Evening star., 1896-11-17
Import@t' Session Of the National
W G. T.U.
REPoRTeF fE@ EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Delegates Stirred Up Over a False
Report From Washington.
"WOMAN'S BIBLE" .DEPLOREI

ST. LOUIS. Mo-, November 17.-This, the
next to the last days session Of the twen-
ty-third annual convention OF the national
w. Z. I. u, was the most important OF
any yet held, as officers for the ensuing
year were elected.
The early morning prayer meeting al
Schuyler Memorial House was followed
by the convention In Music Hall, which
was called to order by the president, Miss
Willard
The report OF the executive committee
was adopted, with slight changes. 1t pro-
vides that the field fund be placed in the
nanos OF the superintendent Of organiza-
,tion to be used for. the field work and or
ganization, under the direction Of the SUI
perintendent' Of organization and general
omcers; that state presidents and natio la
superintendents snail not be listed as ma
t'onai organizers; that the matter Of an
application for the national organization be
referred to the superintendents Of organi-
cations In conjunction with the other gen.
eral officers, and recommends that the
Loyal Temperance League be made a
branch department on the payment of the
usual dues, with q Superintendent and gem
eral secretary.
The following resolution was adopted
Without much debate: Resolved. That
Whlle we recognize the right of women to
make commentaries on the Bible, as men
nave done from the beginning until now
we regret that the name 'Woman's Bible
has been given to any volume ana we tur-
ther deplore the misa apprehension OF the
press, secular and religious, in styling this
commentary on those parts of the Bible
relating to women as "A new version CT
tho Scriptures S4
I'VE further disclaim any connection
whatever or society of ma a
president with this work"
A number Of letters and messages o.
greeting We're read. one being from Clara
Barton Of the Red Cross Society.
The. final report of the credentials com
mittee showed that forty-ive states arr
represented in the convention, with 10:
delegates and officers. consisting of all the
+ general eOffieers, many aof 1.-the department
superlntendents,, vice presidents, state Off
GERS, rational organizers and evangelist:
and editors Of state papers, &c.
A delegate announced that it was report
ed that the; house in Washington in which
Abraham Lincoln oied was to be turned
into a saloon. This caused fiutter of ex
citement and a protest from many present
AS result a resolution was adopted
memoriaiizins Congress to take the neces
sary action to prevent IT," ""H''7 $"
:" The neHt order Of business was the elec
ton of general officers for the ensuing
year. Mrs, Stevens. vice president at large
taking the chair.
and collected, Rev. Wilbur Crafts of Wash
inston made short characteristic addres:
to the ladies' There being no opposition
all the officers were reelected as follows
with headquarters in Chicago: President
Frances E. Willard. Illinois; vice presiden
at larseE Mrs: Lillian NJ. NJ Stevens
Maine: corresponding secretary. Mrs. Kathe
rine Lente Stevenson, Massachusetts; re
cording secretary Mrs. Clara e. Hoffman
Missouri treasurer Mrs. Helen NJ. Barker
Illinois 3,--.s-i Ak.
i:o> yiG. H.
The hduse in which President Lncolr
died is now the property of the United
States government, the deed having beef
recorded onay about a week ago