The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-26
adding total abstinence principles by their

adding total abstinence principles by their
restrictions on the habits Of liquor
drinking and smoking among their en-
ployes. The experiment Of the North
Western railroad in laying off dead
freight on Sunday to tighten Sunday
work was commended.
The Minnesota legislators were sharply
scored for their cowardice In refusing even
to discuss openly bills raising the age OF
consent to 18 years, and providing a mile
limit from military reservations on
saloons. The municipal housekeeping OF
the last year in Minneapolis was noted
in detail OF the effort to rid certain
parts Of the city Of houses of prostitu-s
ton. Mrs. ScoveH said
The Social EVIL.
Really there is no place for these re-
sorts. To segregate them and prescribe
limits for them is practically to adver-
tise their existence and to protect and
legalize the business Since prostitution
is an evil prohibited by divine and civil
law, why should cities ten1porize with 1t?
1t should be hunted out and the guilty
ones imprisoned, not fined. To say this
evil is necessary is to defy Gods laws
that he made for the perpetuation of the
human race Any institution that is
necessary should be honorable. 1t city Of
fcials conr1ive with this evil. they should
be willing to devote their own daughters
to the cause. They would cry out in nor
ror, oh, God, not my daughter! If not
your daughter, then whose? Has not
every daughter the right to be protected
from this evil and should not every city
see to it that the places of shame be
driven from their midst?'
| ..In an editorial last week in one of our
dailies we read that a change is taking
! place in the Women's Clubs; that women
| I,o{r i,oto l.
ty, and now they propose to be extremely
PRACTICAL; that Women's- clubs will now
| consider cooking, domestic science, how
| to live the simple life, how to raise child
rem, and how to run home. Ne claim
! for the w. C. T. U. that it has always
been practical. We have and are stu
considering all these topics, which Will
! always be before us. We have gone a
lstep further and are applying the religion
that men have preached so many years,
! to us to every day life. We are also ask
1 ing our brothers to share with US the re-
/ sponsibilities of government, by giving us
the ballot. Not that we haven't enough to
/ do but we believe five had the ballot we
should not be obliged to do many Of the
/ things we are now doing. We some way
} fee, and this would save the necessity OF
! respected, trusted men and women to Of
| flee. and this would have the necessity OF
| going about with petitions, asking our Of
/ the ballot we would endeavor to clear out
i the whole liquor business, which would in
1.-the end lower our taxes by reducing
crime, our charity work would be lessened
by two-thirds. It would give the people
| more beautiful homes, and give women
such a contentment, that every poor man S
home might be his own club house, where
husband and wife and children could en-
JOY the light, warmth and cheer Of their
! own happy fireside.''
Welcomed to WInona.
! The welcomes of Winona people was ex-
tended formally at the evening meeting
by Mayor L. L. Brown, for the city; Rev
for the business men; Mrs. M. j. Thomp-
son, for the w. c. T. u; Miss Edna Miner
! for the Us. The response was made by
Mrs. A. c. Bayrell, who travelled $50 miles
from her backwoods claim on the Rainy
river to get to the convention, coming by
skiff steamer and rail. spending four days
and three nights on the way.
/ Mrs. Bayrell spoke with great earnest
ness and force on the new idea in educa-
ton Of character building rather than a
/ mere store Of information. She would
have the school stand for the success tina t
is worth most, that of the man ablest and
most willing to serve the world.
| The program was followed by an in
| formal reception.
Rev. Anna Shaw to Speak.
The handsome Central Methodist church
is lavishly decorated with brilliant autumn
flowers and a fine array Of banners Of the
local unions and the large white state
1 banner.
4 The special guests Of the convention are
Rev. Anna II. Shaw who will make an
address tomorrow night, Miss Louise E.
HOLSTER and Miss A. A. Austin, of Chi
cago, and Miss Annie Robbins, a former
nurse in the Philippines, now doing W. C.
I. U. work in the state. The pulpits of
! the city tomorrow will be filed by Rev.
Marion Darling of Detroit, Mimi, Miss
HOLSTER, Mrs. Josephine Prfncell, Miss
Abby G. Church and others.
/ Martha Scott Anderson.