Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-11-02
EVERY SEAT FILLED.
Annual Convention of National w.
G. IT, IL OnenA Mt HufYnIn

G. Il. U. Opens at Buffalo.
Buffalo, N. T., Oct. 3D.-N breakfast
tide prayer meetil.g in the North Pres
byterian church. led by Mrs. Il. j.
Trego, of Ohio, served TO put the dele
gates to the twenty-fourth-a annual con.
vention of the National Woman's Chris
frame of mind for the proceedings of
their opening day. One hour later, at
nine o'clock, Miss Frances T. Willard
brought down her gavei upon the table
behind the footligh.s in Music hall and
called the convention to order. After
the responsive reading or the crusade
Psalm LAG thousands of voices Joined
in the singing of The crusade hymn.
'Give to the Winds Thy Fears" and
prayer was offered by Mrs. II. C. Nc
Cabe, first president of the Ohio union.
| The calling of the roll by Mrs. Clara G..
Hoffman, of Missouri, developed the
fact that every Gclegare or alternate
was in her place.
Miss Willard delivered her annual adj
dress, which was in part as follows:
1.-THE supreme duty of the hour is to
convince the moderate drinker that he is
| doing himself harm. If only this belief
were general, men would soon become a
law unto themselves, to such a degree
| that statutory enactments would be but
| the outward expression of an inward grace.
! Upon the sullen fortress of moderate drink
ing the artillery of the temperance reform
/ must concentrate in future years.
/ 1.-THE greatest sorrow of the year to most
of US was the defeat of the arbitration
| treaty between England and America"
Miss Willard eulogized the power of the
| press for good, declaring that women now
! read newspapers as we'll as men. Lynch.
1 ings in the United States were denounced
! and the hope expressed that the resolution
against them adopted last year would bt
strengthened. She continues
| Our point of view does not permit us tt
think with a moments liberation of the
regulation side of this most odious of al
personal sins. We cannot check an i'm
moral disease by measures which recog
nize the sin as something to be regulated
j rather than prohibited. This is the cru,
of the situation.
woman suffrage, this greatest of al
movements looking toward real repub
in their orbits, for Nothing can arres
the progress of true principle on its wa,
i to the hearts Of an intelligent people
. The universal opposition of the alcoholi
4 fraternity to woman's vote Is helping u
among the best element of our people, an
Fiye-minute reports were presente,
from national organizers, includin,
Mrs. Helen L. Bullock and Mrs. EMIL
U. burgess, both of New York; Mrs
Addie N. Fields, of Illinois; Mrs. A. II
unrul, of Oregon, and Miss Harrie
Henderson, of Texas.
AT night the formal welcoming exel
: cises took place at Music hall. Mayo
: Jewett spoke for the city, Rev. o.
= Clifford for the churches, DR.. G. "
: Grosvenor for the medical fraternity,a AN
: Mrs. Mary L. Burt for the state uniol
: Responses, limited to six minutes eacl
3 were made by Mrs. Chelford, of Cole
: RADIO; Mrs. N. r. C. Morrow, of Yves
Virginia; Mrs. Sarah X. Perkins, c
Ohio; Mrs. Marie G. Brehn, of Illinoi
and Miss Susan L. Fessenden. of Mass;
chusetts.