The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-11-02
WILL SAVE
THE TEMPLE.
National w. C. 7. U. Decides TO
Raise 100000.
TO Rescue the Great Chicago
gWOman's Temple
FROM BONDHOLDERS.
Miss Willard Says She Will Ask
Rich Friends
TO Contribute the Funds Nee
essary for Relief.
FROM BONDHOLDERS.

Buffalo. Nov. 2-From o'clock yes
aerday afternoon until 7:3O o'clock the
delegates to the national w. c. T. u
held continuous session behind closed
doors, and discussed with much
warmth the report of Mrs. Matilda B.
Carse of the Chicago temple.
Miss Sarah G. Johnson, financial sec
retary of the temple presented her re-
port.
Mrs. Kathrine Stevenson of Mas
Eaehusetts, one of a committee recently
sent to Chicago to investigate the tenn
pie matter, reported that the income OF
the temple if it was rented would be
S175 600 a year. It's annual expense,
including interest would be $125,OOO.
About one-fourth of the building has
been unrented last year and about one
third this year.
Mrs. Carse was then called upon to
answer hundreds of questions, relevant
and irrelevant regarding the finances
of that temple, most of which were
covered in her report, which, as read
by her, was in part as follows
She attributes the crisis in its ar
fairs to the financial condition of the
country and the determination to re
EiVe the enterprise She declared that
had all unions responded as did a few,
the stock would have been in posses
sion of the union without incum brance.
She quotes from previous reports,
showing the receipts and expenditures
and the partial subscriptions, and ADDS
that of over $500, 600 subscribed, $l4l. 900
is stiH in her hands She is entering
into negotiations which promise to be
most successful and Will insure at
least $780, coo with what she already
has. She Incorporates in her report
a paper signed by Lyman }. Gage ana
ten other prominent business men of
Chicago, made after an examination OF
affairs of the temple the first year
This report declares that aside from
the moral value in the interests of the
~. c. T. u. we are fully convinced that
If the friends of the w c. T. U. are
willing to put into our hands the sum
bf $500, 900 within six or twelve months,
also that you may stop the present
OutgO of the interest charges, you will
obtain control of the building and the
income from which may be expected to
increase from year to year with the
final result of an established income to
the interests you represent.
- Mrs Carse continues:
We are told the enterprise should be
Abandoned that it IS dishonest to
support it. I think it most dishonest
and unbuSine Ss-Iike for US to stop al
this juncturei when We have put in so
much money and now that business
prospects are returning to the country
to let go our hold of that which is with
IN our grasp. L beg of. you, dear dele
gates, to stand by the pledge which
the national officers sent out in Novem-
Der 1895, which contained the following
words: While God reigns in Heaven
and white ribbon hearts beat stead
tasty on earth we will never desert
this enterprise or take a backward
step -
A long and spirited discussion of the
temple matter followed a dozen or
more conflicting plans being proposed
and voted down
The president, Miss Willard was fin
ally called upon to state her plans, and
said
7 have no great plan. believe we
must not give up the temple. 1 know
It would be the death of some of US.
! Just thought L would go to some rich
people who have been a little friendly
with me and ask them to help us I
90 not know about owning the temple.
but / do want to keep a controlling in
Eerest in it l believe it is going to
pay a fine margin. If [ did not I
would not try to raise the money.
thought would go out and see what
I could do 1 am not going to make
any appeal to the local unions, but of
course, if they sit up nights and banker
10 give-weH then, all right
one after another the complex
cleared away. and the vote came on the
original motion to adopt the report.
1T was carried by an easy majority.
Miss Willard suggested Miss CorneIia
Dew as custodian of the trust fund
and the convention approved.
Then came a resolution offered orig
anaIiy by Mrs. Marion H. Durham of
Iowa, pledging support in the work of
raising the money. After going
through a series of amendments Of
codihcation it was adopted as follows:
That in view of the pledge of the
support of our leader and from the fact
that Mrs Carse has secured 1900
pledges with promises of $500 600 we
pledge our support and cooperation to
secure 100000 to be given Miss Dow as
custodian to hold until she shall have
enough money to retire the bonds"