The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-11-04
w. c. 7. u.
A Great Meeting of Women at Denver
Growth of the Woman's Christian
Temperance Union.


-Growth of the woman's Christian
Temperance Union.
DENVER, Col, Oct 29.-Women,
young, old and middle aged, women
with independence in their walk and
appearance and women who had known
little of the rubs of life, were to be seen
on all the principal streets of this city
to-day. All wore white emblems and
each one greeted all others as friends.
And so they were, for the women were
here as delegates to or interested in the
national and international Women's
Christian Temperance union, which boz
gan its annual convention to-day.
Among these were many women known
to all parts of the civilized world as
leaders in the battle against the power
of the saloon and as champions of strict
prohibition in city, state and nation.
The Trinity Methodist church in
which the convention was held was
crowded some time before the hour set
for the opening OF the proceedings. 1t
was decorated with the national colOrs
and with the white of the order, and
was voted the prettiest of all the
churches in which the convention had
been held.
The building could not accommodate
the crowd that sought admittance, and
overflow meetings were held in the
Unity and Central Christian churches.
Sharply at the appointed hour Miss
Frances e. Willard, president of the
national and international union, APP
peared on the platform amid the APP
plause OF the 500 delegates and spectat-
served. After she had acknowledged
the greeting she raped for order, and
after prayer and addresses of welcome
proceeded to read her annual address.
The report of the national secretary
of the National Women's Christian
Temperance union, Mrs. Caroline b.
Buell.. shows that the union is in most
flourishing condition. The total num-
Der of auXiliaries, including VS."
is 1851; tosal members of "Y's.."
IA It's. nrmbe of ''Y'' unions, $50;
total membership, 1865; number
of cOtcr houses, restaurants, friend
" houses and reading rooms,
2S2; money raised by local unions, $780,
244 II: money raised by state unions,
1923, S74. 94;mOney paid national in dues,
SIP, S72 o.; money paid national for
other purposes, 81, 5TS SO. In Arkansas
the number of auxiliaries, including
VS. is 30; total membership, $40;
coffee houses, etc, 5; money raised
by local unions, S214.75; money
received by state union, $4,000; money
paid national in dues, $50. so; money paid
national for other purposes, s12. In the
Indian territory the auxiliaries and Us
number 10: coffee houses, etc, 2, raised
by local unions, $780, Us, Il; member
shid, 2,252; by local unions, s2Tl.23; re-
ceived by state union, 1895, paid ma
tional dues, 1924. 50; paid national for
other purposes, 81. S73- In Kansas the
auxiliaries number pa, with q mem
bership of 1850; coffee houses, etc, 4;
raised by local union, S5,719 In Mis-
souri, the auxiliaries and VS. number
22S; membership, 2,791; Us, IA; mem
'bership, 1S7; coffee houses. etc, 10;
raised by local unions, &13.650. So; re-
ceived by state union, s., 4OO.S6; paid
national in dues, S331 so: paid national
IOf cJICT pltI pOScS. t10V o. III w
braska there are auxiliaries and VS.,
l19; membership, 800; Us, y; MEM
bcrship, l.; coffee houses. etc, -;
raised by local unions, IS, 500: received
by state union, 3, O9l.O4: paid national
in dues. 1914: paid national for other
purposes, 1853
The report of the treasurer. Miss
Esther Pugh. shows that the total
amount OF money raised by local unions
in the past year for temperance work
was 1896. pill. but it is impossible TO
secure full report of finances from the
local unions, perhaps from one-quarter
or one-third of the amount of funds act
ually passing their hands being never re-
ported. There have been paid into the
national treasury for state dues, ten
cents per capita, SIS, sos 10: for other
purposes, SI!,5TS. 26; for the temple,
s23, 5O952. New York paid dues on a
membership of more than $4,000, Illi-
nois on more than 10, 00I, Pennsylvania
on more than Ii. 900 and Ohio upwards
of 10000.