Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-11-12

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| high license his act was consistent. Miss
Willard was chosen President without oppo.
sition.
CHICAGO, November 1.-THE opponents
of Miss Willard did not make any particu-
lar effort to-day to defeat her election as
President of the National W. G. T. o., be-
cause they knew it was hopeless. Of the
1853 delegates authorized to vote, LAT were
ex-oficio delegates appointed by Miss
Willard's Executive Committee. When
the informal ballot was counted 430 of the
ballots bore Miss Willard's name. Beside
the nine votes cast for Mrs. Foster, there
were a number of blank ballots and several
ballots cast for Mrs. Mary II. Hunt, of
Boston, and for Mrs. Woodbridge, the
national secretary.
A motion was made and seconded to elect
by directing the secretary to cast the ballot
of the convention for Miss Willard. This
motion was carried by a rising vote, only
the members of the Iowa delegation and
rev of the delegates from Vermont and
Pennsylvania remaining seated.
AN ENTHUSIASTIC GREETING.
Mrs. Mary T. Burt, of New York, tenn
porary chairman of the convention, announ-
ced the election of Miss Willard, and ap-
pointed four ladies, one each from the North,
South, East and West, to escort her to the
platform. She was greeted with an enthu-
siastic reception, almost the entire audience
rising and every woman waving handker-
chief
Miss Willard said that she had been told
about the vote and was sure that many ladies
had voted for her who were not il entire
sympathy with her methods. She took this
to mean that they expected her to try to
keep peace. She said she would try in
every way to keep peace, yet standing true
to the light that shines upon the W. c. 7.
q. She felt that she was put under blessed
restraint by what had been done. She was
glad the orchestra had played Home,
Sweet Home" as she was coming on the
platform because that was really the anthem
of the white ribbon.
A few reports from department superin-
tendents were read and further election of
officers was deferred.
MoRToN'S LICENSE COMES UP.
There was another brief spat over the
Morton saloon license question at the after
noon session. One of the delegates had tel
egram from some one in the East, reasserting
the statement that the license for the bar
room was taken out by Mr.. Morton's man-
ager. Mrs Hiffman rose to speak, but Mrs.
o. G. Wallace shut off further discussion by
the introduction of this resolution:
Inasmuch as Vice President Morton occupies
second position in authority in an administra-
tion that favors the policy of high license.
move that the whole matter be dismissed from
the consideration of the convention, as he
could not have done otherwise without rebuk-
ing the policy of the party.
This was adopted. Senator Blair, of New
Hampshire, delivered an address. The cleo
tion of officers was then taken up. Mrs.
Caroline B. Buell. was reelected Core
spending Secretary, and Mrs. Mary A.
Woodbridge, Recording Secretary; Mrs. L.
M. N. Stevens, Assistant Recording Secre-
tary. and Miss Esther Pugh. Treasurer.
MISS wILLARD'S GENEROUS GIFT.
AT the conclusion of prayer meeting. Miss
Willard said that from the sale of her book,
"Glimpses of Fifty Years." there remains
due her balance of s., 800, which she would
donate to the Woman's Christian Temper
ance Union. Great applause followed, con-
tinuing until Miss Pugh called for order,
and moved that the convention should not
accept this money that Miss Willard had
earned by her own hard work. The motion
was seconded, but Miss Willard refused to
put it to the house. Miss Wlllard's gift is
one of the largest ever rendered the society.
MRS. mary hunL spoke on Jne temperance
work in the colleges, and said the college
department of the society was about to ad-
dress letters to the faculties and Presidents
of American colleges. asking them to forbid
the drinking of wine and liquors at class
banquets and college suppers.
A SPEECH BY PROF. DIcKEY.
Mrs. Forbes read the report of the
Women's Temperance Publication Associa-
ton, which did business of $163, 900 last
year. Prof. Dickey, Chairman of the
National Committee of the Prohibition
party, spoke briefly about his belief in
prohibition and woman's ballot and the
Women's Christian Temperance Union.
Mesdames Carhart and Potter, fraternal
delegates from the Home Missionary
Society of the M. E. Church, urged con-
certed action.
Mrs. Bradley. of London, representing
the White Cross and White Shield |
societies, described the work in England. !
A number of other brief addresses were
made, among them one by Mrs. Laura |
the Quakeress, who is 80 years
old and is still working for temperance.