The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-10-25
CATSE ON TEMPERANCE
Worlds w. c. r. U. Convention in
Session.
TORONTO THE PLACE OF MEETING.


the President - Labor of Temperance
Much Work Accomplished in Canada
Reference to Queens Jubilee.
Toronto, Oct. 25.-The biennial conven-
tion of the Worlds Women Christian
Temperance union was formally opened
In the pavilion at the horticultural
gardens. The building was thronged
when the convention was called to order
by Miss Francis f. Willard. The con-
vention has taken hold of-the city and
the greatest interest is Displayed on all
sides. The platform was filled with ex-
ecutive and other official workers, promi-
nent among whom were Miss Agnes
Slack of England Mrs. Kirk Of Austria
liza; Mrs. Barker of Chicago; Mrs
Barnes of New York, and Miss Johnanns-
dottir, the Iceland representative. The
speakers were received with great ap-
plause and the waving of ofhandkerchiefs
The arrangements for seating and 9TH
er accommodations have been carefully
arranged ard no confusion exists. Com
| munication between the members have
been provided for by means of little
| girl pages dressed in white, who fit here
| and there at the behest of officers or
| members alike. The first fifteen min
utes of the session were given over TO
| devotional exercises, led by Mrs. Ruther-
| ford, president Of the Dominion Wom-
ans Christian Temperance union.
The report Of the executive committee
was read by Miss Agnes T. Slack. A
notice to attend the qualifications to
membership by adding the words with
| out distinction Of color" was received
with tumultuous applause.
Miss Willard's Address.
The president of the w. c. T. u, Miss
Frances E. Willard. then delivered her
| annual address, in the course of which
she said: Canada leads the world to-
day in the great prohibition struggle
and it leads with cheering prospects Of
success. The country is homogeneous;
it has not that great foreign popula-
tion to contend vito which we are al
most fatally hand Sepped; its people
are serious minded and practical; its
| average standard of morals and religion
I is higher than ours; it has put itself
on record by a popular plebiscite In
which prohibition triumphed; it has sur
vived the horrors of the royal commits
sion to investigate the liquor traffic and
\
In which, although it must contend
against the united power of the alcohol
! trade i'm all countries, which will he
brought to bear upon it's politicians and
its people we have faith to believe that
our lady of the SHOWS is going to pluck
from the heavens OF purity and plant
! on her own fair brow the bright star OF
| prohibition. which means happy homes
! to her people and a harbinger Of peace
J to all the world.
Significant Temperance Epoch.
"The first national convention Of Jap
anese women. held in April last, marks
! the most significant temperance epoch
i'm that wonderful new land which is
the oldest of all and it is spreading in
the islands of Pacific" Then she re-
! viewed briefly the work of various dele
gates in foreign fields and continuing
said: "The cause of peace has wor
great victories this year. The arbitra-
ton treaty with our mother country Is
only lying over; already we have reason
to believe that, through the influence OF
the president, arrangements are being
made for the presentation Of another
treaty of wide scope.
THE storthing of Norway has ap'
| pointed a committee of nine to consider
the question of forming arbitration
treaties with foreign nations and to sub
nit proposals to that end. France i:
moving in the same direction, and the
recent declarations of the czar and the
emperor of Germany are unmistakablJ
in favor of pacific measures, while th'
treaty between Turkey and Greece, re
Gently promulgated by the powers /!
[ a peace triumph, even though it registers
the subserviency of Christian nations L
the great Moslem hierarchy"
Queens Jubilee and Indian Famine.
Miss Wilard's address covered in III
comprehensive scope reference to th'
queens jubilee; to the India famine; L
the aid given the Armenans through
the efforts of the w. G. T. u, the ma
5 tional society having forwarded $4,000
TO the splendid gains in membership
= and work in all large auxiliaries to tn
urgent calls that have come from Bur
| NAH. India. China, Ceylon, South Amer
' lea, Mexico and other countries, 70
9 resident white-ribbon missionaries AM
e lectures: TO the need for inebriate i'm
: dustrial homes; to food reform; to sub
D stitutes for saloons; to the plans of tn
[ Booth fuckers for relieving the con
gested quarters of great cities; CLOSING
with important recommendations Tor IN
extension of the work and appreciativ
. tributes to General Neal Dow and othe
leaders who have died since the conven
tion met in London two years ago.
: Regarding the purity question Mis-
Willard said: mo good can come c
; legalizing the violation of two laws c
:. God. first. thou shalt not commit adul
J. terry: second hou shalt love thy neighbo
/ Aol hot har 10 htif Np
e standard for men and women and tina
they are equally capable of living u
to it,"
At the meeting Of the executive boar
d of the Worlds Womans Christian Ten
rs perance Union the officers were all r,
)r elected.