Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1899-10-27

on behalf of the state, welcomed
them to a state where lives TO-
600 boys who have never seen a
saloon, a state with the smallest
criminal percentage in the union
and the largest pro rata of men,
bership in it's w. @. T. u, which
for the past several years has been
increasing it's membership 500
members annually.
Mrs. L. M. N. Stevens, national
president, expressed the pleasure
of the delegation at the opportu-
nifty of spending twenty four
hours in a prohibition state and
paid a tribute to Judge Pollock,
the Neil Dow of North Dakota.
Mrs. Barker, who was president
of the N. D. territorial w. before
statehood, referred to the promi-
hence given the Fargo program by
the Chicago papers. She related
interesting "reminiscences of the
fight to secure prohibition in the
state. Bismarck, Fargo, and
Grand Forks had been considered
hopelessly lost bismarck con-
tinues lost and the work was car
ried on in the rural districts. On
the morning after election it was
claimed that the prohibition clause
was defeated by 1900 votes, the
next morning by 900, next day by
600, a day or two later it was known
that prohibition carried by LOO.
Considering this very small ma
jority, the law has been wonder
fully we'll enforced-very we'll en-
forced, outside of a few lawless
places.
Mrs. Beauchamp, state president
of Kentucky and recording secre-
tary of the national, stated that
with three-fourths of the state
under local option, and seven
eighths of the voters against whis-
key, Kentucky had the worst rep
utation in the union, because the
whiskey forces were organized,
and the Christian forces divided
between the political parties-the
Kentucky Christians have yet to
learn to "vote as they pray" She
concluded with a warm roast for
President McKinley's failure to
enforce the anti-canteen law.
Mrs. Hunt, Mass, head of the
department Of scientific temper
ance instruction., condemned
Smiths Physiology, which is used
in the Fargo schools, as obsolete,
one Of the oldest and poorest ex-
tant, and suggested improved
methods.
Mrs. Thatcher, superintendent
Of the department Of work among
soldiers and sailors, reviewed the
departure Of the soldier boys for the
war and their return. She asked
the mothers if their sons had Gene
back as good and pure as when
they left. Mrs. Thatcher evident
ly does not know that Col. True
mans regiment had no canteen!
We have yet to see the first bum
my looking returned North Dako-
ia soldier.
Mrs. Thatcher described 5her
call upou the president, asking
him to enforce the anti-canteen
law. He was most courteous, ex-
pressed his appreciation Of the
work the w. G. T. U. was doing
for the amelioration of fallen hu-
manity, and assured her the anti
%canteen matter was under consid-
Grafton. The war is over and the
president is still considering. She
beggedthe mothers to write to him,
and believed that he would do
something when he found .the
power behind the votes necessary
, to re-elect him. demanding the en-
forcement Of the law.
Mrs. Ellis, New Jersey, was in
troduced by Mrs. Stevens as the
national lobbyist of, the organiza-
ton. Mrs. Ellis spoke in high
praise of the effective work done
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