The Indianapolis journal., 1890-04-24
WORKERS FOR TEMPERANCE
Union of Women that Has Its Beneficent
Organizations in Nearly Every Land.
est of Those Whose Aim Is to Protect
the Homes ard the Young.


filled. last night. at the meeting of the
Woman's Christian Temperance Union.
The occasion was q welcome to Miss Frances
T.. Willard. president of the National w.
{. L. u, and to raise money to enable the
association to carry forward it's work.
Mrs. II. w. Bond gave Scripture reading
and Mrs. Josephine r. Nichols, president
of the Indiana w. c. T. u. presided. In
presenting Miss Willard to the audience,
Mrs. Nichols made brief speech. "Our
motto" said she. 'is God. and home, and
native land. 1t is now in twenty countries
the emotto of the same organized motherhood.
/ have seen it at Paris in the exhibit
from Japan, in Japanese; in that from Siam,
in Siamese; in that from China. in Chinese.
i have seen it on the flag of Norway; have
seen it in French and Dutch. and from
Australia in both English and Maori. The
Woman's Christian Temperance Union has
introduced this magnificent sentiment into
all those countries. It's battalions would
make an immense army. / have seen the
tomb of Napoleon, and around that tomb
the trophies gained by him in the countries
with which he warred. These rottirg and
rotten ttle-fiags will all be gone before
many years The countries he conquered
were but . small part of the world COM
pared with that now taken possession of
by this organization of women waging
this peaceful war for God, and home. and
native land. The hosts led by General
Grant were not 30 numerous as the hosts
now now LED by a woman Joseph Cook once
known and best loved woman in America.
l have now the pleasure of introducing her
to you."
Miss Willard mildly disclaiming the COM
pliment, said at times she appeared to be
the best abused woman in America. There
are" she SAID. $50 many sides to this tenn
perance reform, a crystal flashing so many
lights from its many facets that one hardly
knows where to choose. Somebody. has
rolling stone that gathers no MOSS
but we retort that moss is not
that of which We are in pursuit, but mo
mentum. Faith is the great dynamic force.
believe more than l know, was
of the ship of Columbus out into the
dark sea in pursuit of an unknown c0nti-
nent. i believe more than know is what
sent Edison into the laboratory; Stanley
into the heart OF Africa, and brought him
Dark Continent Il believe moro than
know says this audience 1t is q case of
bringing Goals to Newcastle. You are all
converted as much as you can be. 1t is a
on such free conditions-just for
the asking. We are in the midst
of great battle. Mighty forces are NOV
ing and in the center is that choicest prod
uct of Christian civilization, the home. AS
! read the papers saturated with blood and
horror, the whizzing bullet and the knife
struck home. believe that drink is at the
bottom of most of the crimes. We may
put upon the saloon the practical sum
total of the disintegrating forces of the
land and the w. e. L. u. antagonizes all of
them. as we are here for the conservation
of the home. Some have said that we are
those who stir up strife and bring about
womanhood % 'nes Of the Nation a Yon know bet. bea
ter than that. The w. c. T. u. stands for
white life for man as well as
woman. for two not for one. 1t stands for
the credo: total abstinence must be given
for total abstinence, purity for purity"
MISS Willard went on to say tha6 it took
the organization twelve years from its
organization at Cleveland, in 1874, to come
to prohibition. She described meeting the
as they sat around a table. There" said
she said, was Ingalls, the man who an
nounced recently that the Decalogue and
Golden Rule had nothing to do with politics
Louis Scheide. the attorney of the brew
ers' congress, was there to speak on the
other side. Brother Scheide. who suppose
is of the Lutheran persuasion. and myself, OF
the Methodist persuasion. reached out and
| shook hands. He is for beer. for he came
from Germany. Perhaps he came to escape
| the draft. Louis Scheide made an argument
to the effect that vested interests must be
protected; that the brewers had put money
| in their business in good faith 1t came to
my mind that / had parallel argu
| ments. There seemed to come g
| vision to me in that beautiful
| room, and / told the Senators of those
| women whose names stand on our calendars
| of saints who have gone down into the
| valley of death and passed the ordeal Of
| motherhood. 1 asked if they were there
| for any other purpose SO holy and so true
as to protect the mothers and the homes OF
| the Republic. They did not answer. But
| said it was a true argument and we would
| take our case to a jury that is always il
| session, to the American voter. AS tn,
| mothers heart is more sacred than tn,
| brewers vat or the distiller's tank, we viii
be given prohibition. Itis coming neare
| all the time.n
| Rev. Dr.. J. A. Rondthaler spoke briefly
and Mr.. and Mrs. Dewitt Nay sung th,
! duet. 20 Morning Land" which was fol
4 lowed by the benediction, pronounced bl
| Rev. DR. Van Anda.
Miss Elizabeth Scovel, of Nashville, Tenn.
| private secretary of Miss Willard, gave
| Bible reading, at the Tabernacle Church
| yesterday afternoon, at the close of whicl
4 Miuc Uiilard cnnta np w IT ~ro-l~