The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-11-17
Baltimore Convention.
[CoNTISuED FROM FIRST PAGKl

lOuf CLUES Gndt were HSuIlLS lof Vuo
next convention: Kansas City, Mime
apolis, Los Angeles aud Seattle.
They stood upon their chairs and with
their banners waving far above their
heads, they good naturally shouted
back at each other.
AS each delegation gathered and
took their seats they displayed paste
board signs bearing the name of their
state and these they held high in the
air with the name facing the Hoffman
street entrance, SO that all stragglers
would know where to 60.
DR.. Hill said, someone once said
that the G.. (. society was dead, but if
one had seen this remarkable demon
stration before him, there must have
been a resurrection
On the front of the platform were
more than fifty chairs heaped high
with great bundles of envelopes. Each
chair was for state, territory or pro-
vince. In the envelopes were the d.
plomas given by the Unites Society to
the societies for successful work.
AS each state was called out dele
gate was sent forward. When all had
assembled on the platform a hymn was
sung and the delegates carried their
pamphlets back to their delegations.
After the distribution of the pamph-
let's, DR.. Hill announced the present
alton of penants and honorable NEIL
ton for the local unions for a gain in
number of societies of at least 10 per
cent.
AS the states were called there were
some unusual demonstrations. In ev-
cry delegation, by this time, a banner
or penant of some kind had been erect
ed and as the name of each state was
called out the whole delegation cheered,
their pennant was waived and the
leader came forward and received the
recognition leaflets to which each state
was entitled.
Ohio lead every state and county in
the world in the gain made since No
vember 1902. 1853 new societies had
been added to that state.
The great demonstration came, how
ever, when Mr.. Vagt made the pre-
sentation of the Silken banners which
were won by those states which have
made gain of 10 per cent and more
in their membership since November
1902.
Mr.. Jacobs announced that he bad
to leave the city at noon and that he
would sing another solo before de-
parting. While silence reigned, he
sang hymn that illustrated the pur-
pose of the meeting and the convention
joined in the chorus.
Mr.. Vogt then resumed the distribu-
ton of the banners, after which three
rousing cheers for DR.. Clark were giy-
en- and the morning session was con-
cluded.
Monday afternoon Tom Og-
don Vogt gathered what voice he had
left from the morning and presided at
this meeting
A great reception was given Hon.
Chas. j. Bonapart, Secretary of the
navy. He spoke on ''politics and re-
ligion."
Mr.. E. T. Smith, of Birmingham,
England, the we'll known temperance
advocate, on being Introduced, showed
us strip of newspaper clippings
thirty six yards long from the England
newspapers, for the week before Christ
mas and the first week of January, con-
tanning 1890 crimes, murders, suicides,
caused by drink in those two weeks.
Commissioner Mcfarland, who spoke
on the responsibility of public opin.
ion," expressed pleasure at the pros
pect of the Christian Endeavor mem.
oriaI building and suggested that it be
located at Washington. Mr.. McFar-
land had fine voice for speaking but
another shower came up and he had to
wait as he could not be heard. The
choir sang number tof pieces while
waiting for Mr.. Mcfarland and when
he resumed he said that it was the
most restful speech he had ever deliv-
cred and he wished he might have the
convention and Mr.. Foster at hand to
sing in the middle of all his speeches
as he thought they would be more eff.
fectual. This was truly a christian
citizenship session and worthy torank
with what had preceded.
Last evening of convention
supreme hour of the superlative con.
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