The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-11-16


mislead the women OF this convention.
| II my husband mortgages our home
| and find l cannot meet the interest
/ give my place 10 my creditors and
| dlscharge my legal and moral obliga-
| ton; neither Is there any moral obliga-
| ton requiring the w. c. T. L. TO pay
| the Temple debt"
TEXT OF THE BONDS.
DIR. f. d. Kane, OF Pennsylvania,
SAID that upon reading the bonds she
| discovered that the bonds were issued
by Mrs Carse.
VIII that fact ruin Mrs Carse II
the w. c. T. U. repudiates the bonds?"
she asked.
That Is too personal a question" re-
piled Mrs. Stevens.
Mrs. Brehen said that she never had
voted on the bond question until mst
year when at the Buffalo convention.
Miss Willard said the w c. T L.
was morally responsible for the bonds.
| since then she had believed the bonds
/ should be redeemed. She suggested
mat a besis OF settlement be agreed
/ upon.
Miss Smith. OF Washington. d. c..
! said she thought the w. c. T. L. had
| aischarged It's moral obligations when
! II raised money for It.
Mrs. Carse has admitted In Chicago
that she was responsible for the Temple
| and no one else" declared Miss Smith
: Mrs. Stevenson declared there never
mad been moral obligation. and there
! would be no reputation.
Mrs. Chambers read the face Of the
| hCnds. which showed that the bonds
/ We're Issued by Mrs. Carse as an indf-
! vidual for and on behalf OF the w. c.
: T. L.
Il demand It shall all be read" said
/ Mrs. Carse. Il have stood charge af-
| ter charge and haven't been allowed to
/ speak"
LEGAL OPINION ON IT.
Mr. Beauchsmp read an opinion writ
ten by Thomas w. and Lewis p.
Shackelford, OF West Superior, that
the face OF the bond showed that Il Is
not issued by anybody representing the
W. c. T. L. The corporal seal of the
W. {. T. L. is not affixed 10 the bond.
ana 1t is in no way the act OF the W.
{. T. L. That no one authorized Mrs.
Carse to issue the bonds, and that the
| W {. I. U. is nowise responsible for
/ them; that the bonds were not exc
cuted by officers OF the organization.
anc that the organization never had
authorized the issue OF the bonds
Mrs Graham uid that the w c. T.
! [. had always held itself above busI-
ness rules and could not forget what
/ Miss Willard said at Buffalo that there
I was moral obligation to pay the
/ bonds.
Mrs. Helen NJ. Barker suid that Mrs.
/ Carse had frequently assured the w
/ {. I. [. that 81 had no moral obliga-
ton to pay the Temple bonds 1t was
urged that the call for funds should be
taken from the Union Signal. but Mrs.
! Carse refused To do so.
Mrs. CrOut asked IL the w q T II
! became posSessGrs OF the bonds II IL
would not become responsible Tor the
| debts in proportion TO the bonds 1t
! owned
Certainly" said Mrs. Hunt.
WORLD WILL VOTE OTHERWISE.
we may vote down our moral OBJ
LEGATION" said Mrs. Cramm. OF South
/ Dakota, hut the word at large VIII
| not vote down our moral obligation.
The W. c. r. L. is behind these bonds
and should pay them"
Miss Penman. OF Iowa. said Miss
I Willard wanted the bonds paid.
Mrs. Hoffman said she thought The
/ Temple question was settled Monday.
Mrs. Durham denied that she was in
desperate straits on the Temple ques-
ton. She was requested to have the
/ matter brought up again.
III you were under no moral obH-
cation, why did you not say SO. instead
! of allowing us 10 circulate those bonds
( under your name. Had you not done
SC the Temple trustees never would
/ heVe asked you TO contribute a cent.
| Silence gives consent"
Miss Gordon said that. II wishing to
/ ray the Temple bonds made the ". c.
| T L. morally responsible. then IL was
| morally responsible but she thought
| the obligation, II there was any. had
| been discharged. She hoped. however.
! that sufficient funds might be raised by
the w. c. T L. 10 pay the needy bond
I holders
Mrs Hammond asked why. II the w.
! G I. I. was morally responsible for
ore class OF Temple bondholders, il
| was not responsible for the others
Mrs. Woodward declared that the w.
c. T. L. was not a bankrupt concern
and IL could not plead Inability to pay
the bonds.
The Rev. Anna Shaw said the W. c.
T. L. never had had any moral OBJ
legation. II Il ever had such an obli-
cation il had discharged il by eleven
years OF incessant toll The Temple
interfered with the W. c. T. L. busi-
ness and drained its treasury, and II
was now time 10 take hold OF the tenn
perance work and extend its influence.
Miss Dow said the same argument
had been made over and over. and she
moved the previous question.
DENIED THE STATEMENT.
Mrs. Carse rose and said that il had
been claimed she herself was alone
responsible and had admitted it.
The woman who made that state
ment is mistaken" she declared.
Miss Smith interrupted and declared
that she heard Mrs CarSe say IL.
~ mn - y.
said.
Then Mrs. Carse made the 0eclara-
ton given at the beginning.
The question WAS called and vote
taken By yea and nay and the result