The Ordway new era., 1908-10-30
DENVER GREETS
NATIONS W.C.T.U.
rnIsTy.FlFTH ANNUAL coNVEN'
TON OPENS ITS SESSION IN
THE AUDITORIUM.
OFFICIALLY WELCOMED
SPEECHES by GOVERNOR. MAY
OR, MINISTER, TEACHER, CLUB
WOMAN, W. C. T. v. LEADERS.

Dcnyer.-Thc thirty-fifth annual
convention of the National woman y
! Christian Temperance Union was Tor
mally greeted on Welcome Night
Friday, at the Auditorium.
| For the state OF Colorado. Gov, Hen
~ A. Buchtel told the white ribooh,
ers" of the Welcome and Ml@pah
| placed above the gates OF Denver. Bn'
! that did not express all OF his wei
| come lie said:
AS advocates OF temperance you
| stand for the best and highest thlhss
in the land. Your program is TO make
a sober nation. This Is also the pro
gram of the Christian church ana
/ craftsmanship 1t Is particularly so
where the people are sovereign
No less enthusiastic was the ad-
dress of Mayor Robert W. Spcer. who
has been instrumental in getting the
Auditorium In readiness for the con
ycntion.
Strangers are always welcome
here. because II was only short time
ago when We were all strangers. said
Mayor Speer In Colorado We are
the mingling OF the best blood from
I every where. Evils that cannot be
/ abolished must be regulated and con
troled and your organization Is NOV.
ing factor IN that direction. Love ana
kindness are better for the masses
/ than the club OF the policeman and the
/ Jail. Women are naturally better than
men and for that reason they are tax
ing the lead in this great work. II Is
U II
welcome MS you enter Denver ana Mil-
pah as you depart"
In the enforced absence of DR.,
George Bcdell Nosburgh. Rev. B. B.
Tyler. pastor OF the Broadway Chris
tian church. delivered the address of
welcome on behalf OF the churches of
Denver.
Il welcome you.' he said. "in behalf
of my brothers and sisters because
You are our Kin people. You are our
sisters. daughters. mothers, wives and
sweethearts and you are thrice well
come. We welcome you because you
are following the flag. No one doubts
but that tho W. {. T. u. Is on the
right side and | am speaking for the
brewers. saloon men and distillcrs.
You are welcomed because you know
how to do things and we are learning
statesmanshp and business from
you"
Education and the cause of tenn
perance walk hand in hand" said DR..
Charles T.. Chadsey. superintendent of
the public schools. Your aims are the
same as those OF the schools. The
schools are in sympathy with you and
they endeavor to teach the children
of the evils you are combating"
Mrs. HAIRY Landon Hollister. presi-
dent of the Colorado Federation of
Womens Clubs. spoke of the united
interests of the two great organiza-
tions in Colorado, the women's clubs
and the w. C. T. U. We are work
ing along tle same lines" said Mrs.
Hollister.
Every woman with white ribbon
ON her breast stands for cleaner poll
tics and protected homes" said Mrs.
Antoinette A. Hawley. honorary presi-
dent of the Colorado w. C. r. U. at
| is the will to do things that has
brought this great body the power to
do them. We are relying on your
strength and fire to make the water
boil in Colorado. You are the dc
things women from all parts of the
greatest nation in the world"
Responsive addresses were made by
Mrs. Harriet b. Kells, Mississippi
Mrs. NJ. NJ. Allen. New. York: Mrs
Culla J. Vayhinger. Indiana; Mrs. Net
tie p. Hershiser, Nevada. and Mrs
Silena Moore Holman, Tennessee.
THE solid South is going dry
said Mrs. Kells. and based her ad
dress on the work being done by the
w. c. T. U. in the southern states.
women must not allow physician.
to prescribe alcohol for their patients,
said Mrs. Allen, who is superintend
ent of medical temperance.
1T was TIE greatest welcome nigh
in the history of our national con
ventions," said Mrs. Lillian NJ. N
Stevens, president, at the close of tn,
night session.
At the business sessions in the fore
noon and afternoon, Mrs. Stevens, dc
livered her annual message and varl
GUS reports we're read. Mrs. Steven
estimates that the prohibition state
now have population close to 13
100000 of people and an area of 4O7
Coz square miles. In addition to this
/ 3O,OO0,O0O of people are living in So
i loonless territory, gained through Il
= cal option, the four-mile law, the r,
: monstrance and excise laws.
/. The report of the acting treasurer
!. Mrs. Susanna NJ. d. Fry. in the afte
, noon. showed balance in the treasur
= :, Of $S,597.G9. The total receipts fo
= the year were $75.594.15, includin
$IS.141.99 from the Union Signal an
u Crusader, the two national papers. an
= bequests Of $1,052.9O. Disbursement.
were $66,996.46.