The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-02-25
WOMEN OF NOBLE MINDS.
TEMPERANCE THE TOPIC BEFORE
THE COUNCIL.

Mrs. Lease OF Kansas in Great Good
Humor over the Rights Of Suffrage
secured in Her state-she Then Ad-
dresses Herself to tae Conditions
Which Led to the Growth of the
Alliance.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 24-The general sub
ject OF temperance occupied the attention
Of the woman's national council TODAY.
Mrs. ]. Ellen Foster, president of the Nom
Partisan National Women's Christian Tenn
perance Union, and Mrs. Mary T. Iathrop,
representing as q delegate the National
Women's Christian Temperance Union.
were the principal speakers.
A AFLowERY ORATOR.
Mrs. Mary Il. Lease Of Kansas also spoke.
In beginning she addressed herself to
Madame President, friends and fellow
citizens" She said she used the term with
pardonahle pride when she remembered that
the alliance league has given to the women
OF her Suufiower, humaaisy-loving, tenn
perance-loving state Of Kansas the right Of
political suffrage. She spoke Of the con-
dition OF affairs In Kansas, and referred to
senator ingalls, as "a man that we women
OF Kansas had the great pleasure of defeat
Ing"
WOMEN IN THE ALLIANCE.
The subject assigned to Mrs. Lease wis
women In the farmers alliance. She said.
however, that the subject could not be-
intelligently discussed nor fully understood
until the necessity for the formation OF the
farmers alliance is first shown. Continuing
she said: ''It must bs evident 10
every thinking man and woman
that we have reached crisis
in the affairs OF the nation which Is Of more
importance, more fraught with mighty
consequences for the veal or WOO Of the
American people than was even that crisis
that engaged the attention Of the people In
the dark aud bloody days Of civil strife.
My friends, the lash of the slave-driver's
whip is no longer heard in this country,
but the lash OF necessity Is driving thou
sands 10 unrequited toll.
CoNsoIENcELKss CAPITAL.
"Conscienceless capital Is robbfnr man.
hood Of its prime, mothers Of their mother
hood aud sorrowful children Of sunshine
and of Joy. We have land whore the
bounteous hand of nature has given won
derful heritage 20 each and every one, and
yet In this lapd OF plenty aud unlimited re-
sources the cry of humanity Is going up
from. every. corner Of the nation,
the plant OF motherhood, the moans eof
starving children. Capital buys aud sells
to-day the very heartbsats Of humanity.
For one hundred years the speculators.
land robbers, pirates and gamblers Of this
nation have knocked unceasngly at the
door Of congress. and congress has, In every
instance, acceded TO their demands.
THE TREASURY RAIDED.
"They have gotten money out Of the
public treasury amounting 10 tens of mill
ions Of dollars. They were permitted 10 tap
the veins OF trade and commerce and with
draw from the body polite the circulating
medium which is the life blood OF the
nation, and our lawmakers term these acts
constitutional" In conclusion the
speaker said "Tho farmers al
lance numbers 100000, who are loyal
white ribboners, a majority Of them, and 1
say IL with thanks to Almighty God that
our alliance representatives are the only
men In the councils of the nation today
who have not been elected on tho liquor
platform
Education formed the topic of discussion
at the night session.
THE NEW OFFICERS.
The following are the newly elected
officers OF the National Council Of Women
Of the United States: President, May
Wright Sewall Of Indiana; vice president,
Ella Dietz Ciymer Of New York; corre-
spending secretary, Rachel Foster Avery of
Pennsylvania; recording secretary, Isabella
Charles Davis OF New York; treasurer.
Lillian M. N. Stevens. assistant secretary OF
the National Woman's Christian Temper
auoe Union.
Forty.seven associations sent fraternaI
delegates to the council, and of these eleven
were from evangelical missionary societies.