The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-11-15
TOTE TO G1vE UP THE TEMPLE,
The Important Action of the National
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ot. raul, MlIll., NuNs 4f'- iie w. C' T. U. national convention to-day de- cided to abandon the Temple project as an affiliated interest. Five hours of animated, vigorous and occasionally bitter and personal debating was had before the vote was reached. The op- position to this action declared it was an act of repudiation of moral obli- gdtion and fought every inch of ground, but most of the leaders were against them and they carried their point. The discussion on the Temple project was opened at the afternoon session, when Mrs. Matilda Carse, of Illinois, read her naport, which was full history of the building, and the connection of the w. C. T. Y. with the enterprise and making a strong plea for the convention to stand by the Temple, She criticised sharply the action of the general off ce,s against the Temple She read letter from Marshall Fled dated No- vembsr }, 1898, in which he promised to extend such obligations as he may be interested in and in addition he will give S50,000 to pay obligations of inter est to become due. There was a heavy outburst of applause at this announce ment. The burden of the report was plea for the completion of the Temple as a fitting memorial to Miss Frances Willard.
 The annual report of the financial secretary, Miss Sarah c. Johnson, was presented, showing receipts of $2S, ,761 p; expenditures, $11 .056.9l. The recor7- ing secretary, Mrs. Hoofman, read the Tport of the action of the executive committee adverse to the Temple and Mrs. Chambers of Pennsylvania moved its adoption. As a substitute Mrs. Dunham of Iowa moved that in view of the 1891 endorsement of the enterprise this convention pledge itself to the Temple in the matter of retiring the trust bonds. 1t was decided, however, tc consider the report instead of the substitute. Much time was devoted to an attempt to find out what had been done by the convention, many insisting that they did not understand Finally out of the confusion the president dis entangled motion to have a yea and nay vote, which prevailed, TOT to 1lS, 1 Before the next vote was taken the
 
 I called for and made Miss Anna Cor ] don moved to reconsider the motion to 1 vote by yeas and nays. Reconsidera- l tlon prevailed. and Mrs. Clark of Ohio moved to amend to vote by ballot, but l this was lost. This amendment had ] been considered the first test vote, the ' friends of the Temple having desired a i vote hy ballot. A yea and nay vote was 1 then again decided on Rock of Ages 1 was sung by the delegates standing. 1 Miss Dow of Maine reported $22912.62 ] paid in on the temple trust funds, on i which interese of S291S0 has accrued 1 A few trust bonds have been purchased and the balance of cash now on hand is 1 $22, 94l, and she also holds $lS0O worth i of trust bonds.
 The general discussion was then re- 1 stunned, the motion being to adopt the action of the executive committee de- i claring the Temple no longer under the 1 charge of the ". C. T. IT. The debate 1 was protracted and it was several times { necessary to open the windows to cool 1 and freshen the air. Finally after all l who wanted to speak had been allowed l their limited time Miss Anna A. Gordon
 was permitted to close the debate l speaking against the Temple. Hel l speech was largely made up of recita- l ton of what Miss Willard, in the last l few months of her life, had said in re- 1 gard to the Temple and her hopeless l ness regarding it's success. At ten min.
 utes before seven the secretary began 1 the roll call on the motion to adopt the
 action of the executive committee in
 abandoning the Temple. It was long l roll call, lasting forty-tWo minutes | nearly ten minutes being required fol
 changes and counting. The vote result
 ed 2S5 to H. the Temple being dropped l as an affiliated body. Just before al- l journment Mrs. Dunham presented res. 1 olutions on the subject which may pre- | cipitate the whole controversy once 1 more if she calls them up in the morn | ing, as expected
 1 Mrs. Thacher introduced resolutions against the canteen which were unani-
 mously adopted as follows:
 1 Whereas, Knowing through the inspecto, | generals report of the National Soldiers ! Home that S234. 15O was spent over the canteen tor beer halD bar of six of the home. 1 and.
 Whereas, Relieving the canteens of the army ana navy are more deadly in their re | suits than either the spanish bullets or 1 trenches. and,
 l Whereas, Owing that the eommander-ip ] chief of the army and navy, the president tias not used his prerogatiye to abolish these 1 canteenS,
 Resolved. That we in convention asscm. | bled do hereby pledge ourselves to use oul | influence ill every possible manner against l their inhuman treatment of our boys by | creating sentiment in communities by pre
 senting the matter before influential bodies and by wiring letters to senator's and con. 1 greSsmen so tha, the EiliS bill may De | passed.
 | A letter from Lady Henry Somerset
 dated October 24, 1S9S was read by the
 secretary expressing a desire for peace
 as monument to Miss Willard, aiming for a peaceful outcome of all contro, versies frankly giving the opinions of Miss Willard on the temple Miss Will lard feared that the plan of the temple was too vast. At her request Lady i Henry Somerset had pleaded with Mrs. | Carse to abandon her undertaking { Lady Henry feared the fight for thf : Temple would wreck the organization Miss Willard had done so much tc
 build up She believed the Temple i would, even though it was not owned
 by the W. c. T. U., ever stand as q
 memorial to what women had wrought Mrs. Carse asked for the reading of q . Ia I1,- afJv