The Press., 1896-11-19
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 state beyond borderland. We gratefully acknowledge ''she hath done what she could'' in many ways, and retain loving memories as she enters other fields of la bOr. Who will be her successor, prayfuI- ly making the seriousness of dropping seed into the public mind special duty o woman, We'll c. T. U.
 "This life is a leaf of paper white, | WhereOn each one of us may write, A word or two, and then comes night"
 Election has come, election has gone, but the w. c. T. U. will go on, and on, and on-as long as the people want sa- looms, to total abstinence for the individ- ual, constitutional interdiction for state and nation, and equality of human beings. "Gold-Gold,
 Silver and gold,
 This is the battle cry I Ringing and bold,
 That millions are making, Tho souls be aching,
 And hearts may be breaking, | While manhood is murdered for silver and gold.'
 We have learned that one issue under lines and permeates every other that in- terests the body polite. It is to-day the greatest question of finance before the people, for so long as we continue to spend ten times the amount of all coined money, yearly, for alcoholic drink, wheth- CT our standard of measure be of gold or silver, or copper or brass, there must continue to be money question of vital importance to the people.
 It is not written on the page of history that any nation has suffered death be- cause of the depreciation of it's standard money value-but that death and decay enter through the debased and vicious habits of the people-therefore we stand, in far greater ratio than "16 to l." for the '',free coinage" of the best thoughts of the best men and women into ballots, and for an honest, clear-headed, pure-minded man in the state, by the side of the woman who shall be an helpmeet unto him. Standing unswervingly for all this, may we not be welcome everywhere and al- ways? .-.
 Where would be the hard times2 What ought to be- done, can be done. Ability and opportunity measure responsibility This nation has the ability, let LIS seek the opportunity.
 By the cross in the churches uplifted,
 In sight of the sinner and saint By His death, who did perish upon it,
 In love that ne'er knew complaint; By the hope of the world in a manhood, Well worth such death to rederm, Let men be more precious than money, ,.
 Let manhood be counted supreme"
 At the Conn. w. c. T. U. convention in Meriden, Mrs. Isabella Beecher Hook CT, of Hartford, was introduced and made a vigorous speech. She recalled that it was Lincoln day-Lincoln, who stood for universal freedom and suffrage Mrs. Hooker said that the good members of the w. c. T. U. wanted to close the sa- Eloons,. but they never would succeed until they had the right to vote. The liquor men are all opposed to woman suffrage, because they know the women would vote | AOA hO Al0OAoO' k9u05 uLS0Q. Gu6, w.. N.,l . U. to go to the next legislature and ask for the tight to vote. on the liquor ques- tion. She referred to the resolution pass ed at a brewers convention which put the association on record as opposing woman suffrage, because the women would vote for prohibition. She said she favored having just as many saloons as would be wanted when the woman could vote. In Stamford canvass of women was made not long ago, and it was found that 202e would vote for prohibition, 19 against it. and only 100 0non-committal.
 She hoped the time would come wher we would have a new word, and instead of it being thew woman,' it would be thew citizen" Mrs. Hooker said she had become disgusted with the Connecti cut legislature, and had said she woulc never go there again. She was still ot the same mind.
 She spoke tenderly of her sister, liar riet Beecher Stowe, whose photograph with valuable print on one side-was dis tributed and cherished by few delegates
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