The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-11-14

opened IN music hhll To-Day WIN tue
greatest attendance OF any ono pre-
vIously held. At least 600 accredited
delegates were present and as many
more visitors from every portion of the
country. Among the distinguished
workers In pMlanthropic fields In at
tendance are Miss Agnes L. Hook. OF
England. secretary OF the Worlds W.
C. r. u; Mrs.Maud Booth.of the Amer
lean Volunteers; Mrs. Gywneth Waugh
an, OF Wales; Miss Rebccca Kirkor-
ian. OF Armenia, and Rev. F. D. Greene,
secretary OF the Armenia Relief COM
n!ttec. OF New York Three sessions
day for five days Will be held during
the convention.
Exercises we're begun as early as s
o'clock, n prayer meeting being held In
| Schuyler Memorial home ut which Miss
Elizabeth ". Greenwood. OF New York
Worlds and National secretary OF the
EvangellstIc Department, acted as
leaders.
Music hall In which the convention
met was appropriately decorated with
the color OF the order, white. festoOns
OF this color hung from the balcony.
intersperscd with the stars and stripes.
Over the Immense stage between two
immense United States flags, hung
British flag. above which was n large
sign with the word welcome" upon it.
Below these was huge banner bear
Ing the words "The star OF hope OF the
temperance reform stands over the
schoolhouse."
II was considerably after o'clock.
the hour scheduled for meeting, when
Miss Francis +. Willard, national
president, called the gathering to order.
| Previous to this all the women identi-
| fled with the Original crusade" were
called to the platform. AS Miss VIII
lard stepped 10 the front she was re-
celved with salute OK waving hand
| kerchIefs. The exercises began with the
| reading. reyponslvely, OF the crusade
| psalm, the 1i6th.
Mrs. Henrietta L. Monroe. president
OF the WoEen's Christian Temperance
Union. OF Ohio, offered up prayer, the
delegates standing. After the singing
of the crusade hymn, Give to the
Winds Thy Fears the roll OF ex-otliclo
| members by the recording secretary.
Mrs. Clara C. Hoffman, OF Missouri,
was called.
The Annual Addrs,c.
The report o: the executive commit
tee was then made. 1t was In effect n
| report OF what had been done at the
meeting OF the committee yesterday and
related to tho work OF the convention
and the national union. II was decided
| to make March 20, the birthday OF
| General Neal Dow. a prohibition rally
day. There was some more singing and
Miss Willard then made an address.
Ghn gnti TINT har a1
| partly prepared when the call came to
work for the Armenian refugees IN
| SIarsellles and since that time II has
| been Impossible for her to complete her
message. She. therefore, gave n fami-
| lar talk 10 the delegates. Mention was
made OF the previous convention held
here In 1854 and Miss Willard added:
I'VE have marched far since then: the
| aliGnments OF parLlcS have changed, the
labor movement has taken on proper
ton SO vast that no one speaks light
~ OF It any more. The people are forg-
| Ing their way to the front, misguided
often, making pitlful paths In the will
dernesS, following false lights and re-
legatiug the fight for clear brain to
the Spartan band OF prohEblt!on!s,s
when, II labor would win. 1t must
make the temperance reform the ark OF
| God 10 be born In the very van OF its
swift gathering army. In 1892 some Of
us sat up NIL night with the committee
| on resolutions OF the great labor con-
vcntlon with its thousand delegates
| pleading with them to put 4 prohlbl-
ton and home protection plank in
their platform and they would not"
The speaker said that prohibition IN
| politics has been. Is now, and Is 10 he
| the embodied protest OF the home
against the saloon. When the white
ribbon women plIghtcd thclr faith to
the movement It had polled only ten
thousand votes. In 1884 the number rose
to 1000 and had gone on slowly In
| creasing until 100000 hnd been gather
ed, but owing 10 the great controversy
concerning the free coinage or silver
| this party. like every other, had snlIt
in twain In the memorable year OF 1896
and the vote had fallen OF to about
100000 ont OF N,000,O00 ballots.
! Miss Willard touched on the work done
| for temperance In the several states and
then spoke OF the Armcnians and OF the
excellent work done by Mrs. Stevens, OF
Maine, Mr.. FcSsenden, and Miss Black
well, of MaSsa Chusetts, In finding homes
| for the refugees sent over by herself and
Lady Henry Somerset. She praised the
Armenian relief committee and the Snl-
walton Army for the admirable work
done by them. 40 that nearly 400 friend
| less men had found friends and occu-
| pnuons. She stated that the World'v
W. C. T. u. intended to take up the
work for the Armnelans rs mn important
part OF Its endeavor; they would proba-
| bly, found n colony In Cyprus for the
women md Children.
This was followed by an cvangelistlc
| hour presided over by RCv. Alice Ruth
| Palmer OF Minnesota. The consideru-
| tOH OF miscellaneous business closed
the morning session.
The Annuni Repur.s.
AZ the afternoon session Mrs. Mary
Garland, president of tho North Caro-
lima Union, opened the meeting with
prayer, after which the letter OF Lady
| Somerset was read.
The report OF the corresponding sccrc-
tnry, MIRA Katherine I4cutc Stevenson.
OF Massachusetts, was then read.
The report showed that during the
yCar l,l7J new unions had been organ
lied. the gain In membership being H.
| SSS, The gain. however, had been offset
by corresponding loss. a gain In
membership had been made In New .Icr-
s1y, Maryland, Massachusetts, MIch-
gan, Kentucky, virginia, Louisiana,
| Colorado Mississippi, Iowa. Missouri,
Tennessee, New Hampshire, Texas. D!g-
trlot of Columbia. South Dakota, North
Dakota Eastern Washington, COnnccH-
| cut, Georgia number two, Florlda, Utah,
Arknn5aD, Wyoming, Indian Territory,
Alabama, Orcgnn, Maine and Rhode Is
| land--thc order of the states indicating