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All readers Of the Union Signal
are interested In the February 23d
number, giving account Of the Will
ard statue presentation by the state Of
Illinois in statuary hall, Washing.
ton, on February II, and the speeches
by senators and representatives in ac-
ceptance of the same. Below is an
extract from Senator Cullom address
Mr.. President, the State of Illinois
presents to the United States the
statue Of great woman, whose name
is familiar wherever the English
language is spoken. The Senate has
frequently suspended its ordinary
bu siness to pay tribute to the memory
of eminent statesmen who have passed
away. During the present session we
have heard eloquent eulogies on the
lives Of two distinguished men
George Frisbie Hoar of Massachu-
setts, and John j. Ingalls, of Kansas
For the first time in the history of
the Senate, day has been set apart
that we may talk of woman.
The speaker here gave a compro-
hensive resume of Miss Willard S
remarkable career, concluding thus:
What did the Woman's Christian
Temperance Union accomplish un-
der the leadership of Frances T. Will
ard? She lived to see ! t grow from "a
small, struggling organization with
which she was connected in 1879, to "a
worldwide movement, the most splen-
did organization Of women that ever
existed, numbering in the United
States more than 30O 600, with a fol.
lowing of half a million. In TO- 600
towns and cities local unions were
established. The local Temperance
Legion was formed, composed OF
children, with a membership of over
$50, 900. Temperance instruction was
provided in the schools and SUNDAY
schools to more than l6, 600, 600 child
rem. Tens Of thousands Of men were
induced to sign the total abstinence
pledge. 1t circulated millions Of
pages of temperance literature, and 80
has gone far to secure equality of
treatment of women. 1t appealed for
happy homes-tEe source of good
society and good govenment-huue
protection; it appealed to the mothers
to save the boys for their county, and
it marshaled every moral force TO .ue
support of its principles.
Mr.. President, esteem j an honor
to have known personally Frances E
Willard during the greater part of l..
active life. knew from persona.
knowledge of the work in which s..
was engaged. and / witnessed with
pleasure the wonderful success which
attended her efforts. She Wasa Zee
former, but she never shared t..
usual unpopul larity Of reformrs, and
her advocacy of reform in Temperate.
never made ,her offensive to any class
of people, Notwithstanding her public
life, size was nevertheless a real
woman, with that degree Of sincerity
and modesty, that commanded the ut.
most respect rom all with whom sU.
came in contact
The world has been better bec.us.
Frances Z. Willard lived. She ds.
voted her life unselfshly to the g.a..
of humanity, and she brought soba..,
into the homes OF untold thousand,
and at her death she left an organla.
tion that has been aud will continue
to be a potent factor for GOOD iu Oh.
world.
Mr.. President, the State Of Illuo..
IN presenting the statue to the Unto.
States, to be placed in Statuary E...
among the figures OF the creates. m..
that have lived in the United ,st..
has honored itself, has justly honor.
great woman, and has paid tIila.e
to all American womanhood.
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