St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-02-10
A Little Late, Perhaps, but
1t Makes Good Read
ing.
An Ohio Delegate Fights the
w. T. c. u. Battle Over
Again.
Miss Frances Willard De-
Tended Against "Intem-
perance Of Speech

days ago. containing an address" from
| the pen of Mrs. L. D. Walker, Since
''the widest circulation will be given
the document" will not the publishers
of the GLOBE receive tine honest con-
victions of a friend to the cause of tenn
perance, who was present at the ma
tional convention and heard all the pro-
ceedings from very different stand
point than is expressed in "Sober
Afterthoughts Concerning the Chicago
Convention? Through our observation
we learned that the key uote from be-
ginning to end was the givingof self
to prayerful spirit. and the recogni
ton of, and yielding to the power of
the Holy Spirit. Every noOntide hour,
even the midnight one when Mrs. FOs-
ter and her adherents left Battery D,
the indwelling spirit of the Holy Ghost
seemed to brood over the WOmen'S
Christian Temperance union. There
could have been nothing said or done
to cause surprise, perpleXity, or grief''
until the subject of Vice Presidents
M0rtOn's apartment house in WASH
ington was discussed. Mrs. Hoffman
asked permission to read report from
Terre Haute, Ind, the purpOrt of which
was that the liquor dealers association
OF that place, in recognition of Mr.. Nor
ton being engaged in the same bust
ness, had made him an honorary men,
Der of their association, Mrs. Foster
arose, amid GREATNESS silence, and
made motion that the telegram she
held in her hand be made matter of
record:
WASHINGTON D.. C.-Miss willard's ACCUSE
ton against Vice President Morton is with
out shadow of foundation. MT. Morton
personally denounced the canard through
| newspapers last week. A. B. NErTLsToN.
Tne telegram referred 10 was one that
had been received that morning from
| Judge II. b. Muulton. A delegate took
| exception to Miss Wizards accuSa-
tiOn'' read by Mrs. Foster. and said it
| was time that this war upon the Woman-
| hood of the nation, through the presi-
dent of the w. c. t. o., should cease !;
and she felt indignant that man
should seek to stab woman. If the
| Associated Press were responsible for
the mistatement she Thought that they
should affiX. at the Associated Press
dispatch Office, the name of the
person who brought the charge
from Washington, In place of that of
of Miss Willard, who depiOred the eX-
| preston, but was not responsible for it.
Mrs. Foster then inquired upon what in
formation the first telegram from Wash
ingtOn was received. Miss Willard said
she thought it was sent on the single
| motion of Judge MOulton. Mrs. Foster
asked if request for that telegram had
been sent from the convention. Miss
Willard replied that she was not aware
| of it. She had written to Mrs. La Fetra,
| president of the District of Columbia,
and the lady had answered that it was a
| fact that Mr.. Morton had secured q
license for saloon in his new building.
| The motion to lay on the table was then
carried. There was certainly no
''INTEMPERANCE OF SPEECH"
| in the foregoing. The discussion has
been given almost verbatim. Nor were
there ''diSsension and Oppositions of
| purpose, wrangling. lealousies, back
biting, secret plotting and open scorn,
miSstatements and misrepresentation
charges and counter charges" in the
second occasion for interest and excite
ment, when Mrs. Foster made speech
| from the platform Ito which she was
| kindly invited) in defense of the amend
| ment to the first article of the constitu-
ton, of which she was the author, when
she insisted OH nOn-partisan being i'll
| serted. There We're suppressed "noes"
| in the delegation and few Kisses from
| the visitors when she made the state
ment THAT the W. c. T. u. were parti-
| san, inasinuch as they give their
preference and allegiance and snp-
port to one party. The National
| had done this In It's resolutions,
by the action of its officers, by its
| legislature. its platform. and in the
| present convention. in the report of the
corresponding secretary, in which she
| said the unions had escaped the pillows
of -partisanship;" and Mrs. Foster
| said that the names of honOred men
| in the Republican party had been de-
| rided from that platform"
She had the boldness to make such
| false assertions. in face of the fact that
| time and again different delegates had
| affirmed that the w. G. I. u. had the
partisanship that IN Illinois made them
| lend their Influence to the Prohibition
| party; in South Dakota to the Repub-
lican, and nationally with the Pr hibi-
ton party, as it has been the custom to
adopt resolutiOnal in the National w.
c. L. U. convention and in most of the
states, to the effect that the good
word, good will and prayers. inasmuch
as they have neither money nor votes to
give, shall be with the party that puts
forward
PROHIBITION AS ITS PRIMARY ISSUE:
anu oillCC party Is. Ill
most of the states, and nationally, the
only one that does this. they have for
| five years included its name in their res
OlutionS. The only test of membership
in the National w, G. T. u. is total alb
stinence and the payment of constitu-
tional dues. Every state, except Iowa.
has the same. That state has prac-
tically disfellowshipped any woman who
sympathizes with the Prohibition party.
Because the w. c. II. u. Endorses pro-
hibitiOn wherever it is found, and is
determined to stand by its principles
and give it recognition wherever nc
shall pc found, Mrs. Foster attacksit
in her proposed amendment, while she
knows that a woman may belong to any
political party and to the w. G. It. U. at
the same time If she believes in the pro-
hibition of the liquor traffic. q.
Only twenty-five delegates voted for
the amendment. If 1t had been adopted
that would have been practical adj
mission that the union had heretofore
been partisan and sectarian, which it is
n0t.and never has been. 1.-The force of the
union" has not ''been weakened by the
attempt to spread over too many depart
mentS," as Mr.. Walker AYERS, for each
of the forty made excellent reports of
work accomplished during the past
year. There was grand total of re-
ceipts of 500, Ss9.97, while number of
new unions have been formed, and the
membership has greatly increased
throughout the states. Woman suffrage
has made advancement by "being made
an adjunct TO the ". G. T. U.,' as sta
tistics will prove. There was no ..ex-
hibition of evil temper. narrowness, I'M
| wisdom and illiberallty" during the
third interesting episode in the proceed
ings of the convention when Mrs. Eos
ter tried every method of argument and
tactics to secure
THE NON-PARTISAN PLANK
and nail 1t firmly down to the platform,
after she and her adherents had re-
ceived quiet, respectful hearing, which
closed with lene thy protest in which
Mrs EoSter said thai Iowa could not rn