Mississippi leader., 1892-11-17

ming Is MOUNTAINOUS Sbate, tIDNl bl
whose towns are isolated from railroads,
and whose population is transient. A
rowing and well-nigh inaccessible pop
ulation furnishes the most discourag-
ing field to the reformer. Then we
must remember that in the population
of Wyoming. women form but one-tifth;
the temperance movement has had no
such leadership and attention as it had
received i'm older states, nor, | am
frank to say, as it should have received
from us. Wyoming has been urged as
4 strategic position on the National w.
c.. Il. IT,, year after year; and it is my
earnest hope that on this Western soil
and in this inspiring atmosphere we
may gain truer report with our sis
ters in the gigantic young common
wealths that have sprung up amid the
clear air of the mountains.
LABOR.
The two hands are picture of the
contending forces of capital and labor.
The left. less skilled, more choice,
served often by its fellows, and decked
with rings; the right, forceful, ingeni-
Gus, busy. unadorned. Only by bring
ing them together can harmony be had
and full days toll accomplished. If
they contend, they work each others
ruin; if they combine, they reach each
one its utmost. Met for work and
clasped in prayer, these hands of CAPT
tai and labor shall bring that social
compact which it is their office to de-
velop and defend, up to its best estate.
Fighting each other. they will but mar
and finally destroy the social fabric
and the left hand of capital will first
- L.. hA of
labor's strong right hand.
"Some regard it as a misfortune that
this has been year unparalleled in
our country in respect to strikes, lock-
outs. riots, indeed of every symptom
that can confirm the truth of mighty
and growing unrest in the will and
purpose of the masses. To me these
symptoms are most hopeful.
The labor people are among our
truest patriots. Asa class they do not
deserve to be looked upon as a herd of
foreigners
Miss Willard advised the Prohibi-
tionists, the woman sufragists and the
labor army to join forces.
COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION.
The Worlds fair is bound to be the
worlds wonder Women have a hand
in it this time and will add the touch
of homelikeness that has never been
present in any other exhibition of the
kind in like degree. The woman's
building, the woman's dormitory, the
children's pavilion, these are new
names, full of suggestions, dear to the
heart as we'll as to the head. 1t was
left for Ia city so young that it is but a
few weeks since that a lady died who
was the first sxhite: girl ever born with
in its limits, but which now has near ly
100000 people, all of which have con-
gregated at the head of Lake Michigan
within the lifetime of one fragile wo-
man. to present to the world the many
sided possibilities of this mightiest OBJ
iect lesson. White ribboners will be
the nations, and the worlds w. G.. T.
U. backed up by the national society
can make itself one of the most pal
pable and ameliorating forces of those
gala days.
THE SABBATH.
This is a Christian country and
Christians are commanded to remem
Der the Sabbath day to keep it holy.
Whatever our personal views concern
ing the details of this plan, we must
SJunu SOlluly DIS al uoSOCltClOu III OIlc
emergency that faces us.
I'VE must make a general attack on
| state legislatures to cover their state
| exhibits in case the congress does not
| continue (after election) to stand by
Sunday closing.
| "Chicago, ILL.,, will be the national
battle ground for the next year. Every
possible attempt will be made to Sc
| cure from our legislature the repeal of
such laws as give us a measure of pro-
lection at the Worlds fair from the up
rising tide of strong drink that is de
termined to break down every barrier
and flow in to take possession of the
great exposition. The same effort will
be made in the municipality if dram
shop politicians can summon the brain
or the "boodle" to bring this about.
The utmost power of the w. G. T. U.
should be put forth to help the gallant
division of the army in Illinois and
Chicago.
THE POLYGLOT PETITION.
''The Polyglot Petition has been en-
dorSed and signed this year by l, ,l12,-
735 persons. The present prospect is
that with the putting down of all the
names thus gained the petition will be
over y miles long. Names are coming
in constantly from all parts of the
world. Let it be said to the credit of
human nature that large proportion
have been secured by invalids and wo-
men from 65 years of age upwards.
The most pathetic phrase is that where
women sign with these words: Home
less from drink and the most hopeful
where a woman signs herself, Mother
of six Prohibition voters
WOMEN IN THE NEWSPAPERS.
'Few forms of hypocrisy are more
common than these words upon the
lips of women: i would on no account
have my name in the newspapers
"The notion that it is somewhat dis
creditable for woman to be talked
about has no other basis of truth than
such a notion would have in the case
of a man. All depends on the kind of
talk and the kind of takers. The wo-
man whose name is on everybody's
tongue may be one whose womanliness
has gained her a place in everybody's
heart. To deny to women the right to
achieve and enjoy an honorable fame
is senseless. 1t is to rob them of one
of the greatest incentives to and re-
wards for noble endeavor.
Miss Willard made some touching
illusions to her work in the w. G. L.
u, her illness, her mothers death, the
friendship of Lady Somerset, and the
work of Anna Gordon, her secretary.
ORGANIZATION.
'We are in special need of new re-
cruitS To 90 ont and OruaniZe Our work