, 1889-11-10
A LITTLE TROUBLE.
The Second Days Session of
the W. C. T. O.
A Telegram Concerning Vice
President Morton's Saloon.
Mrs. Foster Stirs Up Quite a
Little Row.

CHICAGO, Nov. 9.-The national con-
vention OF the Woman's Christian Tenn
perance Union resumed its session this
morning. A telegram from Washington
was read, stating that the barroom license
was issued to Vice President Morton's
hotel in the name of James X. Herman,
the manager. All other saloons are with
out license.
Mrs. Ellen Foster OF Iowa, the
who represents the non-partisan element
of the Woman's Christian Temperance
Union. arose and said:
II wish to say that there is such a thing
as a necessity for the national Woman's
Christian Temperance Union. Now. this
session has its quarters at the Palmer
house. The Palmer house has a bar. 1t
probably has a bar within its walls be-
cause it is q necessity. The Woman's
Christian Temperance Union probably
has its headquarters at a hotel where
there is a bar because it is a necessity.
We must also recognize the fact that Vice
President Morton has a bar in his new
hotel. 1t is a necessity"
At this point Mrs. Foster was inter
rupted by a storm OF noes" Miss Will
lard in the chair said there was no motion
before the house and Mrs. Foster was out
of order.
DO | understand that | emit have the
floor to make my SUGGESTION asked Mrs.
Foster.
Certainly you can have the floor Mrs.
Foster, but did not understand you had
a motion to make"
Then l will go on. ] would suggest
that 1t does not comport with the object
of the Women's Christian Temerance
Union to make any suggestions to Vice
President Morton" said Mrs. Foster.
The forenoon session was devoted to
reports of national organizers.
At the afternoon session Mrs. Foster
arose to a question OF privilege. Il ask
permission, " said she, ITO read this tele-
Nettleton. 1t directly and positively COLI
tradicts the telegram that has been read
here to-day. l will ask to have it put on
record" Consent was granted by the
convention and Mrs. Foster read as fol-
lows:
Miss Wizards accusation against the
vice president is without q shadow of
foundation. Mr.. Morton personally de-
nounced the canard through the news
papers"
Miss Willard was disposed TO permit
the communication to go on record. but
before the necessary consent OF the con-
vention had been asked. Mrs. Jones, the
Philadelphia delegate. arose and objected.
She SAID: lis it not time that my heart
should be filed with indignation to hear
our honored officer charged with ~falsity.
Tor one will not vote to permit such a
telegram to go on record"
Some one moved to lay the matter on
the table, and tie motion was carried by
q tremendous cheer of voices. A few
minutes later Ex-Governor St. John, of
Kansas, was ushered upon the platform
and spoke on the matter in controversy.
He said in part: 1T has been charged
that Vice President Morton Is a saloon
keeper. That is not true. 1t has
been charged that he has taken
out a retail liquor license. That is not
true. 1t has been stated that a saloon
license has been issued for a hotel owned
BY the vice president. That is true.
Morton finished a fashionable hotel and
leased it to a man named Herman. Ker-
nan applied for a license. He had to get
the consent of the property owners on
each eide. and they were Vice President
Morton and John r. Mclean Vice
President Morton was the first one to
consent that hquor should be sold in the
new hotel.
Those are the facts. and if he had
loved country, God and humanity as a
man occupying such an exalted position
should. he would never have signed that
application. He would have forbidden
sale of liquor in his hotel"
The remainder of the afternoon was
given up to the reading of various reports.