The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-11-10
yiee-presiaent Norton Oyerhauled.

CHICAGO, Nov. 9-The national cOpveD-
ton of the Woman's Christian Temperance
union resumed it's session this morning. A
telegram from Washington was read stat
ing that the bar room license issued to
Vice President Morton's hotel was in the
name of James X. Yernean, manager All
the other saloons were without license.
Mrs j. Ellen Foster of Iowa, anti Willard,
rose and said: Il would suggest that it
does not comport with the objects of the
WOman's Christian Temperance union to
make any suggestions to Vice-Presldent
Morton. Probably it IS necessary for him
to have bar in his hotel just as it is ne
| cessary for the Palmer house to have a bar,
just as it is necessary for the Woman's
| Christian Temperance union to have its
! headquarters in the Palmer house notWith-
standing it has its bar"
At this point Mrs. Foster was inter
rupted by storm of noes" Miss Willard,
! in the chair, said there was no motion be-
| fore the house and Mrs. Foster was out of
order.
do understand that 1 cannot have the
! floor to make my suggestionE' asked Mrs.
Foster.
Certainly you can have the floor Mrs.
Foster, but did not understand you had a
motion to make"
Then 1 viii go on, would suggest that
| it does not comport with the object of the
! Woman's Christian Temperance union to
make any suggestions to Vice-President
MortoE."
II think 1 viii ask the committee on
resolutions to prepare resolution to eX-
press the sentiment of the convention re-
! garding the saloon license taken out by our
Vice President said Miss Willard. I'VE
have information from Washington from
the best of sources that he has taken out a
license, and now we can express our
opinion"
The forenoon session was devoted to re-
ports of the national organizers.
At the afternoon session Mrs. Foster
arose to question of privilege. Il ask
PERMISSION SAID she. Ito read this tele-
gram which Ihave received from General
Ncttleton. 1t directly and positively con-
tradicts another telegram that has been
read here o-day, and | will ask to have it
placed on the record" Consent was
granted by the convention and Mrs. Foster
read as follows: Miss Wizards accusa-
ton against the Vice-President is without
shadow OF foundation. Mr., Morton
personally denounced the canard through
the newspapers last week."
Miss Willard was disposed to permit the
communication to go on the record, but be
fore the necessary consent of the conyen-
ton had been asked for, Mrs. Jones, a
Philadelphia delegate, arose and objected.
And what had our president 10 do with
that telegram from Judge Morton.n said
she. ''Is it not time that my heart should
fill with Indignation to hear our honored
officer charged with falsity! 1, for one, will
not vote to permit such u telegram to go on
the record
Mrs. Joaes' voice bristled with indigna-
ton as she spoke, and Immediately after
she finished there was an uDroarOUS an
plause which BODIED no encouragement for
Mrs. Foster
Mrs. Jones asked in an ironical way
whether the telegram was prompted by
some one of the convention, or was merely
happy thought of Mir. Nettleton.
Il will say" said Mrs. Foster, "that l
was completely surprised and delighted to
receive the telegram. In all likelihood it
was written by General Nettleton upon
reading the Associated Press report of
Miss Wizards address, and now l would
like to know who prompted that telegram
from Mr. Morton"
| Before this thrust could be returned some
one moved to lay the matter on the table
and the motion was carried by a tremend-
| Gus chorus of voices. A few minutes later
ex- Governor St. John, OF Kansas, was
ushered upon the platform and spoke on
re matter in controversy He said, in
bart: ut has been charged that Vice
President Morton is saloon keeper. That
| is not true. 1t has been charged that he
has taken out retail liquor license. That
| is not true. It has been stated saloon
| license has been issued for hotel owned
| by the Vice-President. That is not
true. Mr.. Morton finished fashion
able hotel and leased it to man
named Herman. Herman applied for