The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-10-30

would get by speech in before election If
this is the first time that there has been
an issue about my election ] will say out
and out am for the temple. If this should
come to an issue and I be defeated, / shall
go right on just the same and beat the
bush for the money"
The address was adopted and it's recon-
mendaions ordered TO the executive COM
mittee by rising vote. A devotional hour
followed.
AT the afternoon session Mrs. Katherine
Lente Stevenson. of Massachusetts, CORE
spending secretary, submitted her report
She said in part: 1t is true that the MEM
bership on the whole has slightly decreased,
but, when we consider the financial situa-
ton, the only wonder is that the decrease
has been so small. The lines of work which
nave especially engrossed the attention of
the National Union have been: The Armen-
ian relief work; a crusade against the re-
production of the prize fight and other inn
moral occurrences through the kinetiscope
and other instruments; q special effort to
enlist the entire membership to work for
an increase or numbers; more systematic
efforts in the direction of presenting our
causes before the conventions and confer
ehceS or kindred organizations and the re-
organization, upon a permanent basis of
the territory of Alaska"
In addition to the money contributed for
armenia there must be taken into consid-
Grafton the many homes opened especially
through New England, to the five hundred
refugees who came to us in consequence
or the visit of the president and vice presi-
Gent OF the worlds union in Marseilles. In
the anti-kinetiscope crusade much more
was really accomplished than can be made
manifest, since in many States where a bill
did not pass the Legislature much was done
in cities and towns, through the passage
or prohibitory statutes. Four States have
secured five hundred members in excess of
last year; North Dakota, North Carolina
New York and New Jersey.
Miss Willard announced a five minutes
interval for physical exercises, which were
conducted by Miss Helen L. Brood, of CO.
lumbia School of Oratory, Illinois. Inonge, a
pretty little Japanese woman, who is now
a medical student at Cleveland, made a
rev remarks about the needs of Japan.
MRS. Helen Morton Barker of Illinois
treasurer, submitted her report showing
that $l,35S.71 had been received from the
armenian fund: sent to Armenia Sc. 1871:
palance, $o91.34. Receipts from membership
ques, SIS. S5S. a; from Loyal Temperance
Legion, $12778; total, $144S6.49: field fund
SoO4.6o; other donations, $1,479.25; total re-
c ceiPss' S5l,5l655; total expenditures, s2S,-
6S6 l6; balances, $1,S2977.
The reports of organizers were then sinh
United. By unanimous vote the following
telegram was sent to the trustees of the
Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York:
The members of the Woman's Christian
temperance Union, composed of 2OOOOO
Christian women wives and sisters earn
estiy request that the Bacchante be re-
jected''
telegram was also sent to Mrs Grover
cleveland congratulating her upon the birth
of her son.
Miss Willard read a. cabIegram Of greet
ing from Lady Somerset in RESPONSE to
one sent earlier in the day.