The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1903-10-16
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ments have been carried on in a gooo
manner and 1913 public meetings held
at which SAL speakers appeared.
Mrs. M. Dye Ellis, of Newark, made
an interesting address to the conven.
tion. She said in part:
Eight years ago when / went tic
Washington, ID. c., in company with
a band of white ribboners, we found
that liquor was being sold in the Cap
itol and had a bill introduced to have
the sale prohibited. The bill was in
troduced by Congressman Little, of
Arkansas, and was known as the Lit
tie bill. 1t passed the House all right
but when it came to the Senate it was
referred to the committee on public
buildings and grounds. went to see
the chairman Of that committee, who
was Senator Matthew S. Quay, who
you know is not noted temperance
man, and he promised the bill should
receive attention, but it did not. We
women then enlisted the support of
the late Senator Morrill, and he re-
ported it to the Senate, but as soon as
the bill came before that august body
Senator David B. Hill, in big bass
voice said, "What's that ?" That
settled the bill. When a senator makes
an objection to bill it holds the
measure up. Just think of it women,
they held our bill up and a senator
talked for eight hours for five days on
Panama treaty bill. Talk about
women talking. But that measure
came up in the immigration bill. How
in the world it got in the Immigra-
tion bill was more than we women
could understand, but even then an
attempt was made to defeat it, but sis
tiers, when that bill passed whiskey
went out of the capital buildings in
barrels and kegs. Applause. That
was the hand of God. We will get
prohibition in way we least expect.
You have read of Senator Reed
Smoot. Well the question is often
asked why was it that Roberts, OF
Utah, was expelled from the Senate,
and Smoot sworn in. The answer is
that Roberts was confessed polyga-
mist and Smoot swears he is not. But
charges have been made against Smoot
and if enough petitions are filed
against him an investigation will be
made. | want women to flood the
committee having charge Of this mat
ter with petitions, for that is the only
way of getting him out the commit
tee. Send in your protests to Senators
Kean and Dryden. Never fold petit
tion like a letter, never, never but
buy large envelope and like bust
ness woman send it to your Senators.
We want to get Smoot out, then
have the rules of the Senate changed
and an amendment to the Constitu-
tion.
/ wonder if you saw that one million
dollars had been appropriated for the
recreation of soldiers at posts and gar
risons. Well, the w. G. t. q. got
that. The women went to Washing
ton and asked for one million for the
soldiers. Senator Hansborough, OF
South Dakota, had the matter in
charge, and when the demand was
made for by the women, he whistled
and said you don't want much, and so
we got five hundred thousand appro-
priated Then we went again TO see
him and he whistled again, and said,
is there no end to you women, and |
told him no. Then he gave us the
other five hundred thousand. Mrs.
Ellis thanked God for Theodore ROoSe-
welt who she said was the right man
in the right place. Always had an
answer for you, yes, or no.
Mrs. l. H. Demarest, of Gloucester,
the secretary, read the report of the
legislative department, which showed
good work.
A petition will be sent to Queen
Alexandra and all the Queens OF Eu-
rope on behalf of the suffering women
of Macedonia.
The afternoon session was called to
order by the president at 2 O'Clock,
and after Miss Helen e. Lawrence
sang solo, Miss Lizzie jackson read a
report on "Anti-Narcotics"; Mrs. +.
B. Stokes, of Woodbury., reported on
"Peace and Arbitration; Mrs. K. V.
Street on SUNDAY Schools; Mrs. A.
M. Hammer on Evangelstic Work .;
Mrs. IT, G. Bodine on Railroad Men,
Motormen and Firemen"; Mrs. Kate
Lunden Sunderlen on "Work among
Foreigners; Mrs. E. VI. Thatcher
Miss Helen Lawrence on christian
Citizenship; Mrs. E. S. Parsons on
medal Contest; and Miss e. r.
Kirby on "Press Work.. Miss M. L.
Orr, of Ellis Island, delivered a stir
ring address.
The evening session was most in.
teresting one. The speaker, Mrs,
Emma Boole, of Brooklyn, formerly
president Of the New York State w.
G. It. u, and now corresponding secre-
tary of the Women's Board of Home
Missions, is remarkably good speaker
and kept her audience interested
throughout her address. She said In
opening that this was the first time