The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-11-09
THEY WANT A WEDDING
Members Of the W. c. T. U. Who are
Anxious to Tie to the Third Party.
They ARE o" the MsJorisy. hut ~ s- Feared
the I"io0 viii suffer tf the step
O.. Fnshu~in.t.c
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convention OF the National wouan's
Christian temperance union met here to-
day with 40 ar 800 delegates present from
all parts of the country. The morning
sessiou devoted to reading Of scrip
lures and papers.
The majority of the. convention are
strongly in favor of an alliance with the
i..sy TO- ask IN. n,,i,. . "S ,i,e % m;rori,x @,x
who believe i'm uorl-Istrtisan action. liz
the Iowa union witlsir.sws the breach will
ncers claimed ten thousand los.;,l unions
with a membership of aD.GO. To-day the
official report showed ..UD los.ai unions
with n membership of l32.2sA. Among the
number which has Withdrawn are such
unions at Minneapolis. Cleveland AMI
Chester county. Pa, the latter comprising
sD unions. such startling figures disturb
the cpuinimity of the organization and
this evident dis,ifcctiou has made a
This afternoons session was devoted to
business of the union. The usual com
nlittcrs were appointed and reports from
tire executive committcc, treasurer and
other officers read. Miss Francis T.. Will
lard. president of the society delivered
her annual address fortnight. In begin
ming she said patriotism lad always been
part of her religion. aud continued: "Gou
are ia Chicago. The troIiin murder trial
ed and the red flag of the commune APP
plaWl"d not far from here hut
"a few weeks ago. I'll" experiment
of free government in our large towns
and cities is "a failure. loudly confessed by
men themselves, and the REASONS for the
monen,ai .; , Sa,as,rohhe ] & are Very ,.r",.;
stcsAsiily ticterioratcd i'm proportion as i,
thosisand anarchists among us. The cnor-
mosis accommodations of capital.
corporate c"'nbinati"n- and the
oar wage workers uneasy. Note the,
sullen look on griny faces in mime and
inanufactory aud on the streets; Read
ltalk M lsl
wcll-tosio Americans are not asleep on
the edge of Volcano"
Turning to politics. Miss Willard said
.'Ict II never be forgotten that W" who AR,
| here represent IL national movement
| Note the political signs of proIniS., along
we see two great old war ships
| batterilg each other the high seas
Of. prcsi:ientia. sd co'npaign. We see that
! gliipring prizes 81 personal ambition en-.
| gage them altogether. while INTO view
| launched ou "a wave. The shin, * prohi.
| btion, the wave humanity. bonn.l.ss ami
free. Are We afraid to send our blessing
| ont after that ship across th" stormy
| water, ar to ask heavens blessing on III.
| brave men who died for its destiny: Nay
sins %s @ slim, iD" or ils, ;r, ,Irtive ,h or per
| that shall never call retreat.
Miss Willard r.con,n'nde.l that they
I ask congress to- pass AN amendment To TIA.
Interstate law prohibiting the bringing al
alcoholic liquors into "A prohibition state
also that they work for the Blair csliica
| tional bill and the Blair prohihitor,
| amendment to- the national constitution
! aud for "a law forbi,lsling the manufacture
of cigarettes and one against smoking il
! waiting rooms ami possibilities. She sais
| the thanks of the convention were due
! President Harrison for directing tina
| no liquor bc sold rcscrva
tions i'm Washington; to Secretary Wan
! atnal>er for his pronounced d.rlarati'n
i'm favor of prohibition and Sabbath ob
| servations. and added: "bur protcs
| should bc sent To Nic..-Prcsislcut Mortot
| for permitting "a saloon under his new
! hotel. II was well known that th" vice
! president was am enemy Of prohibition
but that lac would thus outrage Christian
! sentiment 10y "a personal alliance with th'
liquor ira fife no one would believe. but fo
| the indie spItiblr proof" In conclusion
Miss Willard paid am eloquent tribut" q
| tli.. memory of ia" lat" Mrs. Hayes. au'
| =, fcrring to the prominence Of that ia,i.
aud the. cN-pr'~i,l.ut in til" temperance
| movement. said: Total ah-tiucnc. n"v"
| had such standard hearers as this nobl
| pair