The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-11-04
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bath: preserve the Sabbath fully and
| You cripple the saloon greatly
The W. c. T. U. is working at both
| ends Of this question. The Sabbath OBJ
servance department is cooperating
with Christian Citizenship Leagues and
| other organizations to secure the en-
| forcement Of the laws against liquor
selling on the Sabbath We believe
mucn good is accomplished by calling
| attention to the most fragrant violations
| OF the law, even thought ew indictments
| are secured. The bicycle has come to be
a blessing to the world. Rightly used.
| it can settle the question Of necessary
l-Saboath travel. But from all over the
country comes the cry: The bicycle il
setting the people wild. 1t is emptyins
the churches OF young people. We have
issued two leaflets on Sunday bicycling
| which have been commended by those
! who have used them and We nope they
| may be widely circulated. We note
] with profound thankfulness that the
| League Of American Wheelmen at their
! convention last fail condemned Sunday
racing. We are urging young people 10
take the bicycle pledge.
The District OF Columbia Sunday rest
! bill was before congress last winter,
| out ! did not urge the unions 10 work
| for it because believed that 1t was OF
| no use TO push reform legislation until
the tariff was out OF the way. This year
| the new administration being firmly es-
tablisned, and the tariff out Of the way,
I think We may work for the passage or
1 taA olr raS
! the approval OF the district commits
sioners. with a reasonable rope OF sue
1 cess. We shall also work for the clos
| ing OF postoftices on the SABBATH by To-
cal petition, that the army of employees
| may have their day of rest. We nope
that this convention will appeal to the
postmaster general to continue the local
| option plan Of ex-Postmasters General
| Wanamaker and Wilson"
The work of the department OF ieSisla-
ton and enforcement of law was report
ed by Mrs Margaret Dye Ellis, superin-
| tendent, as follows:
The national superintendent OF this
department spent three months in Wash
| ingtor last winter. to aid the local ". c.
T. L. and other organizations in urging
upon congress the necessity OF the pass
age OF certain moral measures thar were
pending: notably among those were the
| bills to prohibit the sale Of alcoholic IL
quors in government buildings; to pro-
! hibit the sale of liquors in the national
ca pitol building( passed house in last
congress and was favorably reported to
the senate); to prohibit the TRANSMISSION
by mail or interstate commerce OF de-
scriptions or pictures OF prize fights; p-o
hibiting reproduction Of prize fights by
vitascope in the District of Columbia and
the territories. and interstate transmits
sion of such devices; TO forbid interstete
gambling by telegraph or telephone; 10
raise the age OF protection for girls TO
eighteen years in the District of Colunl-
bia: to protect state anti-cigarette laws,
by providing that cigarettes imported in
original packages on entering any state
shall become subject 10 it's laws. One
thousand petitions were presented to con-
gress from churches, VIC. T. US, Y. P.
S. C. Els and other organizations FOR the
above measures. Many state legislatures
meet biennially. & and IN consequence
very little legislative work could be done
in those states.
New Jersey took an active part in the
canvass for constitutional amendments,
viz: ~Anti-gambling and school suffrage
fer women in rural districts. submitted
to the votes. September %, barely one
third OF the usual vote was polled: the
anti G milling amendment was adopted
by the narrow majority Of 612 votes.
School suffrage was overwhelmingly de-
fea led. Petitions against introducing
canteen system in Soldiers Home: thou
sands Of protests against the governor of
the state, applying for license a: Sea
Girt-State Military camp-and against
the Princeton Inn, where the names OF
ex. President Cleveland and certain pro-
lessons of that w-o,ld-fa4ned college we're
upon the application fsr license.
Nebraska kept it's state superintend-
ent at the capitol during the Session OF
its legislsture-andm many bills were pre-
scented through her instrumen tally.
Illinois, after hard pull Of eighteen
weeks, secured an excellent police mat
ron law. which applies TO cities of 1900
and over, and one Of the strongest scien-
.ific temperance instruction laws in the
Union: also petitioned 10 have the word
male stricken from the state constitu-
ton, and 10 raise the age Of protection
for eirls-out failed.
North Dakota labored successfully 10
prevent the resubmission resolution, also
secured a law defining intoxicating Ii
quors.
"Oregon has secured enforcement OF ex
listing laws against gambling in five
cites. viz: Astoria, Albany, Salem and
Eugene.
Idaho. Ohio and Wyoming report act
I've work in behalf Of curfew law.
Pennsylvania presented five bills 10
state re-kindergar;en. physical
culture, Memorial day. Anti-treating and
Widows Dover-succeeding with but one
kindergarten.
'Seventy-five thousand names were
secured in Minnesota asking for county
option. without avail.
Excellent work has been done in
many other states by way OF petition,
ETC.
The Department OF Christian Citizen
ship was reported On by Miss Lucy Page
CASTOR, superintendent. as follows:
1.-The Christian Citizenship movement
is the bloom and .ruitage Of twenty-five
years OF ". c. T. L. work. The Wo-
mans Christian Temperance Union has
been cutting and fitting in reform work
all these years. and has learned the best
way OF doing things. This being true.
Il seems natural tsat the splendid new
garment our nation - connins-tne
cloak OF Christian CitLZerSlic-sh0f1lI