The Portland daily press., 1895-09-27

fully injured. Another great gathering
was the Polyglot Petition meeting in
Washington Feb. Is. This is the largest
petition ever secured for any object, and
the first petition reaching out to all the
world by signatures and purposes LII the
names on the petition were written one
TO each line with names of all the en-
dorsers it would occupy space 53 miles
long. We cannot estimate the amount
of righteous sentiment created by its cir
culation. Missionaries tell us of the
| awakening which has come in foreign
lands upon the great questions it involves
against the liquor traffic, the opium trades
the gambling den and the house of shame
The petition is now in England and will
soon be on its journey around the world.
1 shall not speak at length of the great
question of capital and labor TO which
our attention is so often called, but we
certainly should study the relation OF
temperance to the problem. The fact
that the needle woman under the sweat
ing system (shame that such system
exists in our country tolls in her cheer
less attic to earn enough to barely iced
and scantily clothe her children, while in
the same city a man spends $1,000 to give
dinner to his friends plainly shows that
the Golden Rule is not yet applied to
custom and society. Speaking of only
one point, must reiterate that to turn
into right channels the two thousand
million dollarsg spent annually in the
liquor traffic in the United States would
do more toward the settlement OF th1
vexed question than all the Coxey Armies
and strikes which have ever taken place
Mrs. Stevens spoke in memoriam OF
those who had died since the last conven-
tion. She alluded to Mrs. Mary A. Wood
bridge, National Corresponding Score
tary, Mary T. Lathrop, President Michi-
gan W. c. 7. Y. Ella N. T. Williams,
dent Dominion W. Q. T. u, and others.
She also spoke of great gains. nnmerf-
cally and in other Ways which had come
to the Maine W. G. T. y. during the
past year and in closing urged upon all
present that they 50 forward WITH new
courage and conservation, ever striving,
helping and hoping.
RECOMMENDATIONS.
/. I recommend that we continue our
efforts for Reformatory Prlson Tor
Women, for Municipal Suffrage, and to
raise the Age of Protection for girls.
3. I recommend that each county shall
adopt plan of missionary work by
which each local Union, however email
OF remote, may receive at least one visit
annually from some one making this
special object.
3 That We make earnest efforts to in
terest more of the young people in our
work.
T. That we steadily endeavor to in
crease our membership. With proper
effort we could easily double our numbers
in many places. !,
and care should be taken to secure the at |
tendance of women who have but little |
opportunity to gain such knowledge as |
we seek to impaIt.
g.. We should carefully consider. the |
advantage that it is to our society to nave
place which is the center OF our active
work. The purchase of the desirable
property at $50 Free ST., Portland. has
proved to be no mistake: although we
have been unable to pay for it, the re-
ceipts from rental of rooms provide Tor
all the running expenses and furnish us
with good offices for State headquarters
We confidently expect to be able to report
to enable US to fully own the place, thus
giving us an Income which will help in
the extension and building up OF our
work.
I. Each Union should take an interest
in procuring subscribers to the Union
Signal and to the Star IN the East NO
white ribboner can possess the knowledge
she really needs unless she is reader.of
these valuable papers.
s. Local Unions should hold public
meetings at which the work OF our many
departments should be presented. The
evil OF Clgaf0UUo SMOKING duu ohAcI ioLus
of narcotics should be often presented In
this manner.
9. Do not fail to directly teach and
preach total abstinence and prohibition.
1t is true that now as In the beginning OF
our work we are committed to these basic
principles towards which so much OF our
department work tends.
The appointment of the various COM
mittees and reports Of the county presi-
dents followed
At the afternoon session the minutes
of the morning session were read and the
annual report of the state correspond
ing secretary, made by Mrs. S. Il. Cram
The report of the treasurer and Star
in the East, y was made by Mrs NJ. O.
Mcdowell The report of the auditor
was also made Miss Clara Stinson OF
Houlton, who attended the worlds con-
yention of the ". G. L. u, at London,
June last, made report OF that conven-
ton and incidents connected herewith,
which was heard with deep interest
The report was ably written delivered IN
a clear and forcible manner. Several
gentlemen were presented to the conven
tion at this point, among others the Rev.
G, E. Owen, pastor of First Baptist
church, Hon Chas. Dunn, one of the
Aroostook county commissioners. The
convention adjourned at $50.
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