St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1897-11-12
Buffalo National w. G. T. u. Conven-
ton.

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The Buffalo Express says mot since the
days of the G. A. r. Encampment has the
Fillmore (which was the headquarters OF
both gatherings) been such a busy place
as yesterday. Then it was men in armv
coats with many medals who thronged
the rooms, and took possession of every.
thing, now it is women in travelling CO.'S
tune, each embellished with a tiny knot
of white ribbon, who are everywhere.
The soldiers came for a good time. The
women are here to work. If they have
any pleasure it will be snatched between
meetings or when resting a bit, they visit
with sister white ribboners."
1t was estimated that there were 500
delegates and between 5000 and 5000
visitors the first day OF the convention.
On Thursday the executive board had an
all days session, largely devoted to the
discussion Of the Temple. The discussion
opened with the report of the committee
of the two, Mrs. L. M. N. Stevens and
Miss Elizabeth Preston, appointed to in
vestigate the finances Of the Temple.
Their report as given to the convention
later was no what Mrs. Carse and her
colleagues would have liked. Mrs.
Louise S. Rounds, state president of Hi
nois, and leader of the anti. Temple forces
was there, and demanded Of Mrs. Carse
a full and clear statement of the Temple
from its beginning to the present time.
Mrs. Helen M. Barker, national treas
urer, Mrs. Clara Hoffman of Missouri.
and Mrs. Benjamin of Michigan, three of
the four trustees who resigned were also
present and vigorously opposed longer
afhliatioh of the Temple to The w. c. T.
U. The debate was exciting in the ex-
IRENE, as it also waslater when presented
in open convention, but the utmost good
feeling was preserved through it all,
Miss Willard keeping the peace with her
own perfect self control and her adapta-
bility to the needs of the moment. After
a discussion which lasted from 3 o'clock
in the afternoon until 100 in the evening,
the National W. c. T. u. passed a reso-
luton pledging the sympathy and sup
port OF the convention to Miss Willard in
her effort to raise a fund sufficient to re-
tire the 100000 bonded Indebtedness of
the Temple, which retired Mrs. Carse
from its management. Miss Willard ex-
planned that the unions would not be
called upon, and Miss Cornelia Dow,
daughter of the late Neal Dow, would
become custodian of the money collected
for this purpose.
The motion finally carried was this:
"That in view of the fact that Mrs. Carse
has $4,000 already pledged and good
prospects Of completing the sum of $780,
900 and the unselfsh devotion of our
leader in offering her services to assist in
raising the full sum of $500 900, we
hereby pledge our support and coopera-
ton to our president in raising $500, 900,
to be placed with Miss Cornelia Dow,
who shall hold this fund in trust until
such time as there shall be money enough
in the treasury to retire the 100000
Temple trust funds"
A resolution was also passed to the
effect that nothing in the discussion of
the convention should be construed TO
reflect in any sense on Mrs. Carse's SIN
certify OF purpose or management of the
Temple. At the executive meeting held
the day following the close of the con-
vention Miss Willard and every other
national officer resigned from the board
of trustees, so that the Woman's Chris
tian Temperance Union is no longer Off
cially connected with the Chicago Tenn
pie. Miss Willard believed it to be her
duty still to remain a trustee of the Tenn
pie, but the arguments made by the gen.
eral officers had so much weight that
Miss Willard was forced to resign. The
new trustees who take their places are
Mrs. Mary c. Upham of Wisconsin, Mrs.
Lucie B. Tying Of Peoria, ILL.,, Mrs. A.
Hogans of Elmhurst, ILL.,, Mrs. Rebecca
B. Chambers of West Grove, Pa, and
Mrs. Margaret S. Hillies OF Delaware.
Before the close of the executive session
Miss Willard issued another manifesto,
saying Miss Cornelia Dow will have
charge Of the fund which she is going to
raise to lift the Temple debt. Mrs. Carse,
she says, is still president of the board of
trustees. Mrs. Katherine Lente Steven
son, national corresponding secretary,
was placed in charge of the w. c. T. U.
work at Chautauqua Lake. Many Of
people will pleasantly remember Mrs.
Stevenson at the w. c. T. U. campmeet-
ing in Lyndonville last summer.
The convention had invitations from
five different cities to meet with them for
their next national convention, Omaha,
Neb., having the first consideration. But
owing to the fact Of the exposition which
will be held in that city next fall it was
voted not to 60 there. 1t was left to a
committee to decide at a meeting to be
held in Chicago next week. 1t looks
probable that Portland, Ore, will be the