The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-11-16
THE NATIONAL W. c. 7. U.
HOLDS IT'S FIRST REGULAR SESSION
AT FORT WORTH, TEX.
Address of President Stevens-Finan-
Other onventio in Session.

FORT. WORTH, Tex, Nov. 15-The twen-
ty-eighth annual convention OF the Wom-
ans Christian Temperance Union began
its session in the First Baptist Church at 9
o'clock this morning. President Lillian
M. n. Stevens, Of Maine, was in the chair.
After devotional exercises the roll call dis
closed the presence of delegates from all
States and Territories and from Cuba,
Great Britain, Switzerland, Mexico and
Hawaii.
President Stevens, in her address, al
luded to the assassination of Mr.. McKin-
ley as follows: "Ours is a land and ours is
a Nation where should be no hatred of
rule; where there should be no such ex-
periences as lave come to US thrice within
four decades
She then argued that the chief source of
anarchy is the liquor traffic and urged the
overthrow of the liquor traffic as a work Of
patriotism. She continued:
Among the temperance victories of the
past year we gratefully record the action
of the Senate in ratifying the treaty for
the protection of the African races and we
are reliably told that for twenty months
neither Beers nor British in South Africa
allowed liquor TO officers OF men. The good
effect of England'S policy in discouraging
the use of liquor in the arm is being felt
and we have reason TO believe that the SOL
oier boys do not feel defrauded. The
French minister. Of war has sent a mes
sage to every commandant OF an army
corps prohibiting the sale of liquor with an
alcoholic basis in barrack, c%anteen, in
camp or field, and moreover provision is
made for lectures before the troops on the
effects and dangers of alcoholism. Even
Russia has a governmental commission
which the prohibition OF liquor
selling in army canteens. Austria and Ger
MANY are pn6Pa VnTlnO 70 GtrEnQfhQn the
efficiency of their army by discouraging the
use of alcoholics. In view of all this and
much more, it is not at all strange that
the Congress of the United States decided
that the army saloon in this country must
be abolished.
But evidently there is a concerted plan
on the part of the a"nti-temperance forces
to try to prove that the law is productive
of evil results, an increase of drunkenness,
deSertions, riots, etc, and testimony galore
to this end is being gathered and given to
the public. Meanwhil the temperance So
cities, ministers associations and others are
likewise occurring testimony of an entirely
opposite character. We must make our
strongest protest in strongest form against
State regulated vice in the possession of
the United States"
At the conclusion of the presidents adj
dress Miss Elizabeth w. Greenwood, ma
tional ~evangelistic superintendent, con-
Quoted the eVangelistic hour. The CORE
spending secretary's report shows that
literature to the amount OF 100000 pages
TIC Oceh ulStiipubSu thlS year anu lhdl TIC
correspondence has included Cuba, Porto
Rico, Mexico and Hawaii. Nineteen States
have received assistance from the Francis
Willard fund. The treasurer's report shows
expenses to be $1,000 less than ten years
ago, while the results obtained are incom-
parably greater. Receipts for the year
1900 were $24, 452 with expenses Of 1896.
A cable message of con~gratulation was
sent to Lady Henry Somerset. of England.
and a sympathetic message was forwarded
to Mrs. Mckinley.
A thousand visitors are in the city. Three
meetings took place this morning before
the opening of the convention proper, the
Loyal Temperance Legion. the Purity Con-
ference and prayer meeting. At the Purity
Conference a paper was read by DIR. Alice
Campbell, of New York, on Social Purity