Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-10-24
TEMPERANCE WORK.
Another Days Session of the W. C,
7. Alliance at Indiana, Pa.
NO NEGRO DEPARTMENT CREATED.
Social Downfall of Three Prominent Citi-
Gems of an Ohio Town.
DABBLED TOO MUCH IN GREEN GOODS
ESPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH,

ESPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE pIsPATCH,l
INDIANA, Pa, October 23.-One hundred
and six of the delegates to the first annual
meeting of the Women's Christian Temper
ance Alliance of Pennsylvania were in their
seats this morning. The continued rain has
had the effect of keeping from the meeting
many Of the members, among them Mrs.
Williams, OF Tioga, the wife of the dis
tinguished Supreme Court Justice.
The election of officers took place this aft
ernoon, The former State officers were re-
elected, namely: President Mrs. H. c. Camp
bell, Of Allegheny; Vice President at Large,
Mrs. Harry White. of Indiana; Corresponding
Secretary, Mrs. Ellen Watson, of Pittsburg;
Recording Secretary, Miss NJ. Shepherd, Mans
field, Tioga county; Treasurer, Mrs, G, M.
Phillips, Westchester.
The reports of State Superintendent Mrs. C..
r. James, On juvenile and Sabbath work; Mrs.
j. D. Weeks, of Pittsburg, on scientific temper
ance instruction; Mrs. NJ. II. Mcdowell, litera-
ture and press work; Mrs. NJ. NJ. Hulings, work
for soldiers and sailors; Miss S. S. Robinson,
work among foreigners; Mrs. w. b. Williams,
temperance DarlOr socials, were read and COM
mended. Reports of other superintendents
will be presented tomorrow.
Two young men from New Castle, represen-
tatives OF the Temperance knights, spoke from
the platform this afternoon. They were bright
and pleasing lads, and SAID that in addition to
taking the total abstinence pledge their order
required them to pledge themselves not TO use
tobacco, or use profane or obscene language
As their statements were concluded, Mrs Ellen
Watson came forward, and placing her hands
on the shoulders of the manly young fellows,
asked God to strengthen them in their resolves.
The incident was dramatic, and the sobs of
mothers were heard in every part of the room,
and the boys themselves were melted to tears.
Resolutions of sympathy were passed regret
ting the sore illness of Mrs. Harry White,
which has prevented her from appearing at
the convention. Greetings of fraterual char
scter were sent to the q. P. Synod in session at
GreenSburg. and to the members of the State
Law and Order Society," which convenes in
Pittsburg next month The Secretary was in
structed to send greetings to Mrs. Ellen Swift,
now travelling in Europe for her health.
Article of the constitution pro vides that
the State convention shall be composed of one
delegate from each local alliance with one ad-
ditional delegate for each so paying members
thereof. The officers of the State Alliance
and superintendents of the State departments
shall be members ex-ofiiclo. Mrs, Williams
will move to amend this article by dropping
the additional delegate for each so members.
another, TO create a department for special
labor among the colored people, was defeated.
Mrs. Ellis, of Philadelphia, stated that the col
ored people were opposed to any distinctive
work of that kind. She gave her own expert
short time ago an intelligent coIored minister
told her that his people wanted to be recog-
nlzed equally with white people; that drunken
negro was no worse than a drunken white man:
both were on par, and drunkenness, no mat
ter what was the character or color of the un-
fortunate was the disease and evil to be rem
edied by the Alliance. The new department was
not adopted.