Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-11-02
ON ARBITRATION AND LyNcuING,

Miss Frances Il. Willard In her ad-
dress before the annual convention Of
the National Woman's Christian Tenn
perance Union, at Buffalo, N. Y, on
Friday, oct. 20. dwelt with much elo-
quence on some of the great questions
of the day. She strongly condemns
moderate drinking and regulated
vice" and speaks enthusiastically of
the progress of woman suffrage.
on the arbitration question she says:
"The greatest sorrow of the year TO
most of us was the defeat of the ar
bitration treaty between England and
America. So heart sick We're we when
the announcement came that we over
looked the fact that the treaty having
been signed with enthusiasm by our
President and the British minister,
forty-three senators cast their votes for
it's ratification. while twenty-six voted
no, the pity Of 1t being that we re
qulred two-thirds to carry It; but let
1t never be forgotten that the senn-
tors representing the historic states Of
the Union all voted solldly for the
treaty except Pennsylvania, of all
others whose foundation stones We're
laid by William Penn, than whom no
greater friend of peace has lived since
the Founder of Christianity. 1t is
well known that the degeneracy Of this
state is due to the bad reign of po-
lltlcal boss, who shall be nameless here
as he viii be hereafter. Ten of these
twenty-slx benighted senators are from
far western states, whose united pop
ulatlon represents n smaller number
than either of the cities of New York,
| Chicago, Philadelphia or Brooklyn.
New England sent her greeting to old
| England in the total vote of her twelve
gpuutOrg Anpthar consolation lies In
the fact that not Il senator who is ma
! tionally known to the people voted
| against the treaty, those who opposed
We're men OF strong provincial minds,
| education and outlook. We want this
| known and eVermore remembered, for
| " there has been one disgrace more
whitening than another under which
| the great army OF dlsfranchlsed women
has blushed with shame for the Re-
public in the last year of many calami-
ties, It was the failure Of the treaty
| whereby difficulties between mother
| ard daughter We're to be henceforth
settled by reason instead of blood"
Against the deplorable lawlessness
that takes the form of lynchings the
speaker protested in the following
manner:
lizard upon two hundred lynchings
will have dlsgraced the annals OF
America this year. 1t Is a grim way
of reckoning to anticipate more OF
these barbarlc proceedings before the
birthday of the Prince Of Peace, hut
alas we have abundant warrant to be-
lleve they viii GO on.
"rhe President Of the United States
in his inaugural address spoke ou
strongly against lynching, and som,
Of our public men have urged the adop
ton of a law, declaring that those VIII,
participate In lynching shall hold n,
public Office. A similar law abolished
ducling and would doubtless do NOR,
to put lynchne under ban than an!
method yet devised.
81 feel sure we shall not weaken, blu
II possible strengthen the resolution
odopted without dissenting vote las
year; namely. We declare ourselve
unalterably opposed to lynchlng an,
an other lawess proceedings affectint
white or color6d people in our own o
other countries.'"