Show 1 I I 1 ei NCE WORK 6 the xon son barlian Par lian organization males a littly start ITS irs S penen miss mh 11 hillardt il lards party tell tbt the I 1 visiting ii itin fan pan Ameri Amer leani fani how Crie ionly they sinned ned in lit drinking idine HOI TEmi lUCE ol 01 a powerful body of christian women in to UK tile coed cause cl jan 23 the morning sension of the nonpartisan non partisan convention was devoted to the consideration of the bo constitution A letter was read from john G whittier commending the nonpartisan non partisan purpose of the new organ iz it ion the preamble of tho constitution says ivi viewing wg with the deepest ilu le the appalling ed evila evils of in tempe nce and believing a noa non partisan non fecca rian rian or organization an t 0 n of christian women decoz devoted s solely cef y to the c cause of temperance is greatly needed we 4 e unite ourselves together for fur this pur purpose 11 the organization will be known as ill alie e american Wom pris christian te temperance aperance league there are to be five departments depart menta of 0 work evan evangelical ellea educational ae legislative g isla tive literary and end young womans comans wo mans one section of the tile constitution declares that no officer shall the support of the organization to any political party or any religious sect any temperance society caa can become auxiliary by sil signing nida the tile constitution the constitution wag was adopted the nonpartisan and nonsectarian non sectarian planks being received with applause at the afternoon session after some discussion a pledge was en eu grafted in the constitution aa as follows 1 I hereby solemnly solemnly isau id helping me to abstain arom from all distilled dia tilled ferme fermented need and malt liquor including wine and cider as a beverage e and to discourage the use of and traffic in the same mrs foster mod to reconsider the moton defini defining g the name of the organization saying several ladies ladle lad I 1 strenuously to it the action was recon and several names were offered among them were the new crusaders the tile national W wynns mins christian crusaders Cru siders and the national crusade alliance but after a lengthy debate pro and con all these were rejected and the new society decided to march onward under the name of the national crusaders was proposed by mrs cowles of oh 0 this name was formally adopted and the preamble and constitution ution adopted the convention then proceeded to the election of offices cep and mrs tilton of tl alie e district of columbia in in a speech nominated for president mra lira J ellen foster of iowa sirs mrs foster arose and arid thanked the convention warmly and said she had never shirked duty but believed now she could di do more good in the cause of temperance on lie tire platform and asked the ladies not to vote for her tier Walker of Minn then nominated mrs ellen U G Il linney of ohio and the nomination nomi nation was seconded by reveral amid loud load applause miss alias doty of cleveland nominated mrs Aldric hof iowa saying ohio afford to lose mrs phinley besides the lat lattera health might not be equal a I 1 to alie task an informal bat ballot tu t resulted mrs phinney mrs aidrich 37 mrs alra Camp bellof pennsylvania 20 0 mrs Pid plinney niney expressed her gratitude but hoped tha the formal ballot would be cast tor mrs aldrich the latter lady however moved to make the informal ballot formal an and his was done in a rash rush and mrs phinney wai was for formerly mOrl elected president it is possible b however she may resign before the tile close of the convention mrs foster then nominated mrs afro T B I 1 walker of minnesota Minoe sota for vice president and she was elected without opposition other of flers will be elected tomor to mor r row aw cleveland cleeland will be the headquarters I 1 ledure to the lb pan ran americans CHICAGO J n 23 the national W 0 T U in an address issued today under the ria nature of the president francea K I 1 willard and ad dressed to alie south american central american and mexican commissioners 1 0 ners of the pan american congress eatch 1 ahei atei that the ladies re d with surprise that during the round of ban to which the tile nations guests were ere sub jedel I 1 intoxicating liquors were served upon every occasion and indulged in by he the pan ran american del egares the IV 0 T U expresses regret I 1 a at t this fact and assures the southern delegates delegate 3 that no better end can bo be sub served by them while eifle in this country than to study the vast vaa benefits of lie file prohibitory law as practiced in eight states of the union |