The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-09-08
Anti-McKinIsy MoVsmentStoppsd
by ". C. 7. U. Officials.
SCHEME HEARTILY DlSPROvED.
Indiana and Illinois Indignantly Repudlaies
the Right Of Mrs. Balch 10 Use The
Name Of the Organization.

Chicago Sept. s.-The refusal of the ma
tional officers of the w. c. 4. L. TO APP
prove the endless chain OF prayer started
by the Indiana State Association for the
defeat OF President Mckinley at the polls
in November is complete. The Indiana
women wrote 10 their national headquar-
ters at Evanston to secure the indorse-
ment OF their action and i'm addition sent
out requests TO other state associations TO
start similar chains. All OF these were re-
ferred 10 national officials for advice Ac-
tion on the matter could not be taken un-
Ill yesterday, when Mrs. Ellen NJ Ste
vens. president. and Miss Anna Gordon,
vice president, returned from trip
through the Northwestern states. They
found the communication from the ln-
diana women asking them to indorse their
action and To come out officially for Bry-
an. Letters similar in tone We're receiv-
ed from Mrs. A. g. Benjamin, president OF
the Michigan association, and from Mrs.
X n. Stevenson, president Of the Massa-
chusetts society. These two women want
ed to know what Mrs. Stevens thought
of the plan before entering into it.
To all of these letters Mrs. Stevens re-
piled that she and the other officials of
the w. CIT. disapproved of the scheme
most heartily and regretted that IL had
ever been suggested, since 1t was irrele-
want and threw discredit on the organiza-
ton. The prayer chains will now be drop
ped.
The endless prayer chain for the defeat
OF President Mckinley started by Mrs,
Balch OF this city has raised a multitude
of protests from the Womans Christian
Temperance unions OF indianapolis and
the state of Indiana, and they are passing
resolutions condemning the scheme and
declaring the use OF the name of the
woman's organizat ton unauthorized. This
action was taken today by the Wabash,
New Albany, Martinsvlle and Blooming
ton. The mover OF the resolutions adopt
ed by the Wabash Union said:
Ah& recognize i'm Mrs. Balch a very
bright woman an. an enthusiastic w. &.
II. L.. woman, but there is absolutely no
excuse for her singing out President Me-
kinley as the object of her disapprobation
and TO use the union to attain her ends.
Mrs Balch, IL she were not state secre-
tary. would be practically stripped of i'm
fiuence with union members, and il Is be-
cause she occupies that position that she
carries influence and is gaining notoriety.
The union repudlates her act. though the
newspapers are trying TO make IL appear
that she speaks for the state organiza-
tion. The effect upon our unions cannot
but be highly injurious and / am CONT
dent the local unions all over Indiana will
hasten to rebuke Mrs. Balch for her ILL
directed zeal"
Teh New Albany union did not take any
action as a body, but Miss Jeanette Day
gives out statement from IL. .criticisng
in the severest terms the recent unauthor-
ICED action OF some of the state officers of
the w. G.. T. T., who have SO far forgot
ten their duty as officers as TO give vent
TO their own personal vindictiveness in
the interests of the Prohibition party"
Mrs. Day takes pleasure in calling at
tention TO the fact that this prayer
chain pledge has not been indorsed by the
Indiana w. G. r. u. Our convention does
not meet until some time I'm October. and
our faith in the loyal hearted, level-head-
ed Indiana women. who. representing all
religious denominations and forming the
homes of all political parties I'm this great
land, are banded together In Christian
unity and love for God and home and ma.
tive land. is such that we have reason
to believe that they will condemn the
responsibility of these mis-
guided sisters who seem to have forgot
ten the object OF this great w. G. r. u.
orga nlzation. which is a religious, not
political. body. We at least can ask of
the public not to condemn the many for
the conspiciousness OF the few