St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-11-14
Thousands Of White Ribbon
erS at the Worlds Cou-
vention in Boston.
Miss Willard Delivers an I'M
FASHIONED and Thrilling,
Address.
Knights of Labor Are Ready
to Combine With the Fed
Grafton OF Labor.
Method Of d Possible Union
PpeScpibad--La Still
Barred.

BosToN, Nov. b. Four thousand
people packed the great hall, balconies
and aiSles of fremont temple and over
flowed into Park Street church and
BrOmfield Street CHI urch, nearby, this
morning, when the monster worlds
convention of the W. c. Il. u. was
called to order. Miss Willard called
the convention to order. and, in her an
nual address. paid glowing tribute to
the individual and collective work of
the members.
God" she said, ''has helped us to
build better chan we know. If these
women had their way, and they intend
to have it, the faint of alcohol and nico-
tine would not be on any lip or in any
atmosphere on this globe; no gambler
could with impu nifty pursue his vile
vocation; the hau hts OF shame, that are
the zero mark of degradation, would be
cruSaded out of existence before sun
down, and the industrial status of
women would be so Independent that
these recruiting officers of perditiOn
would seek in vain for victims; the
saloOnkeeper would become. in every
state and nation as, thank God, he is
already in so many, an Outcast. an Ish-
maelite, social Parah Oil the face of
the earth"
Following an eloquent account of the
magnitude and fdr-reaching results of
wOman's work in temperance. Miss
Willard said: $50 the good work goes
on. The new territory Is pre-empted
and woman's mighty realm of philan-
thropy encrOaches each day upon
The Empire of Sin,
disease and misery that has so long ex-
listed, that We thought it must endure
forever. But there remains an immense
territory to be possessed. The church
itself must nave a new crusade 1t
| must become the peoples home. It's
| doors OF gospel grace must stand open
| night and day; it must not be huge
lOcked-up cube OF masonry with dead
atmosphere inside during six days of
the week, for such cannot be the TWEEN
tleth century exponent of the church Of
| Him who went abonI doing good.
1--WE must draw the people to the
! church by having something there for
| them which will lead them up to the
perception and love of spiritual bless
| ingS. But to my mind the greatest re-
| suit that the first century of organized
| temperance reform has wrought is the
| iSOlating OF the traffic into special chan
| nelS. There is a cardinal principle in
|
| first Isolate your enemy that you NAV
! successfully deal him the coup de grace;
you must cut off both supplies and re-
| treat before victory is Sure. That party
| which Enthusiastically declares for the
| prohibition of strong drink in the pOlti-
| cal platforms of 1892 is the only one that
can hope for the good will, cool word
and prayers of the w. c. T. u. We
nailed that banner to the masthead in
1854, and, sink Or swim, live Or die,
Survive or Perish,
we will keep it waving" Miss Willard
! then dwe!t at length upon scientific
temperance instruction. temperance
! literature, medal contests, the tenn
| perance press, the labor question, evan
| geliStc work, work among policemen,
| Sabbath observance, social purity, mar
| riage and divorce, purity in literature
| and art, the publishing house, the
| WOman's Temperance Temple and the
| National Temperance hospital, inStitu-
tons all dear to the heart OF the white
ribbOner Lady Henry Somerset fol-
lowed Miss Willard in brief address.
The report of the treasurer showed the
total receipts OF the year to be
$25, 259. and the expenditures S23,-
2l7. The report of Mrs. Caro-
line j. Bull. of Connecticut. the CORE
spending secretary, showed the prog
ress of the work since its inception. At
the first convention in Cleveland in
! 1874 seventeen states were represented.
At this convention ffty-one states and
| territories and the District of Columbia
are represented. AT the time of the
second convention there were 4,45S
members in the Union. This year the
membership is l53, 402, a gain over last
year of 1850 members. The introduce
! ton of the delegates to the worlds con-
ventiOn and of the fraternal visiting
delegates to the national convention
followed, and the session came to
close after the reports of the organizers
| were given.