The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-09-07
SUPPORTS REFORM
WITH DYNAMITE
MRS. slBsErTs pRCup or NINA.
NATION AND wHECkEHs.
SPEECH AT ". c T U. NETTING
Radical stand Taken ny Well known
Temperance Workcrs--The Dis.
trict Convention In Session
Here To-day.

lhe district convention Of the Wom.
ans Christian Temperance Union sub.
ordinate TO tho stpte organization met
IN this city Tuesday afternoon al the
Christian church in two-days' SEES
sion.
The district compriscs the counties
OF Iowa, Poweshlek, Keokuk and Ma.
haska and quite number Of deIs-
gates were expected for the meeting
The attendance was a disappointment
TO the local management.
The meeting was called to order az
two O'Clock by the president, Mrs. A.
A. Drummond, OF Richland, Keoknk
county, who made an appropriate talk
ia opening the meeting. The gecre..
tary, Mrs. NJ ". Darland, Of Searsboro,
was present and ready for the 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 an.
pointed in her place.
On account Of the small number OF
delegates 70 arrive for the opening OF
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 Mrg.
PEARSON, Of New Sharon.
The appointment Of committees and
the secretary,s report were passed un.
~ later session, and the address OF
welcome by Mrs. Prime was also do
ferred, together with The response.
Mrs. Van Wlnkle, of Oskaloosa, rem
dered a pleasing vocal solo.
Tho first paper Of the program was
THE w. q. IT. U.-Itg Object ana
Methods. The paper was prepared
by Mrs. Ellen Gamble. The lady was
unable 10 De present and tirg paper
was read by Miss Evans. of RichIand.
Mrs. M. y. DaflanA Z talIfeh. about
What ~ ne Chief Reason For Mon.
IAttendance At Meetings" and DIS.
cussion 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 scourgc and then dis
cussed government determination OF
the mosquito.
Peace and Arbitration" was the
subject of a 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 n. Smith, Of this city.
The convention adjourned at ave
O'Clock 70 the eusniDg session.
Reform With Dynamite.
The evening session Of the w. 9. r..
u. district convention was called 10
order shortly after eight o'clock last
evening In me Stone Chapel by the
chairman, Mrs Drummond The audi.
ence was very small and numbered
not nifty,
After an opening hymn, Mrs. r.. Y.
Smith led In devotional exercises.
Mrs. >. -. Prime gayr a neat address
of welcome, whic.4 was fttlngly re-.
spOnded 10 by mrs. Broadhead, of
Hedrick. Following another hymn.
Mrs. Drummond then introduced Mfs.
sibbetts, Of Kansas, the speaker Of
the evening.
Hrs. sibbetts " a striking woman
quite tall, dark hair, dark eyes, and
prominent features, and possezsed Of
much personal megnetism. 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-
cIared, IL every other true woman OF
Kansas, and 80 a.so Is every Kansas
man who IL 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 commentd upon the
sire 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
tbs belief that II all the men VINO
were about tho streets loahng and gos-
slping could be brought iD. they would
oil the church,
Mrs. gibbettg exceIs IN saying strix.
ing things and filings blows right ami
left with beautiful carelessncw.
For the liquor trafie she blAmes the
Christian VINO votes anything but this
prohibition ticket. Likewise she
blushcd for the man who votes him
self but doesn't want HIS wife 70 vote.
In obJectIng 10 the Americanizatton
of the Philippines shs declared that
side By aide with the hrst American
general 70 lead troops into Maniis
rode the advance agent " an Ameri-