Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-11-14
A PARTISAN MANDATE
That a Prohibition Clause Must BE
Inserted in Platforms Of
ALL OF THE NATIONAL PARTIES.
Miss Wizards Address to the Worlds W. c.
7. L. Convention.
A WONDERFUL GROWTH OF THE UNION

Boston, Nov 13-Four thousand people
packed the great hall, balconies and aisles
of fremont Temple and overfowed into
Park Street Church and Bromfeld Street
Church, near bv, this morning. when the
Worlds Convention of the National W. c.
7, U. was called to order by Miss Willard.
Miss Willard, in her annual address, paid
glowing tribute to the individual and col
lective work of the members.
God" she said, ''has helped us to build
better than we knew. If these women
have theirway, and they intend to have 1t,
the taint of alcohol and nicotine would not
be on any lip nor in any atmosphere on this
globe. No gambler could with impunity
pursue his vile vocation. The haunts of
shame that are the zero mark of degradation
would be crushed out of existence before
sundown, and the industrial status of women
would be so independent that these recruit
ing officers OF perdition would seek in vain
for victims
The Liquor Traffic Doomed to Outlawry.
The saloonkeeper would become in every
State and nation as, thank God, he is al
ready in so many, an outcast, 1shmaelite,
social pariah on the face of the earth. Con-
tinuing. she said:
The good work goes on. The new territory
is preempted, and the mighty realm of phil
anthropy encroaches each day upon the en-
pire of sin, disease and misery that has so
long existed that we thought it must endure
forever
But there remains an immense territory
to be possessed. The church itself must
lor n ha
peoples home. Its doors OF gospel grace
must stand open night and day. 1t must not
be huge locked-up cube of masonry with
dead atmosphere inside during six days of
the week, for such cannot be the Twentieth
century extent of the church of Him who
went about doing good. We must draw the
people TO the chnrch by having something
there for them which will lead them up
from the aterial, to the perception and
love of spiritual blessings.
But. to my mind, the greatest result that
the first century of organized temperance
reform has wrought, is the isolation of the
liquor traffic in special channels.
The First Principle of Warfare.
There is cardinal principle in the stand
of warfare, that you must first isolate your
enemy that you may successfully inf1ict the
coup de grace; you must cut off both sup
plies and retreat before victory is sure. The
party which unmistakably declares for the
prohibition OF strong drink in lis political
platforms in lS92 is the only one that can
hope for the good will, good word and
prayers of the W. e. I. L. We nailed that
banner to the masthead in 1884, and sink or
swim, live or die, survive or perish, We will
keep it waving.
She was followed by Lady Henry Somer-
set, who made brief address.
The report of the treasurer showed the
total receipts of the year to be 81, ,259, and
the expenditures So, ,217. The report of
Mrs. Caroline j. Bull, of Connecticut, the
Corresponding Secretary, showed the
progress of the work since its inception.
At the first convention in Cleveland in
1874, Il States were represented. At this
convention 81 States and Territories and the
District of Columbia are represented. At
the time OF the second convention there
were 1, 45S members in the Union. This
year the membership is 153, 402, gain over
last year of 10, 500 members.
The introduction of the delegates to the
Worlds Convention, and the fraternal and
visiting delegates TO the National Con- |
vention followed, and the afternoon session |
came to a close after the reports of the |
organizers were given.