Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-10-11
annual ADDRESS.
Of Pres. Hannah J. Bailey
to Winthrop ". C. 7. U.
A Clear and Forcefu| Talk On
the Temperance Situation.
Union Becomes Of Age, Celebrating 2Ist
Anniversary at This Meeting.

thrOp w. c. T. L. was held in the YES
try Of the Friends church. Winthrop.
Tuesday afternoon. The following OFF,
GERS We're elected for the ensuing year:
President. Mrs. II. ]. Bailey; vice
president, Mrs. Clara w Nlumford;
Rec. Sec. Mrs. Cora l.. Rollins; Cor
Sec, Miss Alice A. CIough; Treas, Mrs.
Susie =. Cummings
The union numbers IS members. with
j departments of work. each one with
an efficient superintendent to direct the
work.
Meetings are held the first Tuesday in
Zach month ana the outlook for a Wig
orOuS campaign against the curse of
intemptranCo during the coming year
is very hopeful.
Thr presidents annual address was
the foatur". being very interesting and
helpful ana containing many valuable
suggestions for the advancement of the
Temperance cause. Mrs. Bailey said:
Dear friends ana romradcS:-We have
reached our 2lst birthday, and a sum-
mary Of our achievements would make
good showing but we have not time
today 10 speak q! them all 4 few
years ago | gave yuu in my annual ad
dress a history Of our local Union, Of
its pioneer work and Of the difficulties
il encountered and Surmounted in the
early days Of its career. / will there
fore not reiterate them. The Lord has
been on our side and has owned and
blessed our efforts to promote the in
tereSts Of the chief cause of all the
other causes which the w. c. T. L.
stands for. The Winthrop Union be
gan with thirty charter members and
increased to seventy. We now have
membership Of 60. Nearly 200 different
women ana a few honorary members.
whom we call our brothers-in-laW.
have been associated with US in MEM
bership since We We're organized. Some
of these have entered upon the activi-
ties Of eternity. Many have changed
their residence TO other localities ami.
possibly. some have becom" discour-
aged or Indifferent ard 50 failed to keep
VI, their membership. ON dear com
rad,. Mrs Mary Mason Of East VIM
thrup. has been recently promoted by
death. Her name was placed on the
memorial list at our state convention
III D"xt,r. Also The name OF RrE. Z.
T.. Adams who VAS an Inspiring hclp-
,r t. our ,,,Ii>r. Mrs. Mason was an
intert.stc ed member of our Union tor
many years. but feeble health prevent
"a her from attending our meetings.
wish every Christian woman would
identify herself with u in these times
hen even the silent influence OF our
rur. white badge showing on which
side Of the prominent question OF the
day we stand, carries power and
urcstiee with it. These are indeed
crucial times The great fight for re-
submission in our state may be- re-
new.d when the next Legislature
meets. but let US pray that it may not
nrevail and let us each exert our in
rueuce against it. We regret if resub-
mission must come for whatever the
results. it means that the temperance
forces are put on the defensive to hold
their ground We would prefer to see
the strength of government directed
toward the suppression Of thing
which is evil rather than employed IN
attempted regulation Of it. III we
could have the fifth amendment TO our
state Constitution, which gave us our
prohibitory law on supposed 10 DE-
solid foundation more than fifty years
ago. resubmitted to the voting people
of our Stat, without having campaign
fight of 4 years length between the
tamperancc fore es and the combined
liuuor fraternity Of the world. with full
nocketbooks filed with Ill gotten
gains. We would not fear the result. Dut
we cannot. The struggle must follow
and it will be a fierce one; but trutn IS
stronger than error and light is strong
or than darkness. The Lord viii be on
our side in the future az in the PAST
and surely "the Lamb and His follow
ers will have the victory" if We falter
not nor tlag i'll the great bloodless moral
hattie for the protection Of our homes
from bt ing invaded by intemperanc".
one of its direst foes. The brewers.
distillerS. saloon keepers and their
patrons are clamoring for resubmlSSl"l
with the hope, of course. that it Will be
followed at the next general eiecti"il
nv vote for license. but let US deter
mine that they shall be disappointed
and let us work for and exert our IN
fluence to that END.
congressman Littlcfeld spoke truly
when he said: The repeal of the pro-
hibitory amendment would be step
backward and the people Of Maine are
not accust omed to go backward in queS-
tions of moral and social reform.
Mothers and sisters. wives and fathers
TOO ask for the protection Of those they
love from the terrible and pathetic
danger. The settled policy OF the
state. supported by the sober common
sense of the rural communities, has de-
creed that the saloon shall be an out
law. and | do not believe that the good
people of the State will ever allow the
prohibitory amendment I" be re-
pealed."
The prohibitory law of Name, 10
which the eyes Of the world are now
turned has proven to be of great value
1t is on all accounts the best measure
for the suppression of the drinking
habit and the protection of home. The
prohibitory features of license law in
license states are always evaded and
broken more or less. No law prohibits
entirely. but it hinders to a vast ex-
tent. To flee for refuge to license
| law capa BILE of evasion. simply because