The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-12-04
" c. |. j. IS IN SESSION.
PRESIDENT. MRS. STEVENS. nr-
LINERS HER ANNUAL ADDRESS.
In IL She Refers to the Growth of the
organixntion aud Predicts for IL
Greater Advaneement-So of
the Reforms Brought sAbout

WASHINGTON. Dec. 9-The national
convention of the Women's Christian
Temperance Union began here today.
President Mrs. Lillian NJ. \. Stevens de-
livered her annual address Nearly sd
delegates were assembled reprjsentine
every state and territory In the Union.
among them delegates from FIVE colored
state unions. thirty-six superintendents,
twelve evangellsts and eight lecturers,
The delegation is larger than In ten
years preceding. cablegram was sent
Lady Henry Somerset. president OF the
Worlds W c. T. T.. expressing the love
and loyalty OF her American constituent
cy
The young women called the "Ys" are
IN larger number al this convention.
The president. Mrs. lillian NJ. \.
Stevens. In her annual address. said:
When we were here in 1881 the treas
urer reported receipts from ali sources.
including dues from twenty-eight states
and the District OF Columbia. To he 81 81.
Today she will report. including dues
from fortv-five states the territories and
the District Of Columbia al least ten
times that amount and our membership
as eight times rs large OF those who
were then state presidents. but two are
here today. and only one OF them holds
the same office
AT that convention we had but twenty
six departments OF work. now We have
PRINCIPLES Of purity, total abstinence.
prohibition
Then in no. state was the age Of pro-
lection for girls above 10 years: now.
largely through the efforts of White Rib
boners. II Is raised 10 an average of 10
years, and in some states as. high rs y,
and there Is a growing sentiment IN
favor of Legally protecting womanhood
at any age as well as girlhood In her
minority.
In ha Portland . \
now this office Is well established and
well flled IN many Of orr cities In CHI
cago there IS police matron az every
station, and not long ago, at w. G. 7,
4. convention In Rhode Island. seven
police matrons from seven Rhode Island
cities told of the work they DO fer UNI
fortunate women and little children who
brought 20 the police station, seven
eighths Of whom are victims OF the al
cohoi habit and the liquor habit.
Progress Made.
since 1881 missionaries have gone out
10 carry the gospel Of Temperance, we
understand II. 10 all people in all lands.
Miss Willard was the founder OF the
Worlds Womans Christian Temperance
Union. and at its organizing convention.
held in Boston November iSal. delegates
were present from twenty-one countries
At he fifth biennial convention Of the
Worlds w G. r. ~, held IN Edinburgh
last June. fiftv-seVen countries were rep
resented by delegates and auNiliaryship
During he last twenty years total
abstinence and prohibition sentiment has
greatly advanced. In 1854 the people Of
Marie. by vote OF three TO one, placed
the heretofore statutory prohibitorv law
in the constitution Of the state. Kansas
and North Dakota have also adonied
constitutional prohibition. Neal Dow
never claimed more benedcent results
for the law In the state of Maine than
do Judge Pollock, OF North Dakota. and
Charles sheldon. of Kansas, claim for
their respective states.
within two years the sale or use Of
liquor has been prohibited on board the
shns Of the United States navy, or
within the limits 81 naval stations, and
as lately as February 1899. congress pass
ed a law prohibiting the sale Of intoN-
eating liquors In army camps. posts. ex-
changes or canteens, or on any promises
used for military purposes by the United
States To- be sure, this law mas been
declared. null and void, but the end Il
not yet The public conscience that pre-
vented Brigham Roberts having q seat
in the United states congress VIII Vel
cause 70 he enacted the anti-canteen
bin now pending. or some kindred meas
1--WE may sometimes be impatient but
We should never he discouraged. To be
sure we have arrayed against Ms the
solldly combined liquor business 81 the
country. IN It's arrogance II sometimes
dictates 10 Judge and jury. II y nnmen-
cally strong and financially rich, but II
is spiritually bankrupt and morally
poorer than poverty ITSELF. We have
with MS the same class or people thet
has always led In all the Just reforms 81
the past We have on our side tpe tes-
tlmony of science. Of law and the Cos
pei aud the Lord % Hosts Is our leader
Are We not sure 10 VIM
"The progress 81 other temperance 80.
cletles az well as our own r. marked ana
encouraging
1--WE believe that the need which called
for a separate organization ~ women stiu
exists. and that the training and ok
tserlencc which come 80 women ihtoush
Inc " T. r. ~ methods are fitting her
az nothing else ntted her 10 take her
place side hy side with man in all reia-
lions % life
Animal Rsport~.