The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1904-12-03
NATIONAL CONVENTION MEETS At
PHILADELPHIA.
Report of President Outlines Work
and Makes lions
for Fight Against Liquors, To-
baCco, Patent Medicines and
MOrmOniSm.

opened in the Baptist temple. The
union numbers more than 30, 900 men,
bers, and includes in its ranks men,
bers of every Christian denomination.
Five hundred delegates, representing
every state and territory in the Union,
are in attendance at the convention.
Presidents of representative women
union clubs will be invited to make
addresses during the convention, and
many we'll known clergymen and edu-
Gators will join the speakers. Repre-
sentatives from numerous charitable
and social improvement societies will
also address the meeting. The chief
feature of the opening day was the an
nual address of Mrs. Lillian M. N.
Stevens, of Portland, Me-, president of
the organization. Mrs. Stevens has
failed to attend but one convention in
thirty years, and at that time was kept
home by illness.
Mrs. Stevens in her address made
the following recommendations
Her Recommendations.
81 recommend that we continue to
make vigorous effort for the enact
ment by congress of the Hepburn-Dol-
liver bill to control the interstate traf-
fic in intoxicating Liquors.
For the passage of the McCum Der
bill, forbidding liquor selling in gov
eminent buildings; this bill seeks to
suppress liquor selling at the National
Soldiers homes.
''The bill to prohibit the traffic in
opium except for medicinal purposes in
the entire jurisdiction of the United
States and for the provision of govern
ment treatment of the habituBl victims
of this drug. On November we
sent from national headquarters petit
ton to Secretary Hay to use his diplo-
matte influence to induce Great Brit
ain to release China from the enforced
opium traffic, which we believe to be
contrary to the sentiment of the Brit
ish people and to the real interest of
British commerce.
Exclusion of SmOOt.
For the exclusion of Senator Smoot
from the United States senate and an
anti polygamy amendment to the con-
stitution of the United States.
81 recommend to send from this con-
vention an appeal to President Roose-
welt begging that the sale of liquor for
beverage purposes be prohibited in the
Tanana district, now under control of
the United States.
'For the states not having prohib-
itory law to endeavor to secure the en-
actment of law prohibiting the sale
of Intoxicating liquors within a radius
of three miles from all army posts OF
government reservations.
THAT the various states shall work
for a law prohibiting the sale and
manufacture of cigarettes; also for a
! law prohi biting the sale to minors OF
tobacco in any form.
"We must continue our protest
against the union of the Indian terri
| tory and Oklahoma territory as one
state, unless the sale of intoxicants is
prohibited. This protest is in accord.
| ance with the memorialof the w. G..
L. q. presented on March g."
The president also urged the mem
bers of the organization to be watehful
IF the candy eaten by children, some
OF which contains alcoholic drops
She suggested an appeal to the Uni
ted States postal department to exclude
from the mail advertisements Of pat.
ent medicines and nostrums where
chemical analysis shows premeditated
fraud on the part of the distributor,
and what such action shall call for
the labelling of these medicines in a
way that will indicate the amount of
alcohol or other poisonous drugs they
contain.
Report of Secretary.
The afternoon session was devoted
principally to the reading of reports
and other routine business
Mrs. Susan D. Fry, Of Illinois, cor
responding secretary, reported that
during the year 272 new unions were
organized and 9,415 members secured
| for the national organization. in addi-