordalning them,
She said, was without just ce. and their treat
ment by these holy men was Gseourt
eous beyond parallel She said that q
new church organiza ion was under
consideration to which all could belong who
subscribed to the apes les creed and the triple
pledge OF total ab,t hence, anti-tobacco and
social purity In which men and women were to
be upon the sane terms OF perfect equal ty.
The name OF this organization, she So d. woul
be the Church Union. but she herself prayed
that III 5 step would be delayed four years ut
least in the hope that ministerial v.ews would
broaden.
The labor quests on was last touched urOn.
T.e knights OF Labor, Mss Willard 81 d, were
the most effic ent body in the In for the pro-
lection OF women II upheld wages and regu
lated tie hours or service 50 as 10 disband the
army Of tramps. The climax Of the labor
movement, she sad, would be reached when
workers ceased scofiing at the Bible and looked
upon IL as the book OF brotherhood.
After recess the ses sion was opcne
with prayer by Mrs. 3. Z. Achen ,oli, OF
Texas, followed by music. and Mra Caro-
line Buell. then read her report as secre.
tary, which was full Of gratifying infor-
nation Of I 9 progress Of the cause all
over the country.
Mrs. Buell. tegan her report by mentioning
the work OF tho cause in the New Engla d
States. Rhode Islar Il, in her opinion, has the
b st facil ties for enforcing the prohtbitory
law. ard the tuat on IN regard to the Kansas
injunction law also encouraging. The re-
ports in Pennsylvania, Ohio and Indiana
showed that there exists no cause to regret
the worS the Womcas Christian Tenn
Terance Union has performed there
The ASSOCIATION whose membsr belong
In Michigan have devoted good
deal OF I me in invest eating the pinery
horrors recently discovered there. Iowa has o
paper espcc ally devoted TO the temperance
movement. In the Pacific States there was
nothing ment o red in The reports OF any great
consequence. In Washington Territory the
women Will 60 TO the rolls on the 9th OF No
vcmber, vote. and await the result. In New
Mexico the w. c. 7. u. oks 70 the interests OF
the Chiresc. .nd IN their work they have a
good many OF the Monsoilaus converted 10
Christian ~ aud Il importance
The uni on is n very flou ishing conditG1
MS the follow ng state IN, n, furnished by Mrs.
Buell. will show. There are 37i unions with .
membership OF l6l..ia. OF Loyal Legions, an
ouigiowth Of the unions, there re S.i.s unioi s
with u mtmDe ship OF l63,7 ,7i3 The secretary
called this an on year, because the var Gus
Legislatures have not met In Iowa the
Legislature has been peitionei 10 allow
women 10 vote. In North Carolina the w. Z.
T. L. u ged the msmLers TO spread the kim
de-garten system among the people. The
work IN the Gulf States has progressed favora.
bly,. In Louisiana the WORK his been prime
pally among the school children TIE .nessee
has lost her prob bitory constitutional amend
ment Utah Is geit ng on her feet throu III the
sys iem organ zed by Mrs. Burnett, and gains
have haaa lar,