Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1908-11-12
Echoes From the Denver Convention.
Concluded from lst page.


1--WE give thanks TO day for
Oklahoma, Alabama. Mississippi,
North Carolina. not forgetting
Maine, Kansas. North Dakota and
Georgia. Arkau, as and Texas are
not far behind We can not be-
lieve Mr.. Peck's false story about /
prohibition Maine, which has been
widely circulated, will be of any
benefit to the trade. If / were the
trades attorney | should advise
disseminating Mr.. Peck's services,
for such romancing as his will not
reduce by a square foot the amount
of storage space required in Mil
waukee for the saloon fixtures
which are being shipped back to
that city by the car load because
the saloon has beel voted ont OF
business in the localities 10 which !
Milwaukee brewers had consigned
them. While the storage house
business is improving in Milwau-
kee and st. Louis, brewery stocks
are fast going down. 1t was no
small victory that came on April
7. TO the brewing and distilling,
liquor selling State of Illinois. The
temperance forces were at the front
in this first election held after the
adoption of the new Illinois local
option law and ten hundred and
fifty towns voted ont the saloon.
well would it have been if
Springfield, the seat Of the recent
disgraceful race riot, had been one
of them.
The claim of the saloon element
that license and liberty are synomy-
nous is true to the extent that Ii.
ceuse gives liberty to do wrong;
to rob man of his reason, con-
science and will; TO rob his family
of love and comfort; to fill the
poor houses, jaiIs and prisons with
saloon victims j"
1 only wish could give all of
this wonderful address given by a
wonderful woman, but space for
bids. Mrs. Hatcher told of the
work among soldiers and sailors.
She told of the Temperance Union
she organized at Cheyenne on her
way cut to Denver and that she
expected TO organize another at
Fort Logan on her way home. She
told of the comfort bags which her
department made and gave to Tn
Gle Sans boys. These bags each
hold Bible. a bit of temperance
literature, kind letter from the
maker, besides pins. needles, but
tons and any other article Of SINH
lar nature.
Mrs. Julia Phelps of Los Ange'
les. Cali, gave an interesting nc
count of the coming in of the bat
tie ship Missouri last August. Told
OF how they met our sailor boyi
aud invited them to the w. c. 7
U. Rest Rooms, where there il
everything to rest and entertain, -
music, books. magazines, pillows
lounges. She also told our Stat
Supt. privately that she should SCI
TO our making about 500 comfor
bags before the first Of Februar!
for the Missouri was due in por
then and the boys would expec
new comfort bags.
Mrs. Edith Davis gave glow
ing report of Scientific Temper
aace Instruction. Urged the Stat
Superintendent to push the worl
till every school in the land ha
taken up this instruction. Anothe
Department. that of work anon
foreigners. was brought out an
made to seem of most vital import
ance. The speaker told of goln
TO Ellis Island and meeting th
immigrants, lonely aud sad, no
knowing where to go, nor to whoI
TO turn for advice. She said
was no wonder so many 60 to II
bad. The work of the w. CIT