Kansas City daily journal., 1896-09-27
IN FACT THIS WAS A PURE WATER
CONVENTION.
W. C. 7. U. ELECTS OFFICERS.
MRS. ELLA BROWN, OF HOLTON
MADE PRESIDENT.
Attitude of Some State Politician
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in Favor-Minnesota for Nc
kinley-A. Free Iron
Club Formed.

Despite the heavy rain that fell yester.
day forenoon the Washington Avenue NJ.
E church WAS filled with delegates of the
W. c. T. u. convention and the work was
carried out with the usual harmony and
promptness that has characterized each
days meeting. The forenoon session was
mostly taken up with hearing the reports
of the different committees and the annual
election of officers.
The officers elected are as follows: Pres
ident. Mrs. Ella Brown, Of Holton: cor
responding secretary. Mrs. L. B. Smith. of
Ottawa; recording secretary, Mrs. Jennie
Moxey. Of Pomona; treasurer. Mrs. E. P.
Hutchinson, of Hutchinson. The following
delegates were also elected to the national
convention, to be held in st. Louis some
time next month: Mrs. Adams, Of Mound
City: Mrs. Greer, of Winfield: Mrs. Dora
Evans. of Clay Center; Mrs. H. L. Mayson.
of Wichita, and Mrs. NJ. Tinney, Of ker.
win.
After the election of officers the report
of the resolutions committee was received
and adopted. The resolutions touch on
every subject pertaining to the W. C. T. U.
work. They deprecate the attitude of some
of the state officers toward the enforce-
ment Of the prohibitory law. and recon-
mend that the Union use its united efforts
tives as will sustain the laws. They also
declare against splitting tobacco spittle ON
the floors Of the street cars and on the
SIDEWALKS. and resolve to petition the city
councils to pass ordinances prohibiting the
same, and further recommend that the
curfew ordinance be established in every
city and town in the state. A resolution
of thanks was rendered the Kansas City,
Fort Scott & Memphis railway for the one
and one-thirf fare granted the delegates.
and also to the pastor and the trustees or
the Washington Avenue church for the use
of the church.
After the adoption of the resolutions a
paper on the work among foreigners and
miners was read by Mrs. Manetta Tinney
and also paper PEI %rs On the TGrf HaWs1a tae
Il o'clock noontide prayer was held.
after which an adjournment was taken
until 1:30 p. m.
devotional exercises led by Mrs. Esther
Stone Bowling. after which the report of
ceived and adopted. Among other things
the committee recommended that a broad
er study be made of the work and a more
thorough distribution Of authentic litera.
the people In the work.
II also recommended that the work be
carried on more extensively among the for
eigner and colored people and further that
the union cooperate as far as possible
with the pastors of the churches in the
organization of Good Citizenship Leagues.
The convention then adjourned until 8
o'clock, when the evening service. which
was devoted to young women's work. was
held
This meeting was conducted by Mrs.
Dora Evans, state superintendent of young
woman's work. During the evening ses-
sion an address was delivered by Mrs.
Caroline N Woodward. national superin-
tenGent OF work among railroad men. Mrs.
Woodward will deliver an address to rail-
road men tomorrow at 4:3O p. m. in the
Chamber of Commerce building at River
view.
Two devotional meetings will be held to-
day. and at o'clock the annual sermon
will be delivered by the Rev. Edith Hill
Booker. pastor of the first Baptist church
of Pittsburg. A mass temperance meeting
will he held at 7:3o o'clock and a special
musical programme has been arranged for
the occasion.