The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-11-15


I'VE have paid s164,70o to issue the
bonds.'' she continued, "and yet $780,
900 is to be paid. We are told of our
moral obligation. Have we not dis
charged our moral obligation when we
have paid all we could and have given
stock? Do not we owe anything to the
poor Of today as well as Of yesterday
We get kilograms from people who say
| what we should do. Why do not they
help? We are told what ministers say,
YET the men quoted do not know the
situation. resent the interference OF
those VINO have no right under God g
heaven to interfere. 1t Is for US TO say
what shall be done"
Miss Gordon moved that speeches be
limited to five minutes, but Miss Pres
ton amended, cutting the time limit
TO three minutes.
Mrs. Hannah ]. Bailey, of Boston,
said the W. c. T. u. could not be held
legally responsible for the Temple debt,
because it had nothing TO pay II with.
People who invested in the Temple
bonds" she declared, must suffer like
other investors who make mistakes"
Mrs. Chambers said that Miss Will
lGrd refused TO sign or indorse the
bonds issued by Mrs. Carse for the
Temple, and that Mrs. Carse issued
them on her own responsibility.
I she declared, and there 1t should res"
Il want TO reply TO Mrs. Chambers
charges, sad Mrs. Carse excitediy.
Mrs. Stevens told her TO wait.
JOY FOR RUM SELLERs.
I'VE are the followers OF a master"
eafd Mns. Kane, who admondshed US
not to run into debt. Now is the time
TO stop"
'srT.T,a e1-ae - ~ ,,-o-t5 -. ,,.>-,, - .,
said Mrs Jennie Smith, of Ohio. 81
heard saloonkeepers in Chicago say
that they would have jubilee If the
w. c. I. u. gave up the Temple. 1t
will be blow TO the cause OF temper
ance, from which the cause Will never
| recover. Every woman who votes
against the Temple win have to answer
for it at the bar OF God"
i wish TO answer the charges made
by the president of the Pennsylvania
delegation said Mrs. Carse. II never
sent a letter to Miss Willard asking
her to indorse the Temple bonds. The
sister is off the track"
THE president Of the Pennsylvania
delegation Is not used to having her
/ veracity doubted" said Mrs. Chambers
Indignantly.
I've been charged with everything, Is
seid Mrs. Carse, hotly, ''but I mustn't
cay anything in defense Of myself. in
1891 every one said the Temple was a
splendid thing. and then came the pan
&c, and 1 wrote to Miss Willard ="
And Miss Willard declined to sign
/ the circular you proposed, interrupted
Mrs. Stevens
Mrs. Chambers asked Miss Gordon to
/ confirm the statement that Miss VIII
lard declined to sign the circular. Miss
| Gordon said Miss Willard said she
could not take the responsibility of
| signing the Temple bonds.
That Is what 1 said said Mrs.
Carse. Then. turning TO Mrs. Stew
ems. Mrs Carse said: you wrote the
letter, my love-
The tone Of sarcasm in the latter ex-
preston made Mrs. Stevens
BITE HER LIPS.
Mrs. Emile D. Martin. of New York,
said she stood close to Miss Willard
and she did not consider the w. c. T.
U. morally obliged to pay the bonds.
Mrs. c. NJ. woodward. who was re-
Gently deposed from the board OF SUI
perintednents on account, 1t is said,
Of sympathy with the Temple, she be-
ing one Of the Temple trustees. said
she desired to see the Temple carried
to completion.
Mrs. Graham, of Newark, O., who
was appointed to succeed Mrs. Wood
ward. also advocated the retention OF
the Temple.
Mrs. II. =. Hammond said the w. c.
T. u. had got away from temperance
to temples, and 1t was time to get back
to its original position.
Mrs. Mary II. Hunt, OF Boston, said
II any one lost on an investment in
the Temple bonds, they could not le-
gally ask the w. c. T, u. to pay them,
! as II had no interest in the enterprise.
Mrs Durham urged that the invest
ors in the Temple bonds put their
money in them because they supposed
the w. G. L. u. was behind the plan.
Mrs. Carse," she said. never had
a fair chance because she has always
met with opposition. You have fought
US 50 that you have made 1t impossible
for us TO raise the money"
IF the liquor interests Of Chicago
can pay 800, 600 a year for liquor"
asked q delegate in the rear of the
/ church, cannot the temperance people
| of this great land pay a little million
| of dollars? The Temple Will be paid
for"
Mrs. White-Kinney, of Oregon, de-
clared that moral obligation was
1000 times more binding than legal
obligation"
Mrs. Carse again wanted to speak
| but was interrupted with cries of ques-
tion. She held a book in her hand,
| which she said contained a record of
her actions regarding the Temple bonds
from the beginning.
The Rev. Anna A. Shaw delivered a
lengthy speech against the Temple and
declared that the w. c. T. U. was I'M
der
NO MORAL OBLIGATION
to pay debt contracted for the Tenn
pie.
Mrs. Boole, of New York, spoke IN
the same strain. and then Miss Anna
Gordon was given unlimited time to
reply 10 the statements Of the Tenn
pleites regarding the attitude Of Miss
Willard toward the Temple Miss Cor
don declared that Miss Willard left
records to show that she was not in
favor OF retaining the Temple as a w.
c. T. u. enterprise.
At the conclusion OF Miss Gordon's
remarks the vote was taken and the
Temple was repudiated. Later a num-
| Der OF delegates changed their votes
In favor OF the Temple, on the ground
that the Temple bonds were a moral
obligation. II not a legal one
Miss Heien Hood said she wished TO
change her vote. II the vote Just taken
meant Reputation OF the Temple debt -
Il did not so rule" said Mrs. Stew
ems. IL means simply that the W. c.
T. u. is no longer connected with the
| Temple. We do not call 1t repudia-
ton. We simply drop the Temple"
You have certainly repudiated the
bonds" asid Mrs. Carse scornfully.
I'VE cut loose" corrected Mrs. Stew
ems.
We pay no more on the bonds" said
/ Mrs. Carse.
we pay no more" said Mrs. Stevens.
REPUTATION.
"Repudiationw said Mrs. Carse. con-
| temptuously.