The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-11-16
THE NATIONAL W. c. 7. U.
Began lis Annual Session in Fort
Worth Yesterday.
TIE PRESIDENTS USUAL ADDRESS
Onposed to Snale Statehood Movement
IN the Indian Terrtory--Don't Want
Liquor Traffic Extended There.

Fort Worth, Texas, November l5.--Bright
| skies and a cool, braclng atmosphere greet
ed the hundreds OF W. c. +. U. delegates
on the opening day OF the national con.
venton, Crowds of women have been
pouring into the city the past two days
from an parts of the Union, even from
Hawaii, England, Switzerland and the re-
public of Mexico. Fully thousand stran-
gers are here, All religions, many profes.
Sous and various conditions in life are
represented, yet no break in the harmoni-
Gus unity of action is ever exhibited in the
ohthesS ol purpose which dominates tle
| Gause under whose banner they may all
be united Tor n lifetime work
me twenty-elghtn national convention OF
Ihe order met this morning in the First
baptlst church, and was called TO order
~ mrs, Lillian Stevens, the president. 'Ail
nan the Power Of Jesus Name" was sung
by a thousand voices, When the crusade
psalm was read ,TeSponsiVely, Mrs. Emma
union. ,ohered fervent prayer invoking
Hou blessing on this the first national
convention in the new century.
me president raped the convention TO
oIder with gaVei made from caribou
norm, presented to her by Miss Annie Rob
BINS, president OF the union in the Philip
pine Islands, feeling response was made
uy tue president VINO expressed her ear
nest desire to send tue gospel of temper
ance to the ends of the earth. The value
OF our new possessions was emphasized.
Motion to send cable message to Lady
Henry Somerset of England was carried
lmpathetlc message was ordered sent
TO AIRS William Mckinley.
Roll called by Mrs, Clara G. Hoffman
showed every state represented, us we'll
Us England, Switzerland Canada, Cuba,
Porto Rico and Hawaii.
The report of the executive committee
followed, read by Mrs BeeCham.
II was voted that the letters w. { I, U;
should be copyrighted and that so-calcd
Wlite ribbon remedies etc, should be sup
pressed II possible,
The plan OF Scnulng missionary to the
Philippines was explained
= frateInal delegate to the Antl.Saioon
league convention was voted.
rive hundred dollars was added to the
appropriation for foreign speaking people.
An important move forward was the
creation OF Il department Of work among
Indians, Of whom specimens may be found
IN thlrQ-seven States.
In her annual address Lillian NJ. n.
stevens, the president said:
oulS is Il land and ours is n Nation,
where there should be no hatred of rule;
Muele tutre should be no such experiences
as have come to us twice within four de
cades. one of the chief sources Of an
aIchy IN our country is without doubt the
Wl-Amerlcan liquor business, for the sa.
looms are the schools of lawlessneSs, Be
cause We are patriots If for no other rel-
SON, We should work for the overthrow OF
the saloon and the saloon power, and for
Nv HE the year has had Its SORROWS and
dlsappointments, it also has had It's joys
ana Its victories. Among the temperance
victories of the past year we gratefully
record the action of the senate In rally
ing the treaty for the protection of the
African races, and we are reliably told
That for twenty months neither EoerS nor
English In South Africa have Above
liquors to officers or men The good cf-
iect OF Hngnuls policy In diScOuraEiug
the use Of liquor in the army is being felt,
"a h4lN IN l,.lt Fla.g
soldier boys do not feel defrauded. The
French minister of war has sent message
to every commandant of an army corns,
prohibiting the sale Of liquor with an al
cohonc basis In barracks, canteens, In
camp or field and, moreover, provision is
made for lectures before the troops on
the effects and dangers OF alcohol m.
Even Russia has governmental comm S
sion which recommends the prohibition OF
quOr selling In army canteens. Austria
and Germany are endeavoring to strengthen
the efficiency of their army by diScOuTag-
Ing the use of alcoholics Il view of all
this and much more. 1t Is not at all strange
that the congress IF the United States de-
clded that the army saloon IN this coun ~
must he abolished, But evidently there Is
a concerted plan on the part of anthem
pcrancc forces to try to prove that tn
law is productive of evil results, an in
crease of drunkenness, assertions, riots,
etc and testimony galore TO this end Is
being gathered and given to the public.
MEANWHILE the temperance societies, min
isterS' associations ana Others are likewise
securing testimony of an entirely opposite
character.
1--WE must make our strongest protest in
strongest form against State regulated
vice in the possessions of the United
States.
'There is a rapidly increasing sentiment
against the use Of the cigarette, Forty-two
States and the District of Columbia now
have laws forhida'ng the sale Of cigarettes
or tobacco to minors"
The corresponding secretary stated that
100000 pages of literature had T1cn dis
trlhuted In new fields; among them Cuba,
Porto Rico, Hawaii Manila ana Mexico.
The convention will consider the ques-
tion Of Statehood for Oklahoma and In
dian Territory. The association MS body
has decided to take strong grounds against
single Statehood as plannel NV tho pro
moiers of the movement on foot at pres
emit which is said 10 he In the hands of the
liquor sellers of Oklahoma. who are m X
ing nm organized effort to bring the Indian
Territory into union with Oklahoma on a
basis which viii allow the liquor traffic TO
flourish. Mrs Laura Il. Hlrsha, president
Of the Woman's Christian Temperance
Union for the Indian Territory. took a
stand against the plans for single 81 te-
hood on these grounds. 4 vigorous cam
pagn against the threatened danger was
started Yesterday, and appeals viii be
made to every congressman and senator to
vote against every plan for statehood
which shall allow liquor traffic to be ex-
- a.