The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-11-03
ALL WERE REFLECTED
OFFICERS OF THE NATIONAL w. c. II.
U. GIVEN ANOTHER TERM.
Balm for Mrs. MatiIda's Injured Feel
ings-Harriet A. Leavett's Report
on Homes for Homeless.

BUFFALO, Nov. 2.-The election of off,
GERS was the principal event of this morn
ings session of the w. c. t. U. The
present officers, headed by Miss Frances e.
Willard, were reelected unanimously. A
motion was adopted declaring that nothing
said III the discussion of the Temple shall
be construed as rejecting on Mrs. Matilda
b. Carse, her sincerity of purpose, her good
faith or her management but, on the con-
trary we hereby express our appreciation
of her unfaltering faith and her tireless Ia
bors in the interests of the Temple" A
resolution that the minutes of yesterdays
session be amended so as 10 include the
name of Mrs. Carse with that of Miss Will
lard in a resolution pledging support 20 the
temple was lost by a vote Of 104 to AS
The other officers reelected were: Pres
ident, Miss Frances e. Willard; vice pres
ident at large, Mrs. Lillian M. Stevens, of
Massachusetts; corresponding secretary,
Mrs. Katherine Stevenson, of Massachu-
sets; recording secretary Mrs. Clara c.
Hoffman, of Missouri treasurer, Mrs. Helen
NJ Barber, of Illinois. Miss Willard an
nounced the appointment Of Mrs. l.. NJ.
Stevens as. vice president and Mrs. Hoff-
man announced the reappointment of Mrs.
Frances Il. Beauchamp as assistant record
ing secretary.
Harriet A. Leavitt, superintendent of the
Homes for Homeless, submitted her re-
port She said: THE aim OF the depart
ment of securing homes for homeless chill
dren is:
"First-To create and foster among the
members of the Woman's Christian Tenn
perance Union an active interest in unfor-
tunate children.
''Second-To recommend to the state and
local unions a careful study Of this phase
of the child problan-the care Of DEPEND
ent children-and by comparison of methods
to arrive at the best way OF providing for
them.
'Third-In every state and union taking
up this department, to seek 10 extend a
helping land to the needy children in the
locality, bearing in mind the great value
of the family as the social unit and doing
nothing te weaken the natural ties except
in extrenn cases. We recommend special
attention being paid TO the condition of de-
fectiye children in the raj districts where
the parents are frequently in ignorance Of
the existence of schools for the develop
ment of such children.
"Fourth--f a child is homeless or IL aft
er careful Investigation and consideration,
because OF cruelty or vice, il becomes neceS-
sary to Slegard parental control, TO fol-
low as far SIS possible the natural law and
seek for such child home in private
family -,
the birthright of every child and that there
is no better asylum for the dependent child
man man the farmers family proVlded that
recognize the fact that there is difference
OF opinion among workers ana mat the
conditions in different localities vary hence
we counsel cooperation, not competition
with existing child-saving organizations.
The department has been IN existence SIX
years The work was taken up at the in
stigation OF Miss Willard, who, recognizing
the fact that a large majority of homeless
children are deprived of their homes by
the liquor traffic, thought it fitting that the
Womans Christian Temperance Union
should extend helping hand to these in
nocent victims.
I'm Indiana the work has been in the
way of arousing interest in the care Of
dependent children throughout the State.
A new law has been passed by the State,
which requires that all children over one
year of age shall be removed from the
county infirmaries by Jan. /. 1888. In Mas
SachusettS the state superintendent is in
constant cooperation with existing child
caring organizations and through combined
otherwise have been overlooked have been
provided for. some in private homes and
been obtained from this department n other
States: fourteen in all having taken up the
work.
The resolutions committee submitted q
preamble and resolutions, which were
adopted. affirming fidelity to the principles
of total abstinence; declaring the seventh
COMPARTMENT the only Christian way OF
dealing with vice; insisting educa-
tional instead of sex test for elective fran
chiseS opposing all laws which by license,
taxing or otherwise provide for the sale OF
liquor as a beverage; declaring for deter
mined agitation against narcotics; express
ing grief at the serving of wines at the am
nual reunions at Princeton, and favoring
equal wages for equal service without re-
gard to sex. Resolutions were also adopt
ed in memory of General Neal Dow: ex-
tending sympathy TO Lady Henry Somerset
in her illness, and regretting her absence.
nd aYpressing loyalty and fidelity to Miss
Willard.