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her report on ''Press Work." which was &C.
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Inc committee on credentials reported
.nat there were present 226 delegates. and
tne convention proceeded to the election Of
oIhcers for the ensuing year. Miss Cornelia
M DOW In the chair. The same board as
last year was unanimously reelected. On
motion the election OF delegates To the
N@1ionai convention was postponed to this
| morning
Mrs. Thorp, president Of the Cambridge,
Mass, Union gave short address outlining
the work done by the Union Of that city,
and some Of their methods. They work there
for temperance, the word prohibition being
as distasteful in Massachusetts, as the word
abolition was before the war.
Rev. Mr.. Bayley, Of State st. church, Rev.
Mr.. Frost Of the Congress st. church. and
Rev. II. +. Jones of South Portland were In
troduced and made brief remarks.
A cOngratulatOry telegram was received
from the Grand Lodge, Of Good Templars.
now in session at Rockland, and a letter
from the Methodist Ministerial Conference
now in session at Dover, N. III.
Mr.. Baker, one Of the overseers OF the poor
Of this city, was introduced and spoke brief-
ly.
The report Of Mrs. II. F. CrOcker, Penn
broke. on "Unfermented Wine," brought
out the sad fact that many reformed man.
mas mad his appetite brought back IN all It's
strength by tire taste Of wine at the Lords
supper. Leaflets had been sent TO the
churches throughout the state by the local
unions, but with the exception Of the EDis-
copal churches only one, High street COngre-
gatiOnal OF this city, uses unfermented wine.
Good results are hoped for In the future. The
report was accepted.
Mrs n n Erouoh RAD a varv INF
report on Temperance Instruction In
Schools Of Higher Education" which was
accepted.
Miss Helen Moore, OF North Anson, said
few words on'behalf Of the Y's.
The exercises were interspersed with
music by thu quartette. aud Mrs. Ole Bull.
who Is guest Of the convention, played
with great expression Norwegian air on
the piano.
Last January a state paper called "The
Star OF the East" was started. The receipts
have oeen sufficient to meet all expenses.
There Is enough due for advertising TO pay
the expenses Incidental TO publishing the
next two numhers. Over 2700 numbers have
been published each month.
Entire receipts ,o49.l II
expenditures. lf1So4I
Balance. .................. ..........S S22.64
Remarks were made by Mr.. Sldelinger, w.
w. Perry and Miss Yates, Of New jersey,
W. Nh AANoASoeAA6 ANNAsoA VI Viz WOAA
abroad.
The meeting then adjourned.
Evening Session.
The exercises commenced with singing by
the quartette. Mrs. Hannah J. Bailey read
selections from the Scriptures and Mrs. Peas
lee Of Auburn offered prayer.
Mrs. Stevens introduced as the first speaker
OF the evening Miss Elizabeth Gates of
Round Pond, the State Lecturer of the w. Q.
T. u, on Franchise" who presented In
clear and logical phrases the social evolution
OF woman. The welfare Of the family and
the Interests Of home were discussed. With
the recognition Of woman's intellectual right
came moral responsibility. but she Jared as a
pauper-clOthes, food and medicine and what
money her husband chose to give her. This
has wrought great injury in the development
of woman. In the early days Of New Eng
land history the anecdote was related
OF one Hannah Dustin, who scalped five In
dians, and for her bravery the state Of Mas
saehusetts awarded her husband pension.
The government OF man Is by the
saloon, with the saloon and OF the saloon.
We are advancing with the upward trend.
We are coming swiftly 10 the age when
women shall have a voice in the govern
ment; when there will be mutual cooper
alton between man and woman.
Miss Gates's remarks were received with
great applause, and at their conclusion Mrs.
Ole Bull favored the audience with some in
strumental music.
Mrs. Frances Harper, OF Pennsylvania, re-
cited poem Of. her own composition, en-
titled Nothing and Something" She then
made few remarks, during which she said
that she lectured in this city some 35 years
age, at time when she dared not return to
her old home In Maryland. She said that
she had been invited to this con-
yention,. probably to give II color, bat asked
the ladies present, whether they were
for free trade or for protection that their de-
termination should be that women shall 20
up.
A collection was taken
Miss Lillian Phelps of st. GATHERINGS.
Ont, was next introduced and she spoke for
half an hour on the evils Of the liquor traffic,
going back to Egyptian mytholOgy-t0 the
sphynx, which has stood for 40 centuries,
grave, cold, immOyable, upon whose figure
Abraham gaz-d, and Moses gazed into its
stony eyes. Grave, cold, stony. cruel, the
most appalling structure, grown with the
Increase OF ages, not as fable, but as a
stern reality, stands the liquor traffic. The
drink habit Is cO-exlstent with the whole his
tory OF man. Today the saloon Is pitted
against the fireside. The love OF gain Is
back OF ilu0r traffic.
Ia tnat wonderful Declaration Of Indapen-
dence in the City of BrOtherly Love In 1776, a
compromise WAS Will LuG great evil Oh
slavery because slavery was declared not TO
be wrong In the essence, but iu the abuse,
and so the dividing line was Mason's and
Dixon's. The liquor traffic Of today says ii
IS not wrong In the essence, but IN the abuse.
There Is no Mason and DixOn's line TO d.
vide this evil, but all over the land, over
every land, IL has fun sweep. The weak
ness OF the license law to remedy the evil
was shown, and the speaker thought the
churches were in great measure RESPONSE
BILE that they had not taken hold OF this evil
and buried It, IL remained for the women to
begin the work, and the speaker detailed
what the w. Q. T. u have done and propose
to do. Notwithstanding the alarming statis-
tics that 100000 men are engaged In the bust
ness OF liquor selling, backed by a capital Of
$4,000, 900, the nation settled one grand issue,
and Miss Phelps believed that IL Is among
the possibilities toshaye this grander issue as
Rev. Dr. Blanchard pronounced the bene-
diction.
Today's Programme.
This will be the programme today:
MORNING.
9.00-Deyotional meeting. Conducted by Mrs.
Samuel Bunker, North Anson.
1000 Convention called to order.
1o.15-iepoTt oi eommittees On resolutions. Re
ports Of superintendents, continued. Re
formatory prison for women, Mrs. II. J.
Bailey, Winthrop. Franchise Mrs. Ann
r. Greeley, Ellsworth.
AFTERNOON.
2.3O-Devotional exercises.
3.OO-Convention called 10 order. Minutes Of
morning session. Reports OF superinten-
dents continued. Fairs, Mrs Susan
French, Auburn. Observance OF Sab
bath. Mrs. Hannah j. Bailey Winthrop.
Heredity, Mrs. J. M. Park, Presque Isle.
Cooperation with her societies, Mrs,
Nellie X. Sprague. Greene. Narcotics
Mrs. L. s. Wentworth, Dexter. Prison
work, Mrs. Harriet M. PhibEiek St Al
bans. Day Of Prayer, Mrs. G.. T. Page.
Houton. Music, Mrs. M. A. Bent Port,
land. Unfinished business.
EVENING.
7.3o-Musc, Serlnture reading, music
S.OO-Address. Subject: "Faet and FancyD
Mrs. Barney, Rhode Island.