The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-11-20
In NATIONAL CONVENTION.
Yesterdays Doings At The W. G. 7.
U. At Cleveland
PATHETIC FAREWELL OF THE
VENERABLE "MOTHER STEWART"

The Report of the Committee on Mercy
Strongly Condemns the Proposed vivi
Section of Condemned Criminals in
Ohio, Killing of seals-Agument for a
Vegetable Diet-They Say Cigarettes
and Cigars Must Go.
Cleveland, O.. November 9.-Today's
sessions of the National Woman's Chris
tian Temperance Union opened at $50
am. After miscellaneous business,
Mrs. Mary E. Kline, the president. report
ed on the national temperance hospital.
and Mrs. Matilda B. Carse, the president,
reported on the Woman's Temperance
| Publishing Association. Then came
| the reports of organizers. Mrs. Helen l..
Bullock, of Elmira, Y, an oragnizer,
| reported that in Maine the Woman's
Christian Temperance Union is more
feared than the Pinkerton detectives.
During nearly three months stay in
Maine altough she visited police stations
in different cities, and spent some time
looking through the worst streets in
Portland and other cities for drunken
and he was at the station in Bangor.
She asked the chief of police. why even
this one man should be in that condi-
tion, and he apologized by saying they
had political convention and base
ball game in the city that day.
Cleveland. Ohio, November 20.-At the W.
G. T. U. convention today. Mother Stewart,
who started for the train to 90 home and
become impressed with thethuught she might
never meet the members of the convention
again, appeared in the hall and made
little farewell speech, exhorting the W. G.
T. u. to get back to the crusade spirit.
The delegates rose and gave the 'Chautau-
qua salute" Mother Stewart responded
by reciting poem into which she threw the
spirit of1a young woman.
Mrs. Mary E. Lowell from the department
of mercy, offered a resolution W hich was
adopted with enthusiasm: Whereas. An
effort to secure legislation in Ohio and to
viyisect condemned criminals confirms the
assertion recently made that. owing to in
conclusive results. experiments on live
animals do not protect human beings. and
only creates desire for them as subjects,
and whereas, it is expressly INA 1ptanied by
the constantly increasing number OF able
medical men that legitimate methods would
result in true knowledge, because the
nature of those experiments often precludes
the use of anastEetics thus fnfiicting
torture of a shocking character; resolved.
We the National Women's Christian Tenn
peranee Union. believe vivisection to be
unnecessary and cruel; that it particularly
demoralizing in tendency, when done be-
fore Glasses of young people and will en-
deavor to the development of sentiment
which may result in legislation for the
entire abolition of the practice. Mrs.
Lowell spoke briefly upon the subject of the
needless slaughter of animals and cruelty
attached to it. She deprecated the
slaughter of seals for women's garments and
added that she did not wear seal garments
herself and would not do SO under any cir
cumstances.
She was interrupted by Miss Willard, who
told the delegates she wore a plush garment
for the same reason. Continuing.
Mrs. Lowell advocated a vegetarian diet
and called attention to the narrowing
scenes in slaughter house where beef is
prepared for food. She concluded her re-
marks with the announcement that
cigarettes and cigars must go.
Mary Wood Allen addressed the conven-
tion on the subject of social purity. She
said that owing to lack of funds the work
in this line could not be prosecuted as Zeal
ously as desired, although many good re-
suits are obtained. Notable among these
was the raising of the age of consent in
many states.
Mrs. c. NJ. Woodward spoke briefly on the
work among railway employees. She referred
to the late strike and called attention to the
necessity for bridging of the gulf between
railroad employees and officials.
Mrs. j. M. Kinney, superintendent of the
Penal and Reform institution departm ent,
reported progress. and said that while the
work did not show many results on the face
of things, much good was being done.
The indications are that Mrs. l.. M. N,
Stevens of Maine, will be chosen to succeed
the late Mrs. Woodbridge as recording
secretary.
The introduction of fraternal delegates
was the first business in order at the af-
ternoon session, and the formal presen-
tation of gold medal to Wilbur Hill of
Indiana for the best essay on the de-
partment of mercy made. The evening
session was devoted to exercises COM
memorative of the 21st anniversary of
the Union. Mrs. Henrietta l.. Monroe.
president of the Ohio organization, pre-
sided. The speakers were all Ohio wom-
en-, many of whom were active in the
original temperance crusade in 1873
ternoon and arranged for the annual
meeting in Atlanta, Ca, in February.
A Heavy Loss of Gold.
Washington, November 19. Corrected and