, 1890-01-30
THE W. &. r. LEAGUE.
The Constitution Of the New OrEani'
HnIInn Ahopieh.


CLYvELANp, Jan, 23.--The morning
lo,sion OF the nun.partisnu W. c. I.
convention was devoted to tho consider
alton of the constitution, A letter wa
read from John q, Whittier, commend.
ing the nun.partlson purpose of thc new
organization. The prcan ble OF the con
stituIiuu says. "Niowine with the deep.
est 'oliciiude the appalling evils Of In
,ompcrancc, and believing that anon
partisan, non.Sectarian organization ol
Christian women, devoted solely to the
cause of temperance, is greatly needed,
we unite Ourselves together for THIS ptlr'
pose IN an organization to bc known as
tho American W. &. 4. League
There are to he live departments OF
work-evNngC heal, eduCa tional, lcgisil-
tive, literary and young womnn's. Ohu
section of the constitution declares th M
No officer shn.! pledge the support of the
organization to any political party or to
amy religious sect. Any temperance So
cicty can become m auxiliary by sign
ing the constitution.
The con dltution was adopted, the
non partisan aud nun-scCtarlan planks
being received with applause.
FLFcrIoS ~ orFiCElls.
Attic afternoon session, after some
discussion. n pledge was engrafted in
thg GuI NltutiOu Us iJlluws; al hereby
solcmrly promise, God helping me, to
abstain from all distilled, fermented and
malt liquors, including wine and cider,
~ beverage, and to discourage the use
Of and trniii' IN, tho same
Mrs. Foster moved TO reconsider the
motion fixing the name OF the oryanian.
ton, saying that several ladies had on.
F.NNs 49,.
rocon~i.ercd ana several names
were Offered, among them h,iup
the New aCrusnlars. the National
woman Christian Crusaders, Hud thC
National Crusade Alliance; but after q
lengthy debate pro AMI con, all OF these
wer rejected aud the new society de.
cide,, o. IA irch onward un Ter the name
OF thu National Crusaders, which was
proposed by Mrs. Cowlcs, of Ohio. This
pr Hm ole ami constitution were 10.
adopted.
The convention then proceeded to the
cltctiun OF officers und Mrs. iilton, oi
the District OF columbia. IN u ringing
speech, nominated for president Mrs,
j. Ellen Foster Of Iowa.
Mrs. Foster arose md thanked the con
ventlou warmly, and said that she had
never s'IlrSoI duty, but believed now
that she could 10 moro good IN tie
cause of temperance elsewhere than GA
the platform, and asked the ladies not to
vote for her.
Ms, Walker, of Minnesota, then nom
mated Mrs. Ellen l.. phinncy, OF Ohio,
Hud the nomination WIS seconded by
) veral. amid loud uppl u-c.
Miss Daily, of Cleveland, nominated
Stlss Aidrlcn, of Iowa, saying that Ohio
could not afford to lose Mrs. Phinncy,
beside the lntter's health might not be
epual to the task. The informal ballot
r'sG t,t; Mrs. Ph,uney. iJO Miss Al
drichs .7i Mrs. Campbell, Of lennsylva-
min ~
Mrs phinney expressed gratitude, but
hoped that the formal ballot would be
cast tor Mis-, AldriCh. The latter lady,
huSover moved 10 make the informal
ballot formal, .ud ;lis WAS done with u
rush, ant Mrs. Pnimcy was formally
elected urvs dunl. lt Is possible, how.
ever, that she may resign before the close
Of the convention,
Mr,. Foster then nominated Mrs. r. B.
Walker, OF Minnesota, for vice president
aud size WINS elected without oI position,