Evening journal., 1889-11-13
W. C. T.U. LADIES AT WAR
A Non-Partisan Amendment
Stirs Up the Convention.
MRs.FOsTER SPEAKS IN ITS FAyOH

Kisses, cirsers. Protests and Applause
Greet the Speaker. who Was Choking
with Emoslon The Party Thas the
Union VIII Give ia Support.
CHICAGO, Nor. l8.--In the W. G. r.. ".
convention proposed amendment to the
constitution TO the effect that the unions
objects shall be ito Institute, u unity OF
Christian women Of tie nation in nom
sectarian and non-pHrtisan temperance work
Cor ths reformation Of the intsmpernte and
the ed'acation Of the public sentiment ia ba-
half OF total abstineace and tho prohibition
Of liqunr, tho development Of purity, this
suppression Of vice and crime. and the edu.
cation OF the masses in the dsities aud re-
sponsibilities Of citizenship was lost.
Mrs Fosters Sensational speech.
10 was evident from the commencement OF
the discussion that tho feeling u the con
veation WAS overwhelmingly against ths
proposed amendment Many Of the dele
gates in opposing it characterized it as a ro-
hection upon tho previous course OF this
w. G. I. Z. and It's previous claims to nom
partisanship Mrs Foster, of Iowa, whc
favored the amendment, made a nsationai
speech which was frequently interrupted by
hisses and words Of disapprovnl, although
applauded at some points
Choking with emotion as she waved her
arms she declared the organization 10 be
partisan, inasmuch as il had given prefer.
ence aRd allegiance and support to ons
party. Upon this platform, she said, tha
sentiment had been npplauded by this great
body Of women that non-partisan meant Re-
publican, and from this platfornrtne names
of honored men In tho Republican party had
been derided This statement was followed
by a perfect storm Of protests, and ths
speaker was hissed loudly. It was an injus-
tiee, said the speaker, that any woman
should he compelled TO submit TO tie in
yasion Of her political preferences at the
will OF a majority
The Amendment Defeated
A vote was. then taken on the amendment.
and il was defeated by tho votes Of the great
bulk Of the delegates, only the Ohio delegar
tion, aud probably forty other delegates.
voting in its favor. In thsaiternoon a num-
her OF interesting addresses and reports were
read
Mrs. s. A. MeClecs, OF New Jersey, who
read o. report on Soldiers aud sailors, an
nounoad that President Harrison had just
sent out an crdsr fofbidding tho sale OF
liquor by suffers IN military camps The
convention adopted "a vote Of thanks 70
Gems Schoheldand Howard for the example
of total ahstinnnce sot by them for their
| subordinates.
In the evening the majority report from
the committee on resolutions was presented
70 the convention. Touching the non-par
tisau question, it reads as follows:
The Party tha Convention win Favor.
I'VE believe % is vital to the temperance
reform that the principle Of prohibition b
made the dominant issue in American poll
tics We, therefore, give our approval to
chat party anly which declares in its plat
form for prohibition in state and nation
and stands in action for is application q
/ law
A minority report was brought in by Mrs
Matte Bailey, OF Iowa, which declared Il
unjust and unwise for the organization t.
pledge its inluenco ON allegiance to any po
litical party but It received only the votes
Of the Iowa delegates. The majority report
vas adopted by an almost unanimous vote