Evening journal., 1910-10-29
W.C.T.U.W WORKERS
END CONVENTION
Closing Hours Devoted to Rally
at Which Temperance
Progress is Reviewed
MILTON WILL GET
THE NEXT MEETING


Milton. Delaware, in response to the
cordial invitation from that place, was
chosen Yesterday afternoon as the
next meeting-place for the annual
convention of the Delaware Womans
Christian Temperance Union.
The closing business session was
marked by strong enthusiasm for the
ltemperance cause. A local option
rally began the afternoon, conducted
by the Rev. John NJ Arters, secretary
of the Anti-Saloon League OF Della
ware. Mr.. Arters said that a better
class of men were being elected TO
| the Legislature than ever before, due
/ he said in part to the work Of the
temperance forces. He introduced as
the first speaker Of the rally, the
Rev. F. n. Faulkner, Of Fairmount,
Md, who said that five years OF ex-
perience in the dry counties In that
State had brought testimony that
local option had at once resulted in
good. He said it was not true that the
stopping Of licenses had resulted In
increased shipments of liquor and il
legal traffic.
The second speaker was the Rev.
e. ]. Richardson, of Falls Church, Va,
who reported progress in that State
He said that just as a mother was
expected to train a child for public
life, II should be the fathers duty
to make public life fit for the child.
He asked that if local option, the
sentiment of the majority, does not
hurt the liquor interests, why are they
so violently opposed to it? He
attributed the dry counties in Virginia
to the organized cooperation of the
w. c. T. u, the Good Templars, and
the church workers. He said the few
er people in Jail, and the statistics
as to less express shipments of liquor,
proved the good of local option. The
sign For Rent" the speaker said. had
been placed by boys on Northumber-
land county Jail.
The third speaker, Thomas n.
Rawlins, of Seaford, explained that
Seaford was not quite so degenerate
as people seemed to think. He said
there were more speak-easies during
the license times than there were
now. He gave numerous statistics to
show how business had prospered inn
mediately upon the going dry" of the
county
Assistant superintendent of the
Anti-Saloon League, the Rev. Leonard
White. prophesied victory for rural
New Castle local option. He said
the increase Of interest over 1907 was
shown by audiences at Newark of
500 compared with audiences Of 10 in
1907.
Hans p. Freeze, secretary of the In
ternational Reform Society, gave an
eloquent address on the Menace of
Mormonism." Mr.. Freeze sails to-
morrow for Europe, where he will
spend the winter urging the govern
ments OF Scandinavia, Holland, and
] Great Britain, to exclude Mormon mis-
sionaries from entering those coun-
tries. He said that nDst of the Nor
mon converts are made abroad, and
brought TO this country, and the ma
iority are young girls.
Mr.. Freeze asserted that the Nor
mon Church is in reality a gigantic
trust, in control of Utah and Idaho
and with a great influence I'm national
politics. He said that it was COM
mon knowledge that polygamy still
fourished in Utah, though few people
knew to what extent. He claimed
that the MOrmons had likewise vio-
lated the compact on which they were
granted statehood, by teaching Nor
monism in the public schools. Mr.
Freeze spoke In detail of the Reed
SmOot case i'm Congress.
Mrs. j. r. Milligan talked Of scien-
tific temperance work i'm the schools
The following changes were made
in departmental superintendents:
White Ribbon Recruits, Mrs. Carrie
Hood; Flower Mission. Mrs. NJ. H.
Catterson; Loyal Temperance Legion
Mrs. Ethel Eastburn; evangelistic and
Sunday school work are to be com
bined under Mrs. Adam Stengle; So.
cial and Red Letter Day, Mrs. Lizzie
Stevens.
The Resolutions Committee reported
thanks TO the trustees, to the pastor
and members of First Presbyteriar
Church, which gave them the church
for their meetings; thanks to the en-.
tertaining Wilmington unions. and te
the people Of Wilmington; and re.
commended support of the work OF
the Girls Industrial School. Thank,
were returned to the school for theil
pleasing reception. The sexton of Nh,
church also received thanks. The com,
mittee recommended that the Legis
lature be petitioned for a juvenil,
court, petition to the national Con
gress for the establishment of a Fed
eral-Bureau for Children, recommend
ed the enfranchisement OF women. ant
one standard of purity for men ant
women, and expressed rejoicing Owe
the growth of temperance principles
The Rev. W. c. Rooms. of ScoGe NJ
e. Church, gave the closing benedic
ffop