The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-10-27
REELECTED PRESIDENT BY THE
WORLDS CONVENTION OF
THE w. G, T.U.e
LADY HENRY. ALSO d iii
VICE PRESIDENT AT LARGE, IN
SPITE OF ALL THE RECENT
CRITICISM.
WORK OF THE SESSION ALL OVER.
The Last Day at Toronto Devoted
to Resolutions and other I'm
finished Business.

TORONTO, Ont, Oct. 26.-This was
the last day of the worlds w. c. T.
U. convention. In Miss Wizards tenn
porary absence, Miss Agnes E. Slack
presided at the morning session.
After the reading of the report of Mrs.
J. K. Barney, on Penal, Charitable
and Reformatory Work." an hour of
devotional work was instituted, con-
Quoted by Miss Greenwood, of Brook
lyn. Miss Mary E. GREEN of Honolulu,
related her experiences among the
Hawaiians. She was followed by
Commander Evangeline Booth, of the
Salvation Army, who brought the de-
votional hour to a close. The eXecu-
tive committee then reported the fol-
lowing newly-elected officers:
Honorary president, Mrs NJ. C. Leav-
lit, Boston; president, Miss Frances
E. Willard, Evanston, Ill.,; vice. presi-
dent at large, Lady. Henry Somerset,
England; secretary, Miss Agnes E.
Slack, England; assistant secretary,
Miss Anna Gordon, Evanston, ILL., !;
treasurer, Miss Mary Sanderson, Dan
vile, Que. "a'2
The executive committee has revived
the position of honorary president,
which was dropped at the convention
in London in 1885, and Mrs Mary
Clemnt Leavitt, of Boston, was re-
elected to the position
At the afternoon session the min
utes of the whole convention were
read by Miss Slack. Mrs. Matilda
Carca 700 n n roport of.rtbon5o,oo ,,+,,oo,, =
of worlds archives, and a paper on
the press, by Miss c. E. Reed was
read, showing that about one-third of
the newspapers published W. C. T. U.
matter, $500 giving space for a w. c..
T. U. column. Miss Kirk, secretary
of the Australian w. C. T. U, read the
report of the committee ton resolu-
tons. In reference to9the labor bust
ness, the committee favored the eight
hours day, and opposition was ex-
pressed to strikes and movements of
like nature. Evangelistic training
schools were commended and recog-
milton and help requested, and conf
dence was expressed in the official or
gan of the union. Armenia was. re-
ferred to, and the massacres We're
deeply deplored. Lynching, drink on
ships sand railways and gambling were
the topics of other resolutions
DR.. Mary Wood-Allen, .supe1intend-
ent of the social purity department,
offered a resolution that after regret
ting the absence Of Mrs. Josephine E.
Butler, expressed appreciation and
sympathy in her unrelenting, crusade
against sociaI.Vice, and requested that
she continue to be the9 association S
leader in purity work. st.Witfl this. ad-
dition.thei resolutions were Submitted
to the meeting and unapiniusiy adopt
ed.
The credentials of the Icelandic DEL
egate, Miss Johannsdottir, were pre-
sented TO Mrs. sCarse, astkeeper of the
archives of Chicago. Miss Johannsdot-
tir, who is president of the W. C. I. u.
of Iceland, and a niece of the pre-
mier of Iceland, came forward and made
a pleasing speech. A discussion of the
subject, How We May Advance the
White Ribbon Cause in all Countries, .
followed, led by Mrs. Louise Rounds,
president of the Illinois w. c.. T. T.
Mrs. Todd, ex-president of the, Demin-
ion W. c. 7. u, preached a plan of
sending Miss Frances f. Willard. With
her right-hand worker, Miss Gordon
around the world, to propagate and
strengthen the work in other countries.