The record-union., 1899-05-24

in hand, and dralt with the work Of
the order. This great society is the
sober second thought of the crusade
movement of twenty-five years ago,
she said, land it now covers all the
States and Territories and forty ma
tions beyond 1t is based on two i'm
pregnable principles: total abstinence
for the individual prohibition for the
State; and the results of our work are
encouraging. An English traveller
notices our wineaess dinners. great cor
porations refuse to- hire men who drink
liquor is prohibited in the navy, and
at army canteens, and, lastly, figures
show that the consumption of distilled
liquors is falling off. In 1882 we drank
1896 it had sunk to one gallon. Educa-
tors and ministers, as we'll as the best
people are with the movement"
The speaker told how Neal Dow or
ganized the movement for prohibition,
at Portland, Me. He was a. quiet, hon.
orabde citizen, paying no attention TO
such matters until he WIS appealed to
by woman whose husband was a
drunkard. She implored him to beg a
saloon keeper to refuse to sell her hus-
band liquor; but the saloon man point
ed to his license, saying: 1.-The State
of Maine and the city of Portland Ii
cense me to sell liquor; I'm tending to
my business, and you'll please attend
to yours" Dow was from that mo-
ment a reformer, a prohibitionist.
In Maine we've had the blessed law
since 1858, without Interruption, she
said, ''and We get on well without the
whisky revenue. We were a poor
State when saloons were there, but
were rich now. Nobody wants the
saloons, and resubmission was defeated
three to one in 1884 and the doctrine
OF an order was put into the Constitu-
ison. Friends, the li.Iuor curse Is
greater than was that of slavery. In
our State I've addressed thousands Of
audiences of children, and none Of them
had ever seen a saloon. 1t is in such
way that we give our children d
chance"
Miss Gordon made a brief, forcible
speech when presenting the banner to
Mrs. Wood, President of the local
union. She said the temperance work
was wholly uplifting and hopeful. We
had grown from fifty members at the
start to 900 now, and as many chill
dren, whose songs are like this: Wen
dedicate, Well consecrate, We'll purify
the ballot box, when We are 21.'' She
said Miss Wizards last words were
those Of love and praise for the women
whose aid enabled her to do so much;
and the speaker urged adj to be worthy
OF the sainted leaders confidence and
praise. The banner about to be pre-
sented was white, standing for purity,
abstinence, prohibition. Sacramento and
the State should be proud of it, she
said
Mrs Clara Wood, President of the
victorious union, said she was born in
Illinois, so the banner would be doubly
appreciated. She gracefully accepted
the gift, and returned thanks to the
givers
The following was the song program
for the evening:
Organ prelude, Pilgrims Song of
Hope" Batiste), WIN Adams; solo,
How Beautiful to Be With God,' Mrs
E. n. Law, National Organizer Of the
W. C. T. T.; Spring" Miss Frances
Nourse; banner presentation by Miss
Gordon; acceptance, by Mrs. Clara
Starr Wood, for Sacramento; (a) Pas
torale, in G OR. F. Raymond, %
''Slumber Song Or, F. Raymond), Will
Adams, during the collection; "Califor-
MIA, the Golden State" Mrs. E. n. Law
There were many accession to the
membership during the afternoon and
evening