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Our Motto: "For God and Home and Native
Land " sS@.. %sz5#
Our Badge: A knot of white ribbon.
Our Aims: Home protection prohibition OF
Of morals, and the bringing about Of q better
public sentiment. &y, ID .ss5 & sflss.@ 81
MRS. EFF1E A. BuRGAN, President
MRS JENNIE WOODCOCK, Secretary
MRS ADA FARNHAM. Treasurer.
What a temperance man saw at
the Prohibition National conven-
ton at Chicago June 81 and 2s.
Two cars full Of delegates and
alternates left the Milwaukee depot
on the morning of June 26 and
arrived at Chicago at II +. NJ.
some two hours late. We had on
board; "The Satterlee trio, y that
gave US the gospel of temperance
and prohibition in song at every
station at which the train stopped
except Old Milwaukee, here the
atmosphere was so laden with the
fumes of beer from the big brew
cries that make Milwaukee famous,
that temperance songs seemed
positively out of place.
The headquarters of some Of the
larger delegations were at the
Palmer House, here on the morn
ing of the 9th at $3.50 started a
procession eight blocks long. Hi.
nois had just had her state conven-
ton and had 1000 men in line.
Along the line of the procession:
traffic including street cars stopped
until we passed. Profound respect
was shown us except an occasional
saloon-keeper, who did not like
the yell of the Minnesota delega.
ton.
| Who are, who are, who are we
Minnesota don't you see
Hale and hearty, Prohibition party
The saloon has got to go.
On reaching the convention hal
on Michigan avenue and Sixteenth
street south we were greeted by ;
scene of the grandest enthusiasm
1000 voices gave vent to thei1
feeling-the national convention:
of no party could show more life
and vivacity than this cold wate7
band with no stimulants Of al
alcoholic nature to fire their pur'
and truly patriotic hearts.
A man on street car who OBJ
served our badges said to th'
writer I wish you people coul(
sink all of the alcoholic liquor
in the United States in the middl
of the Atlantic ocean. l was one
a bartender and drunkard in Oh
Kentucky-but now, "Than|
God," I am christian and Prohj
bitionist.
There were two principal Can
didates for the presidential nom
nation; Mr.. Wooley of lllinoi
and Mr.. Swallow, Pennsylvania
there was a hot fight for their fl
vorite candidates but Mr.. Woole
received the nomination with 4
: votes majority. His nominatio
was then made unanimous.
Mr.. Medcalf, of Rhode lslan(
: received the nomination for vic
president.
We were talking to youn
man on our way home that said |
had always been Republican
but said he should vote the Prob
r bltion ticket this fall. He sai'
my father was the founder of II
t. Chicago Hegn1d, but on account
y the drink habit he was compelle
d to sell out and is now working |
g the week on a Chicago daily.
We expect to cast ballots enoue
~ this year, SO that we will be reco
y u nized four years from now al
d make Prohibition a leading iss1
in American politics and eig
years from now place preside
in the White House (may be).
10 The W. c.. T. u. women a
10 glad Mile Lacs county has O.
- man who is Interested enOnUh