Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-10-29
FAIR TEETOTALERS
Woman's Christian Temperance
Union in Session.
MAKING WAR ON THE DRINK DEMON

MAKING WAR ON THE DRINK DEMON
Some Extracts from the Address of the
President, Miss Willard-A Sad State of
Affairs Among the Women of England
Comments on the Presidential Candi-
dates-Her Plea for Franchise for the
Fair Sex-A Monster Petition-Features
of the Meeting.
DENVER, Oct 29.-The temperance
women of the country were the "attrac-
ton" at Denver yesterday. There were
hundreds of them, either as delegates or
visitors, assembled in national convention
of the W. c. T. U. and the greatest of
these" was Miss Frances Willard. This
lady presided and delivered an address
which would make over twenty columns of
matter for printers and which covered the
subject she had set out to discuss. In this
document the enterprises of the w. c. I.
U. are treated at some length, especially
the Woman's Temperance Publishing as
sociation, the National Temperance hospi-
tai and the Woman's Temple in Chicago.
A great deal of space in the address is de-
voted to her Investigations respecting the
liquor question in England.
Hard Drinking Among English Women.
She finds that England with her thirty
seven millions of population has much
larger drink bill this year than America
with her 63, ,OO0, 200. "1t is an astounding
fact" she says. "that S,373 women have
been arrested in the streets of London
within the last year for being what the po-
lice call drunk and disorderly.' The worst
of it is that this number docs not at all re-
veal the actual enormity of the situation,
for it is almost wholly the lower classes
hot b,,-o
regular sets of drinking women who club
together and treat each other and do not
allow themselves to fall into the hands of
the police, while the secret drinking of the
most aristocratic classes swells still further
the pitiable army, wholly from the mother
sex, who are giving themselves to the devil
through the voluntary insanity of alcohol"
Big Petition for the Worlds Fair
Considerable space is devoted to the
worlds w C. T. I. which will convene in
Chicago in June, which is expected to be
the greatest gathering OF temperance wom-
en- ever brought together. The national
convention is also expected TO meet at the
same time Under the head of new depart
ments the local union is discussed at great
length, and the need of recruits to go out
and organize societies is pointed out. The
polyg!ot petition, which Is Il protest. against
the liquor traffic from ali nations, is said
to have received I,112, 135 signatures dur
ing the year. This monster protest. Miss
Willard says, will be on view at the
Worlds fair offset to the displays of
the brewer and the distiller She says that
America is far behind in the number of
signers and urges that temperance women
everywhere go to work in order that Amer
ica may not be last in this good work.
Could BE Tolerably Happy with Either.
Prohibition, Miss Willard says, is the
movement to which they pin their faith,
and the saloon is pictured the most por-
tentous factor in American politics, con-
trolling the votes of the people and decid-
ing the destinies of states. Turning to
politics, she says: while my honest fealty
is given to General BiGwell and Rev. j.. B.
Cr;lnfield. our own ticket, by which mean
the ticket to which the white ribboners
lend their influence (having neither money
nor ballots to lend), l can still rejoice in the
strong help given TO the cause of civil ser
vice reform by the Democratic candidate.
while / grieve to learn, since my arrival, of
his subservience to the tigers of Tammany
Hall; and l remember proudly as a patriot
the clean personal record of the present
president, while bemoan his use of wine
and the fact that he can by no means re
turn to power without the liquor vote.
Plea For Woman Suffrage.
Speaking of woman's claim to the ballot
she says: eff we are ever TO save the state,
we must enfranchise the which at this
moment has to hear the most painful bur
dens imposed by nature upon humanity,
and which is much more accliIaatized to
self sacrifice for others than the sex which
at present monoplizes the franchise. Give
US the vote, that we may be recognized as
if we were capable citizens. Give us the
vote. in order that we may help in purify
ing politics, which at present can hardly be
said to be so ideally pure that you can
afford to refuse helping hand. Give US
the vote, in order that we may use it, and
in using it exercise ourselves in the dis
charge of responsible duties, in the admin
istration of affairs which form SO large q
part Of the realms Of most men"
Scientific Cure OF Drunkenness.
The establishment of an institution for
the scientific cure of drunkenness is favored
and the president takes occasion to rt,iterate
that the white-nbboners are among the most
earnest helpers of such scientific cures az
commend themselves by their results. ave
are held from the specific Endorsement of
any because there several 30 similar
and among them there is such vigorous
rivalry that we do not deem it wise 10 take
sides"
SOME w. G. T. U. STATISTICS.
Quite u. Army Of Workers s.A . Treasury
~ ''6iAews.'