The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-10-24

TEMPERANCE WOMEN
Annual Convention of the
State Union at DR.. Brett's
Church.
MAYOR WANsER'S WELCOME
Prominent Workers From All Parts
Address the Delegates-GoOd
Work in Hudson.

The twenty-frst annual convention of
the Woman's acknowledgements Union
opened last night in the Bergen Reformed
| Church with the first of a series of pub
lie meetings which are open to the pub
lie. The President, Mrs. Emma Bourne
| of Newark, had charge of the meeting.
| Mrs. Bourne makes an excellent presiding
| officer and her gracious words on intro
ducing the speakers were few and to the
point. The church was decorated with
| the county amer and the white rid
bon of the Union, while the yellow and
white of the S~uffragists decorated the
| platform. Palms added to the general
| effect. The choir of the north Baptist
| Church sang several. selections, after
| which Mrs. T. H. Tomlinson, President
of Union county, led the devotional eX-
~ercises. Mrs. ]. S. Wilson of West
| Philadelphia sang two solos. Her voice
is very powerful and was heard all over
| the room while her every word was dis
| tinctly e~nunciated.
DR.. Brett made the first address of
welcome. He said:-sIt has been my
| privilege to bid welcome to many So
| cieties since my pastorate, blu to none
nave l given a heartier welcome than l
| give to the w. c. T. u"
DR.. Brett said he felt like echoing DR..
Clement French in his welcome to the
| Christian Endeavorers at New Brunswick,
| saying:-"We have long since ceased to
talk of entertaining angels unawares,
we knew you were angels before you
came, and now that we look into your
faces we are sure of it."
MAYOR WANSER'S WELCOME.
Mrs. Bourne read a letter from Mayor
| Wanser in which he said:-'I regret to
have to inform you thai I find it impos-
| sible to be with you this evening. 1t
would give me pleasure to welcome in
person such a representative body to our
| city, but as 1 cannot do that, l beg of you
that you will say to the convention that
l most heartily welcome it and wish it q
| successful and pleasant session, and that
I know that you and the other ladies'
| having charge of the arrangements in
| this city will show the visiting delegates
| every hospitality. With best wishes, z
/ am, very respectfully, -
"P. F. WANSER.'
Mrs. Cairns, President of the Hudson
County Union, then said a few words of
welcome. Mrs. Scudder told of the In
terest the Christian Endeavorers took in
temperance and that they, therefore, had
a right to welcome the w. C. 7. U. to this
city.
In his address of welcome Major Pang-
born said:-"The W. C. r.. U. is the
most remarkable organization in history
and is therefore entitled to first place
He said man was the weaker sex so far
as morals went, and that the w. c. T. U.
came here in the cause of purity, So
briefly and the attainment of higher
Christian brotherhood.
A letter was read from Mr.. H. C. Wait,
in which he said:-"I wanted to welcome
the delegates in behalf of the greater
army of children who are the victims of
an evil that extends in its influence into
the home, the school and ever the play
ground"
Mrs. E. c.. Greenman, President of
Morris county, responded to the greetings
and said she considered it ideal hospi-
tally.
MRS. SHAW'S ADDRESS.
The Rev. Anna Shaw the speaker of
the evening was then introduced. She
words which 1 nave heard tonight the
modesty of the men in calling them
selves the weaker sex is most surpris-
ing. We so long have been termed the
weaker sex that We at last have come
to believe it is a fact. Now that the
men are so fearful, W. will come to the
rescue and say there is no weaker, no
stronger sex, each creature was created
equal.' In intemperance man is the
weaker, it has a stronger hold on mon.
SO women are coming 10 rescue man
hood and w~omanhood from the curse.
I'm the olden time there was a sect
called Apologists, not that they apollo
gized, they simply explained things. So
tonight we women might be termed the
we apologize, but that we are here to
explain the reason IF our purpose. We
can safely say, thus far has the Lord
led us, thus far has He %prospered us,
while ago / was with Miss Anthony in
Topeka at a meeting and the Governor
of the State was expected to address us.
He did not know what kind of a meet
ing it was and he was greatly embar-
raised when he found we were women,
so he stood on the platform and said,
say" then Miss Anthony stepped up
and said, Governor Morrell, if there
was a ballot under every bonnet, you'd
nets here with ballots under them. only
bonnets full of sorrow but still with
hope.
styled a church "a congregation of worn-
en- with just enough men to officer it
And these conventions are congregations
of women with just enoigh men to give
1t dignity and responsibility. No clergy
man has a chance to talk to many men
unless he be chaplain of a penitentiary.
I sometimes wish / were a Chaplain,
80 that / might have a chance to ak
to those controlling the Government.
President Elliott has said, there is hope
for our nation, the family is the top
root of the State, and the family life
here is higher and nobler than it has
ever been anywhere So the safety of
the nation does not rest upon tariff,
free silver, income tax, or even reci-T
procity, but the essential is the protec4
ton Of the force through which thee
power comes. / have attended many
campaign meetings. / am very fond of
them. / would go and listen to the Re-
publicans give figures that never lie, on
salt, lumber, pig iron, and WOOL Then
1 would hear the Democrats, only their
figures would be reversed on these same
subjects. In these campaigns / heard SO
much salt, lumber, pig iron, and WOOL
the l dreamed of them and If I had a
night-mare; it was a woolly one.
Il belong to no party. | do not know
enough to be a Republican. I am not
good enough to be aDemocrat. / have not
suffered enough to be a Popuiist; / am
not sober enough for a Prohibitionist.
Yet q man may lie all day in the gutter
and If be is sober enough to tell the diff
ference between a rooster n an eagle
so that he may know his party he may
even vote the Prohibition ticket. 1t