Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-10-24


Time Will Correct-The Old Off,
GERS of the Association Re- Elect
ed.
Toronto, October 23.-Delegates from
all parts of the world have gathered
in this city for the Worlds w. c. t.
u. convention, which was formally
opened last night with banquet To
organize the work upon a systematic
basis, so that progress may be greater
and more decisive, wifi be the object
sought by the delegates. The absence
of Lady Henry Somerset is deplored.
Her attitude in reference to the great
moral question in India Will certainly
be touched upon in some of the meet
ings.
At the meeting of the executive
board last evening the officers were all
reelected, as follows;
President. Miss Frances f. Willard,
Evanston. his; vice president at
large. Lady Henry Somerset, England.
honorary vice presidents, Mrs. Mary
Clement Leavitt, Boston; Miss Jessie
'.Ackerman. Chicago; Rev. Alice r.
Palmer. Waysatia, Mimi; Mother"
Stewart, Springfield, o.; secretary,
Miss Alice e. Slack. Ripley. Derby
shire. England; assistant secretary.
Miss Anna Al, Gordon, Evanston. Ills;
treasurer. Mrs, Mary E. sanderson,
Danville, Que; Mund the world mis-
sionaries, Mrs. Many Clement Leaxi1k
Miss Jessie A. Acketman. Rev.
r. Palmer, Miss ClarA Parrish
Ills, and Mrs. ]. KA\Barn2
denee, X. |.
Miss Frances Il. w
her annual address at
of the convention In
her address, Miss viii
ada leads the world tot
prohibition struggle, d
cheering prospects of
country is homogeneoA
that great foreign popu
tend with by which we
tally handicapped; its pei
ous-minded and practical 0ID1
standard of morals religion %
higher than ours; it h put itself .
record by popular plebiscite In whicRy
prohibition triumphed; 1t has survived
the horrors of the royal commission to
investigate the liquor traffic and is on
the eve of another popular vote, al
though it must contend against the
united power of the alcohol trade In
all countries, which will be brought to
bear upon its 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 brow the bright star of prohibi-
ton, which means happy homes to her
people and a harbinger OF peace to all
the world"
Regarding the purity question. Miss
Willard said: "No good canA>oh1e Ok
CALLING the violation of two laws on
God--first, thou shalt not commit adul- |
terry: second. thou shalt love thy neigh.
Dor as myself Whatever degrades the
women of India puts the stamp OF de-
terioration upon all women. To this
II will be replied that they have de-
graded themselves, and the means /
proposed are only 10 mitigate the con- J
sequences, but IL makes all the differ
ence in the world TO us whether their/
degradation came about through aln
forces which we have set In motioi
BY parity of reasoning we may say then
saloon Is here, and here 1t will re-
main; let us do all we can 10 make it
less dangerous to the people. But
this Is not the point, our attitude to-
ward the saloon, first, last and all the
time, Is an attitude of utter hostility
and ID makes all the difference in the
world to us whether its presence
among us Is in spite of our protest and
work, or whether we have taken meas
ures that render its continuance prob
able The foundation and the key
stone In the arch Of heathenism is the
sacrifice Of womans purity on the al
tar OF mans sensuality, and Ii there
is one monstrous thing which above
another represents the anti-Christ, Ii
is that fact. In Oriental countries wo-
men are helpless in the hands of rnen.
az they have been through the dark
centuries, and the depths of degrade
ton to which this utter dependence
has reduced them are beyond all power I
OF Western comprehension.
I'VE hold that there is but one stand
ard for men and women, and that is
that they are both capable ~ living up
TO IT, Our beloved comrade lady
Somerset1 mas hope5 To reach the
same result by regulation. that we
propose TO attain by prohibition or
not at all But while we differ as TO
the methods, We repudiate any per-
sonal attack or severity Of language
toward our beloved comrade. whose
zeal has been that Of flaming heralr.
whose devotion Is a household word
among US, and whose untiring work
in these long years. carried forward
under conditions more difficult than
have surrounded any reformer that we
have known. bind her TO our hearts
with cords that never can be broken.
We admire and trust and love her.
We believe that when she gees her
plan Is not adopted in the IadIa army
she viii frankly admit that. althouxa
she put 1t forward because she thouget
it practicable. II partogk far too mucn
81 the ia1UracfieabinfF attributed ~