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Cover The Whole Ground

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Day
20
Month
November
Year
1894
Copyright
Public Domain
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Cleveland, Nov. 19.- The W. C. T. ü- dïbates probably cover more at the present convention than thoy ever did before. Total abstinence, which was the fundamental principie of the organization, i' nowbutoneof dozensof subjecta, all the way trom finalice to suicide that find debaters .on the Boor. Some routine business was transaeted nr the second ses.sion, and aften considerable discussion the president was given autnosity toappoint avlce prasideit who shmild perform somé of Miss WillawVs manv duties, the latter lady having the privilege ol "paying the freight." Aniong the subjects npon which delegates apoke during the Eesslon yeromirootics, temperance Htorutur?, rclation ol capital and labor to temjwranee in whic'i capital was representod as imporious, inBolent and iiggressive aiui labo ■ as feeble and helpless. The speaker on thi mibjocl ineluded the inoroase of sxiicide in her remarks; also thenationiil ftbanoes advocar, Ing the lssuance of enougb nioney to hlre every idle man in the country on public work. Grreetings were brought from the Federation of Labor by Robert Baudlon, and speeches were made on parliamentary usage and the press. No business was done yesterday, but many of the visitors oocupied city pulpits. The feature of the day was the annual sermon which was delivered by President Baabford, of Oliio Wesleyan university. He spoke of the government of the cities as the problem of the day, referring to the BOrrnptio-i in New York city municipal affaire, and oharging that Ï15,0i,000 waa itolen.yearly there. He said that the inequalities of wealth as fchey exist threatened out civilization and that though indlvidualism was a good thing we had carriod it too far. He closed by saying that prohibition would be the ultímate romedy and that the way to secure that waa through roman suffrage. A rousing sufCrage meeting was held, presided over by Susan B. Anthony.

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Ann Arbor Argus
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