Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1890-01-24

just before closing, Mrs. Weeks
read letter dated Berlin, Germany,
from Mrs. Francis T.. Swift, last
years president Of the " 9. 4. u.
in which Mrs. Swift expressed her
| sympathy for the new society and
said that she desired to be identi-
fed with it.
THE AFTERNOON SESSION.
The afternoon began with de-
votional exercises, under the leader
ship of Mrs. S. j. Roberts, of Ches-
ter County. A committee from the
Prohibitory League, consisting of
Rev. DIR, A. j. Kynett, Captain W.
W. Wallace, and Horace Geiger,
were received, and their assertions
of cordial greeting given a unani-
nous vote of thanks. DR.. Kynett's
suggestion to put aside any spirit
of antagonism was received with
approval He closed by saying,
"We bid You God speed, so that it
will soon be seen that this is not a
schism, but a reinforcement" =" Sec
retary Stearns, of the National
Temperance Publ cation Society al
so spoke and conveyed greetings.
Telegrams of greeting were received
from Monmouth, Illinois, and from
Clarion, Pennsylvania. The scores
tary was instructed to answer all by
letter.
Mrs. Weeks theu presented
draught of the constitution which
was adopted, excepting the articles
relating to dues and to the state
convention meetings. The preamble
contained this declaration
believing that women's influence
in an organized force is indispens-
able to success in temperance work
and that to make it available it
must be divested Of the spirit Of
partisansIIip we, women OF Penn
sylvania, unite ourselves for non
partisan and non-scctarian christian
temperance work and establish the
following constitution for our GOV
ernment -
During the afternoon Mrs. w. A.
Heltshu of Lancaster said that as
soon as the w. G. r. u, debts were
paid she would come over to the
new association. Mrs. Campbell
when asked for an opinion declared
that it was honorable for any
member of the w. C, 7. T., to hand
in her name provided the resigna-
tion from the w, G. It. u, was sent
to that organization at the very
earliest opportunity. The roll COM
mittees were then appointed:
Resolutions; Mrs. II. c. Camp
bell, Mrs. 7. J. Ingham, Mrs. T. W.
Price, Mrs. NJ. X. Mcdowell, Mrs.
NJ A. Miller, Mrs. G. A. Douglass.
Plan>of-worE, Mrs. Z. NJ. Watson,
Mrs. II. S. Ellis, Mrs. ". p. Sax.
1t was TO vote for permanent Of
fcers at 10 o'clock this morning,
and the adjournment for the day
was taken.
THE EVENING MASS MEETING.
The evening mass meeting in
Chambers Presbyterian Church was
very sparsely attended. There was
an address by Rev. DR.. Mcintosh,
Of the First Presbyterian Church,
and Rev DR.. Young. Mrs. Weevil
sang several temperance solos which
was highly appreciated by the au,
dience.
Rev. DR.. Mcintosh refrained from
any direct criticism Of the ". G. T.
u, but spoke very enthusiastically
Of the possibilities and future Of the
new rganization. 1--WE want a
liberty of choice, The said. "There
have been many combinations in the
temperance movement, in all OF
which have more or less sympathy,
but there are times when one wants
to get rid of all ornaments and em~
bellishments and see the work ahead.
There fell shadow across the
hearts of not few when a decision
was made in the W. c. T. u, little
while ago to affiliate with q political
party. 1t was one of those mis-.
takes that was worse than defeat.
I hope you will rally round you the
thousands who have felt that they
could not cnscientiously follow
where the other organization led
Rev. DR.. Young followed with a
eulogy on the grand work that the
W. G. 7. u, had done, though he
deprecated the mistake they made
in "leayipg the legitimate field in
which they had won such victory"
During one of the solos by Mrs.
Wecvle a gentleman in the audience
sent word to the platform that he
wished to sign q total abstinence
pledge, and when one was written he
promptly signed it. The president
of the evening, in her closing words,
referred to this as, "the first fruits of
he now Ororooizo tion op1 on aarp. Ct