Telegram-herald., 1889-05-17
~ eniag session.

A very lar k audience greeted the
"a. e. +. L. Ast night al the closing
session ol their county institute. Amer
SINGING hy4 an and the offering Of
prayer bY Rev. , /. Buell.. and q slol.n
solo by Ms Nellie Udell, the speaker
Oi Ihe evening, Mrs. Mary ! Latnrop,
Mas introduced by the president, Ms
A. :, Benjamin.
Ars- Lalhrop, IN opening heI lecture
spoke Of the opposition 70 the Lfsi
eItOrts toward the higher education ef
women. The great change has taken
place suddenly only. IL the past forty
years, up Ia the time Of The waF, the
fathers, husband and brothers had
taken care Of the women Of America
bat the American women lifted them
selves when Sumpter vas nfed on, and
behind the army which went % The
front stood 81 nobler army OF women
who scraped Int aud prepared bandases
for the wounded.
She nkeneA the saloon and EVIL Of
liquor 10 a serpent eolied M The path
way of the nation. The ". c. T. l..
started out 10 kill tins snake. They
I'D not wish 10 drive the snake into
and think that there was no danger OF
us biting their children. They did not
set out 10 drive II out into their neigh
bOr's yard by local option. They did
not think that they could capture II
with golden chains, and then call u
very good, but high-llcensed snake, but
they started out to Kill II and they
stand on that platform today.
ha
several times in the White House, and
moves in very good society. The w {.
L. L. paper Is printed IN building once
used as wine cellar. The central W
c. I. L., of Chicago, furnish az fine a
lunch as can be had III that city, II
room that was once saloon. The sa-
looms have had 10 move out OF thelr
way.
At this point she branched out INTO
the political hopes OF the W. I. /. l:
She SAID that women We're not political
actors, but they were political thinkers.
Women had two rights, one TO be taxed
without being represented, and the
other 10 be hanged without being tired
10y jury of women. They could not
stand still and not take issue with men
who pass laws 10 license one man 10
ruin another.
1t took woman twelve years 10 learn
that the first push which the drunkard
gets INTO hell Is the ballot IN the hands
of the clean, nice, Chr stan voters OF
the country who stand upon whisky
political platform.
Men nave had the earth for long
time, but they must move along and
make room for the thoughts of women.
III. 4 L.. 10
for man if il were not for women. But
woman is here 10 stay It'll prohibition
or eternity"
In the early days Of the country the
saloon was unknown; liquors was soldln
stores in connection with other busi-
ness, and II is only IN the last few years
that that evil has had 10 bee looked to.
High license j. an old one, not a new
thing, as "the wonderful Legislature al
Lansing this Spring would have people
| think
"The saloon is place where a man
cannot stay an hour and come out
quite the man he went in. 1t is place
| that unfits a man TO he the husband OF
virtuous woman and the father Of
pure blooded, sound lmbed children.
! il is the place where the criminal whets
his courage and his knife for his crime,
and then finds hiding when the deed Is
! done"
She showed the power of the saloon
| in politics, and termed 1t the bramhle
! bush on the thorn of American p0ll-
! tics. High license viii not help the
/ matter. 1t lessons the number of sa-
! looms, but not the amount OF hquoT
| consumed. She would rather have
| free whisky and let the evil 90 on than
| 10 have the COnscIences of good men
debauched by supporting high license
law. She read some figures showing
that in PENNSYLVANIA under high license
| more arrests for drunkennC,s were
made IN year than under a
! low license. The reason Is that IN low
| ering the number of saloons the saloon
community j. doubled-that D., the 81
| loon cronies in the many saloons are
| collected IN the few remaining saloon.
under the high license, making a larger
crowd 10 treat and he treated.
She closed with showing the danger
of compromising with great evil Tie
people tired - compromise with
slavery. and the war resulted. )
punishment 20 both North and south
She termed the centennial of April 50
bacnanalian revel, which was solemn
ized by the religious services held n
the churches IN the morning oi thai
day.
Mrs. Dangel spoke briefly, and asked
for a liberal COLLECTION, winch va
gwen. A vocal solo by Or. ". II. Ros
/ closed the exercises.