The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1889-02-09
TO DESTROY THE W. c. t. U.
The Republican National Executive
Committee Declares the Noble Or.
ganization Must Go.


From the Voice.
Look st this fact. One of the
most potent agencies to- day in Ameri
ca to lift up, purify, ennoble the
whole people is the National Won
ans Christian Temperance Union,
with its Al departments of beneGcent
labor 1t is sacred for its works
sake, for the wonderful benefit that
it accomplished. In nearly all
the States and Territories it has Sc
cured the enactment of temperance
laws, and other laws, in the interest
of cleanness and purity; tens of
thousands of men are to-day sober
men because of the work of these
women; workingwomen and working.
men are helped, burdens have been,
lightened on countless shoulders,
homes there are almost everywhere
that have been made happy by them.
And now these noble women are ex-
tending their Christian organization
into other lands to the unspeakable
JOY of many.
But listen: The greatest and
noblest organization of women that
the world has ever seen is now com.
PEELED to fight battle for its life
A decree of destruction has been pro.
nounced against it. BY whomY 1t
is to be destroyed by the help, un-
consciously yet effectively given, of
preachers and Christian men and
Christian women! rs thy servant
a dog that he should do this thing?'
Be patient, and hear u.s. We are
not speaking at random. The lead
ers of the Republican National Com.
mittee have determined upon the de-
struction of this great organization.
Why have these men-these men
who officially represent the Re-
publican party, which has in it hun
dreds of thousands of Christian poo
ple-resolved to overthrow so wonder.
fully beneficent an organization as
the W. c. T. u. What is the awful
crime that it has committed that its
life is sought? This: 1t declared
that it would endorse any or all par
tieular parties that would declare
for the principles of Prohibition. The
Prohibition party so declared. and
these women endorsed that party,
but hold themselves ready to indorse
the Republican party when it places
itself on this platform. This is the
head and front of its offending, and
for this it, with its Al departments
of world wide helpful work, is decreed
to death!
Another point: These Repubi
can leaders-Messrs. Quay, Dudley,
and Clarkson-have engaged we'll
known lady, with band of organ
lied workers under her, to cary into
execution their decree against the
w. c. L. U. You cannot believe it?
Yet it is a fact. Some thousand
dollars were paid her at one time in
the last few weeks by these men, and
to-day she is under salary to their
Com mittee. Her work is to be
against the w. c. T. L., a work that
would be harmless were it not backed
by the immense treasury and ma
chinery the Republican National
Committee and the thousands of pa
pers that are all ready to do their
bidding. Already, in carrying out
this plan, this woman, throughSthe
Chairman of the Republican County
Committees in the different States,
is gathering the names and postotlice
addresses of members of the local
w. c. Z, US who are are likely to be
brought into sympathy with her pur-
pose Then these women are piled
with circulars which skillfully lead
suspicion against the w. c. L. U.
and to revolt. And all this is done
in the interest of non-partisanship.
And who pays the bills for this mon
partisan work of undermining that
glorious Christian organization the
w. c. L. Up The bills are paid by
those eminent Christian non partisan
patriots, Quay, Dudley and Clark
sonf
Yet in 1883, prior to the election
that year of Miss Willard, Mrs. Eos
ter favored the w. G. I. U. doing
what she now SO utterly condemns
it for having done Said she, urg
ing temperance women to stand for
any party that stood for prohibition:
an some instances this will lead
women contrary to their otherwise
political preferences ;but, since we
believe the subject of the prohibition
of the liquor traffic to be of para
mount Importance, we are justified
in SO doing. n n Do not be
afraid of the charge of partisanship.
# God forbid that any tenn
perance woman should, with doubt
or discord, weaken the strain or cause
the time to drag"
Yes, God forbid it; and we believe
that God will forbid it through an
aroused Christian public indigna-
ton.