Gunnison news-champion., 1902-05-09

Ntttteh - tAh Hilf lfs oi Ane
" a. n. Wloro b. preached aud
va- i've iu 81 good p aud saase bad
works Au8ssg sthaf lhing- ao laid
-icze 30 the aiisctisns oi yuung Wo-
ulan Vhn wa o star siuzer iu the
ahoiF. aud iu due time proposed aud
wa4 accepted
But thc Eszii- wile seeu.s Be- hove
boeu attacked 10 Mr. Hall or Iassl-
bly she thaazht if D. w.s ablc 10
-uFFsri vile, he should seuin uith
the oHe he bad bc-ides. the chilaren
wcre arowin aud ueefled 50 MANY
things. So she trrd g. GHl har rl-
ereani husband >Hc fualiy lseatoi
him. ani there was seasdaI. and a
mob eseortet fnc gentleman 40 she
city limiis. aHd warned him uaf ta
rctura 90 chat btiiwlrk. There wt-
another similar story somewhere ei-e.
bat iet chat pass.
Do IsH1. a year f1rcvor memorable
to tbe people Of tii- state, iu addition
% sur other siliictions. Che Rev e.. J.
iinil came upon us. Tie va- smooth.
De wHs in-iuua.uug, and he l1u1e3
with an unutterabic longing CO. take
up the g1od work of che M. q. q. a..
Bot ths memhfr- 5I tdlt orEaail ltiou
are au obstinate. uaI ts say buls
beaded, -et of women wh5 have said
among other things that they viii
never give over working 90 abolish
the doubia standard OF morsl-s Then
they are So narrow minded that they
can't see how man who could leave
one woman and four children to
-tarvc. can take of Dis coat aud work
Coz the cause Of other women ami
children in whom he has u0 special
Interest. This just shows The inmate
weakness and lack OF logic chat char
acter.zas Che feminine mind But
with all their faults. women DO uy
Co be just, so ,hey asked thc Rev Mr..
Hail 90 meet with the executive
board Of the " G.. T. L. of this slate.
in executive session assemhled. Nith
ihat noble as-uraues whica bias 81 WAYS
characteriz 4 the mau he went 60
that meeting There be was con-
fronted with the story Of his m sde-
mesnors. which with all hls earout-
cry be could neither palHate nor deny.
Women who were present at that
meeting say the man simply wilted
and groyeled. lie was so abirct thar
some of the more mercifuIly minded
were moved 10 les him 90, without
any publicity, ami this was done.
Bat this is the reason why the Rev.
e. J. Hall has never been recognized
by the W G. T. L. or permitted to
speak from its platform.
The account Of this meeting, the
charges preferred. the action taken,
the demsanor of the man aud the let
tiers setting forth bis true character,
with many details not here set down
are in the hands of the lady who was
then secretary Of the board, aud who
publicly denounced this mln as an
imposter at meeting in Colorado
Springs.
IL Il sin and a shame and dis
grace that such a man should be per-
mitted to impose upon eastern people,
by misrep resenting the women of
Colorado, when he owes the very fact
that he has been allowed to live here.
and possibly make an attempt TO re-
trieve himself. to their forbearance.
Whether he has changed his spotty
tendencies is questi m. It j. an
open secret that he is trying to sup
plant Mr.. Uzzell whose loyal helper
he is supposed to be.
As TO his structures upon equal
suffrage, they are like the man him
self-not worth listening to-"
Now readers, the above clip comes
from the pen IF Ellis Meredith, a
space writer on the News, Gas we
have previously stately one of the
most lovely characters in the form Of
a woman engaged in good works
that it has ever been our Dot 10 meet.
Her pen Is ever ready % take the
part Of the suffering in every walk
of life. She is respected br al who