The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-04-14
W.C.T.U. CONVENTION
Interesting Report of the
Afternoon and Even
ing Sessions.
RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED
Appreciate Judge Lippincott's Eff
forts to Close Saloons on Sun
day-The Addresses.
RESOLUTIONS ADJ

The semi-annual convention of the W. G.
T. u. of Hudson County, which was held IN
Bayonne yesterday, a full account OF the
morning session being exclusively published
in THE NEWS, yesterday, was very success
full. The afternoon session was opened by
devotional exercises, led by Mrs. Beach OF
West Bergen.
Miss jackson read paper on Finance.
She said that the Union had no endow,,
ments and needed funds to carry on It's good
work, and that money as well as grace and
sgumption' is needed to get a bill through
the Legislature" Faith without works IS
that some of the members wonder
where their annual dues OF fifty
cents a piece go to, q explained
that twenty cents was kept IN the FUND OF
the local union, ten cents went the national
union, ten cents for the unions general ex-
penses, and ten cents for salaries. In con,
clusion, Miss Jackson said, BE just n
generous, and in all you do, do not forget
your County Union" When Miss Jackson
finished her paper, Mrs. Bourne told the
ladies about Rest Cottage. 1t is situated on
the County Fair Grounds, among the nquor
saloons, and distributes temperance litera-
ture, and has a nursery where women visit
mo fhe fair can leave their children during
the day. There is still a note of $500, given
as part payment for thu building, which
comes due on the first day of next July, n
she gave out cards, calling for $40 apiece,
to a number of the ladies present.
JUNIOR ORGANIZATION
Miss Kate Randall of the West Hoboken
Young Women's Christian temperance
| Union read a paper on the Junior organi-
zatlon and its work. Sh said that noyelists
gave American girls credit for being
vivacious and piquant, but she thought that
they ought to consider the TACT hat the
maidens of this country had a serious thought
| sometimes. Miss Randall said in conclusion
| that in the words of a well known bishop,
| the flag of the United States belonged just
| below the cross, and that if the Union
| does its duty, wine drinking would be aDol-
| ished in the course of a few years and total
abstinence would be universal.
Mrs. Fuller, the State superintendent OF
| the Flower Mission, addressed the conven-
| ton on that subject.
THE RESOLUTIONS.
The Committee on Resolutions, consisting
| of Miss Anna Raymond and Mrs. w. Il.
Beach. presented the following, which were
adopted
Resolved, That we. members Of the w. 2. 7.
U. of Hudson County, in convention assembled,
| extend to the Supreme Justice, Job A. Lippin-
colt, our grateful acknowledgements Tor the
| noble sentiments expressed in his charge to the
Grand Jury, April 8. in reference TO the sale or
/ LIQUOR on Sundays, aud his declaration that this
| violation of law must cease, also Sunday
/ theatricals, gambling, etc.
We highly appreciate his efforts to enforce
the proper observance Of the Sabbath and sup
press ali wrong doing, thus encouraging US In
| our work. May our Heavenly Father guide
| protect and bless his efforts to sustain right and
suppress evil, thus helping the work for God
and humanity.
Resolved, That as the teaching of scientific
| temperance In our public schools is all import
| ant, we rejoice, with exceeding great JOY, that
the bill 10 enforce it, presented to the New
| Jersey Legislature now in session, has received
the wise consideration of our legislators. having
| passed a second reading in the Assembly, and
| will. no doubt, become law. Thanking legisla-
| tors for this, our prayer is that God guide aud
| bless them in all their deliberations.
| Resolved, That we extend thanks to the pas
| tor. Rev. G. NJ. Anderson. and trustees of this
! church, for its use for this semiannual con
| yention; also to the members of Bayonne VIC.
| T.W. for their cordial welcome, their Christian
sympathy and bountiful refreshment: Our
| prayer is that God bless them In all good
| works, particularly the suppression of the
| LIQUOR traffic, until not a saloon or beer keR
disigure the streets Of this thriving city.
| Resolved, That we extend to Mr.. w. ID.
Beach our grateful Acknowledgements for his
| efforts to Introduce the teaching OF scient ihc
! temperance In the public schools of Jersey City,
| by Offering q resolution to that effect which the
| Board of Education has unanimously adopted.
Adjournment was then taken for lunch.
THE vENIN SESSION.
When the evening session was opened at
| eight o'clock, the church was crowded and
| President Mrs. H. Cairns looked exceedingly
happy as she viewed the large audience from
her place on the platform. If the delegates