The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-10-21
consider the large influx of foreigner

consider the large influx Of foreigners.
with their beer,,drinking propen sites
I'VE cannot be too thankful for the
great influence exerted by those stand
ing at the head of some OF the great in.
dustries, In requiring total abstinence OF
sent out by the United States department
of labor, it appeared that among those
discriminating against drink were 80 per
manufacturers, IS per cent Of the traders,
and z per cent of the agriculturiStS, the
majority of these forbidding the use OF
intoxicants by employees, while some pro
'.Since 1874 prohibition has also advanc-
ed. All of our members believe In the
principle of prohibition and dare to pro-
claim that it is right, and the question Is
agitated by good people in every section
OF the country. Since, 1874 Maine and
Kansas have voted p ron into tng nd
Rhode Islam have placed it In their,
but IN Rhode Island it was repealed
through political trickery. Canada has
declared by d majority vote that 1t would
like to outlaw the liquor traffic, and the
subject is being considered In many
parts of the world with FAR more serious
ness and hope than ever before
REPORTS OF OFFICERS
Mrs Helen NJ Barker, the national
This is larger than last year, covering
eleven months, as the convention was
held month carrier. and was encourage
ing. The Willard memorial fund amounts
to $3,26S The life membership fund re-
ceived during the year was s2,10G. The
bequests aggregated $1,000. The organic
ents had expended over $1,000 Ali in all
1t was stated, the outlook from a fnan-
cial standpoint was very satisfactory.
Mrs. Susannah M D. Frye, correspond
this was taken:
NJ g CT G
Temperance union was organized in
Cleveland. O., twenty-five years ago no
one dreamed that its twenty-sixth con-
ventton would be held in the then almost
unknown territory of Washington, mac
cessible by rail at that time and for ten
years thereafter Nor was any magma
siding officer would travel from the ex-
IRENE Northeastern state of the Union to
the extreme Northwestern one to cale
brate he silver anniversary OF the organ
ization.
THAT the old Atlantic city of Port
land, Me, sends to Seattle, the new
queen of the Pacific, the Maine women
of the convention 5000 miles across the
continent to preside over this body is il
Illustrative of the white ribbon principles,
which regard neither distance, mountains
ease, pleasure nor profit, only so the gos-
pei of temperance be preached to all mn
The union hopes to leave principles
firmly planted in the hearts of all who
give an impetus to everything that is
good and to help put a check on that
which is bad, principally the saloon,
which is the tap root of evil.
''W hat right have we to claim influence
in the realm of ethics? l answer. the
right of a divine command to preach the
G0spsl to every creature and to fight evil
wherever found. and the right which is
founded on twenty-five years of honora-
Bile warfare crowned with no small vic
tory, attested strongly by the very fact
that we have no longer any unocgan'Zed
that we carry our national convention
across the continent because of the multi
tudes of White Ribboners that now in
habit the uttermost parts of this partic-
lar earth called North America, not to
speak of the ether c5nt nent, the utter
most parts of which White Ribboners
also inhabit'