The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1893-05-25

highly interesting and instructive pa
pers on the temperance work among
woodsmen and on narcotics. Then
came addresses by the local clergy,
Mr.. Beer/ of the Episcopal church,
taking the lead. He did not believe
that prohibition prohibited, and point
ed to Pembina, N. D., as an illustra-
ton, where, he said ten-blind-pigs
we're running under prohibition law.
1t was an unmixed benefit. There
we're things for and against it. He saw
it was failure in Dakota. Yet he
was a prohibitionist. He knew that
prohibition kept boys away from
"blind pigs" because boys we're good
witnesses before grand juries, where
old ''topers" would perjure themselves.
He thought it very doubtful whether
the liquor traffic could be legislated
out of existence.
Mr.. Slime, of the Christian church,
was next. He lauded the ladies for
their work. He believed in the free
use of temperance literature among
the young. He thought that prohibi-
ton was doing good work in Iowa, al
though in some towns there, he con-
tended, the condition of men at times
warranted the prediction that the wa
ter was very strong.
Mr.. Hanscom, of the Methodist
church, was aggressive, and the ladies
applauded him loudly. Prohibition
prohibited, he said. ut does prohibit.
Any temperance man who don't say
that it does is helping every saloon in
the country" MI. Hanscom stated
the laws against murder and theft
might as we'll be repealed as the pro-
hibitory laws. He exhorted the ladies
to stand by the white ribbon, and
while they would not see the complete
destruction of the evil their successors
in the work would He declared that
he could make more money speaking
against prohibition than any Metho-
dist church in the world would pay
him because it's opponents had the
money. He jumped on to license, de-
claring that it was the license of a
crime, and a vote for any man that
would countenance license was made
the voter party to the crime.
The committee on resolutions here
made it's report. The platform, as
read and adopted, declares in favor of
the prosecution of the work of the w.
C. T. u; it demands equal pay for
equal work, no matter the sex; it calls
for the removal of all political destruc-
tons between man and woman, and
declares that every man and woman
able to read sentence of the consti-
tuition of the State or Nation, should
be accorded the privilege of voting; it
calls for the temperance education OF
children; it extended thanks to the re-
firing president, Mrs. Fl. F. Clipfell,
to secretary, Mrs. Ella Mcmillan, to
the local press, to the Presbyterian
church, and the contributors to it's
treasury.
The election of officers followed
Mrs. j. P. Jones was elected presi-
dent; Mrs. Ella Mcmillan secretary,
and Mrs. w. B. King treasurer.
In the evening Mrs. May T. Lath-
rop, the Daniel Websterfet the w. c.
T. u, spoke to large audience. She
was introduced by Mrs. Clipfell, and
her jolly appearance, pleasing, intel.
lectual face, quick repartee, at once
caught the crowd. Her remarks were
bright and interesting, but lack Of
space forbids us using as many Of
them as we could desire. She de
clared that the church was really go
ing backward in the cause of temper
ance, because it could not reach thu
masses. The ballot, which was nov
being used to vote the devils kingdom
up and Christ's kingdom down, wa:
the, only way to wipe out the evil, IL
her opinion. Mrs. Lathrop holds thu
best people responsible for intemper
ance-responsible for not asserting
their Christian manhood and oppos
ing the slums. She pointed to New
York, Chicago, New Jersey, where tn
church member had voted with thu
gambler and the tough element, an6
the toughs were now running the gov
eminent. She scored Carter Harrison
of Chicago, Jockey Flynn, of New
Jersey and Tammany in bitter man
ner. Her concluding remarks appealed
to the man to extend universal woman
suffrage through which alone the Ii
lquor traffic would be checked.
The convention closed Wednesda,
forenoon, with lecture of instruction
to local members by Mrs. LathroI
She exhorted them to drop work a
church socials and put more work il
the movement-let the brethren stant
the church expense.