The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-10-13
w. c. I. u. Proceedings
Address OF Welcome.
tBy Mrs. c. +. Ringer)

Ia behalf of the w. c. T. L. II
affords me genuine pleasure TO vel
come you to this State Convention.
We are proud 70 entertain the rep
resentatives of an organization that
is world renowned, and which eter.
nifty alone can tell its beneficent
effects on society
The w. c, T. L. is of vial inter
est to every woman in this broad
land of ours, and | might says OF
all lands, since its first object Is
the protection of the home. That
institution that was founded by God
himself and which antedates church
and state. The very foundation o..
civilization. and the individual or
organization that raises hand OF
voice to destroy the sanctity of the
home, is traitor to his country
and his God.
! trust that this convention VIII
he the means of uniting more close,
ly the Christian womanhood of this
state in relentless war against
the sworn enemy of the same, the
liquOr traffic That octopus of So
clety that drags to destruction with
its far-reaching arms the weak and
innocent, together with the strong
and the wicked. II there is one word
in the English language that ex-
presses twentieth century progress,
that word is prevention. Medical
scientists are working as never be
tore to find a prevention, rather
than a cure fog the deadly ills of
mankind. Religious workers are tire
less in their efforts, organizing the
children. the young men and women.
into one society after another, and
what is the object OF It all? Pre-.
Nention
If but a small fraction of the
energy and means that are spent in
uplifting society was spent in pre-
venting its downfall. how different
would be the results.
Prevention is the object of the w.
{. T. L. but when that is impossl-
bic the next best and only step Is
Much as the w. G. T. L. has done
tor the cause of temperance, much
remains to be done. and Just now we
are confronting the gravest situa.
ton in the history OF our infant
state.
Ever since the adoption of the ,
constitution in 1906, the liquor forces /
have used every device known 10 /
evil men and demons to prevent |
the enforcement OF the law and |
to make prohibition unpopular and !
now they demand that our consti-
tuition be amended. | will only note |
three of their arguments in favor
ot the amendment |. That prohibi. |
ton does not prohibit" g That
more liquor is sold under prohibit ,
lion than otherwise" 3. THAT the
state is losing its revenue
Does prohibition agains, murder
prohibit? Yet who would say 10
icense men TO commit murder But
who are those engaged in the liquor
raffic but murderers, not only of
he bodies but the souls OF their
fellow men? If more liquor is sold
lnder prohibition laws than under
license laws, why then are the iQ-
lor forces using every means in
heir power 10 overthrow prohibi.
ion? No argument is necessary to
prove that uhey are all falsifynS,
The state is losing the revenue.
That argument is as old as time
md was brought to bear against
,ur Savior when he walked this
sarth and how un-Christian-ike 1t
s. O. God how long will this
great nation of ours and the states
which compose it, barter IN the
homes and souls of their helpless
,itizens? And why this blood
since it is more than con-
.umed in taking care OF the victims
,f this awful traffic. In prosecut-
ng criminals, maintaining penitenti-
aries and iails, insane asylums.
homes for orphans, deform.
ed and tmbecile children, no, to
speak OF the broken hearts and
ost souls that follow in its wake.
But think YOU for moment that
he law will be enforced any be-
er under high license rule than
t is under prohibition? Let us no.
De deceived. The state of Pennsyl.