Arizona republican., 1894-05-03

keener vision. It has studied sci ences and discovered that the tumult
 of the whirlwind is less powerful than the silence of the evening dew, 1t has ransacked history and learned that the banner and the sword were never yet the symbols of mans grandest victor ies, and it begins to listen at last to the voice of that inspired one who, through all ages has been gently saying, that the race is not always to the swift, nor the battle to the strong But again we hear the question asked, Do any per manent results ever come of all this restless agitation, this endless series of meetings, these perpetual prayers. these hundreds of Bands of Hope, the tons of temperance tracts, in short, this ferment extending frome one end of our country to the other?' We answer boldly, yes. A result is coming more
 permanent, more definite than could | be hoped for in any other moral reform now in progress, and we believe that the responsibili for this work and the credit for it's final success depends upon the women of this country, as they shall be led on by their sisters of the W. 0. T. U. to the women of America.
 Therefore we look for the complete reformation of the drinking habits of | our country. The churches have done all they can to stem the ever-increasing l tide of evil, but seem powerless beyond i certain point. Temperance societies | of men alone have made noble efforts, 1 but the evil remains unchecked. and in spite of all, we are told that in the last thirty years the people of the United States have drank the full value of all their property: that three millions of wage earners walk the streets today | empty-handed, while one thousand million of dollars of the peoples money goes yearly to satisfy the rum king. Lately procession of eighteen thous- and men walked the streets of Chicago bearing banner with the inscription, "Our children cry for bread" Then they went to grove and settled down and drank one thousand five hundred kegs of beer. The same spirit which day in the persistency with which the W. 0. T. U. wages war agalnst the liquor traffic and the rum power. To day the dramshop stands in the kings highway, but because of the strong hold which the christian mothers of this land have upon God, the spirit is
 moving daily with more force upon the hearts and conscience of the christian cit izen than ever before.
 "Then let us take fresh courage tonight for while we are only little band of soldiers away out here on the frontier trying to
 hold the fort for temperance under many difficulties, there is back of us an army 300, ,000 strong, whose prayers 'as- cend the hill of the Lord' continually as the prayers of one man for the over throw of this soul destroying business, | and among them are the faithful and the true of every church and denomina- tion under the sun. The brainiest wo- | men of the world are among them and certainly the most heroic. Who but w. c. T. U. woman would ever have framed that wonderful polyglot peti- tion and thought out the plan of going around the world to present it to the rulers of all nations ?"
 Mrs. L. c. Hughes who is pres ident of the territorial union read the following paper:
 "Madam President, sisters of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union | of Phoenix:
 "I am pleased to be with you and greet you tonight on this the occasi on of the tenth anniversary of the organ l ization of the work for God and home and humanity in this the capitol city of | Arizona which is nestled in the garden
 of the valley of charming attractions, wonderful possibilities and so many | cherished hopes, for I assure you out of | the Salt River valley must come the illustrations of what the future Arizona will be-; the green luxuriant pasture fields, the broad acres of golden grain, the orchard groves, and vineyards, and
 gardens, all of these and more, which
 have taken possession of this once
 parched desert are so wonderful, 80 full of encouragement, so pleasing to the eye, so delightfully."- in contrast with
 the conditions of ten years ago that we
 of Tucson and of other regions of Ariz-
 ona, when we talk to the stranger of
 the wonders of Arizona and of it's pos
 abilities, having reached the climax
 and wishing to add perfection to beauty,
 we say go to the Salt River valley and
 see for yourselves.
 "This tenth anniversary is full of sug- geetions, for we cannot resist looking
 back over these ten years of work of
 faith and hope, given to the cause
 which you celebrate tonight.
 "What has been the sowing? What
 is the harvest? You pioneer sisters in
 the work can but partially realize
 look out over this beautiful capital city
 rising almost like a mirage fromsthe
 desert. Churches, school houses and
 monuments of prosperous commercial
 business of every kind.
 ''The most striking beauties of Phe
 nix are it's churches and magnificent
 school buildings. All these are indices
 of the people and their aspirations. ''It is with spirit of thanksgiving 1 we call attention to the growth and de- velopment of religious and moral in fluences during these ten years through out the territory and especially in this city. A greater degree of respect ii shown for those sacred customs and institutions which are held 80 dear 1T the old settled communities of .ths states, and more decent regard for Sabbath observances and religious or. ganizations and worship is shown by all.
 1.-The standard of society and condnct . has taken strides onward and upward and have no hesitation in saying tha large share of these grand results art