The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-11-17
W. C. T. u. AT ST. LOUIS.
Delegates TO the Twenty.tiird Annual
Convention in SesSiOn-SuggestiOns
for AdvanCem mt OF the Work.

St. Louis, Nov 16.-The delegates to
the twentythird annual convention of
the WOman's Christian Te france
union, assembled i'm Schuyler Memorial
house at a. m. this morning, and at
tended devotional exercises, conductC !
by Mrs. Charlton Edholm, of New York.
The convention reas Sembled in Musi :
hall at o'clock and the pr. Gee d .nGs be
ean with prayer by Mrs. Anne NJ.
Palmer. of Iowa, national evangelist
Woman'S Christian Temperance union.
A number of suggestions for the ad-
vancement of the work of temperance
crusading were received and referred to
appropriate committees. The commit
tee on financial plan recommended that
the plan of securing funds pursued last
year be continued. The recommends
tion was adopted and provides for the
depnsing of the forty per cent, of the
funds secured, with the national treas
urer.
The executive committee recommend
ed to the convention that the national
application committee shall consist of
nine members. two of whom shan be
chosen by the board of superintendcnts,
and three by the executive committee.
The convention accepted the recon-
mendatiOn.
The committee also reported that the
membership fcees are not sufficient for
the needs of the work and plans to
collect more moneys will be devised.
Mrs. Anna Sneed Cairns, president Of
Forest Park university, of st. Louis,
donated a scholarship i'm her university
for an Armenian student. A telegram
of appreciation of her noble work in
behalf of the Armenian sufferers, was
ordered forwarded to Miss Clara Bar"
ton.
The collection taken up at yesterdays
armenian meeting" was reported 10
be $GOl in cash and $262 in pledges
The first animated debate of the con-
vention began this morning, when Mrs
Mary f. Lowell. of Bryn Mawr, Pa.
proposed an amendment to the consti-
tuition whereby the state superinten l.
ents shall be added to the executive
committee, The committee as now con-
stitutcd Is composed of the state presi-
dents, and the proposed constitutional
amendment has been rejected at the
last three or four conventions. Almost
the entire morning session was occu-
pied i'm the debate, and among those
who advocated its adoption We're Mrs
Hunt, of Massachusetts; Mrs. Grubh. If
Missouri. Those i'm opposition We're
Mrs. Telford. of Colorado: Mrs. White
Ke eley. of oregon: Mrs. Dunham #
Mrs. Hammer. of Pennsylvania.
The vote resulted as follows: 159 for
the amendment and 135 against it. As
a two-thrds majority was needed to
carry a constitutional amendment. the
amendment was declared not carried
Mrs. Lowell gave notice that at the
next national convention either she or
representative would call up the
amendment again
The morning session closed with
memorial service for friends who had
passed away since the last convention.
At the afternoon session, Mrs. Sophie
Grubb. OF Missouri. superintendent of
the work among foreigners, reported
that it was progressing favorably, al
though influenced by the general de-
preston in business. The seven ma
tional associates had done effective
work.
Mrs. NJ. II. Carse. president Of the
publishing association said that the ra-
cepts were Sl25.217 and the eXpendi-
lures $125,l5l. The receipts or 1899
were sli. 1872 less than i'm 1895, hut the
net gain was SO The financial storm
had been weathered by reducing ex-
penses, the volume of business being
smaller. Mrs. Carse also submitted
report about the temple. She had
raised $lil,S of the $300,OGO needed to
buy the trust bonds and would try to
secure the balance this year. The in
terest on the bonds had been paid.