Los Angeles herald., 1905-10-31

Should we let them be a stumbling
block in the way of little feet?"
Throw away your headache medi-
cine, dear sisters, you can get along
just as we'll without it, she continued.
Next to the awful cigarette evil, and
almost as disastrous is the patent medi-
cine craze. A large majority of the
women In the country take 1t for every
little ache or pain, a little headache, or
weakness or that tired feeling. Clean
out your medicine chests and then try
to educate your neighbors.'
Mrs. A. S. Benjamin gave clever
report on the department of parliament
tary usage.
Resolutions Adopted
The resolutions, which are the sum
and substance OF the convention work,
were brought forward by Mrs. Rebecca
B. Chambers, chairman of the commit
tee. Some of the women wanted them
amended and some thought new ones
should be added. Some thought they
were not strong enough and others
thought they were too strong.
1t looked as If the discussion would
last all night. A few minutes before
$3.50 o'clock there was a lull in the de-
mand for recognition by the chair and
Mrs. Benjamin again came to the res
cue by moving that the resolutions as
whole be adopted as amended. The
motion carried.
The resolutions deal with prohibition,
legislation, anti-canteen, Objectionable
advertising, peace, suffrage, child
labor, international revenue and purity.
Following is the list as it was finally
adopted:
In humble reliance upon God, we, the
Woman's Christian Temperance union,
rejoice in the wonderful progress that
has marked our efforts during the past
year in the fields of organization, pre-
vention, education, evangelistic, social
and legal work. We reaffirm our belief
in the fundamental principles of total
abstinence and prohibition, and adopt
the following resolutions:
Curse of Nations
Whereas the liquor traffic is the deep
est, direst, most widespread and most
persistent curse in this nation, a men
ace alike to the individual and to the
home, and a foe to national prosperity,
Resolved, That the National Woman
Christian Temperance union is unalter-
ably committed to belief In the right
eousness of the principle of prohibition
and will pray and work for the abso-
lutte suppression by law Of the manu-
facture and sale of alcoholic liquors
and stand unalterably opposed to every
form OF licensing the liquor traffic, IN
cluding the Gothenberg and dispensary
| systems.
Believing as we do that prohibition
Is the greatest living issue of the day,
we express our high appreciation of
those voters who through their ballots
prove their loyalty to prohtbitory law
and to it's enforcement.
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most respectful and earnest request to
the congress of the United States:
list. For the passage of a law pro-
hibiting the importation of alcoholic
liquors under protection of federal law
(either by interstate commerce or inter-
nal revenue) in any territory where
prohibition against the Importation
manufacture or sale of alcoholic liquor
prevails.
I'd. For the enactment of such legls-
lation as will prohibit the carrying and
distribution of all liquor advertise
ments through the United States mails.
As to Statehood
Sd. That congress- in permitting III
dian Territory to enter the sisterhood
of states shall require faithful recog-
milton of the existing law of prohi-
bition, according to the solemn pledge
on the part of the United States gov
ernment in it's many agreements and
treaties with the Indians of Indian
Territory.
Attn. That in providing statehood for
Oklahoma its constitution should forbid
the manufacture, importation and sale
of Intoxicating liquors.
After Smoot
5th. That we urge the expulsion of
Senator Reed Shoot of Utah from the
senate of the United States. because
of his official relation to the Norman
church. which demands allegiance to