The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1902-01-09
W. G.. z. U.

the liquor traffic, equal suffrage, one Standard
OF morals, and the bringing about Of q better
-'.> MRS. N. c. LIBBY, President,
MIS- INKS LOUISA ANTHoINE, Secretary,
MRS. ADA F'ARNHAM. Treasurer.
The Eleventh District President,
Mrs. Kate Kercher, her son and
daughter, and Miss Essie Burgan,
were the guests of Mrs. Sewell
New Years Day. State President
Sewell proved to her guests that
she understood the art Of hygienic
cooking as we'll as public speaking.
She has also proven to her numer-
Gus friends that lone woman can
pay off hundreds of dollars of debts,
as she was left to do, after the long
sickness of her beloved husband.
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The Union Signal has plans to
double the number of subscribers,
and it is hoped that large number
of women who live too far from
any union will take this excellent
home paper, and know what pro-
gress is being made in the cause so
dear to every true mothers heart.
A three months trial subscrip-
ton for IS cents. It has also been
arranged to appoint a local worker
in each union to handle W. G.. T. U.
supplies as ordered from the W. T.
P. A., leaving the profit on the
same in the local union.
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[ have heard women talk about
the saloon as if it was a permanent
fixture; in fact, bar-room argu-
ments, pure and simple; and they
heave great sigh and begin to
run the scale, using ''can't'' for
every note. The fact is, if these
very women knew the power of
their own influence and would read
and be prepared to do the first
thing to encourage the right and
weaken the mighty wrong, God
would hear them answering their
own prayers, and victory would
come long stride nearer. Imag-
inc mother saying: ''Here is my
boy, only twelve years of age
he gets liquor and [ cannot help
myself" She has never tried more
than to say ''can't'' and still the
boy knows how he gets liquor.
Prayer on that woman's lips can
only be blasphemy.
''The best temperance news of
1901 came with the closing days of
the year, and that is the securing
of scientific temperance instruc-
ton law for Georgia. This victory
removes the last black patch from
the scientific temperance map.
For several years, Georgia and
Utah have been quoted as the only
two remaining States without the
temperance instruction law. The
law in Utah was enacted three
years ago, but through some mis-
understanding it was not reported
until last year. While victory now
perches upon the banner of this
department, eternal vigilance must
be the price of the enforcement of
the law.''
"Women are finally and formally
admitted into full membership of
the law making body of the Metho-
dist Episcopal church. 1t will be
remembered that the General Con-
ference in 1900 voted that the. ques-
ton of the admission of women
should be submitted to the annual
conferences. This required two
thirds vote. All but one of the
one hundred and twenty conferen-
ces have voted, and the result
stands: yeas, 1896; nays, 2,513.
1t is interesting to analyze the
vote. Of the twenty conferences
that voted against the admission,
all but four we're German, Swiss
or Danish. The four are Baltimore,
New York East CDR. Buckley's
conference,) Southern California
and Washington. Fourteen con-
ferences voted unanimously IN
favor of the women, several among
these being southern and foreign.
The foreign conferences voting in
the affirmative are Liberia. Nor
way, Foochow and Italy. 1t is
thus clearly seen that not only are
the Methodists in favor of the
equal representation of men and
women in the General Conference,
but that the vote, standing as it
does, more than three to one, shows
the real sentiment of the member
ship to be overwhelmingly against
certain conservative leadership that
has caused this noble pioneer church
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