The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-10-13
Election Held Today at the
Sixth Session ofthe Con-
Vention at Elizabeth.
MRS. BOURNE REFLECTED
Miss Belle Kearney's Address
Prize Banner to Bridge
ton Union.

The afternoon session Of The State w
G. r. u. convention convened, yesterday
at half .pasttwo in the First Presbyterian
Church of Elizabeth, with an excellen
attendance. Devotions were conducted by
Mrs. c. B. McGiH. Nf Red Bank; FOLLOWED
by the reading of the minutes or tn
morning session, and reports from super
| intendents of the various departments
| Miss Laura Holmes, of Clarksboro, reat
a very interesting. ape on ranch
| and Christian Citizenship as did Mrs
H.. H.. Thomas, of Vineland, on peace
| and Arbitration e. III. Elfreth, of Had
| doneld, reported on Health and Hered-
| ity;sp Mrs. F.. r. Fuller, of Ocean Grove
on the Flower Mission Mss Lizzie
jackson, of H%oboken, on "Unfermentec
| Wine;" Mrs. A. NJ. Worden. of yineland
on Purity Mrs. f. Y. Street, Of Bev-
| er1y, on Sunday Schools Miss I. l.
Page, of West Hoboken, on Literature,
and Miss Fannie Belts, of Lumberton, re-
ported as State Historian. 1t was Their
about four O'clock, and the balance of the
afternoon was devoted to the Loyal Tenn
perance Legion Rally, conducted by Miss
Alice NJ. Guernsey, of East Orange.
EVENING SESSION.
The evening session, which convened at
7:45 O'Clock, was devoted to the Young
Women's Branch of the temperance work,
and Mrs. Kate Raphael. of ocean Grove,
secretary of that branch, presided. The
meeting was opened with singing, Scrip
ture reading by Miss Josephine WyckoI,
of Newark; prayer ana a 500, Nlcsory,
port of lne State Secretary was read and
approved, and the prize banner was pre-
scented to the Bridgeton y, as having the
largest percentage of increase during the
year, by the Washington Z. of Warren
county, where it has reposed for the past
twelve months.
The collection was taken. ana MISS
Belle Kearney. of Mississippi, the speak,
er of the evening, was introduced, ana
spoke on her subject, Remember the
Athenians.'' In speaking of local option.
Miss Kearney said:="Local option
is delusive in theory and unsatisfactory
in practice. 1t suggests license, and IS,
IN fact, a license law. It places the
most helpless members OF society, Inc
women and children, at the mercy or
the voters of the community IN Wnlch
they live.
One of the strongest arguments against
license is that tlass the LIQUOR he d iiaense f the
better is their platform. The saloon IS
the acknowledged headquarters for po-
litical deals. ~ henever t ere is an open
saloon in a town it is an evidence that the
voting population OF that town is in favor
If the liquor traffic. h presence OF a
blind tiger is a proof of the indifference
made richer by license. LII
cense, high or low, may sootne the m
1ammation.~but it viii never cure the
liquor disease, and the State that makes
by it's liquor laws should pc
compe take care of them.
Miss Kearney then Went on to answer
the arguments against pronlDftion IN de-
tail. She is in favor Of Womaa suIerage
subject, said:-"1ne frs law o.
creation is order; the second prohibition.
sTl.ou shalt not Moral suasion is not
sufficient to accomplish our OBJECT. Lee
gal suasion is the only thing mat tells.
Men have tosd me that women could nave
the ballot whenever they wanted It; Lei
us, therefore, sisters, rise up and ask
for it," In conclusion, the speaker spoke
of her appreciation of the Wozk already
ACCOMPLISHED by the Union. There are
none" said she, drawer than the W. Z.
T. q. women. The white rlpponers are
MORNING SESSION.
This morning the convention was opened
at eight O'Clock with the preliminary eA-
crosses of the Evangelistic Training Class
which lasted an hour, conducted BY Mrs.
Jennie Fowler Willing Of New York. AL
nine the regular convention was opened
Dy the audience singing, Jesus, Lover OF
NV SOUL, LIE IDiliQlt0 u Inc PiONa
meeting were read and reports from the
v1Er.ous committees followed, during
which the Credential Committee reported
70 delegates present Telers were then
appointed n the election of officers ana
delegates to the National W.C. y, Y.
convention IN st. Paul. MINI. November
lI-16. proceeded with. While the tellers
were busy distributing the ballots a poem
of welcome was read by MISS MAUD Mil
Ter. of New York, and enthusiastically re-
ceiyed by the audience.
AS all the counties were not quite READY
10 respond with their delegates for the
National convention that matter had to
AS there was still time to spare before
the tellcrs were ready to report, the pa
per on Soldiers and Sailors, which was
to have been gwen tomorrow morning, by
read, also that on Physical Education
by Miss Maud Miller, of New York, was
transferred from Fridays programme to
this mornings. BY this time the tellers
were ready to report, and Mrs. emma
Bourne. of Newark, was reelected State
President. She was received with the
chautauqua salute, and made a brief adj
est. of Closter, was reelected correspond
ing secretary; Miss E.. H. E1freth. of
Haddonfeld, recording secretary, and
Mrs. N. L. Caminade, of Trenton, treas
urer.
1.-THE Sabbath Observance" report was
given this morning. in stead of this after
noon. and the Mothers Meetings re-
port was also transferred from Fridays
This brought the convention
to twelve o'clock. Noontide PRAYER was
led by Mrs. Jennie Fowler Willing, of
New York, and the ladies adjourned to
Arcanum Hall, where luncheon was
served.