The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1905-10-13

/ perance Union Of Kansas was held in
! Topeka, October 4, 5 and 6. There
| were about one hundred and forty
/ delegates in attendance Sixth dis
| trict had a representation Of nine, as
/ follows Mrs. Alice G. Young, Downs;
Mrs McReynOIds. Lincoln Center
/ Mrs. Viola NOyes, Mrs Helen Green,
| Burr Oak; Mrs Emily Swim, Marion;
Mrs. c. ". Smith, Stockton; Mrs Car
RE Stapp, Norton; Mrs. R. L Gold
smith AthOl. and Mrs. Eva NJ Muir
| ply, GOodland-
| The reports showed a gain in mem
/ bership Of nearly four hundred
/ eighty-nine OF these were gained by
| the Sixth district The Sixth district
! was ahead Of all the others on num-
/ Der Of Institutes held, and best report
| sent in The reports Of superintend-
| ent's show that much good work has
been done in all the departments An
/ item or two from one department is
/ all I have space for. Mrs. Carrie n
Hill, superintendent Of temperance
literature, reported that fifteen loan
Libraries have been established and
! over three million pages Of literature
distributed during the past year.
The first evening was welcome night
and we were royalty welcomed Mrs.
| Margaret Hill McCarter brought
peka, of which she is a member. Mrs.
A H Horton, speaking for the city
| federation Of wOmen's clubs, said:
| I'VE rejoice in all the good work this
| organization is doing for humanity.
! The clubs are also working along
/ helpful lines. The OId-fashioned study
| club, simply for self culture, is almost
| a thing Of the past" J. B. Lauimer
| brought greetings from the three
- y ~ -
| Prof L D. Whittemore, for the six
| thousand children Of the city schools
| Bishop AIIlspaugh for Bethany col
| lege- The bishop said that there was
a mistaken idea abroad that the Epis-
cOpal church was not in sympathy
/ with the work Of the ". Q. 7. u,
| which he was very glad to have this
opportunity TO correct Rev. Thomas
NJ Young spoke for the Ministerial
union and characterized the W C. T
Z. as the right arm Of the church in
motion" E b Cowgirl, for the state
/ temperance union. thanked the W c
T U Of the state for their hearty CO.
| operation in the work and plans Of
the organization. Of which he is presi-
/ dent Last but not least, Governor
/ z ". HOch was introduced and greet
| ed warmly the organization, Of which
! ne has been an honorary member
for years. Governor HOch said:
Among the many unions having
/ eOr their purpose the uplift and bet
| terment Of society there is none which
s doing more good, more worthy Of
respect and support, than the W. c
T Z. 1t stands for everything good
and nothing bad; il is doing a great
/ work along many lines The COVER
/ nor says the Kansas women are not
.owards. They may be mistaken about
iOme things but they are not towards.
He receives letters from men with
names unsigned or, is signed. preced-
ed by a ''pease don't tell on me" The
women sign their names or come in
person. He said: "a man who is
, afraid to take his full share Of re-
spOnsibility is OF no value to any one
In the contest coming would rather
have the prayers Of one good woman
than the support Of all the law-break-
ers in Kansas
From the trust magnate to the
/ bOOtlegger, there seems to be a wide
spread and universal tendency to ig-
more and nulIify- the law. Each man
has a right to his own opinion; he
may be wonderfully wrong at times
but nevertheless he has right to his
own opinion But when the discus
! | sion is over and the ballots have reg
istered the viii OF the people. when
the contest has been settled at the
| polls it passes out of the domain Of
discussion, except for amendment, it
is then the duty OF the executive to
enforce the law I wish to make it
appear to every citizen OF Kansas,
whether prOhibitiOnist or not prOhib-
itiOnist, to stand up for the law"
In introducing him the president,
Mrs Elizabeth P. Hutchinson, said:
The only thing I have against him
is that ne didn't wait to be governor
until the women can vote for him %
The audience greeted the governor
with the ChautauQua salute and at
the close of the program the women
Of the organization presented him with
a framed portrait Of Francis E VIII
lard.
In accepting this. Governor HOch
expressed his pleasure in having this
| beautiful portrait OF "One Of the greet
women Of the world" He said the
world hears often Of great men, but
not so often as it should Of great
women"
The responses to these welcome ad-
dresses were given by Mrs Edith Hill
Booker and Mrs Eva NJ Murphy. Ev-
cry reference to Governor HOch was
warmly applauded.
On Thursday afternoon Mrs E w.
j Hoch visited the convention and was
Introduced She said, 4 have been a
member Of this organization for twen-
ty-1Te years. and I dearly love It :"
she closed BY inviting all white RIB
boners in the city to q reception at
the governors house on Friday even
/ ing "An come, and make yourselves
| at home" was her cordial way OF put
/ ting it About two hundred delegates
and visitors avafled themselves Of
this invitation, and a most delightful
social time was enjoyed.
Mrs LeOnora II Lake. national vice
president OF the Catholic Total Alb
stlnence society OF America gave a
splendid lecture on the divine rights
Of childhood Among the visitors to
the convention was Voney B Cushing
/ Of Maine He said The United
States has i've very popular governors
because they stand with the people for
the enforcement Of law The gov
ernor Of Kansas is one Of these
Myron A Waterman Of kansas
City. kan vas also a visitor whose
visit was appreciated
i The officers elected for the ensuing
year are as follows:
Mrs Elizabeth P Hutchinson Win
field. unanimously reelected for the
| sixth time. Mrs Lillian Mitchner,