Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1897-08-05
W. Q. 7. U. NOTES.
The reformer is sure loser IL he can.
not wait. John q. Wooley.


The Temperance IronsidoB is the
name Of a new organization in England
"the object Of which ia to purify tho
churches of all denominations from
completely With the liquor tralilc, and
its evil influences, and TO secure an
aggressive attitude against the traffic
ITSELF" Strange, that there is need of
such an organization. VA
The Anti-Saloon League. q com
paratiyely new American organization,
held l2, 600 meetings in Ohio last year
and by it's efforts reduced 10 large
extent the number of saloons in that
State.
White rihhonera Of Chicago and
vicinity are considering nlRns to raise
81, QUO, 600 for the temple. At a meet.
ing recently held in willard Hall,
arranged by Miss Shontz, who 10 an
enthusiast in the temple cause, and
presided over by Mrs. S. M. !. Henry,
representatives from various unions In
| and around Chicago were present, and
| all expressed unbounded faith in thu
| enterprise conceived and undertaken
as they fully believed, ut the word oil
| our great Leader Himself. The key,
| note of the meeting was, "The temnle
must be, and will he ours" based
upon faith in God and the righteous.
| ness Of the cause. As Mrs. Carse came
| down the aisle sho was greeted with
the Chautauqua salute. the women
rising and giving her euch an ovation
| as must have war med and encouraged
her heart, expressing as 1t did the lave
and confidence Of her white ribbon
comrades. Union Signal.
Mrs. Mary II. Hunt is our National
delegate to the international Congress-
on Alcohol, to he held in Brussels,
| August Both to September Sd. Mrs.
Hunt, who Is National Superintendent
OF Scientific Temperance Instruction,
has received letter of appreciation fol
tho valuable service she rendered the
State of Illinois during the recent con
test for temperance educational law,
1t bears the signature OF Ilendrick v
Fisher, president Of the Senate, Ed
ward q. Curtis, Speaker OF ths House.
and Charles Bogardus, chairman Senat,
committee on education.
All OF our States and territories ex
cept Virginia, Georgia, Arkansas ant
Utah now have laws requiring thu
teaching OF scientific temperance il
the public schools. Mrs. j. r. Mil
ligan OF Wilmington is the Delawart
W. O. T. U. superintendent of thi
very important department of work.
There are at least six teetotal bishop
belonging to the English church. he
sides the new Archbishop of Canter
bury, the protesting abstainers heinl
DIR. Barusley, Bishop OF Carlisle; DR.
Walsham How, Bishop of Wakefield
Hon. h. Carr Glyn, Bishop. elect o
Peterborough; DIR. Legge, Bishop o
Liuhfield; DIR. Jacob, Bishop OF New
castle, and DIR. Wilberforce, Bishop o
Chichester.
In reply to an address presented /
him ny n deputation representing
various temperance organizations at
massmeetiDg held in the interests o
education, the Archbishop of Cnntsr
bury referred TO the remarkable ad
vances made in this reform during tn
past generation. The cause Of tenn
persnce. he declared, had never gon
back In Great Britain, but m the con
trary had succeeded in winning ON
class Of sUciety after another, tn
conversion OF tho medical professio
being one Of the greatest victories wo
by the pertinacity OF temperance re
formers. A marked Indication OF sue
cess was to be found in tho fact tina
while ridicule was perhaps stronge
in it's effect in England than auythin
else, temperance people had lived
down, and he looked forward u til
! time when the tables would be eutirel
turned and ridicule employed in fave
of temperance instead oil against il
What tbs cause now requires ia nsl
severance. THAT We have made an
are making solid progress, he con
cluded, lis prouf that we have ha
God's blessing in the work, and ma
that still lead us to further efforts i
, the future. Union Signal.