The Butler weekly times., 1892-11-02
Women With White Badges Throng
Denver.
MISS FRANCES E. WILLARD.
She Gives Certain Presidential Candi-
dates ii Rap-Wonan Suffrage In
dorsed Statistics Showing
Great Strength and
Pecauiary Re
sources

WIFI III 1HciE Walk anu
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 OF theirs 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 be-
gan it's annual convention to-day.
Among these were many women known
to all parts of the civilized world as
Readers 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 f. Willard, president of the
national and international union, ap-
peared on the platform amid the APP
plause of the 500 delegates and spectat-
ors, who crowded all the space not re-
served. After she had acknowledged
the greeting she raped for order, and
after prayer and addresses of welcome
proceeded to read her annual address.
In opening Miss Willard spoke in
highest terms of the order She advo-
Gated the building of homes in the va
rious states for drunkards and the pas
sage of laws to confine such unfortu
mates. She spoke highly of all scien
tifc cures for inebriates without indors-
ing any, and advocated the establish
ment of one or more cures The Rock
Island home in Minnesota was warmly
Endorsed. The saloon evil in politics
was dealt sharp blows.
She said: South Carolina has shown
its colors and is likely to be the next
state falling into line for freedom from
the sway of the saloon. Kansas repub-
licans have come out nobly for con-
stitutional amendment that shall give
women the full ballot. That means
prohibition universally. If so it will
be warmly supported by, the w. c. T.
u.
''While my honest fealty is given to
Gen. Bidwell and Rev. j. B. Cranfill,
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 service reform by the
democratic candidate, while l grieve to
learn since my arrival of his subservi-
ence to the tigers of Tammany hall,
and l remember proudly as patriot
the clean, personal record of the pres
ent president, while l bemoan his use
of wine and the fact that he can by no
means return to power without the
liquor vote. None of us at this time,
when the shadow of great bereave-
ment hangs over the head of our chief
magistrate, should fail to tender him
our sympathy and prayers
The woman suffrage movement is
strongly indorsed and the subsection OF
labor to the saloon influence deplored
Good words are spoken for the Chicago
worlds fair and the temperance women
exhorted to put forth their strongest
power to prevent the opening of the
grounds on Sunday. The plans of the
order during the fair are fully set forth
and strong Endorsement is given the
temperance petition which already has
1,112, 735 names and which will be ex-
hibited at the worlds fair. The hatred
of women of newspaper mention is Wig.
orously decried.
THE STRENGTH OF THE ORDER.
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
fourishing condition. The total mum
Der of auxiliaries. including ''Y's-,
is 1857; total members of ''Y'S,
2.563: number of ''Y'' unions S56
total membership, 1865; number
of coffee houses, restaurants, friend
ly houses and reading rooms
2So; money raised by local unions, $3.50;
IA, Il; money raised by state unions
Sl23, ,ST4. 94;money paid national in dues
Sl2,S %; money paid national fo
other purposes, s11, 1,51SS6. In Arkansas
the number of auxiliaries, Including
.'Y's" is So: total membership, $40
coffee houses, etc, 5: money raise,
by local unions, Sa1+75: none,
received by state union. $40 o.; none,
paid national in dues, $50. 50; money pai
national for other purposes, sla. In tn
Indian territory the auxiliaries and Y
number Is; coffee houses, etc, 2, raise
by local unions, 500: Y's, l.; member
shid, 2.a5a: by local unions, sa11.as, re
eeived by state union. sesS. paid ns
tional dues, ssa4 50; paid national fo
other purposes, s4.s7S In Kansas tn
auxiliaries number aII. with a men
bership of $3.50; coffee houses, etc. :
raised by local union, s5,11a In Mis-
souri, the auxiliaries and Us numbe
aa:.s: membership, a,Ts1; Us, IA: men
bership. 1877: coffee houses. etc, II
raised by local unions. S1s,6So. Sc; r,
eeived by state union, IS. 400. So: PAL
national in dues, so; paid nations
for other purposes, $3.50, ST. In NJ
brasl1a there are auxiGaries and Y: