The record-union., 1894-10-10
Evening Session.


parliamentary ways,
Evening Session.
There was large attendance when the |
exercises in the evening opened with de- |
votional exercises, conducted by Mrs. l..
NJ. Carver. She took for her theme,
Christ the Foundation" and alluded to
the general idea that Solomon's temple |
wan typical of tho church OF sod or earth,
and read the description of its dedication
by Solomon.
Mrs. Sturtevant-P Peet, the President,
then delivered her address. She said
This anniversary marks period i'll the
years of our associated existence. This
occasion reminds us anew OF the empha-
sized truth that the laws which prompt
and govern our action and the redeeming
forces OF our organization are the written
and unwritten lives OF our members; that
upon the purity, purpose and dignity OF
this charter will depend the progress Of
the great work committed 10 our keeping.
Foremost among the requisite ele-
ments OF civilization Is the disposition
and ability to detect, resist and turn aside
evil tendencies and wrongdoings, TO
check the tide and turn the current from
a crumbling, resstless shore TO the con-
ter OF the stream. For unillnching cour-
age and the exercise of such ability the
/ " omen's Christian Temperance I nlon
is distinguished, as we'll as Tor It's great
and grand conceptions and accomplish
mentS."
The crushing and depressing effects of
vicious legislation eliminating III the
financial panic of eighteen months ago
have continued through the past year,
thwarting plans OF business and retard
ing progress and prosperity. Every
branch OF trade except the liquor traffic
has been hindered and dwariei in pro-
ductiOn. The curse OF the world has OK
panded and extended its production to
2, l76, ,39G barrels of malt liquors alone.
According to the BreaCerS' J0HTRdI
there were seventy breweries started
during the year. According TO the
revenue report the Governments part
nership in the liquor business has flour
ished in spite of the hard times. Con-
gross recently adjourned after eleven
months tinllering With the tariff and
passing bill extending the time for pay
| ing taxes OH liquors in bond from three
10 eight years. Such legislation, not by
the people nor for the people, is more and
! more threatening to the prospects anH
| safety OF this country.
The past year has been one of unusual
activity among liquor dealers, and they
| have combined and present united
| front against the encroachment OF tenn
perance fanatics which, as the UlJte and
| ,Splrit Gazette Significantly remarks, are
not found in saloons.
They have resolved to support no man
for office not pledged to oppose all tenn
! perance reforms. The Legislature of
| Maryland has passed law providing
that inebriales be sent TO gold cure. and
then defeated Il local option bill by vote
! OF % to 81. Secretary Stanton said that
the United States Government never re-
| dresses a wrong till the people demand
/ il, and he was correct.
But this fact does not seem TO have
proved in the past the certainty OF re-
dressing wrong. During the Fifty-third
Congress majority OF the people were
| in want and distress. An army OF wan
de1ers were fed and sheltered by munich
pal and local charity. Did Congress heed
the cries fer relief or pass any relief
measures? Not one. Following this
came the coal strikes and the Pullman
| strike. The Government has afforded no
| relief and tho petitions of the people
| went into the waste baskets. With sa-
| looms, brewerles, distilleries. trusts and
| syudlcateS in politics, the time IS not yet
| when we can enjoy a sale Christian ideal
! Government. For long years patriots
and statesmen labored to build up our
! Government and make it the model re-
the goal OF their earnest and honest am
uilion the Women's Christian Temper
ance Union would never have been born
or had to face the slern realities of to-day.
With the well-laid foundations of our
Government why do such dark clouds
hover over the Ship of State, AMI
why are the Christian women OF the
nation aroused to action, alarmed by pres
ent conditions and future fOrebodipgs? :?
1t is because our wise and honest states
men are dead, and sterling integrity and
Justice no longer are the presiding genil
of the age, and because licensed curse
with the taxes, luxury and power count
for more than country and heaven.
Much is being done to gain and retain
vantage ground, however. President
Cleveland iii his message recommended
/ that the sale Of firearms and intoXicants
to the natives of Congo be prohibited.
The Postmaster-GeneraI has ruled that
, no person interested in or engaged in the
LIQUOR business shall be appointed Post
t master. In New York bill TO prevent
saloons to open on Sundays III cities OF
over 700, coo inhabitants was defeated and
one prohibiting the sale OF intoxicants
after z. NJ. on excursion boats.
Connecticut, New Jersey, kentuck Y
and Louisiana passed stringent educa.
| tional laws. Similar laws obtain i'll every
State and Territory but six. The Su-
preme Court of Indiana has declared that
under certain circumstances the saloon.
although licensed, may be proved a legal
nuisance and damages collected from the
} owner.
one of the notable events of the year
was tho celebration of the ninetieth
birthday of Neal Dow, who, in 1851
drafted and piIoted through the Legisla.
ture the Maine Liquor Law" She
: cIassed him with Washington and Latay-
/ ette. Prohibition is the Alpha and Omeg5
2 of the temperance question. 1t covers
the whole held and settles the question
/ without loophole or profiso. There are
10000 women in California who extend
: the right hand OF fellowship to theii
e brothers who stand in tho minority for
= time that comfort aad plenty may come
. TO homes of misery.
i Mrs. Peet spoke also in relation Il
@ woman suffrage and the attempts OF othe
Q parties and the planks ia their platform:
, | To catch the temperance vote; of socia
t purity and the action of TIE kentuck J
t women in the case of Breckinridge; pail
V a compliment 10 the Pacific EpSign anC
Il its good work, and tile need OF its sup
e port; our young women and their inilu
h ence paid q glowing tribute TO Lady
Somerset and spoke OF Miss Wizards re
II turn home. 1t was an able and interest
@ ing effort, and was listened 10 with at
;t tention.
/. Mrs. Sadie Renowden Bailey sang
d beautiful vocal solo with sHch good tast
o and effect that she was forced to respont
to an encore.
y Miss s. Nj. Severance delivered an ad
dress on the situation as it exists to-day