The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-10-18
Presidents Report Made and Officers
REPORTS Given


Reports Given.
PORTLAND, Me-, Oct. 17.-The
twenty-ninth annual convention of the
National w. c. T. U. opened here to-
day. Every state and territory in the
union Is represented. The session will
continue until next Wednesday. Mrs.
L. M. N. Stevens, president Of the Ma
tional w. C. T. u, and vice president
at large of the Worlds w. c. T. u.
, presided. Lady Somerset, president of
the Worlds w. C. 7. U. and the Rev.
Henry S. Sanders, Of London, Eng, are
among the distinguished workers pres
ent.
The convention was called to order
by President Stevens, who delivered
her annual address. The report of the
executive committee, which contained
many recommendations, was adopted
and 1t will be considered further in
regular order of business.
Mrs. Susanna M. D. Fry, of Illinois,
made her report as sponding Sec
rotary. The report stated that the
Manila organizer had reported that
some i'll will had been engendered by
the 'canteen" victory. The Manila
union has provided for leaflets in
Spanish and Tagalog and had it's first
native woman signer of the w. G. T. u.
pledge, a Tagalog and the wife of a
native preacher.
In a late letter Mrs. Faxson, the
unions worker in the Philin~ines, said
there were three things she intended
to do: To get the union where it will
live after us; to get into the schools
scientific temperance instruction, and
to inaugurate system for distributing
leaflets throughout the islands.
Encouraging reports have been re-
ceived here from the Bermudas, Cuba
and Mexico.
Giving extracts from reports Of
eighteen organizers, Mrs. Fry said:
'"The total number of w. G. T. U.
unions organized by the eighteen or
ganizers is 20; total number Of young
women's unions, 40; total number of
WIS and US reorganized, So; total ac-
tive w and Y members secured, 4,702;
number of new loyal temperance le-
gions organized, 60; number of new
T.. T. L. members secured, 2,291; num-
Der of total abstinence pledges secured,
6,290; total number OF state engage
ments, go
"Ten state unions among the co1ored
women increases the number of state
and territory unions to SO. Mrs. Anan-
da Richey, organizer of Indian Terri
tory Union No. 2 and working under
an appropriation from the Frances B..
Willard memorial fund, organized FL
new unions"
The national treasurer, Mrs. Helen.
Morton Barker, reported that the Ma
tional w. C. T. u. had made a net gain
of s7,097 and receipts from the Frances
3. Willard memorial fund SALT (more
than in any previous year,. Pledges
amounting to $1,132 for Manila mis-
sionary work had been received, the
treasurer said.
An evangelistic tour was conducted
by Miss Elizabeth w. Greenwood, ma.
tional evangelistic superintendent.
Lady Henry. Somerset, president of
the Worlds VIC. T. o., officiated at
noontide prayer.
At the afternoon session Mrs Clara
Parish Wright, of Illinois. reported for
the young womanss branch, of which
she is general secretary Mrs. Helen
G. Rice, of Massachusetts, gave her
report as general secretary of the 10y
al Temperance Legion. Then followed
reports from eight of the organizers
representing New York, Illinois, Mis-
souri,, Indiana and Alabama. Rev. Mr..