The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-09-30
APPEAL TO THE .
PRESIDENT.
Delaware Woman Are
Urged to Vote at
School Elections.

ton of the Della ware Woman's Christian
Temperance Union, which has been in
progress in West Presbyterian Church,
closed last night. Important resolutions
were adopted yesterday afternoon.
The resolutions contain an appeal to
President Mckinley against the army
canteen, urge women to vote at the
school elections, urge members to uphold
an equal standard OF purity for men and
women, urge the enforcement of cigar
cite law, condemn debasing plays in
our theatres and posters of an immoral
character on the bill boards; ask that
more attention be given the inmates OF
the almshouses and recommend the SER
vice of good woman as one of the |
Board Of Trustees, etc.
The resolutions had been prepared by
the committee on resolutions and were |
adopted. There were as follows:
ResOlutiOns..-Pream
"We, the members Of the Delaware |
State W. G. T. IT,, in twentieth annual
convention assembled, gratefully recog-
nize the Divine hand OF our Heavenly |
Father in the progress made in the work
Of our organization during the past year.
We believe, as reorganization, we have
been called of God to carry on a great
moral reform, which must eventually
come, and we again pledge ourselves to
renewed efforts in the cause of Total
Abstinence and Prohibitions therefore,
we formulate the following resolu-
tions:
Evangelistic.
"REsoLvED, That we believe the evan
gelistic spirit to be the foundation of all
departments. and we especially recon- /
mend the evangelistic course adopted by
our National W. G. 7. IT,, and urge
every local Union to appoint supern-
tendent for that department.
Canteen. !
"REsoLvED, That we appeal to the
President to carry the anti-canteen law
into full force and effect in accordance
with its natural meaning and the intent
of Congress by issuing an order as Com
mander-in-chiel of the Army for the
total suppression of army saloons, at i
least until the Attorney Generals
opinion has been finally tested in the ,
courts.
Suffrage.
"REsoLvED, That it is the duty of every
Delaware woman possessing the school
ballot to show her appreciation by vot-
ing at every school election and seeking
thus to bring woman's moral influence
more actively to bear upon that import-
ant function Of the State, the education |
of its children.
Loyal Temperance Legion.
"REsoLvED, That we. as members OF
the W. G. 7. o., pledge ourselves to give /
all OF the aid in our power to advocate ,
the Loyal Temperance Legion work in
our State, realizing that as we train the
children so is the future made that shall
reign when we are low
Sunday School Work.
"REsoLvED, That we fully realize that !
great good can be attained by having !
temperance taught in our Sunday !
schools. We renew our VOWS to more
earnest work in the Sunday school by
keeping temperance literature in our lib
raries and getting the scholars to sign
the triple pledge.
Purity.
"REsoLvED, We urge that each mem
Der Of our white ribbon army uphold by
voice and action an equal standard Of
purity for men and women also believe
it will be demoralizlng to our United
States to have in our Congress Halls such
man as Brigham Roberts
"REsoLvED, That We recognize the
Delaware industrial School for girls as
an effective agency in saving Maynard
girls and during the coming year urge
each union, not only to continue their
contributions toward the current ex-
penses but plead that they raise fund
toward the llqnldatlon OF the mortgage
winch mad TO be placed on our building.
Union Signal.
"REsovED, We recognize the Union
Signal as valuable educator
RESOLVED, we especially commend the
Union signal to every officer and mem
per Vi wy '" =. l. u, pelleVinS she ~
;na o,r not;anol n,a W. 'e' WIN ~ 'e4O
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ec'ent,hc instruction.
WHEREAS, we recognize that the great
nope Vi t'e cause VI temperance neg IN
youth Of our land therefore.
"REsoTvEp, That this convention
would imnress upon all Unions throrob.
out the state the importance Of snrervis-
ing closely the work of scientific tenn.
DeraDce instruction in all Our Dublic
schools, in order to educate the minds of
orr children on temnerance nrincinles
to broaden their knowledge Of the evil
effects of the nse of alcohoI;c havaragas
and thus to safeguard their health and
purity.
Press Work.
"REsolvED, That we urge our Unions
to greater diligence in reporting home
work to our State Superintendent of
press work and securing temperance col
umns in our local papers.
Mothers' Meetings.
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no.i'e's .le ;ti s az .se taoli 'n'oil
W give esPee'a' "''eh''ou W tien''
National temperance Hospital.