Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1892-11-02
FRANCES E. WILLARD.

great DulQlnS was handsomely
decorated with bunting and flags har-
moniously arranged, among which were
woven banners bearing appropriate
notices, the most prominent of which
was hung over the stage and bore the
words, "No Sex in Citizenship"
Around the speakers desk and back
of it were seated tle various
state presidents, members Of
the executive committees and
superintendent, while in the
body of the house were seated about
800 delegates. The building was not
able to accommodate the vast crowd
that sought admittance, ana an over
flow meeting was announced to be held
at the Unity Church, where Lady Som
erset would later on speak. Soon q
second overflow meeting assembled at
the Central Christian Church, where
speeches were made by Mrs. Mary II.
Hunt and Mrs. S. E: V. Emery.
Promptly at 10 o'clock Miss Willard
called the convention to order, and
after brief prayer offered by Lady
Somerset, the regular routine conven-
ton work began, which included
reading of minutes, receiving reports
and the appointment of the various
committees. Miss Willard, president
of the association, then read her annual
report. She said:
BELOVED COMRADES OF TIE WHITE
RIBBON ARMY: 1t has been stated by mill
tary experts that DO Weil-traincd soldiers
are able to resist 10000 who have no discl-
pline. If the temperance army, compared
with the great army OF the world, Is as small
as this comparison. being what the figures
40 and 10000 would Indicate, and no doubt
it is, we must remember that those who
have their hearts SetaS flint, those whose
eyes look straight on, and who have
caught step one with another so that they
march III an unbr0ken host. must, la the
nature Of things. make mighty lnrOadSon
the great mObOcracy OF thOughtIeSS, IgnOr-
ant, careless opponents, VINO, eNcep
when they are drinkers and sellers,
of drink, need but the arrest of thought TO
bring them TO our ranks. It is for this
reason that | regard the women'S temper
ance movement as without parallel and
without peer. But 1t does not expect 10
win through any Stelght-Ot-hand; it does
not expect TO surprise the enemy by Skin
miSheS Or night attack, but N the strong
light of reason. conscience. faith, it does
expect to put To rout the army OF Aliens
those aliens Oh appetite, ignorance and
greed which form the only hope
or whisky makers and beer politicians.
We want what every church and phllan-
thropic movement has wanted since the
world began, and that is power. More
than fer any other object we meet here to
concentrate thought, purpose and affection
in the conservation that eYOkeS and brings
down from Heaven the power OF God.
HOMES FOR INEBRIATES.
With a reiteTatlOn that may have seemed
WcariSOme [ have insisted for many years
that our state unions ought to petition
their legislatures to build homes FOR men
who are under the drink habit, and to pass
laws compelling the detention Of drunk
ards within these friendly walls, where
work should be provided for them, and
every effort made to give them back the
selt-cOntrOI which they have as thOrougIy
lost as any wild, beWiIdered Steed that runs
amuck along the streets with the bIJ IN his
teeth ana his driver OYeIthroWn.
The White RIbbOnerS are among the
most earnest believers of such scientific
cures as cOmmed themselves by their re-
suits. We are held from the specific en-
dOrsement OF any, but there several SO
similar, and among them there is such Il
vigorous rivalry that we do not deem it
wise to take sides. But we arc continually
helping men who are willing to Try What
these cures can effect IN their IN
dlVidual cases. 1t seems to me that
it would be we'll to establish an
institution of our own, entirely superior in
It's motive to any of those just referred 10,
because its income over and above eX-
penscS would be used in the prosecution of
our temperance work, and the entire man
agement would be in the hands of compe-
tent women physicians who are phIian-
thrOpiStS as we'll as specialists.