Evening star., 1896-12-11
ON TEMPERANCE LINES
The One Fight Of the Non-Partisan ".
O. 7. u.
From Representative
Morse - Liquor at the Capitol
The Addresses Last Night.

Representative Morse OF massachusetts
told the delegates to the Non-partisan wo
mans Christian Temperance Union at q
meeting in Foundry NJ. E. Church, Rev. O
A. Brown, DID,, pastor, corner of 14th and
G streets northwest, last evening that ht
had been assured by Senator Quay, chair
maa of the Senate committee on public
buildings and grounds, that there was nc
doubt but that the Senate would pass with
out unnecessary delay the House bill which
was adopted yesterday to exclude the sale
OF liquor from the Capitol.
MI Morse also stated that he and many
other members of Congress were of the
opinion that the bill to amend the high
license law of the District of Columbia
which was drawn by the Anti-saloon
League of Washington. would also pass
both houses in the near future.
ms pili provides for stoppage up OF
the cavities. SO Mr.. Morse said, of the
present law, and is expected to advs
the temperance work here to a marked
gree.
The proceedings of the whole session
were full Of interest.
MRS. Ellen j. Phinney of Cleveland
emo, general secretary of the national or
sanizauon, presided. The devotional eyer
Uses uses were LED by Mrs. Isabel c. Plumb of
Chicago, Ill.
a committee on credentials was an.
pointed as follows, Mrs. Howard NJ Ing
nam of Ohio, Miss Mary kaufman of penn
ssIvania, IVA a. and .; Mrs G. T. Cole of Iowa
Rev DR.. Wilbur F. Crafts of Washington
made brief address, during which he Co.
eiatuidted the delegates on the auspicious
circumstances under which they met.
IN me absence OF Mrs. Gen. Logan. who
was expected TO deliver the address of
welcome, but who was at the last menent
prevented from attending the meeting
Ms Mis. D. Ellen Foster, one of the famous
in.. Ero eiIsauers' now a resident of Wash
lngton, consented to take her place.
1hurch,. assured the delegates that they
We're as welcome to the church and to
w Washington as the sunshine"
Mr. william Dickson, who was intro
uuced as one of the oldest members of
Foundry Church, also spoke few words
of welcome.
The response was by Mrs. Matte r.
Weeks of Pittsburg, Pa, who, in part,
SAID: We cannot boast of great numbers.
and we certainly have no wealth of whic h
TO tell, but We stand as the representa-
uves or non-partisan methods in woman's
InriStlan temperance work, and as those
VINO VIII not permit the influences of their
organization to be pledged directly or in
directly to any other organization nor their
society to be allied, in whole or in part to
any political party or any religious sect
Nor do We allow the free exercise of the
political preferences or denominati tional con-
victions of our members, as abridged by
our society. There you have our platform,
and upon it We stand without any division
of sentiment.
I'VE are glad to count among our men,
bers those who as individuals favor the
republican, the democratic and the pro-
hibition parties, but when any or all of
these parties split as they sometimes do,
We never have to change our policy alter
our resolutions
We have not undertaken to reform the
world, and We did not spend any time
or money this year trying to elect a Presi-
dent for the nation.
The thing we are trying to do Is
to promote total abstinence in the indi-
vidual AMI secure prohibition in state ana
nation: and the contract is SO large we
are all kept pretty busy in working along
the original lines of educational, evan
gelistic. preventive and rescue work.
Senator William p. Frye of Maine, who
was introduced by Mrs. Florence G. Porter
of Caribou. Me. as her substitute, urged
couraged at the figures which are some
times presented for their consideration In
connection with the devastation wrought
by the liquor traffic, hut to be assured that
the temperance cause was gaining ground,
and that there was not one-tenth as much
general drinking among the people there
as forty years ago.
After a solo by Miss Grace Altschu of
Washington, Mrs. VI. Is. Platt, president of
the Woman's Christian Temperance Union
CT Washington, extended the fraternal
greetings of that body to the convention.
The greetings of the American Anti-Sa-
loon League were extended by Rev. How
ard II. Russell the general superin tendent,
of Columbus. Ohio.
ident, Mrs. c. Cornelia Afford of Bernard
stOn. Mass.
During the evening Mrs. kepplar rem
dered two coInet solos.