The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-04-30

to pay the increased taxes. The press
is getting wrought up. The Sioux
City Tribune, Cummins staunchest
supporter in past campaigns, says
that Gov. Clarke will be load this
year" The Charles City Intelligence
err says 1.-The effort being made by
few disgruntled politicians to defeat
Gov. Clarke for denomination is
nasty piece of partisan work. The,
Knoxville Journal says Judge Lees
candidacy is strongly supported by
the Ames political machine
Meanwhile John R. Hamilton, of
Cedar Rapids, and V. r. McGinnis.
OF Leon, are conducting dignified
campaigns for the democratic nomi-
nation and no personalities have been
INDUCED in Present indications are
the after-primary effects will prove
the last blow to republican hopes,
without proving a worry to democrat
ic candidates. j. X. Daugherty.
President Stevens of the W. c. 7. U.
Dead
Among several gains that have re-
Gently come to the cause of temper
ance, there is one notable loss that
is deserving of mention. This is the
death of Mrs. Lillian NJ. n. Stevens,
national president of the w. c. T. U.
Mrs. Stevens died at her home in
Portland, Maine, on April 9Th, after
an illness of several weeks. She
had reached seventy years of age,
but even these years hardly lessened
her activities in her chosen field. Her
1,.. f1sin RI
Washington in December, when hun
dreds of temperance workers gather
ed at the Capital to request of the
National congress that constitution
al amendment prohibiting the manu-
facture and sale Of intoXicants as
beverage, be submitted to the several
states.
Mrs. Stevens was a notable figure
in action. With less of the polish
and refinement that made her prede-
cessor in office, Mss Willard, world
character, she was not lacking, how
ever, in qualities that made for sue
cessful and beloved leadership. AS
a parliamentarian she was a master
of assemblies, and it fell to her lot
repeatedly to preside at world con-
ventions of the w. C. 7. U. That she
will be missed and mourned in that
great circle of which she was the CEN
ter is certain, and the loss will be
shared by the temperance interests
Of the country and the world A
daily paper furnishes the following
concerning her life and work:
Mrs. Stevens was born at Dover,
March /, 1914, the daughter of Ma
thaniel and Nancy (Parson) Ames
She was educated at the Bancroft
Academy, and was for some time
teacher. In 1867 she married Mich
ael Stevens, a Portland business man.
She was early interested in the tenn
perance question, and in 1874 was
one Of the organizers of the Maine
w. G. T. U. She was chosen treasur-
er, and served in that capacity until
1877, when she was chosen presi-
dent and continued to serve by sue
cessive elections until her DEATH
She was elected vice-president of
the National w. G. T. U. in 1894,
and was one of the trusted lieuten-
ants of Miss Frances E. Willard the
then head of the White Ribbon
movement. She early became identi-
fled with the woman suffrage move
ment and remained an ardent advo-
cate of the cause as long as she lived
In 1898, after the death Of Miss Will
lard, she became the acting presi-
dent, and was the same year chosen
her successor, and was annually re-
elected until her death. She was
elected ce-president-at-larg of
the worlds w. c. T. u, and several
times crossed the ocean to take part
in the deliberations of the interna-
tiOnal body.
She had charge, under the direc-
ton of Gen. Neal Dow, Of the details
of the campaign for the constitution
al prohibitory amendment in Maine,
and was the acknowledged head of
the fight to retain the amendment
when it was resubmitted to the peo-
pie in 1912 She had general direc-
tion of all the political work of the
National w. C. Z. u, and her influ-
ence was felt in many elections in
the south and west
She was one of the commissioners |
from Maine to the Chicago Worlds |
Exposition in 1898, and served on
the board of managers, and the same |
year was made the representative |
from Maine of the National Confer |
ence of Charities and Corrections