The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-01-13
! MRS. FOSTER TALKS
Concerning the Iowa Holt from the W. O,

CONCERNING tho Iowa Holt from the W. {
T.u.--Whnt She Knows About that ..Mor
ton Bar" \ ltjlS
CnicAoo, Jan. lo.-Mra, J. Ellen Fos
ter, President Of the Iowa w. q. r.. u.
passed through Chicago today on he
way East, after having been in attend
ance upon special meeting Of III,
Executive Committee Of the Iowa w. @
and also the general mass mass conyen o,;;s
tion OF the temperance people from th,
entire State. lu IN interview she said
THE Iowa union, though \ technical,
auxiliary 10 they National Society Ia no
In harmony with the partisan policy o
the National Union and will at the ,iex
annual meeting sever its auxiliaryship
The lyicissitu1es OF the last Iowa elec
ton cause some apprehension amons
the prohibitionists that the State prohl,
bition law might be repealed. B There is
however, nc. responsible ground for this
apprehension. q ji;;,.il..4y355G A 5Gi
Ss"rho Republican party Is pledged by
platform and precedent to stand by tho
peoples will as declared In the adoption
Of the prohibition amendment. s The
election OF a Democratic Governor did
not turn on the question OF prohibition.
The transportation question OF a purely
local character determined the result, se n |.
1.-THE Republicans have still majority
In the Legislature, and sItbelieye a few
Democrats will be governed by their own
temperance principles and the wishes OF
their constituents to vote against the re-.
peal Eof the. law.2 The convention iust
adjourned was the largest and most en-.
thusiastic, OF any. ever held in the State y
will Senator: Allison be reelected p,
HE will. No man in the State is more
popular than he" 3s MS
~" How about the lShoreham kept by
Vice President Morton ?'' {tFis5i ~
~ have always opposed and still op.
pose the use and a sale ofintoxicating Il
quors in any place 5under any. condi.
tions. The finest hotel in the State, the
sayery House, Des Moines, has no bar
E"What are the real facts about Nor.
toms hotel ~ {1 5 s
81 have visited the Shoreham. There
is no bar. The proprietor, Mr. keenan,,
dld secure barroom license. He does
furnish, by the authority thus conferred,
liquors to bis guests at their meals. y. He
does not furnish liquor by the drink. 4, 1
saw his application for the license Nor.
toms name is not on it,
You consider the Shoreham then as
being conducted on correct temperance
principles r. 53s ss,y .SsTii5
at"Eyi no means. It IL an elegant fam
lly apartment house, and ilrst-cl.es in
The ordinary acceptation Of the term,
bnt 1t is not conducted on temperance
principles, mud Mr. Morton's eminent
position as "a Christian fgentlema and
broad philanthropist clearly illustrates
how much has yet to be omplished
before the temperance reform will have
done its work. !" 81
Womnn'a Christian Temperance Union. 4.
CulcAdo, Jan. El2.-The annual report
Of the National Woman's & Christian
Temperance Union for 1880, Just pub:
lished, Bhows a total membership for
1889 Of AZ, ,34S, a gain OF 8, sci over the
total paid i membership Of s1SsS.; This
does not include members who. for any
reason, have failed to pay their dues on
time, nor the large number Of unre-
ported unions, honorary members and
Loyal Temperance Legions which, to-
gether with the {l42,3 ,34S5 paid members,
make the total mcmbership and support
OF the W6man's Christian Temperance
Union at least; zoo, 900, and doubtless
nearer $50. 600. iS N e