The sun., 1896-10-08
root BEER Is INSIDl0US.
y. DELEGA1Es SAY II rs AN
I,ySJRTMENT OF THE DEVIJ.

So, c,r.ot,y Perturhed Over tAo Re-
"., 'Thnt she and the New York county
w.,.pptIon Voted in Favor or Comstock
R.rortrrS Are Called On TO Explain.
r.o .ocopd days session Of the State Conven-
,.n n, the woman's Christian Temperance
,'oIon began yesterday morning with n de-
sar,ive calm. The morning session was punctu-
with painful incidents. After the minutes
".d ,be preliminary report Of the Committee
""" ,rcdrntjels had been approved Mrs. Z. F.
poui,ruL Chairman Of the Reception COM
,ai,,ee, came tc tho platform and made this an-
pouncsmont:
- word to tho wise 10 sufficient, and, though
,;s not wise to lock the stable after the horse 10
,,,,co vr are advised to tell the delegates to
mis- Convention tokcep careful watch on their
rocE,thouks. You may be sure that we would
no, make this announcement In this way II 1t
were not necessary
C.,., secrecy was maintained by Mrs. Pettn-
rnw.th r. gard to the reason for tho warning.
/, was learned. however. that somebody's
rocXr,bnok was missing. The fact that tho
missing pocketbook was found in a dressing
,,,,r u few moments later did not allay the ex-
rl,cmcnt 1t was learned that Detectives
vornyrsoud Harrington of Police Headquarters
were IN attendance ard it was said that q noted
female crook had been seen In the audience on
Tuc.rlny evening. No arrests were made yes
fer I,y afternoon or evening.
Thcun.,nishrd programme OF Tuesday after
noon WA then taken up.
Miss Juiu Coleman invcighed against the
Insulf fo'. inronds OF root beer into Christian
families She Is the author of a "Catechism
for lIltc Water Drinkers" and of the follow
Ing poem:
There is n little drinking house
Th, door taat LEADS into this house
il Just beneath the nose.
Miss Coleman said that light was beginning to
thwn OF the root beer situation aud that re-
isloUs newspapers were learning to refuse ad-
verti>emrnts nf root beer manufacturers. Her
views ou the subject we're in full accord with
those o.: Mr. /. q. Minshull, expressed thus:
vert,c root teSr a temperance drink Is one OF
the melue>t and most contemptible frauds ever
perpeiFaiea On Loyal; IHtGnkinx, ~ temrerames,
people to drink alconolic drinks without know
Ing it. Liquor men could not themselves devise
0Uor habit. Temperance papers advertising
root teer should adopt as a motto or headline
brewery in every home Let not the temper
Grce ant religious press be the hunting ground
for tuarks AID frauds"
Wh.e other de elegates were reading reports
Lnd naA ng speeches. Mrs. Lord ana numbe
Of otter ladies OF the New York city delegation
took one NJ the reporters out into the hall and
made statement to this effect: That Mrs.
Lo-i had worked against Comstock and had
not ~ Tuesdays session voted against the anti
ComstOCk resolution. and that the New York
roputy drle-ation had not voted against it az .
porter that the delegation had so Voted.
There were only two or three traitors, she
exp aimed to Mrs. Lord that immed lately after
the troublesome vote had been taken. q repre-
sentative of the reporters hat gone over to the
New urk delegation to ascertain the details of
supposed was Mrs. Lord had made to him the
statement printed in all the papers yesterday
mDr1lns. Mrs. Lord said that she had lain
EwaAe all night sick with worry over the mat
ter With tears in her eyes she ask ed the re-
porter to re9cRt his eI PLANTATION to the Conven-
ton. lie did so later.
The afternoon and evening sessions of the
COM entlOu were monopoliZed by the f's. or
the Young Woman's Branch. Members of the
branch Clnrtfed their work and influence and
pT"yeedings were enlrened by two solos by
I'D 5'ssa Mr baS
in EE2ckyn he lives on Long Island
Y. college settlements. said that being good was
rotn,alent that one is born with. 1t has to be
aod and mnp Sne bead ths
rr'a-o legs" hrs. Ida Funk Scott of Rich
espSfsa hs 5y ss o
New York fashionable society without the
% thei5 ,bs H.le
ton on the importance or woman's work for
temperance.
mss htaTHey ephho Win suo
not afraid to tell story or to deal frankly
with the humorous aspects OF her work. At
times inyectiye against the present cor
rupt political organizations" worked her audi
ence INTO state of noisy excitement. She said
that unrestricted immigration was responsible
for much VI our Iiguor traffic.
Coming over here tonight" she said.
met great, monstrous policeman--an Irishman.
went up ~ MIN to find my way. though was
mighty AFRAID OF him. But when l got closer
wasn't much afraid. and | had a little talk
with him. ! asked how many policemen there
were in brooklyn. He said l,i00. asked il they
and more said: What do you think causes
al! this crme? OF course thought he would
say driun, md then I'd come tell you all what
The biz policeman said. But what do you think
he said: Rally. mum, its thin ignorant furrl-
ners.'
The Convention laughed as 1t had never
laughed before.
II praise the Lord tonight" she said. that
I'm not Il Democrat! or course. you know I'm
hot Republican. Next to those two parties
the liQgor press is the worst influence in this
country, hound hand and foot BY gold and silver
chains riveted by the liquor interests OF the
country"
Miss KeArney praised tho Emperor of China
trade.
Would President Cleveland be as brave as
that" she said. Just imagine it. II only I
gould believe. that Mr., Mckinley would say
that after lie is elected"
After the meeting II was learned that a copy
Of the famous anti-C COmstOck resolution had
been sent 10 Anthony Comstock yesterday with
ahote from the Secretary of the Convention.