Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-10-13
w. c. T. U. Adopts
Strong Resolutions

The recent w. C. T. U. state con.
vention at Albany last month adopt
ed the following resolutions, which
the Tidings republishes at the request
of the local w. C. T. U:
Total Abstinence Only Safe Rule.
Renewing our acknowledgment
of our faith in Almighty God as our
leader, we, the Oregon Women's
Christian Temperance Union, at this
the Goth anniversary of our organ
ization, pledge ourselves anew to
Him in consecrated service until the
homes of our land are protected
from the ravages of rum and its at
tendant evils.
q. We reaffirm total abstinence
as the only safe law for the indi-
vidual, and prohibition as the only
adequate method, of dealing with the
traffic in intoxicants.
20. We rejoice that the 20 years
of w. C. T. U. endeavor have been
rewarded by the triumphant passage
of the Webb bill, which protects pro-
hibition territory from the outside
invasion of contraband goods. We
are especially thankful for the pass
age by our last Oregon legislature of
II laws for the protection of the
weak and the punishment of the
guilty.
"3. Whereas, The privilege of
full franchise has been extended to
us since last we assembled in state
convention,
Resolved, That we express our
gratitude to Almighty God and to the
men of Oregon, and declare our high
purpose to creditably discharge our
full duties as voting citizens of the
state and help extend this privilege
to all our sisters of the nation.
Support for Anti-Liquor Men.
"a. We pledge both the vote and
the influence of our newly acquired
citizenship, in state and municipal
campaigns, to parties and persons
who stand confessed before the world
as entirely free from completely with
the liquor traffic.
IS. We pledge ourselves to fol-
low the leadership of our national
president for national prohibition of
the liquor traffic and indorse the
proposed Hobson amendment to the
federal constitution.
sc. The endorsement of total abb
stinence from wine and other intoxi-
cants given by the emperor of Ger
many, our own President and Mrs.
| Wilson, Vice-President and Mrs. Mar
shall, Secretary of State and Mrs
Bryan marks a notable advance in
public sentiment. We will vote and
pray until total abstiners only are
given positions of public trust.
81. That we hereby express ouI
confidence in our governor, Oswald
West, our appreciation of his heroic
efforts for law enforcement, an6
stand with him for the abolition Of
capital punishment.
rs. We believe the human steril
ization law passed by the last legisla-
ture a momentous step toward &
higher civilization and will strenu
ously oppose it's recall.
Trial Pictures Denounced.
80. We recognize the needs o.
special vigilance for the protection
of our foreign sisters so soon to land
upon our shores against the human
monsters now organizing to entraI
and enslave them. The notable con
victions under the Mann white slave
act shows hopeful advance agains
the traffic in women, but We deplort
the public attendance upon sucf
trials and denounce the public ex
hibition of them by moving pictures
40. Resolved, That the recen
deplorable action of the board or ed
ucation of Portland, forbidding th'
reading of the Bible in the public
schools, shall not be regarded al
final, but that we shall tortify th'
morals and perpetuate the Liberties
of our state and country by givins
the word of God the proper place il
our schools.
al. We respectfully say to al
schools and colleges bidding for thu
attendance of our young people tina
we strongly disapprove of the polio.
that retains on the faculty such per
sons as use tobacco or otherwise fai
to uphold the highest moral exam
pie
IL. Resolved, That in such de
! gree as we can influence the custom
Of our day by the examples of our
selves and our daughters, we d.
stand for modesty and tempnranc
in dress and oppose all that is ex
treme and unwomanly in the present
day fashions.
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