The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-11-19
THE w q. L. u. CONVENTION.



CLEvELANp, Nov is.-Business was laid
aside today by the delegates and officers of
the w. c. T.. U. convention. The hours
were devoted to worship and rest. Many
of the visitors spoke from pulpits thrown
| open to them by the city pastors. A mass
meeting was held In Music hall at O'Clock
in the afternoon. DIR. James w. Bashford.
of the Ohio Wesleyan university, was
accorded the honor of delivering the an
nual sermon, which Office had here
tofore been filed by women. The
preacher took for his text Matthew
vi. Il; THY kingdom come, Thy will
be done on earth as il Is in heaven" He
said the aim of the W. C. T. Il. was to
bring the kingdom of heaven on earth. He
thought the subject for the consid Grafton
of the hour should be 'the problem to be
solved in bringing IN the kingdom. f" and
"the best solution of the problems which
confront our civilization" One of the
problems he regarded 10 be the growth of
the cities. With the increase in popuIa-
ton has also come an increase in the tax
rate. In the early part OF his address DR..
Bashford turned TO discussion of Tam
many, saying:
I'VE have all just witnessed the humiii-
ating reveistion OF municipal corruption
in the chief city OF the land. 1t Is esti-
mated that the Tweed ring during the
entire period in which Ii controlled the
city of New York stole s.. .0G0, 600. This
was the most enormous THEFT discovered
in municipal administration down to that
time But it is now believed that Tam
many has been stealing SIS, 900 600 year
The question of municipal government is
a national problem. Ii the corruption of
{ Raf 1Ys -
during the next half century. and If our
urban population becomes larger and
larger than the rural population, the re-
public is doomed. DO We not need to pray
earnestly today: Thy kingdom come,
Thy will lie done on earth as IL is in
heaven
1--WE are spiritually asleep, dreaming
the self-same dream of race supremacy
that has wrecked the greatest nations OF
the world. Meanwhile Jehovah Is saving
to as es He said to the Jews of old:
Either serve the word or perish America
in the twentieth century must say to all
men. even 10 the Lagos and 20 the Guiteaus
10 the Lobsnguias and the Calibans: We
are brethren and lift them up TO angel
hood ng the Calibans Will hosrSely hiss in
our ears; We are Brethren and drag Us
down 10 beastliness"
The latter part Of the sermon was an
account OF a temperance movement in
Washington's time. Washington, hun
dred years ago, was characterized as
temperance reioFmer. Washington owRed
a distillery and sold whisky His expense
account In his own handwriting. show
shat he spent money freely for liquor W hen
he ass q candidate for the house Of
burghsrs. and yet one OF tae first temper
snos organizations hundred years ago
took refuge under his name and called
itself the Washington Society. Al the rate
al y hitch emperance reform has progressed
since that time. the ultimate triumph OF
lis principles would be seen in the tSen-
tisth century. After tas sermon q .ousing
suffrage meeting Was held. presided over
by susan b. Anthony, and this evening
'sY" meetings were held ia different parts
OF The city. presided over by the secretaries
of the organizations from the different
states.