The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-08-25

Il nave never heard Of the use of
opium or any of hs related drugs
driving one Nvho uses 1t to murder
but | have heard OF thousands OF
instances where the use Of alcohol
has inspired murder Miss Ensign
stated. Sne said that three-fifths of
the crimes committed can be traced
TO strong drink.
Dwelling on the Importance OF edu-
cation, Miss Ensign said that it
Teaches HOW to make a living and
also how TO make life.'
The fact that all of the great rail
way corporations insist that their
employees shall abstain from the use
of alcohol has caused employers in
other lines of work TO thinks She
said that the modern farmer has
come TO ask for sober men 10 help
/ liant and harvest his crops.
The speaker expressed the hope
that the near future would see world
Vide peace. She said that the nation
Is proud of President taft for his
having promulgated the treaty with
France and England and declared
that this one act Of his will RANK
him with our greatest presidents. She
said that no man can accomplish
more good for the world during a
lifetime than an able sjetesman.
The great progress that has been
made in invention Miss Ensign says
can be accounted for in the fact that
the men who have brought about this
progress have had clear neads rend-
cred clear by abstaining from the use
of liquor. The flying machine, the
adding machine and other modern
, mechanical wonders ure the results Of
clear, sober minds.
A great share or the credit for
liquor legislation and temperance
education must be given such women
as Clara Barton. Frances willard and
Jane Adams. This is woman's great
work today, Miss Ensign said. she
expressed ner hope of ultimate ma
ton-wide woman suffrage and said
that the more power that is given
woman in governmental affairs the
better win bu our government.
81 want To urge the women Of Mar
ion county to take an active p.rt in
| the election Of a good man To the
I constitutional convention ANA also OF
| good men--Ur wompn--,o the board of
| education" the speaker Announced.
She said that by the careful ana sys-
| tematic teaching of temperance i'm
tn public schools tHe children will be
| enabled to form correct habits and
| to develop the faculty Of sclf-control
| The liquor intercs Is, she said, are
bitterly opposed to teaching temper
ance I'm the schools.
Moderate Use Harmful.
"Mr. Buch, a leaGcr of the Amer
| lean brewers. recently declared that
moderation in the use of alcoholic is
better than total abstinence" Miss
| Ensign said. 81 want to say taat
even moderate use Of alcohol is hb.
| solutely harmful and destroys MANS
power of self constro .s rf
Miss Ensign entered into history
of the fight against the saloons. be.
! ginning with the anti-llcense agita.
tlon OF 1888 and telling Of tn, worn
OF the Prohibition Party, the Anti
Saloon league and the w. G., 4. T.
while the ProAiLit'on party ha,
| never been able to elect many men to
I clilce, 1t has accomplished much ii
the way Of agitatic, ana in gettin
men To think on this question:" AIS
Ensign declared. She said that OhiI
Is now ready for statewide prohihi
ton and that she believes 1t viii com
Followin g her slcecl, the stat
president greeted all OF the local W
Z. #. L. workers personally.
The place and dare of holding tn,
next county convention has not beel
chosen. .... ....... In