Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-01
By JULIA A. GARRISON

By JULIA A. GARRISON
A meeting of the Orange County Elk
ecutive and Institute was held at New
port Beach July 1S. Mrs. Viola Nor
man, county president presided. Mrs.
Quoted a department drill, in which
fifteen superintendents participated.
Miss Viola Hill gave very interesting
talk on mission work in Chicago and
the misery of families caused by drink.
Mrs. Anna Hill gave some statistics
on the spread of prohibition. Mrs.
Shatto of Tustin read an excellent pa
per on What the w. C. T. u. Has
Done to Spread Prohibition" Mrs. w.
B. Tedford presented the Irresponsible
ity of the City for it's Youth" Mrs.
]. A. Garrison of Garden Grove read
paper on "Our Greatest Need" of
which the following is a portion:
1.-THE Woman's Christian Temper
ance union is an organized army of the
mothers of the country who have found
it necessary to combine in order to
protect themselves and resist the en-
croachments of a powerful enemy that
is destroying their homes and wreck
ing the lives of their sons and daugh-
ters. They have entered into a warfare
with skillful well trained, relentless
foe having as means of defense the
powerful allies of law. great political
parties and almost unlimited wealth.
1t has mems appetites and passions,
their lust of power and greed of gain
ali marshalled for the protection of
King Alcohol.
Yet in the face of all this array of
tremendous wealth and power the Wo-
men of the nation have combined, ana
the ranks are rapidly increasing, for
their own safety and the protection OF
their loved ones, and entering into the
conflict with no material weapons, put
armed with a determination born or
long years of silent martyrdom and
knowing the angels of right and JUS
tice walk beside them.
For more than thirty-siX years
these women have been engaged IN
this unequal warfare. They have Ia
bored INCREASINGLY educating the chill
dren along the lines mapped out by
far-seeing leaders, creating public SEN
timent through the distribution of tenn
perance and reform literature, writing
articles for magazines and newspapers,
holding evangelistic meetings, lecturing
and cooperating with teachers in the
public schools and with ministers of
the many denominations represented
in its membership and those engaged
in humanitarian work wherever found.
Legislatures have been appealed to
and petitions offered for the enact
ment of better laws and the repeal of
bad ones. In many instances these
means have been productive of good
results, but in no manner commensu-
rate with the vast amount of energy
expended, the tireless efforts, conse-
Grated intelligence, patience and perse-
Yerance, devotion, self-denial and even
the humiliation and persecution OF
these brave women.
The one weapon most needed, and
still withheld, the one that womer
must yield before they can ever hope
to win in this unequal fight is THEIR
OWN POLITICAL EMANCIPATION
They must be the peers of men be-
fore the law, with equal rights ano
privileges, before they can secure the
protection of their homes and children
so sorely needed. No body of men
either political religious or education
al. has ever worked and planned fol
the advancement and greater liberties
and larger opportunities of women. Or
the contrary, they have retarded and
opposed them. Whatever women have
gained in the line of higher education
broader opportunity and extended
fields of usefulness they have struggled
hard to obtain. They knocked at the
doors of colleges and the higher insti-
tutions of learning, theological, medi-
cal and law schools, with an insistance
that would not down. Every step Of