Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-27

use OF it's buildings to the woman's club
for its gracious reception to the CITY
council for the additional lighting OF the
streets in our honor; to the churches that
nave been open to us; to the pages ana
ushers who have SO willingly assisted us
to the local committees who have so faith
fully performed their duties, and to all who
nave assisted in making this convention
a success.
strain on constitution
The constitution was given another strain
when it came to the election, this time
upon motion of the official parlimentarian,
Mrs. A. s. Benjamin. who announced sig
nificantly that the convention had already
gotten around worse technicalities than
the one she proposed.
The bylaws provided that the resolu-
lions shall be placed on the program be-
fore the election, which must take place
the morning Of the day preceding the
closing Of the convention. AS II was almost
noon, and the printed copies Of the reso-
%lutlons were not yet available, the spirit
OF the bylaws was set aside and the letter
followed, Mrs. Benjamin interpreting the
law as to the arrangement rather than the
following Of the program.
Two of the national songs, THE Star
| Spangled Banner and Columbia" were
placed under the ban by Mrs. Hannah j.
Bailey of Maine, chairman Of peace and
arbitration. in her annual report.
Let us discourage the singing Of such
songs and sentiments as The Army and
..avy Forever and Then Conquer We Must
When Our Cause it is Just when we
know that many times armies conquer by
might when their cause Is not just" said
Mrs. Bailey.
She further recommended that the Ma
tional woman's Christian Temperance
union use its influence for the establish
ment OF a court to settle labor disputes;
that an effort be made to establish the
third Sunday of December as Peace and
Arbitration day in the churches of the
country, and that May IS be established In
the schools as Hague day, and that q study
be made of the monetry waste Of war;; its
demoralizing influence in hardening men
and its inadequacy to secure justice.
voting strength of Convention.
j. A report Of the credentials committee
showed the voting strength Of the conven-
ton to be 435, including six general officers,
forty-two vice presidents. thirty-eight state
officers, nine state young women's secre-
taries, eight Loyal Temperance Legion sec
retaries, two national branch secretaries,
twenty-five department superlntendents,
t~wenty-three organizers, two lecturers
twelve e~vangelists. five chairrnen Of stand
ing committees, nine press representatives
~twenty-six Observation-Disclosures, ten Loya
Temperance Legion delegates and PIG dele
gates.
Nearly a score OF women were made life
members OF the national organization
among them Mrs. Watson r. Smith, widow
of Watson 3. smith, a strong anti-liquor
advocate OF Omaha. who was mysterlously
killed twenty years ago. The omaha union
paid the membership fee Of S25 that placed
Mrs. Smiths name on the roll. ,
Following its regular custom the conven-
ton made an appropriation for the pur.
chase Of a fine portrait Of Frances Willard
which viii be a gift to some school Of the
city, Mrs. Louis Borshelm being made
chairman of the committed.
Illinois was given the banner for gains
in Woman's Christian Temperance union
institute work and several prizes were
awarded for gains in subscriptions to the
two official organs of the organization, the
Union Signal and Crusader Monthly. Ne