The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-11-01
NORTH DAKOTA
WOMAN H0N0RED
Mrs. Anderson Officer of the
National w. c. T. u
Mrs. Stevens President

milwaukee, O 1.-MrS. Lillian M.
N. Stevens Of Portland. Me-, today
was reelected president of the Ma
ttonal Woman's Christian Temperance
union and the other officers are:
Vic prestdent-at-large, Miss Anna
A. Gordon. Evanston. ILL.,; correspond
Ing secretary. Mrs. Frances p. Parks.
Evanston. ILL.,: recording secretary,
Mrs. Elizabeth Preston Anderson.
Valley City. N. D.; assistant recording
secretary. Mrs. Sara H. Hoge, Lin
coin. Va; treasurer, Mrs. Elizabeth
Mrs. Lurenda B. Smith of Kansas
reporting upon the rescue work, said
the vice commissions Of Chicago and
Minneapolis had found that the seq.
regation of vice did not s%egregate but
h Il 1t fostered the white slave traf-
fic.
Woman suffrage was endorsed by
National w. G.. T. U. convention
today IN the following language:
Because it is just, and believing
that the best interest Of humanity
will be conserved and advanced by the
ballot for women. we pledge our
selves to work for their enfranchise.
ment on equal terms with men,"
Other resolutions which touch upon
total abstinence. prohibition, purity,
peace and legislation in part are as
follows:
I'VE believe that total abstinence
from alcoholic liquors is the only
safe law of life. physical. moral, So
cial and economics; and we rejoice
that health officers. eminent educa.
tors. insurance companies and other
large business concerns are now TAX
Ing the unassailable position which
We have long held.
We follow the teachings Of great
manfrAv I0nN0ro vpph@ 91~-~ xI-A -
coholtc liquors are not a food, and
have no medicinal properties.
AS loyal citizens Of the United
States we declare that for the preser-
walton and development of our free
government the liquor traffic must
be destroyed; and believing that no
question is ever settled until it is set
tied right. we %reiterate our former
declarations that state and national
prohibition Of the manufacture and
sale Of alcoholic liquors imbedded in
the constitution is the only solution
of the problem of d~eliverance from
the evils Of intemp-rance. We also
:reaftirm u belief that prohibition
cannot accomplish its best results
when its enforcement is in the hands
of officials who do not recognize this
ISSUE. We therefore pledge ourselves
to inaugurate a campaign for state
and constitutional prohibition, and
for the election Of officials pledged
In their platforms to the enforcement
OF the name. y.
The resolution under the head of
Purity" urges drastic legislation
against traffic in women. improper
use OF h mails and impure or sug-
gestive billboard advertisements.
International arbitration is favored
and the senate of the United States
IA asked tn 1lynnnrt fhA ~1~lI~- ~.
bitration treaties.
The plank relating to legislation
reads:
The Knox amendment to the penal
code having proved ineffective, we
pray the United States congress to
furnish just and adequate provision
for the protection of prohibition ter
rttory from h notification of it's
laws through interstate shipment Of
liquor.
We ask for legislation to prevent
the use Of United States mails for the
purpose of advertising or carrying al
coholic liquors. We ask also that the
Woman's Christian Temperance union
memorable congress to the effect that
congress request each state legisla.
ture to pass a law prohibiting the
sale of alcoholic liquors within three
miles Of the United States army posts,
g%arrisons, soldiers homes and naval
stations. Indian schools and Indian
reservations.
Believing that the United States
government should be held RESPONSE
BILE for the permission it gives to the
liquor traffic, we petition the enact
ment OF a law to prohibit the issu-
C of internal evenu tax receipts
unless the applicant shows conclusive
ly that he has complied with the re-
quirements Of the law Of his state.
We respectfully call the attention
of congress to the great need of leg
islation which shall prevent delays
in our courts. which so seriously in
~terfere with the provision of the fed
eral constitution, viz: ITO establish
Justice"