The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-09-07
SUPPORTS REFORM
WITH DYNAMITE
MRS. sinnErTs PROD or MRa.
NATION AND wRsvKEHs.
SPEECH AT ". c + U. MRErINc
Radical stand Taken ny We'll Known
Temperance Workers. Dis
trlet Convention In Session
Here To-day.

The district convention or the Won.
ans Christian Temperance Union, sub.
ordinate to the state organization, met
In this city Tuesday afternoon at the
Christian church In two-days' SEES
sion
The district comprlses tho counties
of Iowa, Poweshiek, Keoluk and Ma.
haska and quite number OF dele.
gates were expected for the meeting
The attendance was disappointment
TO the local management.
The meeting was called to order at
two o'clock by the president, Mrs. A.
A. Drummond, OF Richland, Keokuk
county who made an appropriate talk
In opening the meeting. The secre.,
tary, Mrs. M. ". Darland, OF Searsboro.
was present and ready for tho work
In hand The convention is without
treasurer Mrs. Robert Kent. OF this
city, was elected at the former meet
ing but resigned and no one was ap.
pointed In her place.
On account OF the small number OF
delegates to arrive for the opening or
the meeting the program arranged for
the afternoon was varied to some ex.
tent from that announced In the
absence OF Mrs. Emma Lennon the
opening devotional was led by Mrs.
Plerson, of New sharon.
Tho appointment OF committees and
THE secrotarys report were passed I'M
/ fli a latar aaaatan a.H tha aAd~ou. -
welcome by Mrs. Prime was also do
ferred, together with the response.
Mrs. Van Wrinkle. Of Oskaloosa, rem
dered pleasing vocal solo.
The first paper Of tho program was
The w. q. r. U.--Its Object ana
Methods. The paper was prepared
by Mrs. Ellen Gamble The lady was
unable TO be present and the paper
was read by Miss Evans. Of Richlard.
Mrs. M. ~ Darland q talkes. about
'What Is The Chief Reason For Non
IAttendance at Meetings. and q dis
cusslon followed.
The paper OF the afternoon TO ex.
cite the greatest comment was by
Mrs. clark Terrell, OF this city. The
lady compared the liquor trafic TO the
yellow fever scourge and then dis
cussed government determination OF
the mosquito.
| peace and Arbitration" was the
subject OF paper prepared for the
convention by Mrs. NJ. Slack, OF New
Sharon The lady could not meet
with the convention. but forwarded
her paper and the same was real By
Mrs. Emma y. Smith, OF this city.
The convention adjourned at i've
o'clock 10 the evening session.
Reform With Dynamite.
The evening session Of the w. g. T.
IU. district convention was called 10
order shortly after eight o'clock last
evening in the Stone Chapel, by the
chairman. Mrs. Drummond. The audi.
eDcc was very small and numbered
not fifty.
After an opening hymn Mrs. T.. r.
Smith led In devotional exercises.
Mrs. ). -. Prime gave a neat address
Of welcome, whic4 was fittlngly re-.
sponded 10 by sirs. Broadhead, OF
Hedrlck. Following another hymn,
Mrs. Drummond then introduced Mrs.
Sibbetts, Of Kansas, the speaker Of
the evening.
Hrs. Sibbetts Is striking woman
quite tall, dark hair. dark eyes, and
prominent features, and possessed OF
much personal magnetism. The lady's
talk was somewhat sensational She
began by saying that she came from
Carrie Nations state ana that she was
proud OF Carrie Nation. SO. she de
clared, IL every other true woman OF
Kansas, and so also Is every Kansas
man who Is not ashamed OF himself.
Personally she was proud OF the man,
now In Jail, who put dynamite under
the three saloons In Wichita not long
ago. She frankly advocated dyna-
mite.
Mrs sibbetts commentT upon the
size OF tine audience by wishing that
all the men whom she had seen com
Ing out OF saloons during the day
we're there. She likewise expressed
the belief that IL all the men VINO
were about the streets loafng and gos-
sIping could be brought IN. they would
al the church.
Mrs. Sibbetts excels in saying striE-
ling things and filings blows right and
left with beautiful carelessness.
For the liquor trafiic she blames the
Christian VINO votes anything but the
prohibition ticket. Likewise she
blushed for the man who votes him
SELF but doesn't want his wife 70 vote.
Ia objectlng TO the Americanization
of the Philippines she declared that
side by side with the first American
general TO lead troops into Manila
rode the advance agent " an Ameri-