The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1895-11-22

curse those to whom the gospel was being
carried. She spoke at length of the home
missionary department In its work In the
lumber woods of Michigan and Wisconsin.
The wife of the governor of Wisconsin is
chairman of this department in her state,
and is doing heroic work. We aim to make
our work practical. Our first thought was
alone to save the drunkard, but the scope
of our mission has broadened and deepencd.
Beginning with Vermont in 1882 we have
secured legislation in all the states and ter
ritories but three, requiring the teaching in
the schools the effects of the use of intoxi-
eating liquors and narcotics upon the hu-
man system, and also from congress in re-
lation to the District of Columbia. The
star of Bethlehem may stand over the school
house but it Is a sad thought that the chill
dren are not all in the school house. We
do not ask the saloons to close, but we do
ask the legislature to order them closed, not
because we antagonize the saloon keeper
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The only license we believe in is no license.
Why not talk politics? We have as much,
II not more, interest in the welfare of the
state and in the protection of the home as
man. God is the author of government and
the laws should be in harmony with the di.
vine idea. The speaker most emphatically
condemned the high license system that
fosters the gin palace with its marble floors
and gilded walls. AS the liquor traffic
strikes down our homes and our loved ones
there can be no argument in favor of its le-
galization,
| WEDNESDAY MORNING.
The devotional exercises were conducted
by Mrs. Devendorf, of Burton.
Mrs. Eliza M. Hawken, of Montcalm Co.,
presented an interesting paper on Sabbath
observance, giving account of success of
their work in closing meat markets, tobacco
stores and some other places of business.
The president supplemented the report by
the remark that there was much cringing
now over the fact that the women were COM
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these matters.
| Mrs. Wyckoff, of Saginaw, gave detailed
report of the press work, showing very
liberal spirit usually on the part of publish
ers in the district.
A very able document was presented by
Mrs. Hawken, of Montcalm county, on SCI
entific temperance instruction, of its impor-
tance. and the success of the work during
the past year.
| 1.-THE franchise" was the theme of an in
teresting paper by Mrs. M. E. Densmore, of
this city. In only a portion of the towns do
the women avail themselves of the right to
the school boards. The writer suggested
that discussions with men in opposition to
this movement upon the negative and wO-
men on the affirmative, will be found ex-
ceedingly profitable as well as interesting.
Special reading circles in the study of civil
government will be found useful.
| Under the order of the question box"
several questions were asked by members of
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jamin. One of these was: What would you
do if union had stranded and then re-
vived?
Ans.-First learn the cause of stranding
of the trouble on which they had been
wrecked.
Q.-What shall we do when we have
members not favorable to antagonizing the
saloon?
Ans.-We do not directly antagonize the
saloon, but we are not in this business for
the fun of it. We are in the field In oppo-
sition to the saloon, though we recognize
that until the law is changed the business is
as legal as other classes of business.
Following the question box came the ad-
dress of the district president, Mrs. Adams,
of Chesaning. The motto of the W. G. T.
U. is total abstinence for the drinker and
prohibition for the nation. We talk loud
and long of the horrors in Turkey and over
look those in our very midst Woe unto
them who call evil, good, and good, evil.
LOCai optiOu, tuOuBu uOb tuo uleuidtc cuu
we seek, must be productive of great good.
In this district we have double the number
of Gideon's brave followers. The address
was lengthy, but was listened to with great
interest, and we only regret that we cannot
give it In full.
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.
Mrs. M. Weeks, of Laingsburg. gave an
interesting account of her visit to the Hope
mission and the Bohemian work in Chicago.
1t was another incidental proof of the great
amount Of home missionary work done by
the w. @. T. u.
The Illegal status OF women of Michigan
was the theme of paper by Mrs. @. p,
Curtis. 1t was listened to attentively.
"Women In government" was ably dis
cussed by Mrs. Carrie Miller, Of Chssaning
: The light of new day is dawning. As she
Is equally interested in all the questions o
, the day she Is equally interested with mar
and should have voice in their settlement
A model union was discussed by Mrs
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