Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-02-20
Officers for the State Organ.
izatiOO We're Elected and
Work Planned
Convention Adopted Reso|u.
lions favOring Woman
Suffrage. Provision.

SNISSio "
League. #
President-R. B. Griffith, Grand
Forks.
First Vice President--J. p. Jackson,
Bismarck.
Second Vice President-Mrs. Eliza.
beth Preston Anderson, jamestown.
Third Vice President-T. r. Tufte,
N]orthwood.
secretary-Rev. c. A. Mcnamara,
Fargo.
Treasurer-R. N. Pollock, Fargo. .
Executive committse-R. 3. Crit
fifth, J. P. Jackson, c. A. Mcnamara,
r. N. Pollock, Frank Lynch, E. J.
Scharf, j.. o. Syverson, A. J. Nathan,
Rev. Fischer and Fred P. Mann.
The final session of the eighteenth
annual convention of the North Da-
|kota Enforcement league was held III
the Presbyterian church in this city
yesterday evening and last night.
The afternoon meeting was carried
out as announced in the Tribune and
the reports of the various officers
were read and accepted. Report OF the
treasurer showed that there was a
small balance in the treasury and
that approximately $4,000 had been
collected and disbursed. One of the
interesting addresses of the afternoon
was that delivered by Miss Candis
Neson on "Woman's Right to the Bal
lot as a Defense of Her Home The
subject was handled in a mastery
manner and showed that the speaker
had given a great deal Of thought to
the work. The address that was
| scheduled to have been given by Rev.
Thos. A. McCurdy was not delivered,
but Rev. G. b. Newcomb, secretary
Of the Society For the Friendless,
gave an interesting talk On the work
Of the organization with which he is
connected and the session of the az
ternoon was closed with a business
meeting. .. ".
The attraction of the evening SEES
sion was an address delivered by Rev.
Marion d. Shutter, chairman Of the
Minneapolis Vice commission, and he
took for his subject, Regulation and
aggregation or Prohibition of Vice."
The gentleman took the stand that
segregation was not the solution or
the social evi. problem and that pro-
hibition was the only solution.
There was a quartette to furnish
music during the evening and the fol-
lowing resolution was adopted regard
ing woman's suffrage:
"ResOlved, That we favor votes for
women the same as for men and that
we petition the legislative assembly
to take such action at the present
session as will most speedily extend
the right of suffrage to all adult cltl'
zens without regard to SEX
Resolutions of the convention were
adopted as follows:
Report Of Committee on Resolutions.
Your Committee on Resolutions beg
leave to report as follows:
I'VE thank the people of the city Of
Bismarck for their cordial welcome and
the press of the Capital city for the eX-
~tensive advertising of this convention.
I'VE appreciate the aid that the press
of the state, both American and Scandin-
avian, has given to the North Dakota
enforcement League, in publishing ar
| ticles, giving announcements and making
reports Of meetings held and the frequent
editorial support of prohibition and law
enforcement in the state. We hope and
pray that those yet not interested, may
come into the same ranks for the bet
terment of moral and laW-abiding cOndi-
lions throughout the state.
I'VE thank the speakers who nave de-
livered at this con vention the able and
earnest addresses, al OF which have been
interesting and instructive.
we rejoice at the action recently TAX
en- in our National Congress regulating
interstate commerce as to shipment of
Intoxicating liquor into dry territory, and
we most heartily commend on r%senators
and representatives for their able and
efficient work in this behalf.
I'VE recognize that the present legis-
lative assembly is largely made up Of
members who are willing to pass laws
looking to the strengthening and better
enforcement of our constitutional prOhi-
| bition of the manufacture and sale of
intoxicating liquor, and we bespcak the
earnest and united effort of such men,
! bers to the end that the best results ma
| DC dltdiIlcu, dIIu We dSh NINA aSo
| able action on all measures looking to
moral betterment.
I'VE earnestly desire the passage of the
liquor inspection House Bill No. zo4, and
representing thousands of constituents,
we respectfully petition favorable action
thereon on the part of the members Of
the legislative assembly.
we congratulate ourselves and all the
citizens of the state who favor the en-
forcement of law. thai in the good provi-
dence of God we have been favored with
such a state super intendent as we have
in the person of the Rev. Frank Lincoln
Watkins. Through years Ct experience
he has developed a special wisdom and
skill in bringing actual results to pass
along the particular line for which our
organization stands, the enforcement OF
the laws against liquor and other as
ISOLATED vicen. He is not given to much
talk, hut he is characterized by peculiar
efficiency in action. He is patient. tact
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