The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-11-13
LEADERS OF WOMEN.
Every w. G. r. &. Delegate .
Sunday school Teacher.
ZEAL IN PROHIBITION WORK.
whss Mr. mortsa Might Do-1the rsm-
peranee Ternpfs The Cigarette
FIce-csmmfttes Reports.

cHrcAGo. Nov. Elm the Woman
Christian Ter1 peranee Union this morning
the amendment 70 tie constitution forDid-
ding partisan political action eanIe mp on
motion for adoption and was argued ~
length. pro and con- Mrs. ]. Ellen roster
Of Iowa. In supporting the motion charged
the conyenfssn with partlszusEtp 10 ssTers-
ing Republican leaders. The motion was
s.eFeafed By heavy majority.
At the afternoon session MrI- G. Tie
snsnts, Of pennsylvania, read a paper On
Purity OF Literature and Art.p Mrs. T.
r. ingalls,, OF Missouri. spoke Oh 'sNsrcot-
ics. She treated particularly on the evil
effect ii cigarette smoking, and suggested
mat the best way 20 fight narcotics was 70
teach the children. Miss Gertrude Fergu-
son. "a Kentucky, read report on Flow
er Missions, written by Miss Jennie Cas-
siay. Of Kentucky. Miss Jennie smith, OF
Maryland, superintendent of railroad mis-
sion work, told what had been done
during the year
Mrs. s. A. McCless. OF New Jersey, read
. report d ..Soldiers and Sailors. she
announces that President Harrison had
Just sent ont an order foFbiddiag the saie
OF liquor by suffers. She coHlplimented
Generals sciioGseEd and Howard because Of
the example OF total abstinence they setfo
their Interiors. The convention adopted
vote Of thanks to the two generals. Mrs.
X. N. Peters read report OF the work
among iunbermen and miners.
With q view 10 ascertaining what sort OF
women we're present in convention, Miss
Willard asked all that had been school
teachers az any time 20 rise. OF the 40
delegates present $40 rose. All who had
been Sunday school feathers were asked TO
rise. and every delegate in the convention
rose.
General Clinton b. Fishe made q brief
speech. He said Vice President Morton Is
. good man 10 have on the prohibition
side. The party needed his fame and for
tune. General Fiske said he wesuld be glad
70 have Vice President Morton lead in the
reform movement, by taking steps TO have
the grog shop under the Senate chamber
abolished. General Fiske concluded with
q few sulogistic remarks about Mrs. Hayes.
Dr.. Kate Bushnell read report on Sab
bath Observance The memorial to be
presented to congress already has 69,0o0
signatures.
Rev. Annie II. Shaw. in report on the
franchise, said the cause of wtanan's SUI
frage had made great gains dnring the
year. Woman suffrage planka had been
placed Ia the constitutions OF Idaho and
North and South Dakota, ard defeated
only on technical grounds in the other
states. Mrs. Ada Bittenbender re-
ported on Legislation and Petitions. /"
MSs.I. b. Carse's report on the national
temperance temple 70 be erected in Chicago
af a cost of si.I00000. said that stock
A.. AxtA Ha4 Ill L..
subscribed.
Mrs. Rounds. president Of the Illinois
delegation. called the attention Of the con-
vention 10 notice Of an amendment which
she offered at the convection in New York
last yaar, % be voted on at this convention.
il read: "Afi state auxiliaries to the Ma
tionai union must subscribe 10 the total
abstinence pledge and to the constitution OF
the National union. and both states and In
dividuais be required TO respect all the
principles espoussd by the National
anion.p Mrs. Rounds said she would
withdraw this because il had been
nutlIated In printing in the record. and
aae announced The radical position Of the
Illinois union in the following resolution,
which was passed at the last state cosven-
ton by an almost unanimesss vote:
Re2otss4a 1nM We onco more degian. our
gratitude that the principle for which We com
hai - embodied In party platform. aAsi that
we win continue 60 lend our influence 70 that
party which promises protection 20 our homes.
and that We still maintain the position taken
last year. that Il Il the sense Of the Illinois W.
G. ]. T. that no menleer has . right from pub
lie platform % ansagonise It's policy. on de-
nounee The party 81 which our influence il
given.
Mrs. Caroline u. Buell. denied the state
ment that the membership of the national
organisation has decreased. She said il had
increased about a.00o members during the
past year, hassng her estimates on the
treasurer report