Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-12-29
ASK BUSINESS MEN
10 WITHDRA w NAMES
HOUSE TO HOUSE CANVASS MADE
AND THE SlGNERS PLEADED
WITH TO AUTHORIZE TAKING
SIGNATURES FROM DOCUMENT.


ber of Ottumwa women who will en-
deavor to prove to the voters that the
saloons should go. The merchants Of
the city, whose names are ON the petit
ton. will also be called upon by the
women and they will be asked to
withdraw their signatures. This ac-
tion followed a session of earnest
prayer In the Y. M. G. A. auditorium
yesterday afternoon. Over 800 women
were present, and 1t was easily the
largest crowd of women who ever as
sembled in the room since the building
was enlarged. Mrs. F. H. Hahn was
the chairman.
The original object of the meeting
as stated by the chairman was to give
the women of Ottumwa, who are
vitally interested in the anti-saloon
movement, an opportunity to voice
their appreciation Of the efforts being
made, by the citizens COMMITTEES to
defeat the saloon consent petition.
i i To. Visit Merchants. 4
Through the chairman request was
made that the women ask the bust
ness men and merchants with whom
they deal, whose signatures, appear on
the petition to withdraw their names.
"Realizing that it is from the women
that they derive the greater part of
their patronage" the chairman said,
'it is but reasonable to suppose that
they might the more readily grant the
request" That the campaign may be
city-wide, the women decided to start
vigorous effort to secure withdrawals
and with this end in view, the wards
Of the city were apportioned to VAR
ious captains, all working under the
general chairman, Mrs. F. H. Hahn.
The women will visit the homes and
the places of business Of the petition
signers and endeavor to secure with
drawals. The various ward captains
are as follows:
First ward-Mrs. George Dice.
Second ward-Mrs. T. D. Foster.
Third ward-Mrs. Helen Andrew.
Fourth ward-Mrs. E. D. Fowler.
Fifth ward-Mrs. George Wall.
Sixth ward-Mrs. M. E. Russell.
Seventh ward-Mrs. William Spiker.
Major T. P. Spilnan addressed the
meeting briefly in connection with the
efforts of the citizens committee.
The following resolution was passed
Just before adjournment: THAT we
commend the action of those citizens
who are so vigorously opposing the
saloon consent petition"
Mrs. Horned Gives Views.
Various talks were made in which
the character of the fight to be made
and the strength of the opposition
we're chief features. These were made
by Mrs. w. H. Horned Mrs Helen
Andrew, Mrs. Z. d. Fowler, Mrs. B. F..
Patt, Mrs. r. J. Locke. Mrs. j. G. Bon
ham, and others. The efficacy of
prayer as a means to aid the women
In their fight as mothers and sisters
against the saloons was urged by Mrs.
Horned who in the course of her re-
marks said that the fight to be waged
was against an evil principle and not
against men, She said that hatred
against all fellow beings should not
be the feeling Of the fighters. but
rather the hatred against the evil and
the principle involved in the fight. She
classed the elements that comprise
the object Of attack by the women Of
Ottumwa into three types. These
were said to be the persons who do
wrong for wrongs sake and are con-
scious of their actions; those who do
wrong for policy-the class that do
not believe that evil can be conquered
and choose the lesser evil; and lastly
the class who do wrong through igno-
rance of the wrong they do. The in
fiuence of the mother was dwelt upon
and she emphasized the efficacy Of in
calcating /. the power of reasoning
into the children both boys and girls,
to teach them to reason out the wrong
and the right of everything. BY doing
this she stated new generation would
arise that will not falter for policy's
sake nor through ignorance She
counselled against the personal in the
fight saying that it ware better to
strive for the saving of the men en-
gagged in saloon business than to cut
them down. Leave the personalities
to God to judge as that is not in our
province" said the speaker who closed
by urging a chain of prayer which
was begun and followed by half
dozen women throughout the well
filled auditorium.