The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1891-01-02
THAT e;EAER RESOLUTION .
A Prominent Membe of the National
w. G. T. a. Expresses her Opinion in
Way thai Can't be Misunderstood.

A prominent MEMBER OF the National
W. &. T. a. Expresses her Opinion in q
Way thai Can't be Misunderstood.
| do not write to antagonize the position
ton of the w. C. T. U. plead or voted for
the resolution wherein was expressed SO
| strong a desire for the reelection of Hon.
| Henry w. Blair to the L, S. Senate.
will not even criticise those who, for
conscience sake, introduced and supported
| the measure. | only desire to give TO the
public my own position regarding it, for
| do not want my attitude upon the pro-
hibition question to contradict at any
point. The same resolution was brought
before the committee on resolutions at the
recent Ohio w. C. T. L. convention, a
committee which well represented the
mind of the State. 1t was there suppressed.
I did not hear a voice in favor of it, and
! the set of resolutions submitted by the
committee and adopted by the convention
were without any ~allnsion 10 Senator
Blair. Afterward it was brought sudden
ly before the convention and 4 strong plea
made for its passage. ! believe our women
acted without thought, as men do so fire.
ouently when under the influence ofleader-
ship in whom they trust as being infallible.
/ believe this to have been the case, be-
cause Ohio women long since divorced
- - r.. III .,l,o,oo IA favor nf
the old political parties, and have been
enphatically intelligent and loyal concern
inc the base line ideas for securing pro-
hibitiye law and its enforcement. Much
to the amazement and regret of both the
State President and myself, the resolution
was carried by a heavy voice.
The action in the National convention
was Il repetition of the same-that is, the
norton of the resolution referring to the
collection Of Senator Blair. 1t was re-
iected by the committee, but wrought out
in the convention.
The majority have thus placed them
selves on record in such a way as to say
| that if they lived in New Hampshire and
were possessed of the ballot they would
/ east their votes in favor of the Republican
candidate for the L. $. Senate, Henry W.
Blair.
| am strictly partisan. need to DE in
this day when loyalty to party is the cry
ing need out of the demands for growth in
order to give establishments to principles.
And | stand up as one woman to be counted
against the proceeding. | have naught to
make against Senator Blair as a man. |
believe he is a good man, remarkably good,
considering his political associations; but
be represents the Republican party, and
that party does not represent our ideas.
He is a Republican first and last and all
the time. He votes the Republican ticket
in State and nation, and that is a vote for
license and protection for the saloon.
For TIE life of me I can't help two OPP
position parties, one standing for the
saloon and the other against it, at the
same time.
want the use Of the ballot. And that
ballot is coming. Never has Mrs. Wal
J lace's plea for it received such unbcunded,
enthusiastic, elFeryescing acceptation as
in the heart of the Southland at the Atlanta
convention. Suffrage sentiment grew
under her words as the roses do down
there nnder heavens s~uuniest culture.
When enirauclisement for woman comes,
may truth not falter or be denied by a vote
cast one day for the Prohibition party anC
the next day for the Republican party
| can but think that the defeat of Senator
Blair would be a blessing other than 4
deploration. Then, and not until then,
will he be likely to come to Ibis own place
And l think the resolution will give zes'
to the effort to defeat him. So far, ST
good. Ii Senator Biaii's position is right
then the Prohibition party is wrong in it,
ideas and needless to the nation. 1.-THE par
ty led by men and ONE who are giving
to it their lives, thsir fortunes and their
sacred honor the party led by Finch aut
Fisk, who yielded up their lives FOR it,
establishment. is right in its resolves, ther
as a Prohibition leader say S. ''Such mel
as Senator Blair are our greatest enemies
for they help to deceive the very elect into
| giving aid and comfort to an organization
which is the bulwark OF the liquor traffic.
Henrietta G. Moore, IN The Beacon.