Show WHITE litrE RAT ROUTS WHITE RI BONERS I President of W W. C. C T. T U. U Deserts De De- Platform When the Rodent Appears SOME STIRRING APPEALS Able Advocacy of Cause by Prohibition Leader in Kansas If It the tho opponents of ot local option and prohibition In In the coming campaign are aro wise enough to take tako a cue from Crom tue Incident of or tho the white rat Invasion of or orthe the meeting hold held lout night In the Central Christian ch church results both surprIsInG and gratifying nay may be an nn- nn ted It came during tho the address of ot Mr Mr- Ir Mary Sibbitt tho the W. W C C. T. T U. U leader from tr-Oln Wichita K Kansas and the lie stampede of ot tho lie local president Mrs E. E I E. E from r-om r the tho platform to the tho body of ot the house was precipitate precipitate tate as well as UJ vigorous I orous Mrs Sibbitt Sib Sib- bitt was In the thc midst of or a n most touching touching touch touch- ing and stirring stirring- a a peal to lo the women of oC the order to stamp out omit the ho ju- ju dice and selfishness se In the tho lie community against time the object of or tho the campaign when a slight rather Indistinct behind her which might ht have been teon tal taken on for a a suppressed scream dr drew w her attention to the president who sat on the tue platform and as us the lu lady Indy J left leet the dais and joined the tho audience audience- the speaker er- er explained that her flight ht wits IH not t due to a n mouse but to a full full- grown ro white rat and was therefore there excusable not to say commendable The Tho rat was finally rounded up till ai anti and secure securely locked In III tho the vestry aft M which the tho was continued d UM If r rata ta c not and anti nothing but hut the thc burning question of ot prohibition had over o been before beron th the meeting A t Speaker Mrs frs rr although confined prin- prin el in the scope of or her work to labors among soldiers and S sailors sailor seems equal equally at homo borne among her own sex and Is a 3 vcr very strong speaker be beIn being being be- be In ing without a doubt in deadly earnest earn earn- est cat both in her her- work worle and anti her belief in Its ultimate success In part sli she hO said Bald Tho The greatest stumbling block time the the greatest barrier burrier to tho the Immediate success of or our grand grant work work-Is Is prejudice People are al always al- al ways s 's prejudiced 3 against a reform 81 aol thc they always alays will be I J remember e r well wel Mn the carl early hays days of or my labors In this great Kreal field when It tt was next to Impossible Im Im- irn- irn possible for mo mc to get a pulpit to speak from in the towns I visited and sometimes It was necessary for me to Jor take talo m my stand before the tue doors ra of ot th tit the saloons themselves and man many times I 1 have hove delivered loUvered my addresses from rom the tops tops tors of or beer kegs Added to this natural prejudice on tho the part of or the people has hns boen been the unfair criticism of or tho the press picas However However How How- ever both the prejudice of or the people people peo peo- plc and the lie unfairness of or the press are arc obstacles which can be surmounted and each time thom one of ot these is overcome overcome over over- come como It becomes a stepping stone for Cor longer er strides es along the tho path of or our great reat work I am not a Democrat Republican Socialist or Populist but I would support support sup sup- port any ono one of or the parties whose platform contained contain cd a local option or prohibition plank and sent to legislatures legislatures legis legis- men who were bound to respect respect re re- re It Carrie Nation All 11 ll The Tue speaker rather supported the works wor of ot Carrie Carrl Nation atlon and told toM how her husband hid hr visited the first st saloon the wielder had hat demolished demol demol- Immediately after tho the wreckage wreck wreck- age ace u e. e and lad had replied to tho the bartender who n him what ho of ot It It I have a n. nICo wife ICo who would have havo liked to help helD do this Carrie Nation is not so bad as sho has been beon painted she said We c Dr prayed l ed for tor something hack back there In Kansas that would wak people up and ando we o got ot It it Carrie Nation came and that she sho waked people up to the tho dl dangers of or the saloon there ther-e Is no longer an any When hen she came to tome tomo mo me an and asked me mc to join her I Ire Ire- re replied i-c- i plied No sister that is not the way va God intended me ne to work I 1 can enn not ret got ol a hatchet and go out with you Inthis in inthis this work but we will work hand in hand liand side b bv by side each In our own field and both for tor the tho common good goodof of or humanity The speaker read a brief extract from Crom a list of or statistics on the liquor traffic tho the principal feature of which was vas to show that under high license the tho consumption of ot liquor had In Increased Increased In- In creased at the tho rate of or a year and then followed vet with a J. J lon long list of or comparisons between Boston Mass 1 and Portland Mo Me b by which whick It was sought ht to show that the greatly Increased municipal expense of or the lie former city over o that thal o of the tho latter and also the tho great groat pre predominance of or crime relative relatively 1 was due dua to tho the fact that Boston Doston Is a n high license city while Portland is prohibition Appeal lo to Mrs Irs Sibbitt closed her address sn with witha a n. strong and rather sentimental appeal to the patriotism of the tho mothers and women of tho lie country countr In III which she to a n certain extent localized b by re referring referring to- to ferring erring to the red light district question question ques ques- tion regarding which she saidI said I I 1 havo have been a slum worker forman for for- man many years ears anti and I have gone Sone amon among tho brothels of or man many inan cities and I want to tell you that I 1 have ha met a l aman aman man here who know me tue and whom I knew and ninny many a time they have said to inc mo Tor Gods God's sake Mrs Sibbitt Sib Sib- bitt dont don't you tell this You see co men ore are afraid of or m my tongue tongue they they know I will wiil tell toil what I know lenow If It it Is for the tue good of the tue cause caulle The na flag was s stron strongly I appealed appeal d to to or rather tho the love 10 of or it In tho the hearts of th the tho women present b by the ie speaker who said it stood not for war var carnage carn cam age c conquest capital or oran an any of or the other evils of ot this or or- ora a past day but for lor or- or everything eer that was good in all reforms Ot Oilier hr At tho the close of or the address of or Mrs President Shepard announced that this evening there thero would be a grand gold hoM medal contest for tho best temperance paper and anti followed toe no announcement with sIth that of ot tho the various vari i-an- ous committees on tho the work of at the tho campaign n. n They are arc as follows follows- Credentials Mrs S. S H. H Adams Mrs H. H W. W Smith Mrs Lyman press press Mrs W. W F p Core Mrs Mr-d. Mary lIar Sumner Miss lIss Jennie Simmons resolutions resolutions Mrs W. W II Jr Pratt Pr Miss 1155 Louise Louiso Frost Miss Josephine Kellogg judges Judes of ot the tho gold old medal con contest contest test test- Mrs Mrs- J J. J D. D Gordon Miss Freda Drissell Mrs 1 J. J I F. F Hobbs The m meeting closed with the tho song Womans ornans Cause Shall Win Wn In |