Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1889-11-23
THE " = T II
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rs National Convention Held In
Chicago
A Condensed Report of Its Work-Yiee
President Morton Denounced The Com
Neutien Adopts a Partisan Political
r1auk-toWs nclcsates >eceds.


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riare relation sort,1 OWL nro+na+ian :.
minors of hotb saves o.naoi,l1,. Mn.
purity in 1i+er,+,ro ma ort ,,
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She said that If eitbar tho po,pllioo,
or the namoeratic nantr ,,l,Ia ,,";
rynrlfy. nv st,fss or naff,naIrn a.
clare for Sunday c~1osinr nf s~a1oons Fl.
night closing Of saloons. or would adon
any other method of settinr the on
ginery Of the law against the saloor
rather than put an insurance Motley or
It's continuance. the w. c, r. L. would
go with them the full length of sucf
measure, As a method of raising the
revenue from vice high license is A suc.
cess, and it is equally SO as a life-insur
ancc policy on the saloon. IT. has se-
back the temperance cause ten wears. If
not a generation.
The colossal labor question looms M
more and moro: its co-relations with
the temperance question are BEING
candidly considered. and as the two
armies approach nearer to each other
they discover that uniforms and canon
ere curiouslv alike. It is bpinc nroved
that intcmperance is most prevalent
where the hours OF toll are LONG. he
cause oyerwork drives men to drinking.
hence the eight-hour law finds stradilv
more favor with our temperance noonle.
Less pioneer work than usual was
done last year and it was necessary TO
reorganize the departments of o~rrani2ers
If it is to accomplish all that is desired
Eyangolistic and Sunda y-sebooI work
had been carried on with yiror
and the temperance work among
the young was making progress.
The great movement in defense
Of Sabbath observance was being Ma
tionalizcd and a petition against Sunday
mails was recommended. Miss Willard
recommended that a protest should be
sent TO Vicc-president Morton for par.
hitting a saloon in his new hotel.
In conclusion She recommended peti-
lions against imnurn 1itor,turo osLirn
amendment to the Interstate Com
mcrce law prohibiting the bringinr of
into prohibition States, in favor
OF the Blair Educational bin and tho
Blair amendment. forbidding the MANN
+ ctnre of cigarettes and prohibiting
smoking in a Waiting-room and most.
and for various other purposes.
SECOND DAY.
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was started in the convention H., tho
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