| Show NATIONAL W P T jU II 11 miss willard makes an address FIGHT silicon lyen hien rear fear women in affe tt of arbitration disappointing BUFFALO AN Y oct 29 8 special P ecial breake breakfast ast tide prayer meeting in the borth orth presby rian church led by sirs airs R J trego of ohio served to put lie he delegates dele eates to tho the twenty fourth anoual convention of the national Vo christian temperance unions union a a fitting state of mind for the arc of their gay cay one tour later at nine OclO cir miss frances e E willard brought down her gavel upon poa the table behind the footlights in music elzic hall and bahea tho the convention i order the handsome interior was decorated with flags bunt 31 2 the standards of the various unions nd appropriate mott mottoes after the sp asive reading of the crusade ealm calm thousands thor sands of voices joined i i the singing 0 the hymn dihe ta the winds thy ferrs and was offered by mrs mra H 0 meale first president cre aident of the ehe ohio obio the calling of the roll by mrs clara ij if amran of ba missouri developed the tact act that every delegate or alternate was in her place A lengthy report was presented from the executive committee and then miss willard whose enthuse asti reception was mingled with the 1 salute arose to deliver her annual address she said in part the first total abstinence society in this country was organized in 1808 1803 in the mighty empire state whose second city bus bes welcomed us so warmly it wits was founded in moreau saratoga county that most famous of cold water countries in the world in which thirty two ears care later the first national tern tem convention met with our own mrs eliza thompson as the first woman ever present pie on a similar occasion its pledge called only for the paying of a fine in case a drink was with the exception of training day and the fourth of july that pledge was framed by rev lebbeus armtrong Arm ArmR ronK rong a doctor of divinity and billie J dark a doctor of medicine aad they put their heads together toge for mis 13 ie bacasse their ministrations eions 10 lo the were rendered comparatively ively useless by the well nigh univ drinking habits then prevailing ailine that wes ninety years ago and the prime drime object of these men in taking the pledge was to encourage other men w who ho unlike them themselves selve s were under the bondage of drink to let drink alone bat the certainties of science have wrought a revolution in tue the motives that now make men alera without any pledge at all it is the t e innate and inalienable irs instinct of self preservation the greatest sorrow of the year to most of us was the defeat of the arbitration treaty between england and america so heart eick were we when the announcement came that we overlooked ne ae f fact act that the treaty having been signed with enthusiasm by our president and the british minister forty tiree oree senators cast their votes for its ratification while twenty six voted no lie he pity of it being that we required two iwo third to carry it but let it never oe forgotten that the senators representing the historic states of the union all voted toted solidly for the treaty except pennsylvania of all others whose foundation dation stones were laid by william penn than whom no greater friend of peace has lived since the founder of christianity it is well known that he degeneracy ot this state is ia due to hs bad reign of political boes who shall be nam nameless eleis here as he will be hereafter womans comans suffrage this greatest of all movements looking toward a real republic moves forward BS as steadily as the stars in their orbits for nothing can arrest the pro progress gres of it a true pie on its way to the hearts of an intelligent people the universal OPP opposition tion of the alcoholic fraternity to womans comans yote vote is help j ing Us na among the best beat element of our people and the worst can only hinder for a while the tha hitt arnesa of their attack in colorado and more recently in california has consolidated our friends friend fl and every intelligent person is now perfectly perfect lv aware that when we seek to win the ballot we shall have the entire liquor traffic against us na it is for this reason that the W 0 T U has from the first believed that the most thor ough going fashion in which to fight the battle for or the ballot is to go into the campaign along with our veteran suffrage sisters bisters but to do so as white libbon women who seek the ballot that they may protect the home against its deadliest foe at the conclusion of miss misa Will willards ardys address sister lilys lily of the east end mission london england was waa presented and led an evangelistic hour of prayer drayer and testimony this thia afternoon a novelty was in in the form of a five I 1 interval for a breathing spell windows and doors were thrown open in order that the flood of pure air might be allowed to pour in while on the platform was given an exhibition of health gymnastics conducted by miss bliss mary A blood of chicago five biye minute minate reports were wera pres anted from national organizers including mrs helen L bullock bollock ind and mrs emilie V U burgess Barg ss both of now new york mrs addie N fields of illinois mrs A H unruh of oregon and miss misa harriet henderson of texas tonight the formal welcoming ex excises will take ta ke place at the muaia hall I 1 cavot jewett will speak for the CRY city rev bey 0 P gifford for the churches dr G W grosvenor Gros yenor for the medical medic a i fraternity and mrs mary T burt for fo r the state union responses limited to six minutes each will I 1 be made by mrs marv chalford Ch olford 0 of colorado mrs N R C morrow of west weal virginia mrs sarah K perkins perking of ohio miss ma marie rie 0 B brena enn of illinois and miss surah F fessenden yes senden of massachi betts |
