The morning times., 1896-12-14
TALKED TO NON-PARTISANS
Congressman Morse and Other Well
Known Speakers at Foundry.
Interesting Services III ED Morning,
Afternoon and Evening by the
Visiting Delegates.

The Non-Partisan w. c. T L. held a
special meeting at Foundry NJ +. Church
yesterday aftcrnd on which was addressed
by Hon. Elijah Morse of Massachusetts,
and several others OF prominence in tenn
perance work. The services were largely
ueyot onal III character, the addresses being
upon the religious and moral phases OF the
question.
Mrs tlinman of the Iowa State Union led
the deyot onal exercises 10y reading APP
propriate extracts fIon the Bible ana
prayer. Mrs. hltJeulnN Ner, ,thenewly elected
president of the union, presided, and in
lruduced the speakers, or whom the inst
was MIR. Morse
The speaker. in commenting VI on the
small audience present, reminded hiSnearers
that no cause derived its inn ortancc from
numbers, but from the principles advo
Gated, and 10y tins standard tine meeting
he addressed was second 10 lone, OF "hat-
ever size or wherever gathered.
He believed there was no safe middle
ground lu thISt uesI on, and SO he advocated
total abstinence. Alcohol serves, he said,
no ood purpose when used rs such, even
IN medicine With these beliefs strictly
adhered To, he had 70 doubt as TO the final
result of the efforts made by the union.
a After beautifully rendered solo, Open
the Gates 10y Miss Altschu, Mrs: Wltten-
myer spoke for d few minutes, indorSlnS
the remarks Of MIR. Morsc. Mrs. lnghani,
the treasurer, then made short appeal
10 the audience for financial aid TO the
work OF the union, after which the an
nouncement OF the speakers for the even
ing meeting was made.
The WORK OF the union in reforming the
bows OF the street, the bootblackS and
gamins of 81 o1klyn, was then described 10y
Mrs Barwise Of that city. The meeting
was dismissed 10y the usual hymn and
bencd;ctiuu.
The aii-tiay temperance rally, which was
conducted at Foundry NJ. +. Church, yes
terday by the delegates TO the Nom
parliSan w. {. T. u. closed last evening
Wittenmyer, or PENNSYLVANIA, who made
a strong appeal for mere Careful anu eX-
tended temperance work among children
The meeting was presided over by Mrs
Florence Porter of Maine, and was ait
tended by a large audience. The open
ing prayer W AZ by Rev. q. a. Brown, pastor
OF the church.
An interesting feature of the evening
was the reading of an original poem en-
/ titled The RED, White, and blue by
| Mrs Col. Springer Of Iowa The poem,
| which was after the style of The Stal
! Spaugled Banner" was enthusiastically
received 10y the audience, and on the ad-
! journment the author was heartily con-
/ graduated 10y nearly every one present
| The first speaker was Mrs. +. a. Par
| rington of Maine. State superintendent Of
| the department OF industrial training. who
! made an earnest appeal for the preScrva-
/ tion from temptation Of the boys and girls
! OF the present generation.
Ms Hirten'uyer smoke Of the Non
| partisan w. c. T L. as the pioneer
! organization in the cause OF Temperance,
/ whose foundation Is the eternal principle
OF truth. Its platform is broad enough,
religious creed and every political persua-
! sion, and has been accepted rs the plat
! form OF every similar organization IN the
/ world.
She did not like to claim ever rything, she
/ said, but as a matter OF fact the basic
/ principles of the Anti-salOon League OF
| America, with its ia affiliated societies,
| were founded on the creed of the Non
| partisan W. c. T. L.
In conclusion she spoke Of her expert
ence in the slums. There, in a great
| measure, the work was confined to the
| children, and through their infIuenc e
the greatest good was gained. She related
/ several instances where the prayers and
| upholding of the principles of temperance
had resulted in saving many fathers and
/ mothers.
Al the close of Mrs. wittenmyer's aG
| dress Mr.. Simpson, one of the Oldest mem
| berS OF Foundry Church. moved n indorse-
| ment of the patriotic sentiments or Mrs.
| SDringer's poem The suggestion wa
| seconded 10y Cant. James l.. EwiH. DreS
dent of the Anti-saioon League, and on
! being put before the meeting by the Rev.
Dr Brown, WAS lndorSed by Il rising vote