The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1897-11-04
The Waldo County w. c. T. U.
The Resolutions Adopted and Ofl1Cers Elected.


The Resolutions Adopted and Onlcers Elected.
TORONTO, ONT, Oct. n. The third
and last days session of the Worlds W.
c. T. U. convention opened with the in
terest undated. Miss Slack presided.
At the request of the majority of the dele
gates the complete list of authorized dele
gates was read, comprising, after several
additions, a total of 200 and more.
OF the names added, that of Miss Cor
nelia Dow, daughter of the late Gen. Neal
Dow, was received with enthusiasm. and
given precedence OF all the names pre-
sented.
After the reading of the report of Mrs.
J. K. Barney on penal, charitable and
reformatory work." an hour of devotion
al work was instituted, conducted by Miss
Greenwood of Brooklyn, who gave an ex-
position of Bible study of unique and
practical nature. Miss Mary E. Green of
Honolulu was then intvcduced, and re-
lated her experiences among the Hawaii
Islanders.
Miss Green was followed by Comman-
der Evangeline Booth, one of the daugh-
tiers of Gen. Booth, who brought the de-
yotional hour to close.
The Executive Committee then report
w viz ioiioN HdLlCu uCWly bltCLCu
officers: Honorary President, Mrs. Nj. C.
Leavitt, Boston; President Miss Frances
E. Willard, Evanston, III Vice Presi-
dent at Large, Lady Henry Somerset,
England; Secretary, Miss Agnes Z. Slack,
England; Assistant Secretary, Miss Anna
Gordon, Evanston, Ill. ; Treasurer, Mrs.
Mary NJ. Sanderson, Danville, Quebec
The afternoons session proved the
most crowded Of any of the whole con-
ventlon. The meeting was opened with
prayer, and the minutes of the whole CON
veption were read by Miss Slack Mrs.
Matilda b. Carse read report on the de-
partment of Worlds Archives, and pa
per on the Fress by Miss Reed was read,
showing that about G,5SS, or one third of
the newspapers, published w. C. T. U.
matter, $500 giving space for W. c. L.
L. column.
Mrs. Kirk, Secretary of Australia W.
G. L. o., read the report of the Commit
tee on Resolutions.
Among them was the following on the
subject OF social purity:
Whereas, the regulation of vice has be-
come an aggressive question in the W. g. L.
I and the discussion of it as represented in
the contagious diseases act has assumed
Resolved, that while we do not forget that
even the most cOnSecrated and true may
honestly differ in relation to vital matters,
and while we would abstain from ANYTHING
that would SAVIOR of criticism or Judgment of
motives, yet we, the worlds w. &. I. u,
must earnestly protest against thing that
would even seem to commit great or
ganization to any effort at reputation or
Incense as applied to any and all forms of sin, ,
and we most unequlvocaly declare our alb
horrence of any compromise whatever with
anything which is wrong in principle SIM
full in practice. We utter this, our convic-
ton and protest, and our determination
never to surrender the principles for whlc h
we have always stood body, and this we
do in the name of God and home and every
land"
Resolutions were also adopted con-
graduating Her Majesty, Queen Victoria,
on her Respondent reign. regretting the
persistency of the United States Senate in
refusing to ratify the Anglo American az
bitration treaty; declaring for church CO.
operation against lynching, and for equal
suffrage.
With reference to labor questions the
committee favored the eight hour law for
wage workers and opposition was express
ed to strikes. Evangelistic training schools
were commended, and recognition and
help reque sted, and confidence was express
ed in the official organ of the Union. Ar
menia was referred to and the massa ores
were deeply deplored. Lynching and drink
oil ships and railways and gambling were
topics of other resolutions, the whole pre-
senting the feeling of the association as
reported by the committee in the live
matters of the day.
DR.. Mary Wood Allen, Superintendent
of the Social Purity Department, offered
resolution that, after regretting the alb
sence of Mrs. j. E. Butler, expressing
appreciation and sympathy in her unre-
lenting crusade against social vice, re-
quested that she be still the association S
leader in purity work. With this addition
the report was submitted to the meeting
and unanimously carried.
The credentials, executed handsomely
and framed for the occasion, of the
Icelandic delegate, Miss Johannsdottir,
were presented to Mrs. Carse as keeper of
the archives in Chicago. Miss Johanns-
dottir, who is President of the w. C. T. U.
of Iceland, and niece of the Premier of
Iceland, came forward and made very
pleasing speech in broken English which
was received with much applause.
A discussion on the subject, Chow we
may advance Lne Wnlte ribbon cause IN all
countries, followed. 1t was led by Mrs.
Louise Rounds, President of the Illinois
w. G. 7. u, who spoke very forcibly
and practically. Miss Phelps of Canada
followed, giving short resume of the
system in vogue in Canada. Mrs. Beau
champ, Assistant Secretary Of the United
States w. G. L. u, made a stirring
address which aroused the greatest en-
thusiasm as to the best methods of the
work.
Miss Kirk of Australia gave particulars
of her country in this connection, show
ing that the work was in very syste-
matte condition. One of the features of
the special mention was the enlistment of
the wage workers, supporting girls in
the work which was found to bring good
results and was specially commended
by Miss Willard. Mrs. Todd, ex-Presi-
dent of the Dominion W. G. T. U. broach-
ed a plan of doing more thorough and
better work by sending Miss Frances E.
Willard, with her right hand worker,
Miss Gordon, round the world to
propagate and strengthen work in other
countries. Other speakers were Miss
Cummings of Australia, Mrs. Helen Bull
lock, U. S. A, Mrs. Walling, U. S. A.,
and DR.. Amelia Yeomans, Vice President
Dominion W. c. I. u, and the session
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