St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-09-14
TEMPERANCE WOMEN.
SECOND DAYS SESSION or THE MN
RESGTA STATE w. C. T.
REORGANIZATION PRoPosED.

to County Organization-Me
mortal Services for Deceased
Nfembers-A Number of Papers
Read on Various Topics.
At the second days meeting Of the
". &. T. u. the attendance was SO large
that the seating capacity of the church
was tested to the utmost. Mrs. Florence
Lake Huntley opened the session in the
morning with a "Bible Reading on
Prayer" This was followed by the
reading of the secretary's report by
Mrs. E. S. Wright and the report of the
auditing committee. A very warm dis
cusSion arose over an amendment to the
constitution, which was introduced by
Mrs. Frances Neal, of Minneapolis, that
would do away with the district presi-
dents and all district work. Some of
the delegates were in favor of the
amendment, while others thought it
would be better TO abolish the county
presidents. 1t seems that in each state
there are sixteen districts, in each OF
which there are usually from three
TO five counties. These county
unions have each president,
secretary and treasurer, and the next
subdivision below this is the local
union. Mrs. Neals amendment would
include the district in the county work.
The discussion lasted for over an hour
and half-in fact, this was the impOr
tant feature of the morning session.
Mrs. Hobart. the president, called Miss
Cook to the chair that she might give
her opinion on the subject, which she
die without giving any bias TO the Opin-
ions of others. Mrs. Newcomb talked
enthusiastically on the desirability Of
doing away with district presidents and
their work, and other ladies who took
part in the three-minute debate were
Mesdames Nelson, Clifford, Rowell,
Hurd. Crawford. Thompson and MOffett,
and the Misses Cook, Stifely and Hen
derson.
Mrs. Henderson, in speaking to the
subject, said: 'At the national conven-
ton Miss Pugh called all the state treas
nrers together 10 talk about cOnStitu-
tons. A woman from Kansas spoke up,
saying, We have the best constitution
IN the world. | asked her to send it for
our help. | read it, and it was an exact
Neal, of Minneapolis, THAT all dis
liANtSs anu Ril PSl tanning " tISh OO
stricken from the minutes" was theu
put before the house and lost by a large
majority.
IN MEMoRIAM.
"MemorialS' lUr the workers In the
cause of temperance who have departed
this life were then read. Among these
W. S that of Mrs. a. B. Turley, of Mill
neapoiis; Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Cham
berain. OF Hamline: Mrs. j. NJ. Hill. of
Bellevue; Mrs. NJ. c. Laid; Rev. w. w.
Saterlee, prominent prohibitionlst;
Mrs. Stanton. of the Central w. &. T.
T.; Mrs. Oliver, Rev. Mr.. Burdick, Mrs.
Carrie o. ThorSon; Mrs. Carrie Ferrali,
as well as many others were eulogiZed
i'll similar way. The session was then
adjourned until after lunch, which was
served in The parlors of the church by
the Lady Somerset union.
IN TIE AFTERNOON.
The afternoon session was conducted
by the "Y'S"-the Young Women's So
ciety of the w. c. I. U. work. In the
chair was Mrs. Bessie Laytne Scovelle,
of Duluth, the state president, while for
secretary Miss s. ChaddendOn, the as
slstant secretary of the wv" associa-
ton, acted. Mrs. l.. w. Irvine led the
conservation meeting, and very inter
eSting paper on How to Make Y Meet
1L-o thO
OF plan for work for the year 1893 and
'94 was. read by Mrs. Scove1le. Some OF
the other features were singing by Mrs.
DE Wolf, of the House of Hope choir;
"Our Bible Helps and How to Use
Them," Mrs. Lottie Harmon. of st. Cloud;
a three-minute talk to the US about
making reports, Mrs. E. S. Wright:
Our Papers and Our Duties Concern
ing Them" Mrs. Mamie Chase Pease,
Anoka; How Can We Best Further
the Cause of Temperance in Our
T0wnF' Miss Kaza Smart, Madison.
While the "Y" meeting was being
held in the church the members of the
Tenth district met the state president,
Mrs. Hobart, in the parlor to elect Of
ficerS for that district for the coming
year. The following are the officers
elected: President. Mrs. l.. w. Irvine,
st. Paul; secretary, Mrs. NJ. A. Luley.
st. Paul; treasurer, Mrs. Brandwell,
Saltwater.
IN THE EVENING.
The evening session was opened with
prayer. which was offered by Rev. &.
b. Wilcox, and also the reading of a
portion of Scripture. Then followed
the reading of letter from Mrs. Barnes,
the secretary of the national associa-
ton, to the "Y's." Report of the
flower work, which was postponed from
the afternoon session, was read by the
delegate from Spring, Miss Putnam, of
Wlnona, the author of the paper. not
being able to attend. This paper was
written in the interest of the distribu-
ton OF flowers IN hospitals and prisons
throughout the state.
The address "Why the Y's?" by Miss
Jessie Alderman, was the feature of
The evening, and was very much
enjoyed by very large audience.
Miss AckeTman's answer TO the Quts-
ton was TO the point: Because" she
SAID, where there is one young woman,
there are half a dozen young men,"
She then went Gil to say THAT although
the w. G. i. u work is fierce in Amer
lea, Ill foreign countries it only repre-.
SCENTS small portion of the sisterhood
of the world" She spoke of the great
difficulties and acknowledgements under
which she did some of her work in Aus
tralla. On one occasion she travelled
500 miles by land and sea to a Town
where she had been informed she would
receive cool reception. Her modes OF
lOcOmutiOn were an unseaWOrthy boat
and a box car. She found in this
place 5000 miners, and spoke 10
them every night for ten nights.
In the course of her Australian tour
she found 1900 women who were
white ribbouers." and all working in
the interest Of the cause. She asked
these women to join organized work,
and she also tried TO get The colonial
parliament to pass bill that would
prevent employment of girls as bar
maids. This bill failed to be passed, OIL
the ground that ii would throw great
many women out of employment. Aus
tralian politicians questioned Miss Ack-
erman as to how the w. c. T. U. stood
as all organization on the subject of
protection. She Informed them that
they believed in protection not only
for sheep and cows. but for mothers
daughters" In few we'll chosen re-
marks she thanked the sisters for the
kind welcome they had given her, and
promised to talk to them again, but Oh a
different subject this evening. After
the singing of hymn by the House of
Hope choir the meeting closed with the
benediction, which was pronounced by
Rev. j. G. Coniey