The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-09-19

Mrs. Sarah ID. Pierce.
Photo by Delmas.
DR.. Daniel Fl. Martin, pastor of the
Clinton Avenue Reformed Church, was
the principal speaker at the evening
session of the thirty-fourth a%nniver-
sary services of Union No. l of the
w. C. T. u, held at 1913 Mulberry street
last night, when the members of the
union and their friends rendered a re-
ception to Mrs. Sarah I. Blanchard. the
retiring president, whose term of serv-
ice extended during the last quarter of
a century,, and Mrs. Martha A. Sullivan,
the vice-president, who resigned after
seven years of service.
DR.. Martin tabulated the work of the
great national Organization as he
termed the w. c. T. u, and said the
deeds they have accomplished would
ever be a III to the glory of
women for all time.
In referring to the victory of the
Prohibition party in Georgia and Ken
lucky and other Southern States, DR..
Martin took occasion to criticize edi-
torials published in a certain metro
politan newspaper touching on the
subject.
He said, This editor is about $50
years behind the times, he is dead but
not buried and knows nothing about
wise legislation, He is a disciple of
Mint Julups, and Rum Toddies, and is
not capable of discussing the question
fairly"
DIR. Martin expressed himself as being
strongly In favor of equal acknowledgements
for women, which Is advocated by the
w. c. 7. u, giving as his reason that
for women to secure the ballot in whole or
In part would mean for them a weapon for
| the nr0fnptfOn of their hofDna from tho
liquor traffic, and finally to obtain the
right of women to vote on equal terms
with men.
Touching on the career of Mrs. Blanch-
ard, DR.. Martin said the union would
never again have her equal as a president.
mo one but God knows how much the
W. C. T. u. of Newark owes to the self
sacrificing, untiring, intelligent and I'M
selfish lite OF Mother Blanchard's' past
quarter OF a century,"
DIR. Martin gave a synopsis of the union
work. saying in part:
1T Is still in the dew of its youth, being
only thirty-four years olu, having had its
birth in the great temperance crusade of
1873. This ~ not to say that woman was
not interested before this time In the sup
preston OF the common enemy Of our
homes. but beyond isolated cases Of reform
and individual appeal and occasional in
stances OF local restraint accomplished
through such organizations as the Sons
Of Temperance, the Order OF Good Tenn
plars. etc, no national attempt at this
great reform had been made; SO the Or
sanitation Of the w. c. I. u. marks the
time when the great battle began with
The. world wide monster of strong drink
1t originated in the famous women's
temperance crusade in Decemb Der ,.i573. Dr.
u. l.. Lewis, of Boston, had made in Ohio
a mighty temperance address, which i'm
PEELED the women of several Ohio towns
70 take a detinit stand against the saloon.
They gathered In the streets to pray, and
marched two by two into all the saloons.
They beseeched the men who drank to
stop it. and the men who sold TO give up
the business. and urged all TO accept the
Lord Jesus Christ. In fifty days this
wh1rlwind had swept the liquor traffic out
Of $50 towns and villages, the bright par
tleular stars of that movement being Mrs.
Eliza Thompson, Mrs. Stuart and Mrs.
George Carpenter. In the same month,
Dec Deeem6 % u; in EE%redppnia, n. Y. the first
Sparodic assaults upon individual saloons
ceased. because 1t was found tina the sa-
loon is simply the fruit of the intrenched
liquor system, protected by law, and rooted
in the very heart of the government.
Local suasion was found to be as neces-
sary as moral suasion. In November, 1874,
the national organization was founded in
Cleveland. Ohio. and has become the larg-
est society in the world, composed eXclu-
sively of women, and conducted entirely by
them. And who can estimate the mighty
results which this society has accom-
plished, For God and Home and Native
Land its national motto.
It's White TlDDOn DdQRe we'll EXPRESSES
that motto. symbolic of purity, peace and
all high deals hat make for the protec-
ton of the home. Like a ray Of white
light which comprises all the seven colors
Of the prism, this white ribbon symbolises
the union Of all races and coiors who are
~erdeavoring to uplift human conditions.
1t is the color also of those who are re-
deemed.
THE noontide hour of prayer when each
white ribboner the world over is expected
to lift her heart to God for his blessing
on the work and NyOrkprS. lie ar.afAar ho,,d
which binds this mighty organization into
a unit of purpose. This great organization
was born with a vision, the vision of the
enness, the vision Of the home purified.
exalted. the vision of one standard of
purity and morality lor men and women.
Its declaration of principles concretes ita
vision.
while the membership of the w. C. +.
u. is exclusively of women, men are ad-
mitted as honorary members, but not as
full members. for reasons that are OBJ
yious; one Of which is to make the power
Of woman felt in the laws of our land,
and to establish the public sentiment that
woman is to have her place by the side
Of man in all of life's relations. Too long
pagan notion that woman was inferior
TO man, and was to be the drudge of the
household, or the plaything of passion"
The members of the union presented its
retiring president and vice-president with
gold-handled umbrellas and several bou-
quets of choice flowers.
An informal reception was held at the
close Of the meeting, after which refresh
ments were served.
Speculation as to the outcome Of the an
nual election of officers has kept w. c.
r. u. member in all parts of the city on
the qui vive for the past three months.
and excitement was intense as the votes
were cast, before the close OF the after
noon session.
After some lively balloting Mrs. Sarah
d. Pierce, former recording secretary of
No. l Union, was elected president. with
q votes to her credit. Mrs. Emma Bourne,
the State president OF the w c. T. u,
and the only other candidate, received 20
votes.
The other officers elected We're as fol
lows. Mrs. Sarah Miller, viee-pres.dent;
Mrs. Minnie Merrill, corresponding secre-
tary; Mrs. Esther NJ. Bennett, recording
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