The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-10-31

utes OF executive meeting and appointment
OF Committees on Credentials, Constitu-
tioa, Resolutions, Pages and Courtesy,
Mrs. J. II. Leedom, Pres't ofAtlantic City
w. C. 7. T.. gave a cordial address of well
come. and Mrs. VIM. Heisler, Pres't w.
C. T. T., of Pemberton. gave in behalf of
convention. a short, clear, beautiful re-
ponse. The annual address OF the Presi-
dent, Sarah J. G. Downs was then given
in that solid, practical, forcible way OF
hers. which always carries with it convinc-
ing facts, and to which all orr women pay
undivided attention. After preliminary
remarks. among other things she said,
Regarding the well-being oil the race,
they Oman and woman) must be co-work-
ers together. The time is
coming when the purer things shall live
and the base die"
A picture of the Temperance Temple to
be built in Chicago. the corner stone OF
which is to be laid nth mo. list. 80, the
assured accomplishment of which has been
brought about through the faith and work
of one little woman, Matilda 3. Carse,
adorned the wall at the presidents right.
| Here she related an incident interesting to
her women. In the days of uncertainty
when Mrs. Carse's ideas of contamination
were seriously MISUNDERSTANDING the
Temple-New Jersey had always stood at
her back with liberal contributions to this
building which will stand as a monument
to the christanized womahhood Of Ameri-
ca, and with a pat on her back they have
| said to her IN National Convention,
"Downsie, Cher pet name in the NationaD,
your New Jersey women are always good"
Touching words of eutogy on our depart
| ed brother, Clinton B. Fisk, were uttered.
| During the past year one hundred million
600. 000, 000) pages of literature was sent
| out from the Woman's Temperance Pub
| LEGATION Association, 1G1 LaSalle St., Chica-
go.
Mrs. Downs urged it upon her women
to learn to meet argument by argument,
Understandings: we must know the why's
| and wherefores and be able toexplain fully
for what we are working and praying.
q " So far as our work goes we are
undenominational AMI non-political in ev-
ery sense. = r We shall work for the
ballot for women. In speaking of her
years work to which all had listened so
%attentively. in closing her address she said,
errors haye been made doubtless, but
they have been of the head and not of the
heart"
The report Of the Corresponding Sec.
| Mrs. J. T. Ellis, of Newark, was next
w q IL ihS " 1so diObS III ~ eAb
| with a total membership of G 1857 and an
| honorary membership of 1,079; 3,423 mass
meetings nave been held during the year
| and S34, 71S. IS have been raised for State
work.
The report of the treasurer, Mrs. h. A.
Miekle, Millville, showed a total receipt
from the regular assessments OF 81 500. 90,
and an expenditure of$1. 610. IS. leaving a
balance in the treasury of $497.G1.
From the New Jersey Synod in session
in the First Presbyterian church, Atlantic
City. came Revs. Worthington, Bradley.
%lIoneyman. Thompson and Styles, and be-
side their words of greeting to the con-
v%ention, Invited the entire body to attend
the meeting of the Synod in the afternoon,
which was accepted with enthusiasm.
Reports of superintendent being next
in order, Mrs. T. w. Seabrook, Keyport,
Supt. Franchise, gave a report character
istic of the woman who had the subject in
hand, for if there is one woman in New
Jersey who believes taxation without
representation is tyranny" it is Mrs. Sea-
brook. And we'll she may, for with her
large bonded interests, upon which there
is so much tax to pay with nc voice in the
| government relative to these interests, it
is no wonder she is such an enthusiast on
this subject, and she says, too. if this sub
ject was properly understood it would be
differently received. And so we agree, for
turning back the pages of memory to
about 1885 we Der Theresa w. Sea
brook as standing almost alone in the w.
e.. T. L. State Convention upon this plank
of Franchise, but when a rising vote was
called for on the 23d inst, relative to the
adoption of a resolution endorsing this
measure, hardly a woman of the 2l0 del
| egates assembled remained seated, hut on
the contrary arose amid applause and wav-
ing Of the white flags (handkerchiefs) of
purity for politics. which Mrs. Seabrook
argues must be brought about through
Woman's Suffrage.
After noontide prayer the ladies walked
two-hy-two to Manhattan Cafe, South
Carolina avenue, where lunch was pre-
pared in abundance.
gathered and the devotions were led by
Mrs. Mary Grant Cramer, President of
Essex County W. C. T. U. Her Bible
reading was based on Psalms 39th chapter.
| She compared loyalty to kings to loyalty
to God. How prompt those have to be
who have an interview with royalty, not
a moment, a second behind time, but Dice
oersa. And if men TINS pay homage to
kings how much more prompt We ought
to be to God cur king, but how we keep
Him waiting for the homage that is due
Him, how patient and loving is He who is
King over all, how tenderly He receives
us if we will but come into His realm. In
this connection we must say more than a
passing word about Mary Grant Cramer.
Being a sister 10 the late Gen. U: S. Grant
is it any wonder that we who are admirers
OF his brave record should pause to do
homage To his sister, whose presence hon-
ored us in convention? Does any one ask
if her presence did us more honor thar
many, who have had less illustlious broth
ers? Probably not, only in SO far as her
own sweet womanliness, her own marked
earnestness. and her own close attentive
ness and inteiestedness in the work before
us excited our admiration, our honor, our
bond to better do His will. So lovingly
did she interpret the word of the Most
High King to Us on the afternoon of the
22d inst, that we can but class her as a
as a member of royalty, being truly one OF
the Kings daughters. The w. G. 4. U.
has in time past been termed a mutual adj
miration society, and We have been al
vised by wise heaGs to keep our impress
sions more to ourselves, but sometimes it
seems as though there would be items OF
too great interest omitted did we not tell
of some of the many lovely women we