The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-11-20
MRS. STEVENS
 PRF{OENT W. (. I. ySConventiOn Elect $;fficerS. POLITICS IS TABooED
The Order Refuses to Join
 Prohibition Party.
MT. Roosevelt is Asked to Recon mend No Change in Existing Government of the Indian
 Territory.

Fort Worth, Tex, Nov, 19.-Three prom inent things marked the proceedings of l the national convention of the woman Christian Tel perance Union today, the last but one of the sessions, viz: The election of officers, the final dcliverance of a platform of principles and decision l in res pect to political action. The last was not accomplished without considerable de- l bate, the extremists contending that as the convention had declared in its reso- luton for Christian citizenship, const.tu- tional enactment concerning polygamy the marriage and the necessity or pro- hibiting the manufacture, sale and distri- button of alcoholic liquor by law it would | only be consistent to cast its fortunes
 with the present party pl,dged to all of these reforms. The conservative portion of the convention, however, held that as the cause of the opposition to the liquor
 traffic had so far prospered through non-
 partisan action, "let we'll enough alone
 should continue to be the motto. The lat ter prevailed.
 The election of Mrs. Stevens to the pres
  | as it was known that she would consent l to serve. The reelection of other officers | followed. Besides the question of an alli- ance with the Prohibition party and tho consequent entrance of the Union into politics, the greater source of concern | was over the attitude to be taken on the | admission of Oklahoma and Indian Ter | ritory to Statehood. The Executive Com mittee had reported strongly against It, and last night it looked as if the con- vention would follow it's recommendation, but today the same sentiment that
 prompted aloofness from political action suggested that the burden be cast upon l President Roosevelt by asking him to re-
 frain from recommending to Statehood I the 'tws Territorie& in his forthcoming | message.
 The national banner of the Loyal Tenn perance Legion was won by Arkansas. l Last year 1t was held by Pennsylvania. Resolutions were adopted as follows: | First-Advocating total abstinence as l the only safe rule for each man and
 woman's habit of life.
 Second-Upholding the great principle
 of prohibition as the only righteous pro- lection against the most unscrupulous and
 de moralizing traffic on earth. Third-Reaffirming the statement that
 the American army is far better off
 without intoxicants of any kind," and | endorsing the anti-canteen law. | Fourth-Believing in a revival of Chris tian citizenship founded on divine ideals of righteousness.
 | Fifth-DeploTing the death of the late
 President Mckinley at the hands of a l cruel assassin and especially that he should have fallen a victim to that insen- sate hatred of law and government, which is represented in anarchy. Sixth-Favoring the peaceful solution of labor troubles by arbitration and calling upon workmen to join in the battle against the saloon.
 Seventh--Calling for perfect equality of
 men and women before the law. Notwithstanding unqualifiedly for a white life, for pure manhood and protect
 ed womanhood.
 | Demanding an amendment to the Con-
 stitution defining marriage as monoga-
 nous and punishing plural marriages by
 disqualification to vote or hold office in
 addition to severe penalties.
 Thanking the citizens of Fort Worth
 for courtes les.
 The election of officers resulted in the
 selection of the following: President, Mrs.
 Lillian M N Stevens; Corresponding Sec
 retary, Susanna M. D. Fry; Recording Secretary, Mrs. Clara c. Hoffman: Treas
 urer, Mrs. Helen Morton Barker; Wee | President at Large, Miss Anna A Gordon. | At the afternoon session the following
 memorial was ordered wired to President | Roosevelt:
 ITO Hon. Theodore Roosevelt. "President of the United States:
 "In behalf of the Indians of the Indian
 Territory, the w. c. T. U., in convention | assembled representing three hundred
 thousand women. earnestly entreats that
 in your forthcoming message to Congress
 you recomme nd that no measures be talk
 en to imperl the existing prohibitory law
 or property rights granted to the Indians
 by solemn treaty of the United States
 government"
 Tonight the convention engaged in rally | work