The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-17
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banner for best temperance instruction,
and New Jersey the banner for most
temperance instruction in the schools.
| After devotional exercises, in charge
| of Miss Greenwood, the report OF the
| Womans Temperance Publishing AS
ISOLATION, in connection with which an
other sensation from Mrs. Carse was
looked for, was then taken up. Mrs.
| Carse, president of the association
read the report. The cash receipts of
the association for the year were
SlS6 1870; expenditures, S135, 7S0--a gain
of $217S. The memorial volume has
passed 100000 in its circulation. At the
conclusion Of the formal report, Mrs
Carse said this would be her last ma
| tional convention until she could come
and say the temple had been paid for
1t might be long, but she hoped for the
time when she could come back She
had been president of the Womans
Temperance Publishing Association for
10 years, but must resign her position
as she had other work to do. She held
a little stock in it, when she wished to
present to the association, asking only
to be allowed to vote. She would write
final column for the Union Signal, on
the temple, then transfer that feature
to the Appeal now published in
Nebraska, which would be removed to
Chicago. She intended to withdraw
from her position in the Temperance
Publishing Association, and made a
very touching farewell to the conven-
ton, the delegates, by a rising vote,
thanking her for her past work.
Miss Gordon, on behalf of the con-
vention, formally invited Mrs Carse to
attend the next convention, whether
she had paid for the temple or not.
Mrs. C. F. Grow, business manager Of
Dbl, Iic.I,s
the business of that enterprise. Mrs.
s. M. d. Fry, managing editor Of the
Union Signal, reported on the periodi-
CAL the organ Of the national union.
The convention adopted a resolution
commemorative the memory of Miss
Willard,
Strong total abstinence resolutions
We're adopted and the Following in re-
gard to the relation of the United
States government to the liquor bust
ness:
(A)-Revenue in general. The in
come to the general government from
the revenue received from manufac-
lures and dealers in intoxicating drinks
deadens the public conscience to the
evils of the business and makes distill-
ers, brewers and saloon keepers ar
fogant and dictatorial to the govern
ment, on the ground of being it's bene-
factors.
We, therefore, condemn these reve-
nues as corruptors of the public con-
science and a menace to our republican
form of government.
(B)-Revenue in prohibition districts.
We condemn the revenue received by
the general government from the sale
of Intoxicating liquor for beverage pur-
poses in localities where such sale is
prohibited by law, because it encour-
ages the holders of these receipted tax
| bills, who constitute a. class of habitual
criminals, to violate state and munich
pal laws.
| (C)-The canteen system. Canteens
are more deadly than bullets, and our
army in the field, military posts and
camps and our veterans in soldiers
| homes are impoverished and debauched
by them.
We, therefore, protest against SOL
diers being detailed as bartenders, and
the use of blood money for hospital
supplies, and we call upon the chief
executive and general government to
abolish this system.
To this end we urge the passage of
the Ellis BILL now pending in the United
States congress, prohibiting the sale of
liquor on all grounds or buildings
owned or controlled by the government,
/ and we urge the passage of the law
prohibiting the sale of liquor in our
new possessions and in all territory
that shall be acquired by us.
On prohibition, the resolution Of the
committee gave voice to the following:
We reaffirm our oft-repeated convic-
ton that the prohibition Of the liquor
| traffic is the only solution of the tenn
/ perance problem, and insist that true
| patriotism demands a united, deter
mined effort, which shall not cease un-
! til prohibition is engrossed in the con-.
! stitution of every state in the union
and in The federal constitution in
| Washington
The expression on ballot says:
Whereas, God created man in his own
| image, male and female, and gave
| them dominion therefore,
Resolved, that we believe in the
equal right of both to hold opinion and
express the same in home and on the
platform, in the pulpit and at the bal
/ lot box.
The other resolution endorsed inter
national arbitration, temperance, edu-
cation, living wages and purity in
! life