The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1910-10-12
MAYOR HEARS
SALOON TALK
Welcomes Delegates of the State
w. c. T. u. to North Yakima
at Christian Church.
BAPTIST PASTOR SAYS MEN
ARE SAVED TWO WAYS
One is by Retaining Them After
They Are Down; the Other by
Removing Temptation and Pre-
venting Their Going Down.

AS mothers, as earnest workers, az
women entitled to the highest re-
spect, Mayor II. II. Schott welcomed
to North Yakima last evening the del
egates to the twenty-seventh annual
convention of the East Washinfton
Women's Christian Temperance Union
at the Christian church. Mayor
Schntt did not pose as a prohibition
list or even as a local optionist:
neither did he shrk his duty as chief
executive of the city when called upon
to do the polite to the visiting la
dies. He argued that If all thought
alike there would perhaps be no w
c. 7. u, which, his manner seemed
to indicate would be a calamity City
superintendent of Schools D. C. Reed
was not so brave as the MAYOR and
though he accepted an invitation to
extend a welcome on behalf of the
schools, did not appear to carry out
his part Of the program.
Hear About saloons.
Not only did Mayor Schott do his
own part, but he sat upon the plat
form for many minutes and heard
the Rev. II. L. Boardman declare his
feelings about the saloons and about
North Yakima for allowing them to
'flaunt their lights and their swing
ing doors" as temptation to the
weak. Perhaps Mr.. Boardman recog-
nlzed an opportunity, and for that
reason extended his words Of well
come to the unions from the churches
to a disquisition on the saloon and its
evils Taking as his text a recent
editorial which takes the stand that
there is nothing wrong with the sa-
loon, provided men keep out OF It, he
characterized the reasoning as Cheap
sophistry' and questioned the SINGER.
ity and intelligence of the writer. The
saloon, he said. was bad, with men in
it or without.
There are two ways of saving
men" he said, "one being to reclaim
the degenerate; the other. and GER
tainly more progressive way is to re-
move temptation from his path. 1t Is
in line with this latter method that
we have banded ourselves together
here in Yakima to put the saloon oud
and we mean to do it,"
There was music by the Christian
church choir and an opening prayer
by the Rev. f.. A. King. Or. Evanse-
line Howick extended a welcome on
behalf of the Sunday schools and Mrs.
Myrtle -. Roberts on behalf Of the
local unions A welcome song was
sung by two little white ribboners.
Mary and Lydia Jennings. Responses
for the state W G. r u. were made
by Mrs Lou TwedeH Of Northport and
Mrs, f. NJ. Buck, and Miss Hazel a.
Barr sang.
Argue Parliamentary Points.
The afternoon program was seri-
| ously nterfered with by parliament
tary points in connection with the
changing of the constitution and by
laws. The point at issue in one case
| involved constitutional change
after only six months notice. estab-
! fishing a precedent. The other had
to do with changing the place on the
program for the election Of officers
from the morning Of the last day
Some preferred the afternoon of the
day before, others the second day of
the convention. Both matters were
put forward on the program for de-
cisiou.
Mrs. A. J. Albring of Spokane was
the star performer in the discussi n.
She holds the Office OF state parlia-
mentar1an. She frankly admitted that
she was a crank. but said that the
fact remained that she knew the law.
which was the main point. 1t APP
peared that she. for she rendered
fresuent and oracular decisions and
was only caught mapping when she
moved for the reconsideration of a
question on which she had voted nay
and lost She laughed as good-ua-
turedly as anyone, however, when
called to order.
Report Encouraging.
The corresponding secretary's re-
port was read by Mrs. Myrtle D.
Roberts of North Yakima. She re-
ported so out OF 100 OF the towns and
cities Of the state dry. the closing Y
$50 saloons since Aug Is, 1903, and
four entirely dry counties In East
ern Washington, she said, there We're
three white and four black counties.
! Her report showed two counties or
gantzed in w c. Il. U. work since the
last convention and twelve new
unions. Mrs Jackson Siybaugh ma
tional organizer was employed 70
work in stevens county. Mrs. Sill
baugh also organized unions at Pasco
and Gle Elum. Mrs. Roberts, whs
was appointed state organizer at the
mid-year executive meeting. is re-
sponsible for four unions at Sunny
side, Granger Prosser and North Yak
ina.
Unions which deserve special credit
for funds raised during the year and
given TO the state organization are,