The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-10-05
THE TEMPERANCE UNION,
Reports of the Work That Has
Been Done During the
Past Year.
Great Efforts, but Small ResuIts-A
Chinaman Convicted of Law
Breaking.

The State convention of the Woman S
Christian Temperance Union met in the
Y. NJ. C. A. building yesterday morning,
the president Mrs. Peet, in the chair.
Under the topic of "Preventives" Mrs. H.
P. Van Kirk, Md, read paper on
Hygiene; Mrs. F. H. Bentley on
'Heredity"; Mrs. Mary Palm, MD, on
"Non-Alcoholic Medication" and Mrs.
Clare o. Southland on "Coffee-house and
Free Reading-room.
Under the head of THE Legal Question"
Mrs. Martin discussed Legislation and
Petitions: Mrs. Rose NJ. French, Law
Enforcement; Miss S. NJ. Severance,
franchise" Concerning the social prob
lem was a paper on Drawing room" by
Mrs. Mary Frank Brown and on Fair
Work by Mrs. Emma G. Snow.
Mesdames Brown, Kimball, Spencer,
Van Pelt, Croake, Harnish and French
were elected board of directors for the
Union organ, the Pacific Ensign, for the
coming year. Mrs. Harnish was reap
pointed manager of the publication. Miss
Severance suggested that editors and news
paper people generally be petitioned to
open their columns for the discussion of
the suffrage amendments, pro and con.
She also referred to the liberal aid OF the
unions while she was six weeks in Sacra-
mento, during the last session of the Leg
islature. She reported that she had S13
still of the fund placed in her hands.
Mrs. French reported that earnest work
had been done in enforcing the law, but
the results were poor Mrs. Sanford had
prosecuted five cases in Alameda. One of
the cases had been tried in a room back
of saloon. Only one conviction had been
secured and the case was now in the Su-
parinr Court STOCKTON ho6 raf,1CaH 70
issue licenses TO saloons having side-en-
frances and to groceries having bars. The
Woodland Union had succeeded in closing
eight disreputabie houses, and the police
records of San Francisco show that there
have been fifteen cases of selling liquor to
minors, resulting in fourteen diSniSsals
and one conviction. The luckless one was
q Chinaman. Mrs. Snow suggested that
greater efforts be made to prevent LIQUOR
privileges from being sold at district fairs
and that members of the union be put on
the agricultural boards.
Mrs. Geising announced to the conven-
ton that her father, J. H. Webb had lust
been elected grand chief templar at the
Grand Lodge now in session al Sacra-
mento.
Resolutions were adopted expressing a
determination to make greater efforts
toward the adoption of suffrage amend
ments and the spread OF the cause of tenn
perance, and also thanking the people of
San Francisco for courtesy shown the
delegates to the convention.
collection was taken up in the con-
vention, and $42 was raised toward the
purchase of California w. c. T. U.
banner. 1t will be suitably inscribed and
sent to the exposition at Atlanta, Ca
Word was received in the convention
that Mrs. Isabella Brooks, delegate from
Castroville had been injured while step
ing from a cable-car and was unconscious
at the Receiving Hospital. Much regret
was expressed.
Mrs. Bailey rendered beauti-
full solo entitled The Prodigal Girl"
During the convention Mrs Bailey has
entertained the delegates with her excel
lent music.