New-York tribune., 1896-10-07

ITS COURSE TOWARD THE PUBLIC
SCHOOLS CRITICISED.
SUPERINTENDENT MAXwELLs ADDRESS DRAWS
MRS BURT. THE PRESIDENT. AND CON-
DEMNING ANTHONY COM



The twenty-,hiIl annual convention Of tho "o,
,rar.e Christian Temperance Union was continued
last night at the Emmanuel Baptist Church. Laiay
ette-ave and St James Place. AT 7:3o O'Clock the
delegates filed into the church and marched up inc
centre aisle singing Hold the fort Tor -iofh
IL coming twenty thousand strong, each deesa'e
ARRIVING q banner or flag After they had been
coo ,od greetings were listened TO from the Kew Dr
Humpstone pastor OF the Emmanuel Bap's' Church'
Mrs Emma +. Pettingil president OF the Kings
County branch OF the Womans Christian Temper
ance Union. then welcomed the delegates on o'"''
of her organization. and was followed ny Corpofauo"
Counsel Joseph A. Burr on the part oi the CITY
Mr. Burr said in part;
Madam. President and Women: Acqu me OF any any
dsresnect ~ SO address you, for 10 my fhiu th'
ma me woman is the nobest to which your sex en-
titles you In the absence OF our Shic M raskyn 10
extend a most cordial welcome to the oman
Christian TempeTan unioi - am nur oo orrsnization
We have the interest of any movement NJ heart
which tends TO make the home life purer The
;,izena Of Brookyn who are interested in your wei
fare welcome you. Womans hand may max OF
mar the home life, and anything that you can do TO
develop IL il advancing the interests OF the city
that we love And So because TINS rs your opJec,,
~ Rrooklyn and as one of It's officers ] bid you a
most cordial welcome, and say, God bless you III
your work
Mr. Burr was followed by Il. W. Douglass. VINO
spoke I'm the name of the press. lie sald that the
and in the preservation Of the purity Of the home
William H. Maxwell Superintendent OF fuDhc
Schools was the next speaker
with such record Brooklyn has in the
past" he said, we cannot think that you nave
come here because you think that brooklyn heenS
your services more than any other city In the state
I should not be true myself II did not say
publicly now az | have said publicly before, that
in part Of your work-that affecting the pubic
schools not In sympathy with the means
YOU employ. ! am in thorough sympathy "i'i'
your motives and with your objects. but cannot
regard your met hods In this respect AZ wise or as
calculated to subserve the objects you have In
view Intellectual honesty requires that should
make this statement, but the fact that you and
are not In accord what after all IL only detai
of vonr work Is no reason why should not thank
Won for the good work you have done and wish
you Godspeed in any work whlch you may yet uh-
dertake."
Mr. MAXWELL address responded to by MIS-
g. J. A. jump president OF Albany County w. G.
r. L.: Mrs. George A. Hewitt. president or Orleans
County and Mrs. Emile l.. Burgess. president OF
Ulster County Mrs Burt. president OF the New
York state Union. regretted that Mr.. Maxwell was
not I'm sympathy with the methods employed by the
W G. T. u but that the organization would con-
tnue to strive for the purity OF the home
Addresses were also made by Mrs Helen q. Rice.
Of Massachusetts. National Superintendent OF the
Loyal Temperance Legion work; Frederick L.
souires OF Cortland. president Of the Loyal Tenn
perance Legion, State OF New-York
The convention adjourned until this morning at
o'clock
AT the morning session. which marked the OPEN
ing of the convention Mrs. Mary 7. Burt. president
OF the W. G. 7. T., who presided. faced about 80
delegates representing sixty counties I'm the State
There was some trouble over the reading Of the
report Of the Executive Committee. which held "A
session in the lecture room OF the church on Mon
day morning The delegates from NewYork Cour-
ty objected 10 its adoption. because OF the follow
ing resolution embodied In the report:
Whereas A most cruel and unwarranted attack
was made on the president OF this organization the
last year by Anthony comstOck, because Of the in
PRODUCTION into the Legislature Of 1895 OF bill in
the interests OF purity In literature and art and
Whereas. Mrs Burts official position as chairman
Of legislation and petitions gave her the right 10 ac-
| cept or decline any bill brought before her. and
Whereas. The legislative work Of 1895 was fully
ndorsed by the Rochester convention of 1895; and
Whereas. We find the last section OF the bill
| which Mr.. ComstOck and others desired the w. &.
| be stated In terms most repugnant therefore
Resolved. That we indorse president's action
In declining to undertake II with such Technology.
| The disagreement between Mrs Burt and An
| thony Comstock is Of long standing. The State
Union Is divided in its allegiance to Mrs Burt al
| though open opposition has come only from the
New-York County delegates. The resolution. how
ever WAS declared carried by the president.
The afternoon session devoted reports and
Burt who made severe attack upon the Raines