The Savannah morning news., 1901-11-19
DAY WITH w. C. T. u.
WORK AMONG THE NEGROES DIS
CUSSED.
HEIR DEAD MEM0RIALIZED.
RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED STATING
THEIR POSITION.

Money Pledged and Collected Ex-
ceeds That of Any Previous Meet
ing-MOther of Gen. Lew Wallace
EuIogized-Delesate Opposed En-
dorsement of Prohibition Party.
oklahoma and Indian Territory
Women stand Up for Their Sec
ton.
Fort Worth, Tex, Nov. 1S.--Interest
in to-days proceedings Of the w. c.
It. u. National Convention centered in
the report of work among the negroes
of the country and in penal and reform
institutions. Memorial services were
held in memory of such members of
the national body as had passed away
during the year. The local temperance
legion to-day decided to push the work
in Cuba, Porto Rico and the Philip
pines. A request was sent to all le-
gions in the United States to aid in
the work.
The afternoon session had for its
chief feature the report of the Com
mittee on Resolutions.
The report of Mrs. Lucy Thurman,
superintendent among the negroes OF
the country, showing encouraging
pl OSl CSS ci4AAO4AS LIG 4dCS. ISdCS IlOlS
in Louisiana, the report said, had in
terfered with work there.
An encouraging feature of the fore
noon session was a statement from the
chairman that the money pledged and
collected at this meeting is the largest
amount ever realized at any gathering
of the w. c. T. u.
The proposed change in the bylaws
to require candidates as lecturers, sup
erintendents and organizers, to be chos-
en- by two thirds vote, was defeated
and the present majority rule will be
adhered to. The vote stood 202 to 2.
Memorial services were conducted by
Mrs. Stevens.
The list Of dead for the year is as
follows: Mrs. Terelda G. Wallace, In
diana; Mrs. Mary e. Gordon, Massa-
chusetts; Mrs. Janet Baird Van Allen,
Montana; Mrs. Narcisse White Kinney,
Oregon: Mrs. Anna S. Harton, Della
ware; Mrs. Josephine Bateman, Ohio;
Miss Harriet A. Leavett, Maine; Mrs.
Elizabeth Morris, Missouri; Rev. Jo-
seph Cook, Massa chusetts.
In brief eulogy the president COM
mended Mrs. Wallace, the stepmother
Of Gen. Lew Wallace, author of Ben
Hur."
went out in glory. More than four
score years she was beloved in all re-
lations, as wife, mother, friend and
Christian gentleness."
Mrs. Van Allen and the others who
died We're praised with words of high
respect and honor for their character
and their work.
The afternoon session was taken up
in consideration of the official organ of
the union, The Signal, and discussing
means of better use for the paper.
The of a nit
buttons brought on a lively tilt. The
delegates from Oklahoma and Indian
Territory opposed a resolution de-
nouncing statehood and other dele
gates condemned another endorsing
the prohibition party. These were
made the special order for tomorrow.
The w. C. It. US Platform.
Resolutions were adopted acknowl-
edging Divine guidance and insist, first
as the basis of temperance REFORM
that prohibition is fundamental for an
enduring national life; second, de-
nouncing any direct or indirect system
or legal sanction of the liquor traffic
as contrary to gospel and unconsti-
tutional in law The resolutions OPP
pose the manufacture, sale or trans
porta ton o. alcoholic liquors in any
state or territory under the jurisdiction
of the United States.
Third, approves the action of Con-
gress in passing the anti-canteen law
and declares that we shall continue to
urge upon Congress the necessity of
appropriating a sufficient fund to pro-
vide a comfortable amusement room
and an improved ration
Fourth, calls earnestly upon the
Church Of Chriet bv who taver name
known, to help actualize in law, in GUS
tom and in political institutions the
teachings of our Lord and Master Jesus
Christ.
Tonight grand rally of the Loyal
Temperance League was held.