Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1892-03-31
Why the w. c. T. u. at Bis
marCk is Not a Unit for
Temperance.
Politics Have Been a Disturb
ing Feature. Spicy and
Pertinent Resolutions.
Walter Muir Writes a Letter
About the Selection of
Seed Wheat.


disposition and lack of Judgment PAIN
full to contemplate in the chief executive
officer Of a deliberatlve body of profess
edly christian women.
And whereas, It is a serious detriment
to our work to be compelled to stand
constantly on the defensive against the
malicious attacks OF a few women belong
ing to rival union in this city, whose
unsuccessful schemes for our discomfort
ure, during the past two years have been
actively abetted by the state president.
Whereas, 70 members OF Christian
organization, pledged to use only honor
able methods to secure by legal means
the success of the temperance cause-as
women loyal to our state and the COM
munitles in which we live-as non.parti
sans, owing political allegiance to no
party, and as white rlbboners believing
in keeping holy the Sabbath day. we
cannot sanction the action of the state
president in her political address on
church of this place, in denouncing
abroad the local government of her own
town. and in euloglzing the republican
party. and in her characterization of the
reputable city of Fargo as the "Sodom"
of North Dakota.
And Whereas, AS self-respectlng
women we can no longer serve under the
leadership of a president for whom we
have no respect-Therefore,
Be it Resolved. That as local Union
we do hereby withdraw as an auxiliary TO
the state Union, and will pay no dues,
pledges or contributions to the state
Union during the remainder of Miss
Kinnear's term of Office.
In handing copy of the above reso-
lutions to the reporter, Mrs. Linda w.
Slaughter, the president of the seceeding
union said: "These resolutions are self
explanatory and we give them to the
press that our w. G. T. U. sisters
throughout the state may know why we
have stepped out from their ranks. We
leave them regretfulIy and with good
wishes. Our union is composed of
women of all political faiths, and we do
not think it right to ally moral reform
association with any political party.
There are now four parties in the field
Of North Dakota. The republican with
it's grand war memories and iber-
ated slaves. The democratic with
it's ancient traditions and men of sterling
worth, the Peoples party whose founda-
tlons are being laid wisely and we'll by
the honest hands OF our farmers. and
the prohibitionists who have taken as
their party platform but the single plank
Of prohibition, from the lumber yard of
reform ideas. Now, Why should the w.
@. T. u, with it's many lines of reform
work, antagonlze three bf these parties,
by attaching itself as tail to the kite OF
any one Of them? Should the party &C.
lected be defeated, the kite is demolished.
Then of what use is the tail?
We have friends true and tried in each
Of these four parties. By maintaining
neutrality in politics. we retain the re-
spect Of all, and no matter which party
comes into power, We can 60 to it's repre-
sentatives IN the legislature confident Of
their good will toward us and the meas
ures We advocate.
For the present we have paid in our
dues and will maintain our Union as an
independent organization, as we have a
perfect right to do, the condition of aux
illiarshlp to the state Union not being
compulsory under our state constitu-
tion."