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| Mary Towne Burt. |
STATE CONVENTION
OF THE
WOMAN'S CHRISTIAN TEMPERANCE UNION IN CORTLAND.
Large
Attendance, Enthusiastic Sessions and Encouraging Reports—Representative Women
of the State in Attendance—Sessions Held in the Opera House.
The columns of the DEMOCRAT are so crowded
with matter this week that we regret our inability to give more than the
briefest outline of the work of the convention. The attendance up to Wednesday
morning was reported as follows:
General officers, 5
Vice-Presidents, 36
State Superintendents, 16
Editor and Publisher, 1
Chairman Standing Committee, 1
Delegates, 176
Y. Delegates, 12
Total, 247
In addition to the attendance officially reported
there have been a large number of visitors in attendance from other places and
as the people of Cortland have also attended as spectators, at nearly every
session the Opera house has been filled to overflowing. The stage of the Opera
house was adorned with palms and potted plants and the interior of the house
generally, decorated with the banners belonging to different delegations, many
of which were very handsome, and decorations of trailing vines and white
ribbons added much to the attractiveness of the place.
The convention proper did not open until
Tuesday morning, but an evangelistic meeting was held on Monday evening at 7:30
o'clock in the Sunday school room of the Congregational church, which was in
charge of Mrs. Mary J. Weaver of Batavia, and a devotional service at the same
place on Tuesday morning between 8 and 9 o'clock.
The convention was called to order at the
Cortland Opera house at 10 o'clock by State President Mrs. Mary Towne Burt of
New York City, and there was present on the stage with Mrs. Burt the following
State officers: Mrs. Ella A. Boole of West New Brighton, S. I., first
vice-president; Mrs. Frances W. Graham of Lockport, corresponding secretary;
Mrs. Nellie H. Hutchinson of Owego, recording secretary; and Mrs. Ellen L. Tenney
of Albany, treasurer.
The morning session after brief devotional
exercises was mainly of a routine order, the president appointing a committee
on credentials, and other committees, and the convention also listened to the
reports of the executive committee and committee on resolutions. A brief memorial
service for deceased members was also held during the morning session. At the
afternoon session, a roll call of counties in which the gain for the year had
been more than 100 members, showed Cayuga county to have added 150 members to
the different unions, Monroe 384, Kings 179, and the total increase in membership
in the State for the year was given by the president as 1,399. The presidents of
the three county organizations in which the increase was over 100 were then brought
forward and introduced, and saluted by the convention.
The address of the president, Mrs. Mary
Towne Burt, was most comprehensive and interesting. Mrs. Burt reviewed the work
of the year, reminding the delegates that an organization was no stronger than
at its weakest point, that the weak places should be found and strengthened,
the strong ones noted as a guide to future work. The object of conventions was
to bring to the sheaves and note the progress of the work, and to ask and determine
if possible whether the W. C. T. U. is living up to the responsibility placed
upon it. Mrs. Burt made the following recommendations: a system of prison
visitation, the organization of Hamilton county, a mid-year conference, all of
which were referred to the executive committee. Reports were made by Mrs.
Frances W. Graham of Lockport, the corresponding secretary, and by Mrs. Ellen
L. Tenney of Albany, the state treasurer. Mrs. Graham's report showed a total
membership in the state of 20,050 and for the L. T. L. 13,544. The treasurer's
report showed a cash balance on hand on September 21 of $1,052.30. The report
for the Young Woman's branch was given by Mrs. Ella A. Boole and for the Loyal Temperance
Legion by Mrs. Harriet A. Metcalf of Brockport, both of which were interesting
and very encouraging.
At the evening session, Rev O, A. Houghton,
D. D., pastor of the First M. E. Church, made the address of welcome in behalf
of the pastors of Cortland, and Mrs. Julia A. Tanner of Blodgett Mills,
president of the county union, and Mrs. Kate M. Greenman, president of the
local union, extended greetings in behalf of their respective organizations.
Addresses in response were made by Mrs. Emma F. Pettingill, president of the
Kings county organization, Mrs. C. W.
Long, president of the Warren county union and by Mrs. Anna Grandin Baldwin of
Elmira. Other addresses were made by Mr. Arthur Murphy of Ithaca, Arthur J.
Sheldon of Syracuse, and Rev. T. B. Roberts of Utica.
The afternoon session was also relieved by a
solo by Mrs. Frances W. Graham, State corresponding secretary, a marching song
by the Ithaca Senior Loyal Temperance Legion, a song by a double quartet from
Ithaca and also by the Kayutah Lake quartet of Odessa.
The Wednesday morning Mission was opened by
singing For God and Home and Native Land and brief devotional exercises. The
president appointed the following committee to attend the funeral of Mrs.
Adelbert Chapman who was a member of the local union: Mrs. Ellen L. Tenney, Mrs.
Julia L. Tanner, Mrs. Mary J. Weaver, Mrs. L. L. Clawson, Miss Helen Rollins,
Mrs. Frances Westerfield, Mrs. Sarah W. Collins, Mrs. Josephine Smith, Mrs. S.
A. Hoag, Mrs. Frances Harper.
Upon taking a vote on the question of the
adoption of a flower emblem for the State, the white carnation was adopted as
the flower emblem of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union of New York State.
D. W. Hooker of Syracuse, grand chief
templar of the I. O. G. T. of New York State, addressed the convention as the
fraternal delegate of that order.
Mrs. Esther McNeil of Fredonia, who
celebrates her 85th birthday on July 23rd, was present and introduced to the
convention as one who led the first crusade in Fredonia in 1847 fifty years
ago. Mrs. McNeil was president of the Fredonia W. C. T. U. for seventeen years.
It was found that there were twenty-five
present who were engaged in crusade work in the years 1873 and 1874 and of
those present, Mrs. Mary Towne Burt of New York; Mrs. E. A. Burgess of
Highland; Mrs. Harriet A. H. Wilkie of Auburn; Mrs. S. T. Vosburg of Rochester;
Mrs. Esther McNeil of Fredonia; Mrs. Phillips of Broome county; Mrs. Knight of
Cortland; and Mrs. S. Ferguson of Onondaga, were present at the first state
convention held in Syracuse in 1874.
On motion, the convention ordered telegrams
of greeting sent to all other state conventions in session, and to the Genesee
conference which was in session in Buffalo. Owing to the lack of space, and the
fact that the convention is still in session as we go to press, we shall be
obliged to reserve even a brief resume of the balance of the work of the
convention until our issue of next week.
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FOUR—EDITORIALS.
The
Democratic Ticket.
The Democratic county convention which met
in Cortland on Friday of last week, placed in nomination a ticket composed of
men so well-known throughout the county, men whose integrity, ability and
fitness for the different offices for which they were nominated are so
unquestionable, that with the conditions existing this fall in Cortland county,
the election of the entire ticket ought to be a foregone conclusion.
David W. Van Hoesen, the nominee of the
convention for member of assembly, was born in the town of Preble in this
county, January 6, 1864, and that town was his home up to the time that he became
a resident of Cortland. Mr. Van Hoesen attended the common schools in the town
of Preble in his early years, going from there to the Homer Academy from which
institution he was graduated in 1880. He then taught school for three years in Cortland
and Tompkins counties, and in 1883 entered Hamilton college, graduating in the
class of 1886 from that well-known institution of learning. In the fall of 1886
Mr. Van Hoesen came to Cortland, and entered the law office of Hon. O. U.
Kellogg as a law student, was admitted to the bar in 1889, and immediately
thereafter the co-partnership of Kellogg & Van Hoesen was formed
In 1890 Mr. Van Hoesen married Miss Libbie
Gross of McLean,
daughter of the late Van Buren B. Gross of that place who was well-known
throughout Cortland and Tompkins counties. In the year 1890 Mr. Van Hoesen
started a wholesale ice business at Little York, also a retail [ice] business
in Cortland and a little later a retail [ice] business in Binghamton, and was
sole proprietor of the business up to 1895. In that year the business was
incorporated with Edward Keator as president, T. H. Wickwire vice-president and
D. W. Van Hoesen secretary and treasurer. Mr. Van Hoesen has always been a
Democrat, and was secretary of the County Committee from 1889 to 1892. It would
have been hard to have selected a candidate better qualified for the office of member
of assembly, and we believe that both Democrats and Republicans will be pleased
to honor him with their votes.
Arthur E. Brainard, the independent Republican
and Democratic nominee for sheriff, is a well-known, well-to-do, energetic farmer
of the town of Freetown, having a large acquaintance throughout the county and
deservedly popular wherever known. Mr. Brainard is one of those big hearted and
whole souled men who make friends wherever they go, and he has a host of them
in Cortland as well as in all of the southern part of the county. He would, undoubtedly,
have polled a large Democratic vote even if he had not been indorsed by the
Democratic county convention, and with that endorsement we do not believe that
it is possible to defeat him.
Hubert T. Bushnell, the independent Republican
and Democratic nominee for county clerk, is too well known in every town in the
county to need any extended notice at our hands. Mr. Bushnell was born in the
state of Ohio and resided In that state, except for a short time, until he
removed to Harford in this county in 1872. Mr. Bushnell was engaged in the mercantile
business in Harford for some years, but in 1888 being nominated and elected to
the office of county clerk, he removed to Cortland and has since that time been
a resident of this place. In addition to giving the business of the office his
closest personal attention during his entire term, he has served as deputy
under both of his successors in office, S. K. Jones and E. C. Palmer, giving him
nine years of experience, and probably there is no man in Cortland county as
well qualified to fill the office and discharge the duties of the position to
the satisfaction of the people of Cortland county as Hubert T. Bushnell, and we
are sure that Democrats and Republicans alike, will feel it to be a privilege
and a pleasure to support him with their ballots.
For the office of district attorney, the convention
nominated Edwin Duffey, Esq., of Cortland. The name of Duffey is too well-known,
too familiar to the Democrats of Cortland county, and the democracy of the
family too well established to need the indorsement of any one. Edwin Duffey is
the son of Hugh Duffey, Esq., whom the Democrats of the State honored with the
nomination for State treasurer in 1893 and who was for years the chairman of
the Democratic County Committee. Mr. Edwin Duffey has lived in Cortland since
his early childhood , he attended the Cortland Normal school and after
graduating from that institution be entered Amherst college, graduating at the
head of his class from that college in the class of 1890. Having chosen law as
his profession, he then entered the Columbia Law school of New York City and
graduated with honor from that celebrated school of law in 1893. Returning to
his home, he entered the law office of John W. Suggett, Esq., with whom be
remained for about two years, in reading and further study of the law, to
better fit himself for active practice in his chosen profession. Mr. Duffey,
although one of Cortland's young attorneys, has enjoyed rare advantages, has
spent several months abroad gaining a broader and more comprehensive view of
life, and has already made his mark as a member of the Cortland county bar, and
is at present a member of the law firm of Dickinson & Duffey. Mr. Duffey has had experience in courts of record,
has had several important cases involving interests of considerable amount
entrusted to him, and is fully qualified to prepare and try any cases without
employing counsel to assist, that he is likely to be called upon to handle in an
official capacity. He will, without doubt, receive the support of all who vote
the Democratic ticket this fall and in addition the votes of many personal
friends who usually vote the Republican ticket.
Dr. Benjamin Kinyon of Cincinnatus, the
nominee for superintendent of the poor, is a loyal Democrat well and favorably
known, by reputation at least, throughout the county. Dr. Kinyon is a
practicing physician, enjoying a large and lucrative practice in the town of
Cincinnatus whose name was prominently mentioned earlier as a possible
candidate for member of assembly. Dr. Kinyon is a business as well as a
professional man, having good executive ability and well-qualified to discharge
the duties of the office for which he was nominated, and might fill with credit
to himself and the party any office in the county, with the exception of
district attorney, his chosen profession being medicine instead of law.
Our candidates for coroners: Dr. Halsey J.
Ball of Scott, a former resident of Cortland, Dr. Herman D. Hunt of Preble and
Dr. David K. Allen of Freetown, are so well known as men and physicians that no
comments or commendation of ours could possibly add to their strength.
The ticket which the Democrats of Cortland
county have placed in the field this fall is one of exceptional strength, made
up of clean men and men of ability from top to bottom. There is not a man on
the ticket whose nomination was bought, or who figured conspicuously in the
running or management of any caucus. There was not a contesting delegation in
the convention or, so far as we know, a delegation which came pledged to the
support of any man or policy, and such a ticket should receive, not alone the
support of Democrats, but of all Republicans as well who are opposed to the
methods which prevailed at the Republican convention.
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Our Washington correspondent
gives the following particulars of a movement just started in that city to aid
Cuba, and if possible to influence the administration to early action in behalf
of the suffering country: "Cuba; it ought to be and it shall be
free!" That is the motto on the flag which the friends of Cuba, many and
influential, have nailed to the mast. The new campaign for free Cuba was opened
with a big mass meeting, under the auspices of the Woman's National Cuban
League, participated in by many prominent men, including a number of
Washington's foremost ministers of the gospel. Other meetings are to be held,
not only in Washington, but in all sections of the country, to give that hearty
sympathy for Cuba known to exist a chance to express itself in such an emphatic
way that the leisurely and uncertain steps of the administration will have to
be quickened, whether it be agreeable to the government of Spain or not. At
this meeting a picked choir of sixty voices sang for the first time in public
Joseph Adams' "Ode to Cuba,'' which he dedicated to the League. There was
great enthusiasm, and those who are in charge say that it is going to continue
to grow until it becomes irresistible. These people believe with the Cubans
that nothing short of freedom for Cuba will be accepted, and that the
administration scheme of pacification for Cuba under a continuance of Spanish
rule is bound to be a failure.
Burglars in Homer,
N. Y..
(From Our Regular Correspondent.)
Some time during Tuesday night burglars
broke into the Homer postoffice by forcing a back window and in the same way
reached the main office where the safe is. A hole had been drilled clear
through the top of the safe, doubtless for the purpose of putting in powder. A
broken drill lay near it. The handle in front was broken off but, aside from
this, the safe was not injured.
During the evening a well-dressed man with a
small grip was seen looking into the windows of different stores in town and it
is believed that he was one of the would-be robbers.
At about three o'clock Wednesday morning
John Wilber, of the firm of Friar & Wilber, who conduct a meat market two
doors north of the postoffice, came down to open up, when he heard a noise in
the rear of the building. After listening a few minutes he saw two men come out
of the alley north of Murphy's hotel. Upon examination, just outside of the
postoffice building were found a bit, brace, chisel, wrench, small and large
hammer and drills. Tracks could be plainly seen where a person in his stocking
feet had crossed and re-crossed the road near the postoffice.
If Mr. Wilber had not come to open the
market just as he did probably the safe would have been blown open and all the
money and stamps taken. A small amount of change from the money drawer is all
that has been missed.
A Youthful Thief.
A ten-year-old lass entered the office of
Harrison Wells [Wells block, Clinton Ave., Cortland] last week and selected a ladies'
wheel from among those belonging to the ladies employed by the Gillette Skirt
Co. on the third floor. She said her aunt was going to loan the wheel to her. When
the ladies came down one wheel was missing and no one had loaned a wheel.
The next day Chief Linderman found the
little thief practicing with the wheel. For a long time, she answered his questions
but finally broke down and owned up. The wheel was returned to the owner and
the youthful offender was given a good lecture by Justice Mellon.
She was too young to be sentenced to any institution
and it is to be hoped she sees the error of her ways and will in the future let
alone what does not belong to her. If she does not it is not the fault of Justice
Mellon nor of kind and loving parents, who are nearly heart-broken.
School Census.
Truant Officer I. W. Brown assisted by J. W.
Strowbridge, J. F. Wheeler and W. W Gale are taking the school census of Cortland
as provided by an act of 1895 which requires this every two years in places of
over 10,000 inhabitants. The census requires to know the names and ages of all
persons between the ages of 4 and 16. The number between these ages who are
unable to read and write and those who do not attend school because they have
to work during school hours also those of this age who attend other than the
public schools. In this way it is ascertained how fully the compulsory
education law is complied with and the number of children of school age in
every city of 10,000 or more inhabitants. The time allowed by the law for
taking the census is from Oct. 1 to Oct. 31.
Those taking the census here propose to take
a complete census within the corporation limits and will thus know the exact population
of Cortland.
A Good Position.
Mr.
Joseph G. Jarvis, formerly with Tanner Bros. of Cortland, and later of Auburn,
has entered the employ of the Ozone Remedy Co. of Syracuse in the capacity of
manager. The business is practically a new one and will have to be worked up
and Mr. Jarvis is just the man for the place. The company are patentees and
manufacturers of remedies for the treatment of diseases of the air passages and
have offices in the Kirk block. The remedies are doing wonders is curing
diseases in their line. In fact, they have never found a case they could not
cure and Mr. Jarvis' greatest efforts now will be to get the Ozone remedies
before the public. He is himself an example of their curative power, having been
treated some two years ago.
HERE AND THERE.
Cortland clothing stores are now open evenings.
The choir of St. Mary's church picnicked at
Glen Haven Tuesday.
"Madame Sans Gene" at the Opera
house to-morrow night.
Palmer & Co. buy flour by the car load. See
their new ad. this week.
If you are not registered you lose your vote.
See notice elsewhere.
Prof. W. H. Bodine, the optician, is at Jewett's
jewelry store to-day and to-morrow.
Warren, Tanner & Co. have a change of
ad. this week. It is of great interest to the ladies.
The great Broadway theatre success, "Madame
Sans Gene," at the Opera house to-morrow night.
Register to-day or to-morrow if you live in
Cortland. If outside, register to-morrow. You may be sick next week.
The Altar society of St. Mary's church
served a supper in Empire hall Monday evening, which was largely attended.
The night school at Joiner's Business school
opened Monday night with large classes. They meet Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and
Friday evenings.
Evening church services now begin at 7
instead of 7:30 as has been the custom through the summer. The other evening meetings
are also a half hour earlier.
Saturday the Normal football team defeated
the Cascadilla eleven at the fair grounds by a score of 16 to 0. Captain Robinson
is bringing the Normals up in good shape.
The annual reunion of the Seventy-sixth regiment,
N. Y. Volunteers, was held in Moravia on Wednesday. A special car carried a
large number of the members to Moravia Wednesday morning.
Mr. Wm. W. Wallace, representative of
Messrs. Wallace & Gilmore, managers of the Cortland Opera house, is now in
town and will remain for the balance of the season. He is a brother of Mr. Jos.
A. Wallace of the firm.
Lillian Kennedy, in the great laughable
farce comedy farce comedy, "The Deacons Daughter," at the opera house
Monday night. Miss Kennedy and the play are well known in Cortland so get your
seats early. Sale opens this afternoon.
William Shaw, who has driven an express
wagon in Cortland for the past twelve years, has resigned in that capacity and
entered the shipping department at the wire works He is succeeded on the wagon
by Mr. Harry Millard.
The large body of bicyclists in Cortland are
in constant danger of being forbidden the use of sidewalks on account of a few irresponsible
parties of both sexes who insist on having all of the walk and in using it for
scorching [speeding]. Rather than turn out a little to pass, they insult
pedestrians and even run into them if their demands are not instantly complied
with. A McGrawville lady came near being seriously injured this week by being
knocked down by a wheelman.
Mr. Henry Hubbard received a notice from
Boston last Friday saying that John Givens died in a hospital in that city the
previous Tuesday. John left Cortland some three months ago after being thrown
out of employment at the Stove works and this is the first that has been heard
of him since he went away. For about three years he has been dependent upon his
earnings, all his property being gone, but he had led a steady, quiet life
during that time.
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