^ .V/.^ fi*#l-t fe'r^^,. . i^ '^^^- -^s?^^ %At: '^^ ti i^^r V3f„ 'JfA •«jV^; Enterkd AccoKniNci lit Act ok thk Parmamknt ov Canada, in THK YEAR EIGHTEEN HlNDRED AND XlNKTV-FlVE, BY B. F. Austin, in the Ofeice of the Minister of Agriciltlre. GIFT ■frtf^ 3 -» T f() kind of literature is more inspiring N \ than biography. No one reads the records of noble lives without a per- .,^,^« ceptible impulse towards better and **" nobler living. Whatsoever things are true, just, honest, lovely and of good report in human character, are divinely commended to us and to be studied for the very reason that they may inspire us to like virtue. When we behold as in a glass the glory of the true, the beautiful and good in human character we are insensibly changed into the same image. He who makes widely known to his fellow- men the good deeds of good men is a real benefactor of his race. Especially is the biog- raphy of reformers of interest and value if it presents its subjects j)ictorially and in such a way as to arrest thought and intensify impres- sion. And ne.vt to the impression made by the ringing voice and the flashing eye of the orator is that produced by the "speaking" j)or- triit which accompanies a biography and throws something of the glory and charm of personality over the page. s^ iv. PREFACE. One object of this book is to introduce representative men and women of the different temperance organizations to each other. Better acquaintance of the leading workers of all parts of the great Republic and Canada with each other will surely increase confidence, enlarge hope, and inspire greater faith in the speedy triumph of our principles. Another aim of this work is to inspire the rank and file of the Temperance Army with the same lofty enthusiasm, courage and burning love of humankind which have constrained the men and women whose faces appear on these pages. Brief as these plain records are they will "speak between the lines" of much that is nobly heroic and Christ-like in human character. They will, to all who read them aright, be eloquent with the story of strife and suffering, of sacrifices and success, of labors abundant and not in vain, in the Lord. For the form of the material the editor and his associates alone are responsible, the facts and photographs being furnished upon request (in many cases reluctantly,) by the subjects of the sketches. There is no order of merit or honor in arrangement, and no attempt to flatter vanity or exaggerate the record. Of the limitations and imperfections of the work no one can be as sensible as the editor. Of the difficulties of such a compilation one can have no adequate conception unless, indeed, he has attempted a similar compilation. No exemption from errors of judgment or mistakes in the execution of the work is claimed, though much care has been exercised. A few of the leaders are omitted because they have respectfully declined a place in the volume; others, doubtless, have been overlooked by those making up the lists. The list here presented is by no means exhaustive, and should the present volume meet a kind reception it will be followed by a companion volume, " The Temperance Leaders." Attention is called to the Second Part of the present volume, in which are to be found some selected speeches and articles of great importance, it is hoped that temperance workers in every land may here find hints and helps of practical value. B. F. Austin. m K \T is ///e book I introduce, not the people. It is V a pleasant office, for in such a case one has (rrS a freedom which would be treason upon the YilW^. platform. He may give himself up to the -^ introducer's delight of saying on and on and on — and on, and he may be "skipped" without offense, or snubbed without ever fmdino: it out. The scheme seems adniirable, causes do crystalize about persons, and in these compact sketches there is anchorage and cargo for many a busy mind, and romance too, and poetry — for as one turns these leaves he needs very little imagina- ti(jn to read, in both the faces and the letter press, true stories of woman's love and sacrifice, and man's" struggU* and victory, stranger th.m any hction, and such " tales ot the border " of the world's greatest war, as .Scotch Wizzard ever put pen to. The crusade of the Prohibitionists has no parallel in history ; other wars havei been against enemies, or, as in the case of civil wars, against friends, who drew off behind a d(.'hnite proposition and bravely fought until they lost or won. This is war upon enemies who wUI not tight, nor even run away, but ' nestle up so close we cannot strike, who say "we are with you heart and soul- bllt' -" W(; will go with \"i>i! :.'//ri/'' " VVf ;irc icir \ . >i i vi. INTRODUCTION. //" — "we are Prohibitionists as individuals, but officially, something less, or something more, or something indefinite. We have to strike at combinations and parties in which good and bad are blended, so we cannot attack ihe one without seeming to do violence to the other. We have to argue against silence, criticise prayers, restrain our hand because we cannot distinguish sycophancy from ignorance. The fortifications of the saloon are the pillars of the Church. The citadel of saloon politics is "spiritual wickedness in high places." We have to face the double treason of citizens who defy the Church and the Constitution, and take up arms against them — for money, and other citizens who do surely love both, but who in the vestments of the one, and under the flag of the other, furnish aid and comfort to their deadliest enemy^ — for money. No wonder some of us have grown uncharitable ! No wonder some have gone back ! No wonder some, confused by the bitterness of defeat at the hands of the Church members, have cried out against the Church ! No wonder we have said hard words ! No such war was ever waged. No such bravery ever met such meanness. And, notwithstanding I myself am in some humble sense one of their numbers, I make bold to say that the cause of Prohibition has raised up a new and better breed of men and women in America ; and in the statesmanship of the future, the strain will tell for God and home and country, in patriotic fiber such as modern politicians never dreamed of. For one thing, in that statesmanship there will be the voice and hand and heart of woman as well as man, in due admixture, that is equally, enthusiasm for cleanness, passion for sacrifice, necessity to love, insensibility to fear. One sees, at a glance into these faces, why the cause they represent is called a "movement." These are preachers '' sent!' Not one of them a "professional." Not one a "place hunter.'' Not one but got a heart ache with his orders Not one but knows he should have hatred for his wages. Men and women in equal honest fellowship, they have built thus far the great reform with never a breath of scandal, their enemies themselves being INTRODUCTION. Vll. judges. Do you fear the effect of equal suffrage ? Look at the Prohibition leaders in Canada and the States ! They have been in "practical politics" for a cjuarter of a century, and have not yet discovered a crooked man or an unmodest woman. Our travelling men are lovers of their own homes, and motherhood is honored by our talking women. In the soil of this movement bossism. partyism, sectionalism, raceism, sectism cannot grow for, in the words of Frances Willard, "we wage our peaceful war !'■ t God and home and every land." John G. Woollev. ^^ 1>V PART I. PROHIiUriON LEADERS. SAMLKL DKXTKIi HASTINGS was born of Eng^lish- Scotch partMitag^e in Leicester, Massachuselts, July 17, 1816. He has been a resi- deiU of Wisconsin since 1846, and has held various public positions in thai State, beinj^' twice a nu'inber of the State l-ejjislature, eijchl years State Treas- urer, and three years Secretary of the State Board of Charities <-ind Re- form. He was e>ne of till' orij^inal .\i)o- litionists, havinjc lieen associatei! with Gari'ison, Phil- lips, \\'hittier, Taji- pan, and other early pioneers. He has !;een interested in Ihe temperance cause from his boy- hood, anil has been I'omiei'teil witli al- most all the leadintc temjH'rance orjjan- izations. He was Ci. W. V. of tlu'^.Svui^ ol Temperance in Wisconsin for several years, was at the head of the Ordei' of Good Templai-s for the world for six \ears, has bi-en a V'ict'-President of the N'ation;il tempi-rance .Society and Publication House from its orj^'anization to the present time; has been a member of the Executive Connnit- tt't- and TreasiM-t-r of the National Prohibition Party for thirteen vears, and was the party ni>minee for member of Conjfress and for Governor of the State. He is a meniber of a Conj4;re_icational i'hui"cli, aiul foi- about fifteen ye.'irs was Siiperintend«-nt of om- of the lai-.i;'»'sl Suntla}' schools in Ihe .State. In the interests of the Ti-mperance cause he has spoken in nearly every St;ite in the L'nion, in Great Hrilain and in Australia, New Zealand and Tasmania. MRS. HKLKN M. GOTGAR, A. M., was born in Litch- field, .Mich., July 18th, 1843. She attended the free schools until twelve years of .atje, when she entered Hillsdale Collei,-e, of which institution she is a _yfrailuale. She is a member of (he Hoard of 'Trus- tees, beinj^ the first woman elected to 1 h i s position, also President of the Moard of Lad\' Com- missioners of this College. She is a member of the Bar of Indiana, licensed ;>j! to practice in all of ^Sr' the Courts of the .Stale. .She has won brilliant encomiums fioin lej;'al minds (or the nu'inner in which she arifued the Constitutional riijhls of Ihe women of Lulian.'i ^o vole in her celebraU-.i "Test \'ote Cas. in the Courts of lu 's a ilistinclivelv li'^al miiiil. Mrs. Gouj;ar has been IVesidenI of Ihe Woman .Suflr:ii;e Assi for manv vears, anil she is I hi Slate. Sh ila^ iOcialion of Indiana first wi>man mi-mbi-r of loi many years, anu she is iiie Inst woman memlier ol .1 .Valional Kxeculive Commillee of .1 polilic.il p.irlv, hoMini; iliis position in Ihe Prohibition P.irty of the L'niled -Stales. She has been a forcible speaker and writer for Ihe suppression of the liquor Iraflic for many years. She delivered one address upon this subji-ct in reply to a ministerial rebuke for souk* ol her ullerances, which Neal Pow characlerizi-il as a " olassie in temperance lileralure," anil it hail Ihe phenomenal circulali<' of over two htmilreil Ihousand lopies in six wi-eks afti-r it \\ ulleri'il. MISS LODIE ELIZABETH REED, A. M., was bom May 1847, in L'rbana, O'- -, '' ' 'ch place her parents moved when she was five years old to Monti- cello, Indiana. Her father was Judge Alfred Finch Reed, her mother, Louisa Jane Downs, a dc- scendent of Ouaker martyrs to early jHM-seculions in this country. She, her- self, is a .Methodist. .Vn ambitious sti - dent, she acquired a classical educatii n in the hijfh school of her home to>M', the Methodist Co.- lejfe at South Bend, and th«> male at d ed with hitjhesi hor- or^ in 1S67. For leu \ to cl..., Brunswuk lure frv>m iS«.>4. He is an ]nde|H*ndenl in |H>lilics. a most prv>iioiinc»Hl l*f\>- hibitii>nist, and an iiidefalii^.-ible lomiHM.-int <■ .uUot.ile in the h pulpil, Ih New Biiii l')i>mtnii>n Dominion v the Liqut>i labors. He vv.is otl> men! in two ei>unlii the Ko\ Ml h.ls 1 of the of the Nv I he .»n lis P.trliA- he dc- I. Dr. .dl his heart in Pivhibitii>n, aiul fiill\ i'Njh'i t> PROHIBITION LEADERS WILLIAM JAY GROO, ex-Judgo and Counselor-at-Lavv, Trinity Building-, New York, was born in the town of Neversink, *^ N. Y., Sept. 9th, 1 83 1. His parents were among- the first settlers of that town. His grand- father, Saml. Groo, was a Revolution- ary soldier. He completed his stud- ies at Moritieello Academy, and in 1852 he commenced the stud)' of law with Gen. A. C. Nivens, then a lead- ing- lawyer, and was admitted to the liar in 1855. While a law student he was a]ipointed Deputy County Clerk, and afterwards suc- ceeded to that o ffi c e . He was elected District At- torney in 1857, and served three 3'ears. In 1 86 1 he was ap- [jointed by Gov- ernor IMorgaii one of the three commissioners of public accounts for the State, and resigned after serving: two years. He was a deleg-ate to the National Republican Convention in 1864, and voted for the re-nomination of Abraham Lincoln. In 1866 he moved to Middletown, Orang-e County, and was elected in 1868 Special County Judge. In 1873 Judg-e Groo became a member of the Prohibition Party, and was the party's candidate for State Gov- ernor in 1876, and for Judg-e of the Court of Appeals in 1886, when he was the only candidate on the ticket, and received 36,414 votes, the larg-est number ever polled up to that time by any candidate of the party. He was twice chairman of the Prohibition State Convention, and was chairman of the New York delegation in 1888. MRS. ELLEN, J. PHINNEY, of Cleveland, O., General Secretary of the Non-Partisan National W. C. T. U., was born in -. Gibson, Ph., Jan. ' 27, 1840. Her par- ents were Garret and Amanda John- ston. She was edu- cated at Harford Academy and Ober- lin Colleg-e, gradu- ating with the class of 1862. She was a teacher until mar- ried, in 1865. She is a member of the Cong-re gat i o n a 1 Church. In politics she holds herself In- dependent, not pin- ning- her faith to parties but to men of pure principles who recognize their duty to God and to hu- manit}'. She has been actively and ])rominently identi- fied with the tem- perance work for years, and especi- ally with the Non- partisan W.C.T.U., with headquarters at Cleveland, O. She was Pres. of the State Union and also Pres. of the National Union ; the latter position she held for five 3'ears. She is now its General Sec. She is also President Women's Council, and First Vice-President of the Civic Federation of Cleveland. She favors Local Option, be- cause it tends towards it and g-ives enforced Prohibition in alarg-e territory in the near future. She has strong- views ag-ainst making- Prohibition a party question, being convinced it will imperil the interests of the great reform. "People," she arg-ues, "differ honestly about a multitude of questions that separate them into political parties, when they can see eye to eye the claims of the temperance cause, and would support it on a non-partisan basis." MRS. EMMA GRAVES DIETRICK, of Lockport, N. Y., State Superintendent of Juvenile Templars, and State Woman's Christian Temper- ance Union Super- intendent of Depart- ment of Narcotics, was born at Ports- mouth, Ohio. Her father, Edward R. Graves, -was a son of Col. Graves, one of the founders of Amherst College, Mass. Her mother, Mary S.C.Graves, is a lineal descendant of the noted divine, Jonathan Edwards. She has been in Temperance and Christian work from early g-irlhood. She has been for thirty years a Good Templar, and is now the State Super- intendent of Juven- ile work in that Order. She has been for eig^hteen j-ears a White Rib- biMiLi, .iiid l•^ now Presidtiu 01 liio large local W. C. T. U. at Lockport, her home, and an officer of the County Union. She is a member of the First Cong-regational Church at LQckport, and has been for sixteen years in charg-e of the Primary Department in its Sunday School. She is a ready and and popular speaker, and for years past has done much platform work in her own locali- ties, and in many places throug-hout the State. In September, 1873, she married Lyman A. Dietrick, a resident of Lockport, and they have been well united both in their home, church and temperance work. Mr. Dietrick is Chief Templar of Niag-ara Co. I. O. G. T. They have a son in Oberlin CoUeg-e, Ohio, who intends studying for the ministry. Her address is 216 West Avenue, Lockport, N. Y. ANTHONY COMSTOCK, the world-wide known Secretary of the New York Society for the Suppression of Vice, was born on a farm in New Canaan, Connecti- cut, March, 1844. He had one year's schooling- at New Britain, after which he had to earn his own living-. His first employment was in a country store. His brother, Samuel, was killed in the battle of Gettysburg-, and he volunteered to take his place, being- then 19 years old. He faithfully per- formed his duty as a soldier until the end of the w'ar. He foimd empkn-ment again in a store, and later on was appointed an Out- door Superinten- dent to Lookout Mountain Educa- tional Institute at Chattanooga, Tenn. His g-reat work has been in connection with the Society for the Suppression of Vice in New York. All the world has heard of him in that capacity. He went to New York when 2^ years old to enter mercantile business, and his heart was stirred at the evidences of so many young- men being ruined because of ob- scene literature and other aids to vice. He soon became the rig-ht arm of this important Society, and has well maintained that posi- tion ever since. He has been instrumental in breaking up a large number of establishments for obscene publications of various kinds. He has been instrimiental in securing- important amendments to the laws regarding- publishing- and mailing- such works, and also in regard to the suppression of g-ambling and drunkenness. PROHIBITION LEADERS REV. JAMES HRAXD, D. D., I'astor of First Congrega- lioiial Cluirch, Oborliii, O., is a native of Canada. He was born at Three Rivers, Quebec, Feb. 26th, r834. In 1858 he became a Christian. He fitted for Col- lejfe at Phillips Ac.'idemy, Andover, .Mass., and entered \'ale L'niversitv in 1861. The folio w- inwT year he enlisted in the Union .Army, and participated in the battles of Fred- ericksbin-jfh, Chan- c e 1 1 o r \' i 1 1 e a n d Ciettysburifh. H e was wounded in the first n;imed j^re.'it battle. He returned and ci>mpleteil his course at \'ale in iHbG, and ifradu- ati-d fri>m .\ndover Seminary in 1869. He bec.-ime pastor of .Maple Street Conj^retfat i o n a 1 Church. In 187^^ lie was calleii to Oberlin, as successor to Charles G. Fimiev, in llie_pasti>rate'(if Collej^e Church (First Conijretrational), where he still remains. In 18S4 he received the'iletfree of D.D. fri>m lona Colleije. Dr. Hrand is well-known as a writer and lectuier, as well as a preachi-r. He has written larjcely foi- the press, especi- ally on " The Saloon Question." In his pulpit, in the midst of 1,500 students, he has constantly raised his voice ag-ainst the li'trali/.etl ilrink traflic. His motto has been : "The Satanic Con- spiracy must eillu-r he cinished, or it will crush the Natii>n." In politics he was a su]jp(5rter of the l\epublican Parly till about eig-ht yi-ai\s a_ifi>, when he lost faith in the party ever di>intj honest work for temjH'rance. He then joined the i'rohihilion Party. FRA.XCES HAZELTO.X ENSIG.V was born in .Madison, Ohio. Her father, Ervine F. Ensij^n, and her mother, Eliza- beth Hazehon, were L of New E n g- 1 a n d ancestry, and have ever been deeply in- terested in the ^reat moral movements i^f the times. The daug'hter is a mem- ber of the Congre- ^.ilional Church ; A as jf raduated from I ^berlin Collejje in 'sS4; taujfht for a iine in the public rhools, and then ' iitered the tem- ;>i'rance work as ^t.'tte Secretary of lie Ohio 'S'ounjf Women's Christian I i"mjK*ranoe Union, A liich position she -till retains, and has been most success- ful in enlist in); the vounj; people of her Stale in this move- ment. In the year i8q3 she was ap- pointed ■ .National Orjfanizer and Lecturer for the Younjf^Wo- man's Branch, and has travelled extensively in many Stales, orjj-anizing- and lecturing. .Mrs. Henrietta L. Monroe, State PresiilenI of the Ohio Women's Christian TemiXTance I'nion, says of her: "Miss Ensijfn, lovely in |X'rson, di};nitied of manner, of courteous, gracious, winning speech, jwssessinjf a rich, sweet voice, makes her way into the hearts of her hear- ers, and has the rare gift of enthusing and enlisting them in the cause." .Another friend siiys : ".Miss Ensign is a logical and forcible speaker, and her addresses are beautiful and effec- tive presentations of the need and imjx)rtance of tenij>erance effort." MRS. .MARY A. HITCHCOCK W AKELI.V, the well-known ;;uiiziM-, lectuiei' and woi-kef, was horn in Jefferson Co., N. V., .April 28th, 1834, and nu)ved with her parents to Green I County, \\'is., at ! the agi' of I I years. In 1852 she was inai"rieil to Rev. .\lfred Hilcluock, a Baptist minister, anil emigrated to Kans.Hs in 1859. In 1872 she moved to Freemont, \eb., lu'f husband having been called to the pastorate of the Baptist Church there. When "The Crusade " came oi\ she was the first to c:i\\ the wron)inenl p.ti-| in organ i zing I h e State W.C.T. C. Her husband's health having failed she went with him to California, wh«-ri- he died in 1878. She returned to Nebraska .md took an active p.irt in W.C.T. C. ami church work. .After filling other imporl.ml jjositions in the W. C. T. C. work she was called to the Presidency in 1888, and occupied that position for six years, niningthat time was the great Prohibition camp.iign in Kans.is.and slu- greatly assistetl, aililri'ssing public meetings, arrangitig routes fi>r speakers, and helping direct I he work at large. When lliat cam- paign w;is closed there were no outstanding debts to weigh down the W .C.T.I'., but a hal.ince was in the Slate treasury. She has wi'll earned the rt-pulalion of ;i de.ir ,ind logical s(H-aker. She was married to Mr. Wilsmi Wakelin in Apiil, rS.)4. Ri:\'. DAVin WRIC.HT AVI.SWORTil .\.., ey, is a native of Canada, having iH'en boni near Odessa, Lennox Co., J.-»nu- ary 26th, 1830. He K'longs to a noted M lid tem- p. ,ly. His u;i ...li.wm i , Bowen \\U\\t»rth, was one ot I Ik- sturdy pio- neer farmers of the old Midland Dis- trict. Cp|vr C.-m- ada. RoK 1 1 A% K- locai preaii ;» i>«>werful : . . -•. .->•.. He vce fnni- \ . .Ill I'l \\ hon\ Arc >iive temjH'rance M k.rs. David d a liberal .'n tn the the .Mothixl- in th.Tt wi^rk tl ance study. |Hi- Mn^gan^work as a minister m ist Episcojxil Church, .-uul w.ns very successful for eight years. Hi wtJ to New York "^ he ser\-ed suecessfiill .>r in some ini|Hirt.i He h.i ■ • and . Of- ficers i. ^ , ^is of their wt»rk, and is now ilomg so with excfllent .<«uccewi, both on the plalfonn and in the pulpit. The .Aylsworth family are noted throu^ifhout Ontario as tem- (vrance wi>rkers. PROHIBITION LEADERS. REV. W. H. CLARK, M. R. T., Grand Chief Templar of Wis., was bom in Sussex Co., N. J., Feb. 14th, 1847. His parents were Rev. Cornelius and Eliza Clark, his father one of the ea r 1 y temperance agitators. He was educated in the c o m m o n schools and in the Newton CoUeg-iate Institute. He joined the I. O. G. T. at Pond Eddy, X. v., in 1867 ; re- moving^ to Pennsyl- vania in 1873 be- c a m e p r o m i n e n t there in the work of the Order, and a member of the Grand Lodge. Was elected Grand Coun- selor in 1886 and re-elected in 1S87, and spent, several \ ears in successful lecture work. The Cirand Lodg^e of Wis. in 1887, on the recommendation of John B. Finch, engaged Bro. Clark^to enterj its jurisdiction as Lecturer and Organizer. He was a success [from the start, j In 1892 he was elected G. C. T. of Wis., which position he still holds. He became a member of the International Supreme Lodge in 1889 ; a repre- sentative in 1893, and a g-raduate in the class of '94 of the Course of Study. He was married in 1875 to Ella I. Tice, of Phillipsport, X.Y. Three children have blest this union, two of whom are liv- ing, Harry, aged 18, and Lotta, aged 16. He has a delightful Christian home. Is a minister of the M. E. Church, a strong Pro- hibitionist, a Third Degree Mason, a Royal Templar of Templary. B. F. Parker, R. W. G. S., says of him : " There is no better all- round lecturer and org^anizer in the world." MISS AMANDA WAV, P. G. C. T., of Kansas, was born Julj' Joth, 1828, in Winchester, Ind. Was educated in the com- mon schools and Randolph Semin- ary. She joined the M. E. Church at 14 and was licensed to preach in 1871 , but the General Con- ference deciding' against the admis- sion of women, she joined the Fi-iends, and h.'is since been a regular minister with them. Politi- lally, she was first in the Liberty Party, tiKMi a Republican, and his since been one of the founders and prominent sup- porters of the Pro- hibition Party. She expects to live to live to see a Prohi- bition President elected. She was ;i member of an anti- slavery society, clerk of the "under- ground railway" at Winchester. She org-anized the first Woman's Suffrag'e Association in Indiana. Is a member of the Grand Divi- sion Sons of Temperance, of the Social Temple Cadets of Temper- ance, Rechabites, Knight Templars, a Crusader, and member of the W. C. T. U. Has lectured from the Atlantic to the Pacific in interests of I.O.G.T. Has been President of Indiana Stale Suffrag'e Society; G. Chap. Cadets of Temperance; First President Kansas W.C.T.U.; R.W\G.V.T. 5 terms ; R.W.G.T. and G.C.T. 7 terms ; G. Coun. 3 terms; G.V.T. 6 terms, and in all subordinate offices. Helped to secure Prohibition in Indiana in 1854 ; has edited several Prohibition jiapers, and for 40 3-ears has g-iven her best energ-ies to the work, Kansas being the great victory of her life. MRS. OWEN HITCHCOX, Gospel temperance lecturer, was born in Paris, Ont., July 19th, 1855. Her father, William Evans, was an Eng- lisliman, and her mother, Margaret McCullough, a na- tive of Belfast, Ire- land, and from the latter it is said Mrs. Hitchcox derives her g'race, pathos and wit. She was educated at Paris High School, noted for having: aettt out a large number of public speakers and professional men. She sig'ned the pledge at 7 years of ag'e in the Band of Hope, and at 15 joined the I. O. G. T. She was mar- ried at 18 to Mr. Owen Hitchcox, the deputy postmaster of Paris, and when the W. C. T. U. was orgfanized in Paris joined that organization, being President for three years. Speaking- at many conventions and public meetings, her talents were speedily recognized. She was called to the public platform in the Pavilion, Toronto, under the Can. Tem. League. So sig-nal was her suc- cess there, so high the eulogfies of the press, that she was soon in demand everywhere as one of the foremost lecturers of the day. Blest with good health, fine presence and delivery, she has been for fiveyearsalmost constantly at work, mostly under the W. C. T. U. Over 20,000 have signed the pledge in her meetings, and many conversions are reported. She is an Episcopalian and an ardent Prohibitionist. Her daughter, Irene, graduated at Alma College last June ; is one of the rising vocalists and elocutionists of Canada. THOMAS LAW^LESS, P. G. Co. of the Ont. Grand Lodge, O. G. T., was born at Holton, Que., Jan. 23rd, 1844. His father, John Law- less, was a native of Tipperary, Ire- land, and his moth- er of Cun'iberland, Eng-. The old log school-house v.'here lie was educated was near a black- smith shop and gen- eral store, both sell- ing whiskey. . Leav- ing school at 1 2 he fitted himself by jjrivate study for those positions of trust and bono r which he has since filled. An Anglican, f o r man y y e a r s an active Sunday School worker, he i s a Conservative Prohibitionist. He united with the I.O. G. T. in 1858, and has since been serv- ing in every grade up to the Supreme Lodge. Has been Grand Superintendent of Juvenile Templars, Grand Secretary and Grand Councilor. Has been Secretarj' and Treasurer of the Good Templar Benefit Association since its for- mation in 1887. He is a prominent Oddfellow, and has held for ten years the position of Supreme Auditor of the I. O. F. Was an active worker on the platform, and through the press in " Dunkin Act " and " Scott Act " campaigns. A journalist by profession, he has edited the "Good Templar" ]3ublications since 1861, and now edits the "Good Tem|ilar." Has published several editions of " The Good Templar Digest " for lodge use, also numerous tracts, leaflets, etc. His wife, four sons and two daug'hters, are ardent Pro- hibitionists. They reside at Parkdale, a suburb of Toronto. FROHIHITION LEADERS. S WILLIAM WALLACE BUCHANAN, editor of " Tlie Templar, ' was born Mai\h gtli, 1855, and was educated at Sarnia and Toronto. David Hueh.'inan, his fath- er, of Stirling-, Scot- land, was a scion of the ancient House of Buchanan, once the wealthiest of the Scottish Chiefs. His mother was a L'. E. Loyalist. From boyhood up he has taken an active in- terest in politics. Since early youth, connectetl with the I. O. C. T. and the British (now Royal) Templars. He first came into promin- i-nci' in the Scott .\ct campaijjn, meet- ins^ the liquor cham- pion, E.Kintf Doilils, upon many plat- forms. He estab- lished "The Tem- p'ar," as a monthly t e m jie ra nee sheet, in 1884. He was llie chief sjiirit in i^ivintj the Ro\al Templars an independent existence as a Canadian natiotial society, and in the closing months of 1884 was induced to t.ike the man.igement of the Order. He has made the production of literature a special feature in the Roy.al Templar organiz:ition, and built up an im- jHiftant Publishing Houst- riiul Book RiXMn. In 1892 he estab- lishi'il, in adilition to the monthh', a wet'klv edition of " The Tem- piai'," and in 1895 a lemjHM-ance mag.'izine known as " The Templ.'ir Ouarterly." A member of the Congregational Church. .Married to L. Elena Brett in 1884. Family consists of two ilaughters. Heh.-is been nomiii:iled in two ridings as candidate for the next Parli.inient on the Prohibition ticket. He resides in Hamilton, Ontario. THE REV. ANNA H. SHAW, .M. D., was bom in New- castle-on-Tyne, February i4fh, 1847. Her family settled in a wild part of Mich., where the girl ex- perienced all the hardships of pioneer life. Lively, ambiti- ous, and filled with insatiable thirst for knowledge, shetook advantage of ever}- opj>ortunity of ac- ijuiring teaming'. At fifteen we find she began teaching school. Converted to .Methodism at .'4, •cal preacher for light years. In 187' she entered .Albion College, and in 1873 the Theolo},- ical Department of Bi>slon I'niversity, graduating^ with honors in 1878. After |xistorates at Hingham and at E;ist Dennis, Mass., she .'ipplied for or- dination to till- N't'w England M. E. Conference, and was refused. Miss Shaw then ap|>lied to the MethiHJist Protestant Church, and was ordained Oitober 12th, 1880. She pursued a course in Medicine, taking the degree of M.D. from the Boston I'niversity. Soon after she became Lecturer for the Mass. Woman's Suffrag^e .Association, .ind then N;ition;il .SujH'rintendent of Franchise in the W. C. T. I'. She is to-day .National Lecturer for the .American Womans Suffrage .Association. She is a most eloquent, witty and popular s|H*aker. She has frequently addres.s<^>d State I-eg^is- l.itures and Committees of Congress and the most inipt>nan( n.itional gatherings of reformers are considered incomplete with- out a sermon or lecture from Dr. Anna Shaw. THE RE\'. HE.NRIETTA C.. MOORE was born in Newark, Oliio, and is of that wonderful compound in which English, Irish and Scotch blood and brain crossing produces an et|uit- ;i b 1 e and j u s 1 1 \- poisetl character. She w.ns educateil in till' piiblii- .-iiul pii\;ile schools, .inii L'lrgely by priv;ile study. A teacher ;it 15, .'i gr:immar si- boo I principal l;iler, the call for i-xi-Iusive devotion 10 ti'mperance wi>rk released her and g;ive one i>f the most successful lec- liM-ers ;ind org;in- i/.i-rs to the Temjier- .-iiice Reform. Re- cently she slated to ;i frienil : " During tin- l;ist ten \ears I h.-ivi' lr;ivelleil about 150,000 nnles, .•ind h;ive m;iile about 3,200 ad- dresses, c lui n t i n g ^ l.ilks. liy i-.uiy ii.iinmi; .1 i '1 .-shx 1 ,-ii;in, she is at presLMlt .1 I'nivers.-ilist minister. In .A]>ril, |8(J5, she was the first .mil only wom.-m elected to the Board of Educ;ition of her own city. She was nomin;ited on ;i straight Prohibition ticket and endorsed by the Populists, ,-ind won by a splendid plurality in an intensely Republican ward. .More recently she has been elected one of the Tnistees of the American Temperance I'niversitv, loc.iled ;it H.-irriman, Tennessee. .She was honored with the .ippointmeni of tempor.-iry ili.iirm;in at the late 0\uo Sl;ile Prohi- bition Convention, held ;it Springfield. June nth and 12th. and ilelivereil the key-note speech, which has been widelv published in whole or in part. PROF. |. W. SHARP. Ph.D.. wasbomat Fawn Grove, York Co., Pa., .Aug-. 14, 1838, and came to Ohio with his parents, John and H.imiah (Ken- son | Shaqi, in 1S41. He was a member of the SiHiety of Friends, but for the jvisl 25 ye.irs has been a Methixiist. He attended schix-*! at Ml. Hes|HM- Aca- demy, .-iiul gradu- .'ited at Oberlin in 1864. In i.»^62 he was married to .Miss 1 I ' il.ih A. Kellv. II. . > : . He ' MmO in the 1 K-.id Ol thai institution in its toth vear. He vi>ted for I.inco In twice and (;. ..> 1 1 !>,.- was a deU>g.tlO to the N.-»lion.-«l Pn^hi- lion *. iin\iiuu>n in i.sjj lh.-|l ni»nnnaleil I "" '" -i. ileni, .'ind lo all but I wo of the N;ilion;»l i tt lime. He li.-is been .-I deleu' ■'■• '■' ■"■' "■ u> Sl;ite Prohibition Convent n |H'rmanenl t"hairni.-ui of s.. ■- > •<- for Lieutenanl-Ciovemor o( Oiuo id i8;>*, aitJ li.is aled .ng-.Tin ibis \-e;ir. He h.-ts l>i'«'n a mentK-r of lb. State r > lion i'l ,• Signal, , ... . ^. ;.> .- ., .,., ly known ibuMighoiit Ohio as an ekH|iirnl and able aU\H'H-ale of the Piolnbiiion cause. PROHIBITION LEADERS. REV. J. H. HECTOR, the well-known andjwpular "Black Knight," lecturer, orator and minister, was born in Windsor, On- tario. His parents were slaves at Har- per's Ferry, Va., and made their es- cape, and safely landed on British soil. The parents were poor, and the children had a hard striigg-le for their own existence in their early days. He never had any schooling-, but good natural abilities, readv wit, fluency of speech, and a large and com- manding physique, have served him in L;ood stead. In I arly life he worked on farms in the west, and when the i^reat civil war be- gan he enlisted as a volunteer, and was five times severely wounded. His lecture regarding his "Personal Reminiscences of the War" is one of the most thrilling and interesting of all his jjojiular lec- tiu'es. He then became a railway engine-driver, and followed that business for years. Since he became an ordained minister in the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church ; he now holds an .appointment from his Conference as a travelling temperance evangelist, and for the past few years his services have been in ]Xipular demand in various parts of the United States and the Dominion of Canada. His name and his countenance have be- come familiar in all our large towns and cities. He is a pure blooded African ; no one who has once seen him would for one moment doubt tliat fact. HON. GIDEON P. MACKLIN, lecturer, preacher and writer, has been termetl by his friends the "Garfield of Prohibi- tion. " He was born at Waldo, Marion Co., O., June 28th, 1850. He was edu- cated in the district and city schools of his State, and grad- uated with high honors from Otter- bein University, Westerville, O. He entered the ministry in the United Brethren Church, and has ever since maintained his con- nection. As an edu- cator his experience reaches from the back-woods' school house to the presi- dency- of two col- leges. He has always been a tem- perance man. He took a prominent in- terest in the Second Amendment cam- paign in Ohio in 18S3. He became an active member of the Prohibition Party in 1808 ; took the stump in its interest and has been active in pro- moting it ever since. In 1893 he was selected as the Prohibitionist Pjirty candidate for Governor of Ohio, and made a vigorous and brilliant campaign. The Missionary Society of his. church ap- pointed him Presiding Elder of the Ontario Conference. Imme- diately on his arrival at Berlin, Ont., in Nov. 1893, he took an active hand in the great Plebiscite campaign then on, which resulted in such a sweeping popular verdict for Prohibition. He is now a resi- dent of Dayton, O. As a lecturer and orator he has few equals. As a writer he is widely read and much admired. He has been a frequent contributor to the press of his party and his church. MRS. LUCY A. ROBBINS MESSER SWITZER, of Chene)', Washington Territory, is one of the best known of the active temperance workers and writ- ers of lier Territory. She was born at Lowell, Massachu- setts, March 28th, 1844. Her parents were of old Puritan stock, the families having been resi- dents of the State for over two hun- dred years. Her parents, with three children, were pio- neers in Minnesota in 1855. She es- poused the tem- perance and s u f- frage movements when but 13 years of age, and became identified with tlie Prohibition Party in 1875. In 1877 she became a mem- ber of the Women's Christian Temper- ance Union in Iowa, and organized the first WonK-n .s cnrisiian Temperance Unions in Washington Territory, in 1880. She was appointed National \'ice-President in 1882, and arranged the East Washington Territorial Convention, in July, 1883. She was elected President, and occupied that important position for eight years. She aided in forming the Prohibition Party of her County (Spokane) and Territory, and served on the Platform Committee in the County, Territorial, and also in the National Convention in Indianapolis in 1888. She has been also active with her pen, being an able and experienced writer. She h.is been a con- tributor to "The Lever," "Woman's Tribune, "Pacific Advo- cate," and the " Union Signal." Her address is Cheney, W. T. REV. J. W. GARLAND is a respected Church of England minister of Sheftbrd Co., Que., one of the strongest temperance counties in the en- tire Province. He is a native of Canada and was educated at the Ottawa Gram- marSchool. Hetook his collegiate course at Trinity Coll., To- ronto. He was sent, during a vacation of three months to hel]) build up the Nia- gara Grammar School, by Provost W h i 1 1 a k e r , and ;4'reatly assisted in vloubling the mmi- ')er of scholars. Be- ing lame by an acci- dent met with in his childhood, he was discouraged by his friends from enter- ing the ministry. \ lad\- of Rochester, \. Y., hearing of Ills case, presented it to the Bishop of Central New York, who sent for him and indue time ordained him, in 1871. Soon after he returned to Canada, and was offered the rectory of Stanstead, Que. He de- clined the position and went into a back mission. Here his work was crowned with excellent success. He has been at Stukely for the past 21 years. As a chief mover in the Dunkin Act campaign in Shefford he rendered excellent service. Was a Rep. to the Dom. Pro. Con. in Montreal, there making the acquaintance of Neal Dow. He is a member of the Exe. of the Que. T. A. He has been G. P., Sons of Tem. for Que., and was in 1894 Rep. of that body on a delegation to the Dominion Government at C^ttawa in favor of an early Prohibition law for Canada. P R O H I B IT I N LEADERS GP:X. WALTER SPZTH PAVXE, of Fostoria, O., was born \'irtorv Mills, Saratoj^fa Co., X. ^'., May 19, '^37- Ho j^rad- iiati'd Iroiu Warren .Academy at the n^e of 15, and went to Wisconsin in 1S57. When the great civil war broke out he er listed with a Com- pany he had raised and was commis- sioned as 1st Lieut. He saw a good deal of active servici- after that time. He succeeded Lieut. Warren as Provosi -NL-irshal at Relay House, Md. He went to Ship Island and Xew Orleans with his regiment, under Cien. Butler, and foi-med the lirst line of troops on the Levee, May 1, 1 6^, .and marched and took possession of the custom house and raised the Stars and .Stripes there. He was pronii 'It'll \i\v 111111-. Liunii,:; liie war. He engaged in railway business in St. Louis in I 71, and continued there nearly nine years, then moved to Titusville, Fa., and engaged in manu- facturing. He moved his works to Fostoria, O., in iS8^, where he has now a large and fli>urishing business. He is an earnest church worker and a radical Prohibitionist, voting the straight Pi-ohibition Part\- tii-ket since iSJSi. lie never tasted a dri>p of intoxicating liijuor, nor used tobacco, and never swore a jirofane oalh. He has been a tiood Templar since 1853, and wasCi.C.T. of Ohio in i8Sq-go. He was candidate for -Sec. of Slate on the Prohibition tii-ket in 1S88, ;uul ran 2(\t, aheail of his party ticket. .\n^S. ORPHA M. STUART, a leading and well-known Temperance and Christian worker, of .>Larshall, Mich., was born at -Mount Morris, X. Y., May 17th, 1835. She was a student of Temple Hill .Aca- demy, Geneseo, X. Y., until the age of 16, when, with her father, she moved to the city of Flint, Mich., where she became a Good Templar, and is to- d.-iy a worthy and /(■.-ili->iis me nj b e r, ii.' i>i ■.; prominent p»'>iiiif twenty-one years' standing, and Superintendent of several branches of the work. She is also a fervent Daughter of Kebekah, having taken all the honors of the Order, having been a member for over seventeen years. She is a devoieid member of the Congregational Church of fifty years stand- ing. Her's has been an active and useful life, and the world has been made the better for her presence in it. She was married .\ov. 3rd, 1859, to F. C. Stuart, of .Marshall, Mich., where she now lives, a widow of two years, with her three sons. MRS. MYRA X. HUHMARD LKK, Grand Secretary of the I. O. G. T. of that of Mitchell. S. D., St.'ite, w.'is born in the be.'iutiful Stan- stead Pl.'iin, Jime 5th, 1838, her fat her being M r. H. l-". Hubb.-iril, for many years one of the best known resi- dents of that loc.'il- ity and the ;iuth(.>r ol'a popul.'ir " His- tory of -Stanste.-id." She r I' c e i v e d a good classical edu- cation at Stanstead .A c a d e m y. She gradu.'ited in music from .Ashland Insti- tute, X.Y. She fol- lowed school ami music teaching for n life profession. In May, i86j, she w;is married to Rev. T. W. P. Lee, of Fitch Hay, .'iiul soon .'ifti-r moveil to Iowa, .'iiul later to South D.i- kota. Mr. Lee dieil 1892. .She joined the Good Templ.'irs in Cresco, Knva, .md h;is for years been promini-ntly idenlifu-d with the Order. She was Gener;tl Super- intendent of Juvenile Templars in the Gr.-md Lodgt- of .South Dakota for two y«';»rs. In i8f)o she w;is I'U-i'teil (.'ir.'iml Secre- t.ii-y, and h;is bi-en re-electi'il every ye.ar since. She has been ;in I'.arnest worker, by voici' .and pen, in promoting the interests of till' gre.'it work. She is also .acfively identified with the W. C. T. C and held llu- olVice of President of the .Ashion I'nion for four ye.'irs. She has ln-en .'i m«'mbi'r of the M. K. t'hurch from girlhooil, ,'inil is ;in active Snnd;iy School worker anil ;in .udi-nt lover of Hible study. Sh«" n-sides at Mitdu-ll, S. D., ulu-l-,' h.T tu.K .1.111, •I.I. 'IS .M-,. :,ll..n.l,iu. 11... n..U. - O. G. T. of K.'ins.is, w.'is born in Mi'ch.nnicsburg', III., Oct. 19, 1854. His father. Marcus Lindsay FuUinwider, was a native of Kentucky, and moved to Illi- nois when it was but a wilderness, being one of the liioiu-crN of tli;it I'er- tilf ri'v;i''n. I Ir \\ ;is a "biuii .MellioJist." His mother was .h daughter of .1 pi.' neer Mel' preacher in ; G.-.Mu.- ^^ .;, i ., l.-.l iMiek, Peter .Aker, and men of thai sturdy class. He is himsi'lf an cx- ilent and teacher. He bivame :% mi-ni- ber of till- (.ii'.id Templars in 1S7J, .ind has lH>en ;■ worker in the ranks ever since. He first attended the 1 Gr.nnd Lodge session .'it Topek.i i- ' '' ■ '■ • -^ • s «'lecU'd Gr.'inil Sivreliiry, llioui;h ,1 s- enl. He siiU holds ihal posilii>n. !• , > public and in privatti, ho is a stn^ng .idvvH'ate of and Prohibition. He is local edtti>r of the Daily Walnut \'alley "Times, ■ of Top' >s. Hew .! City Clerk in iS*)i, and heltl i lor four \ ij oul then with n I'hange in He i> .n^,. ^,11 aitive nu-ndHM- in Modern Wo. » a, and National I'liion. both wi'll-known liMti-rn P R O H I H rr I O N LEADERS. LOU J. BEAUCHAMP 14, 1851. He is a son of Dr. was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, Jan. Harry Beauchamp and Sarah God- man Beau champ. Educated in com- mon schools till lie was 13, then learned the printers' trade, and entered the newswaper profes- sion. He was tele- g-raph and news edi- tor, "Daily Star," of Cincinnati, when under 21, and has been connected with prominent dailies in Dayton and Hamil- ton, Ohio, Loifans- port and Ft. Wayne, Ind. He has writ- loit many ]5oenis .ind sketches wliich : ive been widely . jiiinled, and is the 1 1 It lior of two books, "This, That and the Other," poems <'ind sketches; and "Sun- shine," dealintf with the t e m p e r a n c e t]iiestion. now in its 20th edition. After seven j-ears' m i UI.mi, to drink, he was con- verted to temperance by the efforts of a little g-irl, Mellie Gardner, whom he married in 1877, and immediately started temperance work. No man has filled more re-eng-ag-ements or lectured to more people. Has spoken over 5,000 times, in all parts of United States, Canada, England and Scotl.ind; is generally engag-ed two years ahead. He is Deputy International Supreme Templar, and niember of Literature Committee of that Order, and one of the editors of its magazine, and also a member of the Prohibition Party. He is a Pi-esbyterian, and known for his charity to fallen men. Has one son. Earl, 183'ears of age. Has a beautiful home at Hamilton, Ohio, and one of the finest libraries in the State. MRS. MELLH: BEAUCHAMP, wife of Lou J. Beauchamp, was born at Manchester, Ohio, on November 27th, 1857, and is the daughter of Jacob and Eliza Gardner. She w;is the instrument under God in converting Lou J. Beauchamp to total abstinence and the religion of Christ, and was married to him on March 31st, 1877. She has been iden- tified with Good Templar and Wo- man's Christian Temperance Union work ever since. She was for four years State Super- intendent in Ohio of Juvenile Temples under Independent Order of Good Templars, put ting- that branch of the Order on a firm foundation in the State. Her sympa- thetic natin"e has nifide her an efficient co-worker with her husband in his rescue work, and with him she has travelled over seven hundred thousand miles in America and Europe. When not with her husband she is at their home in Hamilton, Ohio, watching- over the education of her son. Earl, who g"ives promise of becoming a fine scholar and musician, and in carrying on the work of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union and the Good Templars. Mrs. B. is a graduate of the Good Templars Course of Study. She is known and loved all over the \J. S. by the millions who have heard her husband speak of her as "the little woman" who saved him. They are both members of the International Supreme body of I. O. G. T., .attending all Supreme sessions at home and abroad. MISS JESSIE FORSYTH, R. W. G. Juvenile Templars, was born in London, Eng-, Superintendent of , in 1849, of Scottish and English paren- tage, the Forsyths being a very ancient Scottish family. She joined the I.O.G.T. in 1872 in London ; Jiccepting; a situa- tion in Boston, Mas., removed there in 1874, tranferring her membership to that city. Was elected G. V. Templar of the Junior Grand Lodg-e of Massachu- setts in 1877, G. Sec. in 1879, which office she held till the u n i o n o f the t w o branches in 1887. Was chosen R. W. G. \^ T. in 188-5 'It Halifax, N. S., ses- sion of the R.A\'. G. Lodge of the World, re-elected at the Stockholm, Swe- den, session, 1885, and again at the re- union session at Saratoga, N. \'., in 1887. In 1890 she was elected Grand Superintendent of Junior Templars in Massachu- setts, and re-elected unanimously at three succeeding- sessions of the Grand Lodg:e. In i893she was appointed by the International Supreme Lodg-e Executive to fill the vacancy caused by the death of the R. W. G. Supt. of Juv. Templars, and at session of 1895 was re-elected unanimously. She is a woman of strong convictions, lib- eral mind, generous nature and a fine executive officer, being indus- trious, persistent, methodical. Edited the "Temperance Brother- hood " 4 years ; now edits the " Massacluisetts Templar." Is \ice- Cliancelor of I.O.G.T. Course of Study of Mass. Has written aiti- clcs, leaflets, poems, and often spoken on the temperance platform. RE\'. W. A. VROOMAN was born in Oxford County, Ont., JulVijth, 1864, his parents being- Nelson V'rooman and Mar}' Pier- son V'rooman. He received his school etlucation at Mitch- ell, to which place his fatlier removed diu'ing his early boy- hood. He was .al- ways an energ-etic student, .and gradu- ted at the Ontario College of Phar- macy in 1 88 1, and started the study of medicine which he relinquished owing to temporary weak- ness of his eyes. In 1887 he entered the ministry of the Methodist Church in the Manitoba sen a member of the State Committee. In 1891 he was nominated for State Sen.'itor for the Twenty-ninth Sena- torial District, receiving' the hiifhest vote given an_\- candi- ilate on the ticket. The same year he was elei-ted Treas- urer of the Genesee Conference Epworth League of the Methoilist Church, and President of the Niagara District Voung Pi'0]ile's Society. Hi> is also SuperinteiuK-nt of tin- American Temperance Life Insurance .Association of New \'ork citv. In the year 1876 he was marrietl to .Alberta Pearson, of Carleton i'lace, Ontario, and two sons and two ilaughters have bei'u givt-n llu-Mi to aild to tlie jo\s of their happ\ hoMu>. .MRS. SAR.AH .M. CLINTON PERKINS was bom near Cooperstown, N. V., and educated at the public schools until she became a teacher at eig'hteen. She thus earned money for higher educa- tion, attending the Academy in .Adams, Mass., alternating her student days with teaching. She taught at Savoy and Churchill. .At twen- ty-three she married the Rev. Orsen Per- kins, a very- gifted young man of S;i- voy, .Mass., the first parish being' Bern- ardston. They also lived at .Shirley and Winchester, N. H., Mr. Perkins being :i member of the State Senate of N. H. Both were strong -Abolitionists, and when slavery was overthrown they threw their influ- ence into the eau^e ot Prohibition. Thirty-three years ago .Mrs. I'erkins In-gan her career as :v lecturer, and has never ceased work for the overthrow of the liquor traffic. She was one of the Ohio delegates to the lecent Workl's W. C. T. U. Convention in London. She is pul>- lisher ami edit<^r i>f "A New Republic," issued in Cleveland, Ohio, a bright and sparkling paper which has found its \\:\\ into homes throughout the civilized world. Her youngest daughti-r. Prof. Emma M. Perkins, connected with the Western Reserve Uni- versity, has been called the best teacher of Latin in Cleve- land. Mrs. Perkins has a bexiutil'ul home in Cleveland, where lem])erance workers liiul warm welcome and most genial hos- pitality. MISS CARRIE HERRV PHELPS, O. M., was born at Toledo, Ohio, on August 4th, 1863, her parents being Henry L. Plielpsanil Li>uise I*"airchilil. She w.'i-. eiliicaleil in Toli'do. Ohio, a nil Pitts burg. Pa. , a nd gratlii;iteil fi-om the Emerson .School o\ Oratory, Boston, Mass., in the veai 1888, and took a i>ost -gradua I <■ coui'se in the sanii- institution. .Sli i opeiu'd and still con ducts "The Plu-lp Si-hool of Liter;i- ture, Elocution and Physical Culture.' She is ;ilso a nu'ni- hcr of the Eacull\ of .Aiiri.an ColK-gi', Michigan. In giil hood ■ .Miss Ph'elp- slu>weil an inclin.i- tion to lileraluri- and elocution, .ami encour.igetl bv her parents her educa tion has been alon^ Miss I'lulps IS a nifinber of the Hap- I active anil energetic worker of the Temperance I'nion, she being Superin- Culture for the .St.ii,. of Ohio. In this nd "familiar talks " to young women pireil matu' voung Miss Phelps 1 beh.ilf of liiese lines s|icci.iii\ list t'hurch, and .-i Women's Christian ti-ndent of Physical capacity her lectures have been well receiveil, ;inil h.'i\e inspireil women with nobler ideals of true wom.'inhooil. is alwavs reailv and willing to give assisl.-incc the ' REV. W.M. KETTLEWELL w.is born in the city of York, Eng., Eeb. 19th, 1847. Received a mercantile education and crossed the Atlantic to make his home in Canada in 1870. Entered the minis- tr>- of the Metho- dist Church in 1872. .Spent the years of his probation in the ]iastoraleal Exeter. London, .and. .as a student, at the Mon- treal Wesley.an Col- lege. .After 01 iliii.i- .>n he w;i 'lied ii> sii( . I'. ills. : I :t m i I - :. Oak- ' h .inJ been i. Iiairin.'i 11 of the Norwich .and Br:tnl- ford Districts, .ind in i.'"'o^ was eleclinl I'- ■ •' •• 'v- . li. he is Iviter . e and I'rohibi- I lovincial T> — ^ ''1. Temper.mce cause. She has been especiallv successful in the N'oiuig Women's christian .\ssoci.ilions of Toledo, l>liii>, she being .in .active .iml e.irnesi p.irtii-ip;int in most of tlu'ir nu'elings. so prviminent ;i pi»silion in his v!. known ns a tireless .-ulvocate of lion. He has been iilentified wiin ;ince campaigns of the |v»sl twenty year>. He ha^ been the presiiling officer of the Ontario Royal T. ' and for two years w.is Chief of that Order for the I * ion of Cnnild.*!. He was Cbainrnti of the Central i tee that guiiied rolleil up a Pri>\ hibitii>n. He w.!-* m.iiin-n u> >>.it.iii v m m-, ,M ,si. I ii.'m.tN, in the year 1876. His family consists of two mmis and Iwo il.lUl'lll.MS. 16 PROHIBITION LEADERS. PLATT HINMAN, ESg., of Haklimand township, Northum- berland Co., Ont., is one of the oldest and best known temper- ance men in his native county, and one of the best- known Sons of Tem- perance in Ontario. He was born in Haklimand town- ship, Dec. I, 1824, and has lived all his lifetime on the farm where he was born. His grand- father was one of the pioneer settlers of the comity. In 1812 he erected the comfortable fai-m- house in which Mr. Hinman was born and has lived most of his days. He is now the oldest of the third ^feneration of that well-known family residing' in the county. His father was an ac- tive temperance man, and the sons profited well by a father's good example. He early became secretary of the first Total Abstinence Society organized in the township and still has possession of the old pledge book, contain- ing over one thousand names, most of whom are now dead. Mr. Hinman is prominently identified with the Sons of Temperance. He became a member in January, 1 850, and expects to continue a " Son '" as long as he lives. In 1865 he became a member of the Grand Division of Ontario and has regularly attended its sessions since. He has been elected to several leading offices in it. He has been a Justice of the Peace for years, also a member of the Municipal Council, occupying its highest positions. He has been a member of the Baptist Church for over half a century. MRS. MARTHA ANN McCURDY, of Rome, Georgia, educator, temperance advocate and journalist, was born in Carthage, Indiana, Aug. 10, 1852 She is the daughter of Alex, and Martha Harris, a well- known Methodist family. .She was married to Rev. C. McCurdy.a Presby- terian minister (North), and has as- sisted him in every good work. Very early in life she be- came identified with the t e m p e r a n c e cause. She has taken a prominent part in all the great Prohibition battles fought in her local- ity since 1879. She wields an able and facile pen, and has rendered excellent service b)- it in edu- cating public opin- ion. In 1885 she became editress of a temperance journal established in Richmond, Ind. In 1886 she became officially connected with the " Southern Christian Re- corder," of Atlanta, Ga., a journal devoted to the religious and temperance work. She took a prominent part in the Prohibition contest in that city during that time. She also served as Secre- tary of the West Atlanta Union, doing yeoman service. She be- came a resident of Rome, Ga., and in 1890 organized the W.C.T.U. there, and was elected its President. She has been instrumental in organizing other successful Unions in the same city and other parts of the State. As an organizer she has been very successful. She is editress of the "Woman's W\")rld" and of the temperance depart- ment of the "Atlantic Messenger" of the Presbj'terian Church. MRS. ELLEN C. TALLMADGE is a daughter of Horace D. Spencer and his wife, Margaret Burnside, and was born in the town of Mary- la n d , Otsego County, New York, in 1833. She was married in 1853 to J. H. Tallmadge, a farmer and lumber- man in Otsego, her native county. She was converted to God the following winter, and became a member of the Methodist Episco- pal Church. 1111875 she a 1 1 e n d e d a c a m p - 111 e e t i 11 g , where she obtained a richer blessing, and resolved to de- vote herself more thoroughly to Chris- tian work, as the w a y m i g h t be opened up to her. She soon began to be useful and suc- cessful as an evan- g e 1 i s t , receiving calls from ministers in the county to assist them in revival ser- vices. She has been greatly blessed and encouraged in such work. She has been a zealous temperance worker from her childhood in a localit}' where temperance sentiment was neither strong nor popular. She joined the W' omen's Christian Temper- ance Union, Onenita, several years before there was a strong enough sentiment to form a Union in her own locality. One was formed later on, however, of w'hicli she has been an active mem- ber. She has been its President for five years, and is now also President of the County Union. In all her Evangelistic work the Temperance and Prohibition questions have been strongly advocated. REV. JAMES THOMAS WARD, D. D., President of the Westminster Theological Seminary ^of the" Methodist Protestant Church, was born near Georgetown, District of Colum- bia, Aug. 2 1st, 1820. His father was an M. P. Minister. When but nineteen years of age he edited the "Weekly Visitor," the organ of a Lyceum at Washington, and the following year was licensed t o preach by the Ninth Street Methodist Protestant Church, of that city. Eor years following he was successfully en- gaged in ministerial work in various lo- calities, at the same time being also ac- tive with his pen, a number of valuable books and papers of his being pub- lished. In 1867 he taught in W'estminster Seminary, and then became agent for Western Maryland College for about a year, when he was elected President of that institution, a position which he filled for eighteen years. He resigned the presideiicj' in June, 1886, and was elected President of the Westminister Theological Seminary, which position he still holds. He has been a life-long advocate of the great Temperance Movement. One of the most noted and valuable of his many published works is "A Daily Manual for Bible Readers," which was begun in 1853 and improved from time to time. It was finally published in 1893. PROHIBITION LEADERS REV. WILLIAM WILLIAMS, D. D., of Mitchell, one of the best known Methodist ministers in the I'rovince of Ontario, was born in Stone- house, Devon, Knj;- land, January 23rd, 1836. His parents moved to Canada and settled in To- ronto when he was youn}<. H e was educated at L'pper C a n a d a Collejce. When 19 he was called to the min- istry of the Metho- dist New Connec- tion Church, and that lias been his lifi' work, lie bi'- came an honoretl a n d p r o ni i n e n t w o r k e r in that Cliurch, and filleil with jfreat accept- ance t ii e hi^liest jiosition at its dis- posal. Me took an active part in bring'ing' about the union between the New Connection a n d W e s 1 e y a n Churches, and has ever since been a prominent minister of the Methodist Church in Canada. Since that he has been twice i-Iected President of the London Conference, a position which he now holds. Me has been pastor of a number of the most im]>ort- ant churches in various parts of the Province. While the minister at Cobourjf he was surprised by Victoria L'niversity with the ile- i(^ree of D. D. Me has been a well-known writer as wt-ll as preacher, a considerable number of valuable contributions from his pen having^ been published. Me has been a life-lontf temper- ance worker, but his ministerial tluties have i)revenled him from devoliiii^^ spi'cial time and allention to that work. MRS. ELIZA CxEORGE BASS, of Benton Harbor, Mich., a well-known and much-respected temperance and Christian worker, was bom in the pretty village of Lafayeville, Jef- ferson Co., N. V. In her g-irlhood the family moved to the then " Far West," in Birrier Co., Mich. There were then no schools in the new settlement, but at last the "little red school house" made its appearance, much to the joy of both child and par- ents, and she eajfer- ly availed herself of the pioneer school. .\t 14 she passed a teacher's examina- tion and soon be- v^'anto teach a coun- try school, with a ii(»zen pupils, rc- i <-i\ ini; $12 for 12 weeks' service. When about 16 she attended the Vounjf Lailies M.E. Co'le|y:e at Fort Wayne, Ind., where she met with Sion .St. Clair Bass, a yountj man of -Southern Kentucky. Their acquaint- ance resulted in a happy marriajfe, which occurred in 1S53. Her husband soon went into the iron manufaclurinij busini'ss. In the fall ot 1S62 her husband was in the war conniiandinjf a rejfiment in his native State, and at the battle of Shiloh in that year, the life of the brave younj^j i>fficer was sacrificed on the altar of his country. The widow was left with two younj^' children, and in 1S80 she moved to Benton Harbor, Mich., to be near her brothers and sisters. In 1882 she became a White Ribboner. She was for years a W. C T. I'. President. .Mother .Meelinjfs, Loyal Lejjions, and a School Board representinvf both sexes are the icsuli s of ili.ii I'liivni. MRS. JESSIE OMM.W, of .St. Johns, .Ntld., a well-known ul successful temperance and Christian worker, was born in that citv, March 16th, 1856. Her father, James Murray, was a Scotchman anil was for many years a n e I d e r o f t h e I'lee Presbyterian ll lurch. She was 1 ilucated in her na- live town and in Eilinburijh, Scot- land. In 1H80 she was m;irried to Nils Oilman, a n.'itive of Sweileii, ;ind re- •-■iliniif m St. Johns. ^he has bei-n an en- thusiastic temper- ance and Christian worker from ,ifii"l- hood. At the aj^e of seven years she became a member of the Band of Hope ; she also be- came a worker in the Presby terijin Church «'arly in life, anil has fi>r years renilered assistance at till- public iiu-etinj^'s of the \'. M. C. A. .She has taken a prominent |>art in the work of both the S. of T., anil the G. T"s. For si)me time she was .Supt. of .St. Johns' Juvenile Temps, anil C. T. of Prohibition Loilije. She w;is appoinleil a member of the Ciraiul Loili,--!' for tin- Island. In 1887 she was ilepuleil io make a lour of the iioiih of the Province in the interests of the S. of T., "ij4;anizin}Lr Bands of Hope. .She also took an active interest in I he formation of the W.C.T.l'. and was its Secretary. For two \»'ars she was editor of " The Water Lily, " a stron>j advocate of Pri>liibition anil the only temperance p;iper in the i'rovince at liu* time, Slu" has alsi> ci>ntributi-d to the "Presbvteri.'in Witness." Al'C.LSTCS U. S.MITH, of l.<., of llie Prohibition Party for Lieut. -tlovenior of that State, was honi in Lee, Mass., \pril 1st, 1863. He was i-ducated in his . e town and ::ited from the i|;.^,i. <,.i.,.ol in tor- He enteix'd in the ser- vice of the Smitli > iilV, MU- M»S, irs V of III.- V Mupany. He ^ . to 'le. of > • lal 1 !i as 1 . m vnr- •1 ehun-h WOlk 1 1 m bov- hiHHl. Me has had IVS has been Executive Secy, of the N . M. *. . .A., and Presideni ol (ho "Christian Workers of Lee." nn Ofi^.-inir.nttin-; ilesic'icd to hold evan.ifelistic services in thi has been :i member of the and *< 'f the BerK |8<).4 IVes. of tl is a ' : Ciooil Tei Chess Club. He was fort: Blaine in i8Hj. but joined since Ih'i'h eli'i'teil ;i > ,■■ ■' \ :mium IV. He in lor '.AS .S«'vci.tl tiuu's lu' was •iiul in I Si) J a nientber PROHIBITION LEADERS THE HON. NEAL DOW, "The Father of Prohibition,' was born Mareh 2nd, 1804. His aneestry for g-enerations were farmers, well-to-do, thrifty, peaceable, patriotic. He was educated in the Portland Academy, and the Friends' New Bedford Insti- tute. A thrilling- in- cident of his earl}' life, revealing- the ang-uish of the drunkard's wife and the heartless cupid- ity of the liquor sell- er, fired the train of thought tiiid action which led to the Maine Law. Neal Dow began his ef- forts by ten years' campaign for the education of the people. " Maine," he declares, "was made a Prohibition State by sowing it knee-deep with tem- perance literature. " At all seasons, in all weatliLMs, aiKl witii every personal sacrifice, he made mission- ary journeys to every part at his own expense. The first fruit was the Maine Prohibition Act of 1846. This made no provi- sion for seizing- liquors. While Mayor of Portland he drafted the bill which finally became the Maine Law, having- passed the House and Senate May 31st, and being- sig-ned by Gov- ernor Hubbard, became law June 2nd, 1851. The saloons of Portland soon ceased to exist, and breweries and distilleries disappeared from the State. He favors woman suffrage. His 90th birthday was celebrated throug-hout the Christian world, and his name is "one of the few, — the inmiortal names that were not born to die." MRS. CLARA CLEGHORNE HOFFMAN was born on a farm called " Blink^Bonny," near Dekalb, N. Y. She is the thir- teenth child of Hum- phrey Cleghorne and Olive Burnham. The father, a sturdy upright Scotchman, was known as "an imderg-round rail- road conductor" during- the anti- slavery strug-gle. The mother, a daughter of Major Elisha Burnham, who g-ave yeoman service all through the revolutionary war. From these parents Mrs. H. inherited the traits of character and qualities of mind, which have made her a power on the reform platform. She was educated in the public schools and the Gouvernour Academy, :i ft e r- wards studj'ing two years in Springfield, Mass. She h.as been from childhood a member of the Cong-regational Church. She writes much for papers and mag-azines in strong-, terse style, on reform subjects. When she was 24 years old she was married to Dr. G. Hoff- man, an accomplished German physician, now deceased, and has two brig-ht sons. F"or twelve years she was principal of a g-reat public school in K;insas City, Mo. She resig-ned this position when called to lead the W. C. T. U. of Missouri in 1882. In 1894 she was elected Rec.-Sec. in the N. W. C. T. U. She has shown great ability in State and National work, and is in demand everywhere as a speaker of wit, eloquence and power, on all live questions of the day. Boston papers call her " the Western W'endell Phillips." MRS. LILLIAN M. HOLLISTER, State Supt. of the Y. W. C. T. U. in Michigfan, was born Sept. 8, 853. She was edu- cated in the district and h i g- h school under c i r c u m - stances which fitted her for the arduous and successful labors of her future career. Among the bright women of Michigan, there is probably no one more busy with head, heart and hand than Lillian M. Hollister, of De- troit, the n e vv 1 y elected Supreme Commander of the Ladies of the Mac- cabees of the World. At 15 she began teaching-, adding to her regular work that of normal class instruction ; at 19 she was married to David M. Hollister, kiter moving to De- troit. She has been for years actively eng-aged in church work, and associated with the Women's Christian Temperance Union in the State and National Organization, having a wide affiliation and acquaint- ance with the leading national movements among- the women of the United States. She has g-iven parliamentary drills to women throughout the countr}', under the auspices of the W'omen's Chris- tian Temperance L'nion and Ladies of the Maccabees, and is regarded as one of the best parliamentarians among women in the United States. She is a member of the Order of the Eastern Star, Woman's Relief Corps Deg-ree of Honor, and the Ladies of the Maccabees. This fraternal life benefit society now numbers 40,000 women, and is rapidly growing. CHARLES A. POLLOCK, A. B., Counselor-at-Law, was born in Elizabelhtown, N. Y., his parents. Rev. John Pollock and Eunice E. Ellis, re- moving to Iowa in 1856. The .subject of our sketch g-rad- uated at Cornell CoUeg-e, Iowa, in 1878, and in 1881 received his M. A. from the same insti- tution, in which year he also graduated from the law de- partment of the Iowa State Univer- sity. In the same year he settled in Ffirgo and begvan active Temper.'ince work, having since taken part in all the Temperance Con- ventions of the Ter- ritory and State. He has been attor- ney of his district four yeai's, and was chairman of the committee appoint- ed by the State Temperance Convention to draft the Prohibitory Law of the State. He has assisted the State since in defending- this law in the Coinis, and has received the thanks of both Houses of the Legfislature for his services. He has spoken in nearly every city of the State in the interests of Prohibition, and has exerted a strong influence in the Republican Party, of which he is ;in active member, in favor of Prohibition. He was married in 1882 to a daughter of the Rev. Dr. John W. Clinton, an eminent Methodist divine of Iowa. Mrs. Pollock is also <'i graduate of Cornell College, and an active and efficient temperance worker. Mr. Pollock's services have been in much demand in enforcing the different temperance laws of Da- kota. He has been styled " The Father of the Prohibitory Law." P R O H I B rr I O N LEADERS. 13 RKV. HEXRV I.. ROSKR, H. I,., w.is born at St. Louis, .Mo., Oct. 27, 1863. His jjarentswere Henry Rosor and M. Theresa Roser. He was educated at tlie Slate Normal .School, I'latteville, \\"is., and the Uni- versity of Wiscon- sin at Madison. I le isan activenieni- ber of the Prohibi- tion Party, I. O. (i. T., and honorary nje:nber of the W. L". T. L'., and of the (Irand Lodjce ol Wis. and S. Dakota ern (lood Templar," " Iowa kota (jood Templar." He ha» |S«8. He founded the S. D. Slate Convention in 1H9J, whic Convention of tlie same ye .Vational Convention of 1892, Perm.'inent Orj^aniz.'ition. Is C.. T. and W. C. T. U. work, on Prohibition and kindred Tem|)eraiice and I'rohibition, H\inn of Home Protection," Paity. I. O. C. T., also :in lu)norary member of the I nlernat ional Supreme Lodife I. O. G. T. He" is a member of the -State Connnittee of the Prohibition Parly, S. D., and a mem- ber of the Nation;d Connnittee of tlie l'rohii>ition Part\', C. S. .\., for the sanu' .State. H.'is edited " The West- Prohibitionist," and " South Da- i been on the li'cture platform since Prohibition Party and secured a h was represented in the National ar. He was a delej^ate to the a member of its Connnittee on well known nationally in the I. O. He has written much for the ])ress reforms, and several poems on one being- entitled " The Hattle and dedicated to the Prohibition LEITTIK S. RIGELOW, poet and reformer, was born in Pelham, M.'iss., on July 30th, 1849. She is the only daugiUer of Rev. Increase H. Higelow, for half a century a well- known and liighly respectetl Metho- tiist clergyman of New Kngland. Her mother, Sophroni;i *. . Hall, was ;i wo- man of gri'.'it force >'! character, and I lu' daughli-r's early pliilanthropic teii- ■ Icncit's weiv fos- iieil by honu" Irain- ii;^--. She has broad \ mp;ithies, anil is w ake to every re- Mini which has for lis object the ad- \;ini'emeiit of wo- m;in, or the belli'r- nienl of hum.initv. She was edui.iteil .It the Wesleyan Ai-ailemy, Wilbi-a- It.im. She began lo write at an early agi", ;iiul her poiMns mil sketches have been jiublished in the "New York Inde- pendent," "Wide .Awake," "Christian .Advocate." " Zion's lli'r.ilil," " Moston Journal," and other periodicals. She has published only one volume. During the year i8i)o she edited I monthly temperance paper. .She is an ardent suffragist. Mid in politics a Prohibitionist. .As ;i platform speaker she has .m i-;isy ;inil ple.xsing ilelivery. .She is .it present Sl.ile Super- intendent of Kr.inchise for the .Mass.ichuselts W. C. T. V. The " \\'om;in's Journ.il," writing editorially of her .'ippointment to iliis |)osition, says: "She is full of love for the cause, a charm- ing writer, ;inil a wom:in of singul;irl)- gr;icious .and beautiful lUMsonalily." Miss Higelow resides in llolyoke, M.iss. RK\". .M.ARV J. MORDEN. President of the .New Mexico W.C. T. U., was born near Louisville, Ky., July 21st, 1847. Later the family located near Kalamazoo, Mich., where she was edu- cated, afterwards teaching in public and Christian schools. Broad- minded and ambi- tious, with a thirst for knowledge, she has been an untir- ing student. .After nuirriage and con- siderable travel she loc.'itedin .New Mex- ico, where she has been a recognized leader in reform movement s. I n- xpired by the W. C. T. I'. "!,"*s|H'l, ■ she w.is pl.u-ed at the head of that work. Heing a mentber of the C. iial Cluir. ing' •-•''-• > .. . . . ^.iin- ' IS, she was or- ■ . il as a minister of the gospel. A call t^> a pulpit was extended her, which, in view of broader resjxMisibilities, she did not accept. In the Leg^islature her influence secured the passage of an anti-tobacco l.iw. and as Ter. Pres. W. C. T. C Ter. Pres. Orphans Home, Gnind Deputy I. O. G. T., preacher- and lecturer, her time - •■•"' >-cu- pied in public work. Retiring in disposition, Mrs. p. .-»n orator of unusual ability. .An earnest, eloquent, m;ij;i vcr, she wins hearts and carries conviction. She advi-Krates I'rolnhition and equal suffrage. She spoke acceptably for the Prohibition Party in Iowa and Colorado. Her husband, B. B. Borden, one son and two daughters join heartily in aiiling her work, all beinjf strong advocates of woman's cause and Christian Prohibition. THE REV. JAMES .STCART ROSS, born in Kingston, Ont., in the ye.ir 1S4S, his ence of the Melhinlist Church. He is now tant Methodist Church at Brantford. In poU a supporter of the Lilu'ral Party, but is now bitionist. He has done extensive work ov Scott -Act contests and in the ivceni is in good tiemand throughout the i-iv ch;»racter. He wields a facile anil p>'' esis of Prohibition, .-mil h;is reiulercii to the cause by publishing a numl>, i .•! incluileit the folUnving: " The tion." .mil ".An .Ap|H'al for the I Traffic." .M. A., D. D., was parents, J.imes Ross .-\nd Jane Stewart, bi'ing natives of Dimdee, Sci>tl.ind. He was educated at the public schi-Hil. Kergus, the hi);h schiH>l, C o b o u r g, .•ind Victori;i I'ni- versity, receiving: from the latter the following degrees : B. A.. 1875 ; M. .\., 1S80; D. b.. 1894. He is President of ih<- t'>xfonI County !'; .'!!ii->ition .Asso- .i.tiiiMi; a member of the Board of G<-»v«'rt»orv of the ••■ ,.lo- , >n- ,.v, of of Re- 1 of the --. .1- of Victoria 1 >-i^ily, Toron- \d has Ix'en ■ I'nt of the ■ (••■',• r- y -or- I, .rly an advanced Pmhi- tbe pl.'Uform in the u> ; ■liii. irr bi- lor 14 PROHIBITION LEADERS. MISS OELLA ISABELLA O. BKOUXE, of Mount rie;is- ant, Ohio, a well-known temperance writer and Christian worker, was born in Mount Pleasant. She was educated in theGur- ivey F"riends' School of her native place, later on takinif a partial Chautau- quan course, anil spent a short time in A. B. Simpson's Missionary Train- ing- Colleg-e, ill New York cit}'. She was converted at an early ag^e, find be- c a m e a n a c t i v e member of the Pres- byterian C h u r c h , working- especially in connection with the Foreig-n Mis- sionary Society. She began temper- ance work in early girlhood, and has never grown weary in thus well doing. She joined the Good Templars and filled several offices in that Order. During the golden days of the " Murphy Movement " she was secretary of that organization. In 1888 she became identified with the Women's Christian Tem- perance L'nion, and filled important positions. She was elected President of the Nitith District, serving in that position for five years. She has written on almost every department of Women's Christian Temperance L^nion work, and many of her addresses have been published. Her pen has been active for years, and not one of her articles has ever been rejected. She is Vice-President of the Ohio Women's Christian Temperance Union. She is an ardent friend of the Prohibition Party find of the Equal Franchise movement. MRS. LUCY H. WASHINGTON, poet, writer and edu- cator, was born in Whiting, \'ermont, and is descended from not- able New England ancestry, dating back two lumdred and fifty years. She commenced teach- ing at fifteen, and her first printed verses appeared at the age of fourteen. She has written m u c h and well since, two volumes of her poems hav- ing been published. She graduated from Clover Street Semi- nary, Rochester, N.Y., in 1856, with the highest honors of her class. At the time of her mar- riage she was Pre- ceptress of the Col- legiate Institute at Brockport, N. Y. She married Rev. S. W'ashington, who has during his pro- fessional life served prominent churches in both Eastern and Western States. He is now pastor in Port Jervis, N. Y. When they resided in Jackson- ville, Illinois, she was made leader of the " Crusade" movement in that city, and made her first efforts as a public speaker. Since that time her voice has been heard as an earnest advocate of temperance and Prohibition in twenty-four different States. She has been prominently identified with the W. C. T. U. work. She took an effective part in the g-reat campaigns for Constitutional Prohibition in Iowa and other States. One magazine writer says : " Indeed her sword-marks are everywhere almost, that a clear and cogent voice has rung out the battle cry of ' Down with the Saloon, up with the Home.' " Her address is Port Jervis, N. Y. MISS MARY GARRETT HAY, of Indianapolis, Indiana, Superintendent of the Franchise Department of the Indiana W. C. T. U., and Vice-President of the Indiana Wo- man's Suffrage As- sociation, was born in Charlestown, In- diana, August 29th, in the year i -56. She was educated at the Oxford Fe- male Seminary, O. The missionar_v spirit of that ex- cellent institution took shape in her ]iractical reform w o r k i n h o m e rather than in for- eign fields. She is a member of the Pres- byterian Church. She moved to In- diana in 1 88 1 and entered zealously into the W.C.T.U. work of that city and State. She was for several years business manager of " The Organizer," the Stale Women's Christian Temperance Union paper, and is Treasurer of the Organizer Publishing Company. She was Treasurer of the Indiana State Women's Christian Temperance Union, and Treasurer of the Board of Trustees of its Industrial School for Girls. In 1895 she was made Secretary of the Board of Organization at the North American Woman Suffrage Association. In 1884 she became an earnest advocate of the Prohibition Party, and has served for a time as a member of the State Central Committee. She pos- sesses a clear grasp of political questions and a good knowledge of political methods, making her a desirable and trusted coun- selor in Proliihil ion Partv work. MRS. JENNIE L. TANNEHILL, of Siloam Springs, Arkan- sas, was born in Pennsylvania, January 25th, 1840. Her father, Robert Sturgeon, moved to Ohio while she was yet a youth, and there she spent the most of her girl- hood days in school. The family moved to Iowa when she was eighteen, and she was a teacher for some time. In 1 86 1 she married Col. J. K. Morey, who served four years in the late war, and died in 1866. She remained a widow for twenty- one years, devoting a great deal of her time to temper- ance and benevolent work. In 1886 she was married to Judge Tannehill, of Centreville, Iowa. After her marriage she devoted m o s t of her time to temperance work, serving as_Countj' President of the Women's Christian Temperance Union as long- as she remained in the State. She took an active interest in the Medal Contest work, being District President. In 1893 her husband's busi- ness called them to Siloam Springs, Arkansas, where they still reside. There she zealously took up Contest work. She has organized and conducted a number pf contests, and the good work still goes on. In 1894 she was appointed Superintendent for the State of Arkansas of the Demoresl Medal Contest Bureau. She has been untiring in her effort to spread the principles of Prohibition. PROHIBITION LEADERS. KEY. JOHN HKHi:>(.)\ was horn June 4, 1857, in Hun- nianby, \'urksliire, En.tfland. Joined the Band of Ilope when hut 6 ye.ars of aj^e; lias heen a life-long' total ahstainer from strong' drink, smok- ing, swearing and gambling. .-\l 13 u n i t e d w i t h the Good Templars in Hull, England. In 1873 he left England for Canada, dejios- ited his clearanee eard witli Whitby Lodge, Whitby, Ontario. Sinee iSSo he has been proiiii- nently connected with the Royal Templars of Te;n- perance, holding the o ffi c e s o f Ci r .a n tl Herald and Grand Vice-Chancellor in the Grand Council of Ont.'irio; also Dominiiiii Herald in the Dominion Coun- cil, and is one of the charter mem- bers of the Knight Templars of Temperance. In 1886 he i>rganized the first Gospel Temperance Hand, known as the "Hamilton Helpers." From the first this has been a success, singing and speaking being prominent featuri-s of the work. 1m 1887 he added a stereopticon to his work, and through the eye as well as the ear thousands have been led into a better life. He is a Methodist minister and evangelist. About four years ago he com- menced to work for the Grand Lodge of Michigan, changing the name " Hamilton Helpers" to " Michig;m Gooil Temjil.'ir Hanil "; was admitted to the Cir.and Lodge of .Mii-higan as :i dcK'g.ate in i8g2, and the Grand Lodge of Iowa by c;ii-tl in 1894. No better reform work is known than that of Bros. Hebdon and Lee. .MR. -M. ,\. LEE was born at " Moon's Station," Chautau- qua County, \ew York, in Ajiril, 1854. He attended the district school and helped on the farm until he was a young man grown , and then went to the State Normal at Fre- donia. New York. .After leaving' school he taught school in Chautauqua County. In li i s boyhood he devel- o|>ed a musical tal- ent, which, with pro|H?r cultivation, would !iave placed h I ni among t h e foremost nuisici;ins of this country. He commenced to pl.'iy in the "Sinclair- ville Coniet Hand," and finally Ix'came i t s loader, w h i c h po-itioii hi- hiM tor !>••! \ >•.,;-. ii,-,u-- Cl^^IuIK' ClMKlviitcd sing'ing' classes in New York and Pennsylvania during several winters. Inji888 he was converted and joined the Methodist Church at Sinclairville, and w;is le.-ider of the choir as well as a trustee of the church. In Jn' ' <• Rev. John Hebdon went to .Sinclairville to conduct n • >1 there met Mr. Lee, who joined the Royal Templars : ^,. ..:s influence. In September, i88g, they commenced work, and have labored together ever since. Mr. Lee first joined the Gih'kI Tem- plars in I*"redoni.i, N. Y., and again in Grand Rapids in 1892. He was admitted to the Grand Lodge of .Michigan in i8qj, as a dele- gate; transferred his menibership to Clinton, Iowa, in J;in., i^'i^. and joined the G. L. of Iowa by card in 1894. He has a \iMy in- teresting family, a d;uighter being esiit-''"' ..ill.. I ... ....... ,v.- REV. C. CAREY WILLETT, A. M., Ph. D., the etlicuni and popular pastor of the Carey Centennial Baptist Church, Fowlerville, Michi- gan, is a native of Englanil. He was born at Pidilington. .\ort h;im]itonsliiri', Feb. 4th, 1855, and is related, through his maternal ances- try, to William Carey, the great missionary phil.iii throphist. Befot . he reached the agi of 21 years he w.-t- called to the mini- stry in the Baptist Chinch, and emi- grated to Amerii 1 in 1874. The nexi few years he had m;irked success in Missionary work in the Proviiu'e of On- tario. He studifil theology in Toronto Baptist Collegt . anil medicine .n (he Detroit Collcj^. of .Metli»-ini', aii.l Toledo Medical College, taking a post-graduate course in Pliilos.. pliy ;ind Christian Evidences during four years i>f his present pa^ torate at Fowlerville. He has met with very encouraging success in connection with his present p.istor.d work! His published wi>rks .ir»' now mnnerous ;uul wi-ll-kn«>wn. He has taken a le.iding in- ti-rest in the I'liivi-rsity ICxtension movi'ment. He is ;i pioneer in th.it important work in the L'nited .States. He was Secrelarv, ;ind one of the first examiners of the first National Council of rniversity Extension and Home Culture, but relinquished ih«>se duties to successfully carry out his project of erecting the .Memor- i.il Church to Willi.im C.irey. He was »)ne of the incor|HMators and Pres. of the Board of Trustees of the Chicago Polvlechnic Institute. .MRS. A.MY KELLOGG MORSK w.is ,,..11, ... i...k.- ...in-.. Wisconsin, in the year 1853. Favorable hereditary influences were .1 rugged and worthy New York stock on both sides, ^ and a broad-minded I mother, a K-liever in co-education, woman's rights and the a bolit ion of slavery. In the year 1875 site was gradu- ated with high r.-ink from the \ o r ( h- W Miss Will.ird. which she counted one of the jrreati»?il bless- intrv of h«»r life. \ .Id most of the lime for ' le bec.une a very ethcient speaker, and the mivst wtdeiy known and best loved woman in the Staff. S.»v»i Miss Will.Trtl: " Mrx. Morse has the remarkable i. wontanly iH-rsuasive j»ower. I .. guish herself on t' E. L. .Morse, a I thtisi.'islic.'illy loi'i the time to the w Louis in iSt)j, sli> had freq«ient calls lv> Iccluic. i6 P R O H 1 B ir I O N LEADERS. REV. DR. H. P. BURDICK, of Alfred Station, Now York, tlie veteran temperance worker and lecturer, was born in Alfred, Alleg-hany County, N. Y., Dec. i2t'h, 1 819. Fifty -seven years ag^o he made the first temper- ance address in Steuben County. Since that lime his ^ifts as a public speaker have been constantly exer- cised. He has ]5 reached .'ibout 3000 sermons in the locality where he wjLs born and still resides, besides some thousands of other t'lddresses on Temperance and kindred subjects. He is a member of tlie National Prohi- bition Lecture Bur- eau, and has done veteran work, con- ducting' revival meeting's, on the Temperance plat- form, in the pulpit, and elsewhere. No man is better known in his own county, and probabh' no other voice has been so long and so familiarly known to such a large number of the people. Some years ago, at a State Prohibition Convention, held in Syracuse, a request was made to all those who had voted the Prohibition ticket ten years previously to stand up. A large number rose. Then a call was made for those who had voted the ticket fifteen years, and there were twenty to respond. A final call was then made for those of twenty years, and Dr. Burdick was the only one to rise of the thousands present. In answer to where he secured a Pro- hibition ticket that far back he promptl}- and characteristically replied : " I wrote it out myself and put it in the ballot box." MRS. ELIZABETH C. DAV^ENPORT, Grand Vice- Templar, Intlependent Order Good Templars of New York State, belongs to a family nearly every member of which has been noted for deep interest and zeal in jill tliat per- tains t o Tem])er- ance and Religious work. She w «'i s b.M-n in Glenville, Schenectjidy Coun- ty, New York State, on the 25th day of September, in the year 1836. She has b e e n nn active member of the Pvo- hibition Party since its earliest exist- t>nce, attending its State Conventions and lending her aid to its advancement a n d success i n every way in her power. She has been County Secre- tary of the Good Templars for twelve consecutive years ; County Deputy two years, and Chief Vice- Templar. In her subordinate lodge she has filled every office from Sentinel to Chief Templar and Lodge Deputy, and has been a representative at nearly every County Session, jind at the latter body was elected a delegate to the State Grand Lodge. She has also been an active and zealous member of the W. C. T. U., a teacher in the Sunday School, and a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. She has been a contributor to a county Prohi- bition paper for years. On Oct. 26th, 1892, she was married to Samuel B. Davenport, an active working Good Templar, of Knox, Albany County. At their home, "Elm Row," they are always glad to extend hospitality to all co-workers in moral and social reforms. MISS ELIZABETH PRESTON, President of the State Women's Christian Temperance Union of North Dakota, was born at Decatur, Indiana, on April 27th, 1 861. Her pa- tern a 1 a n c e s t o r s were Quakers, and her maternal an- cestors were sold- iers. Her father. Rev. Elam wS. Pres- ton, has been for nearly forty years a faithful minister in the Methodist Episcopal Church, and has done much toward extending and building up Methodism in Indi- ana. Miss Preston was educated at Fort Wayne Col- lege, DePauw Uni- \ ersity and the Uni- versity of Minne- sota. She c o m - menced teaching in her fifteenth year, and spent her life in the school room, as pupil or teacher, until she entered the work of the Temperance Reformer. She is a member of the Metho- dist Episcopal Church, also a member of the Prohibition Party, and has been active in the work of the Suffrage, White Cross, Women's Foreign Missionary Society, and Wo- men's Christian Temperance Union societies. For the past six years her entire time has been given to the temper- ance work. Miss Preston has acted as an organizer, lec- turer and evangelist for State Women's Christian Temperance Union of North Dakota, and later as its President. She takes great interest in anything pertaining to temperance. Her ad- dress is Casselton, N. D, PROF. HERMON C. FORD, Ph. B., was born .at Long Run, W. Va., May 27th, 1861. At eighteen he left home with but sixty-five cents in liis pocket, and worked in the lum- ber woods vmtil he earned sufficient to take a business course. After com- ]')leting this he kept books fo r nearly five years, and then entered Alfred Uni- versity, Alfred, N. y. In two years, realizing that his money would not hold out he ex- plained his circum- stances to President Allen, who gave him the position of bell boy and jani- tor of the chapel, which he held until his graduation in 1890. He became a Christian at the age of 15. When he cast his first bal- lot in 1884 it was for John P. St. John and the Prohibition Party ticket. In 1888 he was in the tent cam- paign, in Allegany Co., N. Y., for I-^isk and Brooks. In 1892 he was the Prohibition candidate for Assemblyman in the second dis- trict of Steuben Co., N. Y. In 188c; he became a charter member of P. A. Burdick Lodge, I.O.G.T., kt Alfred, N. Y., and has stead- ily worked his way up through the Order, until he was elected Grand Councilor at the Grand Lodge of 1893, being re-elected in 1894. He has been in the field as Grand Lodge Lecturer since 1893. He was married to Emma J. Talbot, of Hornellsville, N.Y., in 1893. Mrs. Ford is an active temperance worker, and is now Co. S. of J. T. They have one child, a little girl. PROHIBITION LEADERS 17 R. M. McC LENOX, A. M., G. C. T. of I. O. G. T. of South Dakota, was born at Franklin, X. Y., in 1852. He was j^-radu- ated from Williams Colleg'ein 1878, and has since followed teachinjcwith mark- ed success. In i8Kj he married Adelini' White, a V'assar graduate, who in- herited a devotion to principle which has made her an able assistant to her husband. He be- cami' a Good Tem- plar when 15, walk- in tc 6 miles to his lodjfe meetings. He first identified him- self with the Prohi- bition cause in i8S(), the \ear that Souili Dakota adopted Constitutional Pro- hibition, and he was active amid thi' f o re e s w o r k i n tc in behalf of that amendment, with- out nej^lectinjf the duties of principal ef Sioux Falls Hijfh School. Some of the friends of the saloon determined to drive him from that city on account of the success of his temperance work. .\ )5elil;on, sijj^ned by every pupil in the Hijj^h School and a larj^-e number of citizens, was sent to the School Hi>artl, askinj^ that he be ret.iined, but bi-fore action could be taken he was offered the superintendency oi' the city schools at Madison, .S. D., which he accepted and now holds. In 1894 the Prohibition Party of South Dakota nominated him for .State Superintendent of Schools. He is a man of scholarK' attainments, modest and unassuminjj in nianiuM-. .\s a public speaker he is loijical and coiiviiuini;-. MRS. ELIZA J. GRAY is the peer of any Ohio woman in the peculiar characteristics which figure so largely in the make-up of a successful W. 1 ^ /^ C. T. U. woman. She was boni cf sturdy Xew Eng- laiid ancestry, the second daughter of Samuel H. and Louisa Root. Her education was be- gun in the public school, and has been supplemented by painstaking self- culture all her life. At 16 years of age she conimenc. d teaching, but at 19 married James i\ Gray, then an ir.- structor in Folsom s Commercial C o i - ' li'ge, Cleveland. She is the moth\ r ofthreechildren. At the time of the Cri - sade Mrs. Gray was living in Michigan, and engaged ac- lively in the work there. Moving a little later to her present home, Medina, C, she has for eightet n years been prominently associated with the .State W. C. T. L". work. She served as State Treas. three and a half years, has been State Supt. of the Literature Department many ve.'irs, ,. ' ' ' ' ^ •' office of District or County I'residetil almost cc- has been a nu>st efficient superintendent of the Di. :.. in Ohio, and only retired recently on account of tail During all these^ears she has been a supporter of the i Parly, bearing criticism and social ostracism with a rema; Christian spirit. Wjth lime and money at her disposal, she uses for the advaiuement of the cause to which she has given hersiii. f % l^ MRS. MARY CLEVELAXD LEAVITT, popularly known as " Round the World Missionary" of the W. C. T. L^, was born in Hopkinton,X.H., Sept. 2Jnd, 1830. She is of Puri- tan descent. Hei father, Rev. Joshua Clement, was a preacher and pastor for 53 years. She had excellent early educational advan- tages, and was a successful teacher in Boston for m.iny years. She was con- v e r t I' tl i n e ;i r 1 y childhooil, anil is a member o f t h e C o n g rega t i ona I Church. She signed a tot.-d-abstinence pledge in 1836. She assisted in forming the W. C. T. U. of Massachusetts and also of Boston; was I'resident of the Boston W.C.T. U.. ,1 member of the Massachusetts Exe- cutive, and later ...IS appointeil National Lecturer and Organizer. .Shi- w.is made the lirsl N.itional .Su]ierintendent of the Franchise Dep.irtment. At the lirsl Convention of the W. C. T. I'., helil in Boston in November, 1891, she was elected Hon. Life President. In 1884 she saiK'il from San Francisco on her "round the world" mis- sionary work. .Shi' has visited the six Grand Divisions of the wi>rKI, leiluring and organizing in all of them, .ind in nearlv every country. She ri-lurnetl in June, i8()i,and con'- ' •■•••• and preaching to the present lime. As a public < Mirer she is wt'll known ;inil poiiulai, li ivinv; In-iMi ■ 11 re- i-eiveil. IliM- adilicss is Bos' .1 Kidder, Pea body & Co. CAPT. J. F. CLEGHORN, of Clinton. of\e of the most l^rominent Good Templars and I'rohibition Partv workers in Wis- consin, was b> the Province . tario. His p.. moved lo Illinois while tie was quite young. He wars edu- cated at Beloit Col- lege, .'111.' ' ! law in C i W.IS adni.: Bar in March, 1801. A month l.nfcr ^o enlisted .• in the service dunng the civil war. He was I times '.. and has vl de. I He . cral tin>e> .! .iiul W.IS in n-.is, wounds b«T, 1870. He hei';"i tli.> I,.-., il ,r \nw in C" ■•• everything at the in that i aflerwarils W.IS in ; . Wis., aii> to Clinton, where he luuv i«'>ui«<>. He hits taken *« l-Hisition in the (.mhhI Templar l.'>rvler. not onlv i»i his 1. but in the Gntnd Lmlge of tlie "s Supr«>me Lvnlge. He w:is fi>r tl- sin, aiul had then '■> -i-- i" He joim-tl the Pr.' 10 several of the \ nee of the {xtrty for Goveiiioi of liit; SlAle. D. i8 PROHIBITION LEADERS REV. JOHN LUNSFORD DICKENS, Ph.D., LL.D., Presi- dent of Bethel College, McKenzie, Tenn., is a native of Gibson Co., in that State, born in i860. His father, Robert G . Dickens, was born in North Carolina in 1H25, and died in 1864, leaving; the small boy to be reared by his moth- er, Mary 'M. Diekey, a native of Tonnes- see, a woman of strong- will power, excellent character and good judg- ment, who well taught him to love the Right and hate the Wrong. He re- ceived his educa- tion principally at Bethel College, Tenn. The follow- ing degrees have since been c o n- ferred upon hi 111, w li i c h well indi- cates his position: A. B., by Bethel College, Tennes- see, 1869; B.D., Cumberland University, Tenn., 1884; A.M., Mc- Kendree College, 111., 1885; Ph.D., Cumberland University, 1887; LL.D., Butler University, Indiana, 1891. He was married in 1879 to Miss Mattie Tiner, who died in 1893. He has taught in colleges ten years. One year he was Pres. of Trinity University, Texas; two years of Quanah College, Texas, and is now in his fourth year as Pres. of Bethel College, (Co-educational), McKenzie, Tenn. He is a Cumberland Presbyterian, a Mason, a K. P., and»a Prohibitionist. His work for Prohibition has been principally done in the pulpit and in the scliool-room. Being an earnest worker, he retains the respect and confidence even of those whose business he antagonizes. JOSEPH GIBSON, the well-known postmaster and Prohi- bition champion of the thriving town of Ingersoll, Ont., was born in Cheshire, Eng. , Nov. 22nd, 1842. He came early to Canada, and has be- come thoroughly acclimated and naturalized. He was married Dec. 10th, 1869, to Jean- otte Buchjin, and, like most men, owes much of his stabil- ity and success in life to the influence and good counsels of his wife. He was in business as a trader for some j'ears at Ingersoll, and was appointed postmaster by the Dominion Govern- ment, a position which he now holds, lie is an active member of the Methodist Church, and a well known and popular local preacher. He has been a lay delegate to the leading Methodist Conferences for years past. He has been an active member of the Conservative Party, and was its candidate for the representation of the South Riding of Oxford in the House of Commons in 1878. He has been a mem- ber of the Ingersoll Council and Mayor of the town. He is known, how^ever, better as an aggressive Prohibition campaigner than in any other capacity. Few men have greater zeal in this cause ; few men hav^e done more effective campaign work in its behalf. His reputation extends all over the Province in this connection. Years ago, W'hen the Dunkin Act campaigns became so general and so ex- citing, he was found as one of its ablest champions in debate. HERMAN PRESTON PARIS was born in Bellefontaine, O., Dec. 25, 1858, being the son of Samuel D. F'aris and Sarah Plumer Preston. In 1859 he removed to Eastern Kansas, near Lawrence. From that place he went to Clinton, Mo., in 1867, and, with the exception of one year, has lived there ever since, advancing gradually from an office boy to his present position of treasurer and man- ager of a large trust company. He was married in Trinidad, Col., in April, 1880, to Miss Ada Winters, and has three children. I le is a ruling elder in the Presbyterian Church. He was secretary of the Prohibition State Committee until un- able to give the time he deemed neces- sary to the work, when he resigned, but is still a member of the Committee. In 1893 he originated and organized what is known as the " Anti-Saloon Army," to fill the "long-felt want" of an organization broad enough to include all saloon opposers. He has been a fearless and tireless saloon opponent, often driving from 25 to 50 miles, and delivering two or three ad- dresses on the same day. Although having limited time and only a common school education, he has the natural ability to command attention, is a fluent and interesting speaker, and has delivered addresses in many of the States, from Maine to Cali- fornia. GEORGE BOOKER SWEETNAM, son of Matthew and Sophia (McLean) Sweetnam, was born at Kingston, Ont., March 13, 1865. His father is Chief P. O. In- spector of Canada. He was educated at the Toronto Model School and Collegi- ate Institute, and by private tutors. In 1884 he entered the Dominion civil ser- vice and was at- tached to his father's staff. He is an adherent of the Methodist Church, and seems to have taken no active part in poli- tics. He is a mem- ber of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He has taken a lively inter- est in Kennel Club affairs. A life-long abstainer, Mr. Sweetnam has been closely identified with the Canadian Temperance League since its inception, and has ably filled most of its important offices. Whilst chairman of its educational work he introduced a unique, original and effective system of temper- ance education for the benefit of its members, established an excellent temperance library, and introduced the gold medal, awarded yearly by the League to the pupil in the Toronto public schools passing the most successful examination in temperance and hygiene. Last year he was secretary of the League's Sun- day afternoon Pavillion meetings. He is a good speaker, and makes a specialty of teaching scientific temperance, accompanied by chemical illustrations. PROHIBITION LEADERS. ly PATRICK MO.N'ACiHAX, born at Sydney, Capo Breton, Nova Scotia, of Irish parents, Patrick Monajflian and Bridget Walsh, Aug^. gth, 1828, was educated at Halifax, where he has resided since Sept., 1828. In re- lij^'ion he is a Roman Cathohc. His life as a temperance man has been very .'ictive and success- ful to the cause. He took the tot.il abstinence pledgt- and became a mem- ber of St. Marv - ;R. C.) Total Ah stinence .Societ\, Jan. -51, 1S41. Ill joined the S. of '1. in 1849; became ;i member of Grand Division in 185J ; was Grand Sentinel in 1853-4 ; Grand Si-iibe, I 56to 1873, .1 nil was elected t • V a n d W o r t ii }■ Patriarch in 1887. In these c h i e t offices he did much to builil up and extend tiie Oixler. He has been several times a representative to the National Division. .Is \'ice-President of the Di>minion .Alliance and Secy, of the N. S. Branch for several years, he aiiletl much in the adoption of the Scott .Act in several counties. .As Chairman or Secy, of various committees, from 1853 to 1.S86, he assisted in obtaining' Local 0]>tion and other amendments to the License Law. He was connected editorially with the "Ab- stainer," official organ of the .S. of T., and admittedly the best tem- pi'rance paper in the Province, for nineteen years, until abandoned in 1874 after a heavy financial loss. He was appointed Secretary of the Royal Conunission on the Liquor Traffic in 189J. .MRS. A. MVRTAL BLAKELV, of Winnipeg, Man., well known throughout the Dom. of Can. as an able temperance writer and worker, was bom in Richmond Hill, Ont., the daughter of .Abra- ham Law and Eliza- beth Klirick. She was married in 1890 to Dr. E. A. Blake- ley. Deputy Minis- ter of Education for the Province of Manitoba. She en- tered the W. C. T. L'. work some years .igo and has been prominent and effi- cient ever since. In 1892 she was elect- ed Provincial Cor- resjxinding Secre- tar}', and during the same year Superin- tendent of Org'ani- zations. At the next convention she was elected Provincial ' President, and dur- ing her term of of- fice the increase of membership was more than threefold. In 1893 she orijfinated and carried throuffh very successfully in Wiiuiipeg the Woman's .Mock Parliament, the first of the kind on record. She also produced an original illus- trated lecture ou the Woman's Temperance Crusade. She has also met with great success in juvenili' temjx'rance work, and con- ducted the first gold medal contest in .Manitoba. She represented the Dominion W. C. T. U. at the World's Congress of Represen- tative Women in Chicago in 1893, and was one of the s|H*akers at the Congress. She is a member of the Executive of the Dominion .Alliance, of the Grand Lodge of Good Templars, and of the Roval Templars. She is a member of the Methodist Church. MRS. ALICE A. MINICK, Counselor-al-Law, of Beatrice, Nebraska, and a well-known reformer, was born in Cienoa, N. Y., March 2, 1844. Her father, David Lock- wood, was a schol- ar, a natm'al orator, and possessed rare musical talent. He took purl in many [■)olilical campaigns. She was married lo Capt. John S. .Min- ick in 1865, who died twenty years later. Her'lifi- li.i-. been marketl with energy and indus- try. In 1888 she commenci'd t h e study of law, beim; the first won\;in lo register as a stn dent in Lincoln l.:i\\ College, which w.i- made a depart mem of the State I'ni- versily of Nebras- ka. In i8i)j she was admitted t o practice, being the second woman in the State adn\ilted in the I'. S. Circuit Court. She joined the G. Teniplars in 1859, and niaintainsan active interest in the cause ;iiul Order, tluiugh so much eiig;iged in otlu'r reform work. She representetl the Grand Loilge i>f her State at the Int. Sup. Loilge, helil in lulinburgh, Scotland, in 1891, and during her trip spoke in many of the leailing citii's in Kngland and Scotlaiul. She is a thorougli I'rohibitionisI, an advo- c.ili' lor co-eilucation, for ei|u;d fr.unchise, for the GovermnenI own- ing anil controlling the railrivids, leU-graphs, telephones; and muni- i'ip;d coi-porations owning tlu- lighting, water ;nul street r.'iilway serviiH's, thereby cutting olV individii.'d competition, aih\ ilele.itinij the strike system, now so prevalent and injurious. REV. J. H. DL'RKEE, though born in Yarmouth, .N. S., is of .New England ancestry. He received his general and clas- sic.ll educ.ition at the scho^tls of Yarmouth, and at the College at New Hampton, New Hampshire, and his theological training at Bates College, M;iine. .After his o rd i n a lion to the Eree Baptist ministry he held p.is- f o r a t e s at Meredith .-ind Newmarket, and established a church in Halifax, Nova .Scotia, traveling over t h e entire Province soliciting funds. He then went to Central New York, and was (Kistor at PhtXMUX and Pike. .AKiut eleven \ . -■ .. .' he went to where he ;..;-. ......V resided. A cluirch edifice has Ihh'ii erected and pri>- jKTty v.ilued at ten thousand dollars has been purchased dur- ing th.tt time. He has three times been ........ .. ... ., gate to the C" ' ' ^-v ference, the highest Ixtdy in his church ; was A years editor of the "Journal. " and has lx*on for trustee and treasurer of the .Association to which he b. He bec.nme ;» meniber of the I. C*. (•. T. when a me- has been C. T. in his own loii. ;v C. T.. Clrand Chapain. He is ;»n e; .jnd unc.> < Pri>hibiti»>nist, and in that woi 1- ■• s in New York State. He has h> o Slate Convention. He is nt pre- le "Ctenesecan," the Genesee County Prvhibition Party {Mftcr. PROHIBITION LEADERS JAMES ADIN FIELD, of St. Louis, Mo., a well-known educator and temperance worker, was born in Delaware County, Ohio, Aug. 26, 1831. His life work has hioug-ht him much in contact especially \vi ih young men, and ■ u' has used all : -actical efforts to ■ad them into the ihs of tem]3er- \ce. Early in life L- organized a outhful Temper- ,[!U-e Society, se- cured a librarj' and lifted up a reading 100m, thus helping lo kee]> its members away from tippling .'issociations. He was for several years superinten- dent of a large com- mercial college at the capital of the State, and after- wards President of a chain of similar colleges. In all these he organized total abstinence so- cieties among the students. A number of young men were thus reformed. He was a member of the Sons of Temperance and the Good Templars, in both of which he did a good work. He was converted at 21, and became an active member of the M. E. Church. He was soon after elected Superintendent of a Sunday School and has held that position almost constantly for over 40 years. He has endeavored to organize temperance societies in all his schools. He was a delegate to the M. E. Gen- eral Conference in 1892. He was unanimously chosen President of the Anti-Liquor League of Missouri when it was first organized, and has filled that position ever since. He lives in St. Louis, Mo. AGXES E. SAP'LEY, Grand Supt. of Juvenile Temples, I. O. G. T., for Minnesota, was born at Red Oak Grove, Cedar Count}', la. Her parents, Robert Safley and Helen Fairbairn, were both Scotch. She was educated at the pub- lic schools, at Cor- nell College, Mt. Vernon, and by pri- vate study. She taught, commenc- ing at seventeen, for twenty years in Iowa, two years in Wisconsin, and then settled in Cotton- wood Co., Minn., where, after teach- ing two years, she was elected County Superintendent of Schools, which posi- tion she held four years. She is a mem- ber of the Presby- terian Church, and of the I. O. G. T. She has held var- ious offices in sub- ordinate lodges, those of D. C. T., D. S. J. T., and D. Lecturer and Organizer in District Lodge. In Grand Lodge she is now serving her seventh term as G. S. J. T. She is also a member of the \V. C. T. U., and has held the offices of Local, County and District President. She was State Supt. of the Dept. of School Savings Banks one year, and originated the idea of savings banks in connection with the J. T. in the I. O. G. T. She is President of the Woman's Relief Corps. Her work for Prohibition has been mainly the education of children in the principles of total abstinence and Prohibition. She ■ as one of the County Supts. of Schools to introduce the work of _-cientific temperance instruction into the schools of Minnesota. MRS. LETITIA VOUMANS has been for years the best known of Canadian women in connection with the Temperance and Prohibition move- ments. She was born near Cobourg, January, 1827, the daughter of John Creighton, an in- dustrious and intel- ligent farmer. She received a liberal education in her girlhood, and was, for some years a succesful teacher in leading Ladies' A c a d e in i e s . In 1849 she was mar- ried to Arthur You- mans, Esq., a well- known farmer and m i 1 1 - o w n e r near Picton, where was her home until after his death, which oc- curred in 1882. In 1868 there was an exciting campaign for a Dunkin Act Prohibition By-law for Prince Edward County, of whicii Picton is the county town. Her heart became strangely warmed in this work, and in her zeal she began to speak in public. Her fame soon spread all over Canada as a platform orator, and until 1888, when her health broke down completely, she was in constant demand wherever Prohibition campaigns were being carried on. Thousands of Canadians were roused to a sense of the importance of their duty in consequence of her earnest and logical appeals. Her autobiography, "Campaign Echoes," with an introduction by Frances Willard and Lady Henry Somerset, is a work of rare inter- est and much value. Its price is $1 per copy. Address the author, 19 Metcalf St., Toronto; two editions have alreadj' been published. ALFRED H. BACKUS, an ardent and rising member of the Good Templar Order, was born in the town of Carlton, Minn., Feb. 4, 1876. His father. Rev. J. E. U. Backus, is well known in the history of the temperance movement as on ^ of t h e o r i g i n a 1 founders of the I. O. G. T. in Central New York in 1851, an organization which has since been successfullj' planted in every part of the civilized world, and has been the instrument, wi*h God's blessing, of reclaiming thous- ands, and of edu- cating and equip- ping tens of thous- ands in the princi- ples of temperance and Prohibition. His youngest son early followed in his father's foot- steps as a promoter in this great organ- ization. When but a young boy his parents moved to New York State, and while pursuing his academic studies at Rome, N. Y., he was awarded a first prize for.the best essay on the injurious effects of tobacco. At the age of 16 he became County Secretary of Oneida County Lodge, I. O. G. T., and continued to fill that position until his popularity and success as a public speaker were the means of calling him out into the field as a Lecturer and Or- ganizer for the Order. He has seen splendid results from his efforts in this line of dut}'. Though still young he has been listened to with marked attention, and has won the confidence and respect of all with whom he has thus been brought into contact. PROHIBITION LEADERS. RP:V. JOSEPH DAV'ENPORT .MILLARD, A..M., of Pleas- antoii, Manistee County, Mich., was born in Washing-ton County, O., Jan. 25, 1826. H is parents were Joseph TiUing-hast Millard, a native of isliode Island, and i,auria Warren, de- ■- 1 ended from the I davenports of early New Enjcland col- >uiial history. Born in |)o ve r t y , he worked his own way iliiouj^'h the pre- paratory, eollejfiate and theolojifieal de- partments of Ober- llii Collej^e, Ohio, iunted to about twenty yeai's. In early years 111' \v;is associati'il with the Liberty and Eree Soil political parlies, and joined the Republican party at its (>rganization. Despairing of needeil reforms, chief among them Prohibition, being secured through that part\-, he left it in 1884, and joined the Prohibition Party. In the succeeding election, in the Prohibition amendment campaign of 1887, and the election of 1888, he took an active part. In 1888 and again in i8q» he was the I'rohibition candidatt- for tlu' Slate Legislature. I Ii- alw.'iys spoke fearlessly on behaH\>f tempei-- ance. Prohibition, and political and n.'itional righteousness. .MR.S. MAY R. DICKSON THORXLEY, of London, Ont., President of the Ontario W. C. T. L'., was bom in Drummond- ville, Sept. 1 8, 1851, the daughter of the Rev. George N. A. E. T. Dick- son and Mrs. Fanny Baker Dickson. Her father was a well-known and much-res pec ted Methixlist minister, \>. ho took an active •iterest in all tem- >v-rance and Chris- ■ an work. She was I ducated at Hamil- .111 Ladies' College 1 nd \'ictoria L'ni- V crsity, Cobourg. ^he was married to Mr. Joseph H. I liomlev, (now de- < .used) of Philadel- ;'!ii;i, and sj>ent her ■a.irried life mainly ii Ocean Cirove, N. J., where she first united with the W. C. T. L'., and .ilso became an active sympathizer of the Prohibition Party. Her residence is now in London. Ont. Her work for years past has been principally with the W. C T. L'., though she is also a member of the Royal Temjil.-trs ^^f Ten>i>er- ance, and an active member of the Methodist Church. She has been six times elected President of the London W. C. T. L'., which jjosition she now holds. She was elected President of the Province of Ontario W. C. T. U., in Chatham in i8gj, and still occupies that position. For years she was the principjtl con- tributor of the W. C. T. U. department of the London "Home Ciu.iid. " The W. C. T. L'. of Ontario have good reason to be proud of their efficient President. .MAR^■ EVAN'S MORGAN COOK was born in Johnstown, Pa., Sejit. 10, 1831, the daughter of Rev. Jesse and Catherine King Morgan, a I c father of marked amiability and gen- I tleness of disposi- tion, a mother of strong character. She was educateil by her mother at the common schools of Pittsburg, Pa., and bj' private tutors. She began teaching at the age of eighteen and ci>n- linued tlu- work in public and high schools, with the excejJtion of a few years' married life, until the :ige of 58. She was a mem- ber of the Baptist Church fri>m 1845 till 1876, when she unit e d w i t h the Methodist Episco- pal Church, with which she is still connecteil. .\t 13 she signed the total abstinence pleilgi-, and joined the Washingtonians. In 1852 she hi'came a " Watclu-r, " in 1858 a Good Templar, and in 1876 a Royal Templar in Clarit>n Co., Pa. She was one of the pioneers in this county in It-mperance eilucalion, the lirsl local superinten- dent in sciiMilific temperance instrui'tion, ami was amotig the first women si-nt as iieh'g;it«'s to ;i County Pn>hibilion Conventi»in. Slu- has been a workei- in I hi- W. C. T. V . since it was first organized, and has been iili-ntifieil with many i>f the leailing tIeparlnuMtIs of local iind coimty work. She is at present niore particularly con- nected with evang«*listic soi'ial purity ;ind prison work. What work she has tlone through the press has been of a local character. THOMAS WHEELER SMITH, of GuilforJ. .\. . .. . ,„ . ; ilie "coming men" in the Temperance Reform in his locality, was Ix^ni in Newark X'.-tlley. Tioga Co., N. Y.. Dec. 26, 1858. He :-- a son of Willi.im 1 i . and Olive .-Xnge- .\\e Smith. His • ither was .-i farmer M moder.ite circum- -■ances.with a large •nily ; his mother <• was 8 . and he d- ot of ' - ,.: •-. ,->.d- il\ aiul .1 tii n\ .Tt Lowell s Imisi ness College. Hingham- t o n . He began b\i».iii,'ss life as a l«'lei;raph Of^erntof v«^ • '^ •■ ■ ad W \c- of h the sjime Comjvmy. He is a man of encrg)*, inti zt-al in lem|H«rance work, and has bi'en acti\e .mil . 1: moting its interests. He joined the Ci. T. l>ider in filled all the i>ffices in ' ' ' ' ' Deputy G.C.T. Dm public nte«'t"> '^ m il. and the pr. Ken very '■ and earnt"-; He is .1 • .tiul has l>een i>\>ut>iil>t*r of the .Ass^'niblv. He is a member of the .M. E. Church, and Pre*, oflhe Epworth Lirngue. "If 'V, PROHIBITION LEADERS. REV. JOHN MACLEAN, M.A., Ph.D., son of John Mac- lean and Alice Stevenson, was born at Kihiiarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland, Oct. 30, 1 85 1. He was edu- cated at the Hurg-h Academy. Dumbar- ton, Scotland, and Victoria University, Cobourg^, Ont. He entered the Metho- dist ministr\-in 1873, and spent nine years (iSSo 1889) among- the Blood Indians of the North-West. He is a hig-h aulhor- it\- on their lan- guage and customs, has written several books on the In- dic'ins, and will pub- lish this winter "Canadian Native Talk," a larg^e and c o m p r e h e n s i V e work on the native races. He has be- longed to the I. O. G. T., R. T. of T., Blue Ribbon move- ment and Prohibi- tion Alliance. He has been a District Deputy of the R. T. of T., and was President of the North- West Territories Branch of the Dominion Alliance in 1892. He spoke frequently in the early Dunkin and Scott Act campaigfns in Ontario. He studied specially, 1880-91, the permit system of the North-West Territories, wrote in the newspapers on this and kindred subjects, and, as a member of the Board of Edu- cation in the North-West Territories, was the means of introduc- ing a text book on temper.-mce for teachers, and having the subject taught in the schools. Mr. Maclean was Journal Secretary of the Manitoba Conference for four years. Secretary of Confer- ence in 1892, and is now President. Wife, Sarah Annie Barker. JAMES THOMSON was born in Perth, Scotland, April 21st, 27. His youthful education was limited. In 1855 he came to Toronto, where he still resides. He commenced tem- perance work in 1859, when he joined the Toronto Temperance Refor- mation Society, of which he a ft e r- w a !• d s b e c a m e President. Shortly afterwards he unit- ed with the I. O. G. T.; w'as twice City Deputy forToronto, and for a number of years a Provincial Deputy of that Order. In 1881, with the late P'red- erick Fenton, then County Crown At- torney, he assisted in creating a public agitation which re- sulted in the forma- tion of what is now known as the "Law and Order Leag^ue," of which, since its org-anization, he has been Treasurer. In 1892, at the orgfaniza- tion of the National Association of Advanced Prohibitionists, he was chosen and continues to be Treasurer. As editor, for a brief period, of the "Canada Citizen," he stronglj' advocated pressing for a measure of Provincial Prohibition as the initial step to its adoption by the Dominion, and this ultimately led to the appeal, as to the respective powers of the two Legfi slat u res, to the Privy Council. He, assisted by the late Richard Snelling-, LL. D., suc- ceeded in having- the sale of liquor prohibited at the Toronto In- dustrial Exhibitions ; was married in 1855 to Helen Stevenson, of Edinburg-h, Scotland; has a family of three sons and one daug-hter. MRS. MATILDA B. CARSE, the well-known Chicago W. C. U. worker, philanthrophist and financier, is of Scotch-Irish origin. One of her aticestors was the founder of the first hospital established in Belfast, Ireland. She has been a resi- dent of Chicago al- nipst continuously since 1858, and is thoroughly identi- fied with the great ph ilant hrophie in- terests of that city. Her husband, Thos. Carse, was a rail- road manag-er in Louisville, Ky. , dur- ing- the civil war ; he died in Paris, F"rance, in June, 1870, leaving her with three boys under seven yrs. of ag-e. She returned to Chicago, and in June, 1874, her )oungest son was run over by a wag- g-on driven by an in- toxicated German, and mstantly killed. This trag-ic death caused the mother to resolve to devote her life to the alleviation of the poor and suffering, and of helping- rid the country of the drink traffic curse. She has been Pres. of the Chicago Central W. C. T. U. since 1878 ; was the origi- nator of the Wom. Tem. Pub. Ass., a successful joint stock company composed entirely of women ; it has a capital stock of $125,000, and has 1 35 persons on its pay roll. To her energy and efforts, also, may be credited the great Wom. Tem. Temple in Chicago ; the ground is valued at a million, and the building cost $1,200,000 ; the rentals will bring an annual income of over $200,000. She is endeavoring to secure the entire ownership of the stock for the W. C. T. I '. WILLIAM STAYLEY PORTER, J. P., a well-known tem- perance worker, merchant, and postmaster, of Port Maitland, Yar- mouth Co., Nova Scotia, was born in that place, Nov. 7, 1S42. He belongs to a thorough tem- perance family. His grandfather, Josiah Porter, one of the pioneers of that Pro- vince, was one of the originators atid the first signer of the total abstinence pledge of the Beaver River (N. S.) Total Abstlncn.-e Society, organized April 25, 1 828, which has had a contnuous exist- ence ever since. It is now, undoubtedly, the oldest contin- uous Total-Abstin- e n c e Society, i n America. It has a hall of its own, and still holds its regular meetings, and has been the means of rearing up three generations of thorough total abstainers in that locality. Mr. Porter is a member of that Societ)'; so was his father, and so are his children. His residence is in the immediate vicinity of Beaver River. He is a ]3rosperous merchant, the postmaster of the locality, a Justice of the Peace of years standing, a member of the County Council, a school trustee, and manager of the Maitland Telephone Compan\'. He became an active S. of T. early in life, and is lead- ing officer in the G. T. Order. For years past he has been Secy, of Yarmouth Co. Tem. Con. In polities he is a Liberal, and has been invited to become their candidate for Parliamentary honors, but declined. He was marrii-d in 1S67 to .Miss Juli;i Perry. PROHIBITION LEADERS. 23 ANSOX HORACE DRAKE, an active Temperance and Prohibition worker, was born near Osweg'O, \. Y., Jan. 25, 1863. The son of Anson f.. and Martha E. 1 M ay Drake. He reived a district liool education, as • states himself, " much aj^^ainst my boyish will, and in spite of my cunnintf to prevent it." He is a member of t!ie l-'irst Episcopal Church, and a Pro- hibitionist " o n Simdays and elec- tion days." Too many temperance people are jfood enoujjli l'rohibitii>n- ists on Simdays and Ciiurch Conference days, but vole some other |-arty ticket on election days. That is one of the j^'ieatest sources of w e a k n e s s o f t h e Pri>hibition move- ment. He is an ac- tive member of the \'. M. C. A., of the Knijfhts of the Maccabees, and of the I.O.G.T. It is now in connection with the latter Order that most of his tem- perance work is beiiijj^ done. He has not lon^ been identified with the orjjanization, but has been an office bearer, as he has also been in the other orj^anizations. He is now the C. Deputy for his county, and in that position has before him a g^ood sphere of usefulness. He is doinjjf what he can by precej^t, persuasion, and other means within liis command to iiuluce those witli whom he comes in contact to choose the path of 1 ijjfhteousness and temper- ance. He is now pursuing^ the excelletU Good Templar course of study, and expects to become a j^'raduate in due time. REV. C. IIKXRV MEAD, D. D., the well-known and popu- lar temperance worker, preacher ;ind singer, was born in New \'ork city January 27th, 1841. Few men have become more widely and popularly known. He is a many-sided, mag'netic, mirth- makinj;, musical ;iiul hcJirt-lovintc m;m. I le has been a lesident of Hor- nelsville, X. V.. for many years, but his field of work has been all over the Slates and Canada. 1 le is a minister of the .M. E. Church, l-'ranklin Collcjje, Ohio, j^;ivi" him the ile^ree of D. D. in i8<)i . He was sev- eral winters in the South, a spei'ial miss:t>nary of the National Temper- ance .Society among the l'"u'eilmen, and woiulerful succ»"ss atlendeil his labors. In 1S7C) he esLiiilishetl, at Silver E;ike, N. \'., the first distinct rem|ier;ince .Assembly evei' lielil, an^l there organi/etl the noleil Silver Lake (Juartet, of which In- has ever since been the con- ilnctor, anil with which lu' has Iravelleil wiilely throughout the i-ountry. .M.'iny of its best songs, both worils and music, were writtiM) by him. He is ;Uso known .-is a popular writer for " The Cliristi.'in Herald " .'i nil oilier religioiis anil ten)per.-ince journals. He has recently been elected Field .Secy, of the Nal. Temp. .So., to succeed the l.ile John N. Sle.irns. He c.isl his last Rep. vi>i. for (ien. Cir;inl in i.SliS; h;is voted the Prohibition P;»rty ticket e\ i since; h.is ;i(icnili'il .ill St.ite .ind N.ilion.il PnWiibilion C'onvenlion--. RE\'. WILLIA.M McDON.AGH was born near the town of Enniskillen, Ireland. His parents were members of the Wesleyan Methodist Church, and largelj- through their godly example he early bec.ime a member of the church, and a total abstainer from all intoxicants. When about 17 he came to M0ntre.1l, where his father died. During' a short stay in Brockville he be- .ime a member of le Rechabites, and I'n began a life Mitest with the i|uor traffic. Set- tlings down at To- ronto in 1850, he studied privately, then at Victoria I' n i v e r s i t y, and was ordained a minister of the .Methodist Church. He has been five ines a member of <-• General Confer- i-nce, many years Chairman of Districts, and once President of London Confer- ence. In 1851 he joined the Sons of Temperance in Toronto, anil took part in the municipal and other contests in which temper;ince was prominent. His hearing John B. Goujfh and Neal Dow during these years inspired him with an undying zeal. In all his fields he h;is stood fearlesslv for this reform, frequently taking ]j;irl in Dimkin and Scott Act > 'lie h;is siiffi-ri'd (lersecution and great loss . il- tee, an Advanced Prohibitionist, and a Royal Templar o( Temper- ance. RE\'. F. CHISHOLM, pastor of the .Methodist Church, araipii, Ont., was born near Cooksville, County of Peel, Ont., .4pril 26, 1840. He is the g^randson of a V. E. Loyalist. His p.irentson holh allies were Si-otch. 1 1 c was educ.ited the Oak\viH>d ".■r.immar School, iiul the Port Hope \v:idemv. Previous ■.''■-■- 'lie le M. 1.. ». in ^<>i, he taught . liiH>l. He repn*- iitedlheLO.G.T. the Confern'nce I.' .>f li,. - Md House ol V i>n»- inon«i in the fnimin^ I'.mad.i Tem- .\ct. For years, by of his Con- lie acted •»s m'uer.il .igcnt of the I. O. G. T., visilin); Almost ever\- sehi>,»l v,>,it.»n In Om .Ho in the interests of Prohibition, .c ' ite .'i he.ilthy public sentinu-nl ot\ tli. ,e in the Dimkin .-iiid Scott .\.' • ■ cessfully meeting J. J. II Doilds, of Toronto, the l.ir. one of the l>esl debaters tlu- i eiit|H He is ctMisidered in the Monlrtvd I .<.jii.iit .mil LivkwiHK!, 24 PROHIBITION LEADERS. GIDEON TABOR STEWART, of Norvvalk, Ohio, one of the '.ost prominent members of the Prohibition Party in the United States, was born in Johnstown, N.Y. Aug-. 7, 1824. His grandparents, both paternal and ma- ternal, were among- the earliest settlers of Schenectady, N. Y. One of them opened the first English School and Academy there. His mother was a sister of the cele- brated A m e r i c a n lawyer, Nicholas Hill,' Jr. His par- ents moved to Ohio, and he entered Oberlin College, but he left it to enter the study of law. He was admitted to the State Bar in 1846, and to the Supreme Court in 1866. He has prac- ticed law at Nor- walk 35 years. He was County Audi- tor three terms. He was for a time one of t!ie proprietors of the "Toledo Blade," and of the "Commercial," and, during the civil war he owned and published the Dubuque " Daily Times," the only dail}- "Union" paper published in the north half of Iowa. He re- turned to Ohio and resumed his law practice at Norwalk, where he now resides. He has three sons, who are prominent business men ill Norwalk and Cleveland. He has given much of his life to the temperance work (always without compensation) and thousands of dollars of his earnings. He was three terms G. C. T. of the G.T. of Ohio, and has been repeatedly selected by the Prohibition Party as their candidate for various important positions. MISS MARGARET A. SUDDUTH, of Chicago, managing editor of the "I'nion Signal," the great W.C.T.U. organ, was born in Mason Co., 111., July 29th, 1S59. Her father, Dr. James McC. Sud- duth, was a highly esteemed Christian and temperance worker in Central 111. Failing health com]5elled the re- moval of the family to Southern Califor- nia, where they are now influential and useful members of the CO m m unit y . She entered the State Normal Uni- versity at fifteen, and graduated fiom Wesleyan Univers- ity at Bloomington in 18 o, and took a teacher's special course in literature and history at Wel- les ley College, Mass. S u ff e r i n g from an eye trouble she was thus inter- rupted in her studies and gave herself to active Christian temper- ance service. She went abroad in May, 1886, and spent fourteen months in Europe, travelling through England, German}', Italy, Austria and Switzerland. She acted, during that time, as special correspondent to the Bloomington newspapers and the " Union Signal." She spent considerable time investigating the causes of drunkenness in the countries visited. Returning, she became a member of the editorial staff of the A\'om. Tem. Pub. Ass. in Chi- cago. In recognition of her literary ability iind fine judgment she was appointed in Jany., 1892, managing editor of the " Union Sig- nal," the most influential woman's weeklj- journal now publislied. MRS. MARY D. MARSH, of Milton, Penn., a very earnest W. C. T. U. worker and distributer of temperance literature, was born in Union Co. : Penn., July 13, 1839, the daughter of t Charles and Cath- erine Baker. Her early years were spent in the country, where, during the summer months, she delighted to ramble among the hills and brooks, and she im- bibed a love for na- ture, becoming- a landscape painter and a teacher of it to private classes. She was married at an early age to Isaac Marsh, an in- ventor and paten- tee. Since then their home has been at Milton, North Co., Penn. She has ': been an activemem- Jber of the Lutheran Church, and a Sun- day school teacher for over 25 years. Her attention was strongly directed to the manifold evils of the drink traffic early by an unfortunate marriage of a near relative, and by the many painful evidences that even boys, reared under t le influences of the Church and Sunday .School, are not safe when exposed to its temptations. She has used every influence within her reach of helping along the Prohibition cause. She claims to b - one of the first of the Prohibition Party, as far as an unfran- chised woman can be. She has tried to do well her share in edu- cating public sentiment, and has been instrumental in distributing a large amount of temperance literature to farmers and others iit fairs. It may well be said of her, "She has done wli.it >,li,- coiikl." GEORGE HARMAN LEES was born in Hamilton, Out., Nov. 12, i860. His father, Wni. H. Lees, is a Canadian, and a prosperous mer- c h ant, and his mother, Isabella Harnian, of English birth, and great in- tellectual force. He was educated at the Hamilton public schools. Collegiate Institute, and Busi- ness College. After a few years in the retail trade of jewel- ler and watchmaker he engaged in the manufacture of jewellery, and has been eminently suc- cessful. He is a Presbyterian of liberal views. In October, 1873, he joined Reliance "Lodge, I. O. G. T. I'ive years later he identified himself w i t h the R o y a 1 Templars of Tem- perance as a chart- er member of Sov- ereign Council ; was elected a member of the Dominion Board of Directors in 1890, of the Finance Committee in iSgi-2, Dominion Vice-Councilor in 1894, and Grtinil Councilor of Ontai-io in 1895. He is Adjutant-General of the Knights for the Dominion. He identifies himself with every movement for the destruction of the drink traffic. In politics he has Conservative leanings, but is an advanced Prohibitionist, and will vote Prohibition first. In Jan., 1894, he was elected to the City Council, and inspired the move- ment resulting in the reduction of licenses; was re-elected in 1S95. He is an organizer and worker rather than a speaker. In 1883 he was married to Lizzie Stuart; they have two sons and one daughter. i PROHIBITION LEADERS, 25 LEWIS t:D\VIX YORK, B. S., was born at Randolph, I'or- tag-c> County, O., Oct. 2nd, 1869, bt'in^ the son of John Buchlel York ;ind Marg'aret Gloik York. He received his primary education at the district and town schools of his na- tive county, and his I'ollejf iate and spec- ial education at Alle- i^liany Colleg'e, at Kin}^'s School of Oral ory, and at Mount L'nion Col- ic jje. In relij^fion he is identified with I h e M e t h o d i s t church, and in poli- tics he works and \iites with the Pro- hibition Party. He has never had any political distinctions conferred upon hini, but has made a g-ood record as a speaker on Prohibi- tion, as well as on other themes. He represented Mount Union Collejje in the IntiM-CoIlej<^iate oratorical contest at Sjirinj^field, O., in 1893, and so well did lie acquit himsi-lf on that occasion that he won the first place anionj;- tlie numerous competiti>rs who took part in the trial. He also reiiresented the Stale of Ohio in the Inter-State Pro- hibition and oratorical contest which took place at North Harvey in June, 1893. He has trained a lartce number of classes for the Demorest medal contests in temperance elocution, aiul in this way has doubtless aided the cause of temperance and prohibition to a considerable extent, by preparinij his pupils to present truths on these- j<-reat (.]iu'siio!is in an impressive manner. He resides at Xcwion Falls, Ohio. MRS. ELIZABETH MARY MORGAN SCHRAM, a leading \V. C. T. U. worker in Ferg-us, Ont., was bom in Montreal in 1855, the daug^hter of John Colquhaun Piatt and Sarah Sawyer, his wife. She was educated in Montreal. She has been for years an active worker in the \V. C. T. U. ranks, having filled the offices of Pres- ident, Recording Secretary and Cor- responding Secre- tary in the local unions, and Presi- dent of the County L'nion. She has also been a good working member of the L O. G. T. She is a ready writer and a perNuasive s|x>aker, and has done good ser\-ice in promoting' the cause on the plat- form, at the Conven- tions, through the press, and not at all the least in the family circle. She is in full sympathy with the Prohibition Party, and though deprived of the use of the ballot, she claims that she feels more strongly on this question than on any other. She favors no half-way measures, believing thai nothing short of a total Prohibition law, with officers behind it in full sympathy with its enforcement, will ever accomplish the gre.it work. She is now rearijig and training three sons, whom she is fully persuaded, will well represent her views on this great reform when that time comes. Canada has thousands of grand mothers whose sons are the rising hope of the count r\'. 1 MRS. SAMUEL CLEMENTS, Superintendent of \V. C.T. U. evangelistic work for the State of Pennsylvania, was born in Phila- delphia, Sept. 22, 1832, the daughter o f Willi a m and Sarah Newbold. Her father was i\. d e s c e n d e n t o f Michael .Newbold, one of the jiioneer settlers from Eng- laiul in .New Jersey. One of the members o\' the Newbold family, as a mem- Wer o\' the Gover- nor's Council, draft- I'd and presented the first Bill for the abolition o\' slavery in New Jersey. She ii'i'eiveil an excel- lent I'arly eilui'ation, lonipleting it by at- leniling i\ ct>urse of lectures in science at Yale College, by such men as the two Sillmans, Pri->f. Han.'i and others. In 1863 she was m.-irrieii to Rev. Samuel Cli-ments, 1 >. \^., ;i |)romiiietit i-lergvnian of the Protestant Episcopal Chinch, i>f which she w.-is a member. For years she shared in his parochial ilulies.-ind then in the caust* of education. She is in with the Prohibition Partv movement, using her every influenci* in its behalf. She was <.'o. Supt. i>f the Soci.al Purity movement, and Nat. Supt. of Purity in Literalun- .ind Art, and is now StJite Supt. of Evangelical \\'ork, whii'h p«»sitii>n she has well filled for years. In 1V94 slu* visileil I'.nglaiul, Germany, Austria and Italy. In England she was inviteit to occupy London pulpits as i>ne o\' the W. C. T. U. speakers, in Jinu- oi' tlial year, but had to retui-n lionu- loo soon. Hit .aildress is L.-»nsilown, P;». WELLESLEY J. GATES, of Halifax, one of the Ix-st known and most active " Sons ' in Nova Scotia, was bt>m at "The Pines," .\nnapolis Co., N. S., March 31SI, 1837. He has been a life-long temperance work- er, and shows no signs of growing weary in well-dt>- ing. He joined "Gough's Cold Water Army " in St. John. N. B.. when ten ' age. S: Tilley. e\ > of that Province, was in charge of the Portland wing of soo at that time. Hel r.idet oi •• at Nicu .... -. .>!., in 1851, and on .\pril ^, lS;j. hi- hc-.itiu- ihe membership. He became a membiT of thi' Nova Scotia in i8r Collej;;t' at Cien. W'es. Semi- nary, Lima, N. Y., and is stationed ;is "Stiiiienl -Past or" at Hemlock Lake. He is in .'i c t i v e sympath}' with thi- whole temperance and Prohibition m o V e m e n t . H e joined the CL T. at the ag^e of 17, and e n t e r e d zealously inti> its work. He has held ne.'irly every tjflice in the subordinate lodije, ;ind advocates its claims on the public platforms. He was a representative to the annual session of the G. L. of N. Y. State, held at Kinj^ston in .\uj<-., 1K94. The following Sept. he was elected C D. by his coimty lodtci'. He was converted at the a)j;-e of jj, atul united with the .M. E. Ciiurch. Shortly after he was licensed to preach, and entered on his life work with much hope atid j^ood prospects of future usefulness and success. In Oct., 1893, lie was stationed at Hlack Creek, N. Y., where he also entj^ag'ed in G. T. and Prohibition work with acceptance and success. Heinj^ yet a young- man he does not lay claim to be a "Prohibition Leader," but gives g-ood prospects of being- able to ste|i into the ranks and fill up the g-ap as .the present leaders fall out in the course of nature. W. E. YOL'MANS, son of Arthur Youmans, was born in Prince Edward County, Ontario, in 1841. He was educated at Picton Grammar School, and taught for seven years. In 1867 he removed to St. Thomas, where he still resides. He is a step-son of Mrs. Letitia You- mans, the Honorary President of the Do- minion \V. C. T. L'. At 12 years of .ige he first signed the temperance pledg^e at the close of a lecture delivered in Picton by John B. Gough. He has ne\er tasted liquor as a beverag^e, y<'t, for example's sake, has sig-ned every temperance pledg^e presented to him. He is a charter member of St. Thomas Council, No. 35, Royal Teni- plars of Temper- ance. He was mar- ried to .\miie B. Thompson in 1870. He is a member of the First Methodist Church, .St. Thomas ; was for twenty-three years its Sunila\- School Superintendent, and ten years its Recording- Sti-w.-irtl, and is now a member of the Trustee and Quarterly Boards. He was a delegate to the first General Conference of the Methodist Church, held at Toronto in 1882. In 1881 he was elected Secretary of the Elgin Branch of the Ontario .\lliance, and continued to serve in that capacity during- the Scott .Act campaign. He is a Reformer in politics, yet votes for no candidate who is not a pronounced Prohibitionist. His wife is President of the St. Thomas W. C. T. C, and is an earnest temjH*rance worker. ROBERT PAXTON was born in Tweedmouth, on the borders >t England nnd ScotlamI, ju!v 11, 1S5J, came to Canada in 1857, setlietl in the town- shi p of Puslinch, Wellington County, where he attended the public school till 14, when he went to Lucknow, Bru4-e County, anil clerked for seven years in a general store. He then slarteil in busines'- for himself at Kin- K>ugli, eight miK"~ fioin Lm-knt>w, w.-i-- postmaster durin;.; his 13 years resi- dence there, ami made his business .-i fin.'incial success. In 1887 he moved t>i Otterville, in lli<- County of Oxfi>ril. went into priv.-itc banking, and ha^ esl.-xblisheil an ex- i-ellent business. He is also post- m;isler anil local manager of the Bell Telephone Company, ami is connected with a number of other financial enterprises. He is .-i commissioner for taking aftid.'ivits, .'I notai-y public, anil an issuer of marri;ige licenses. He w;is m;irrieil in i87() to Marg.irel Hreane) , anil has three boys anil three girls. He has taken .-1 strong slanil on the temiH-rance i|in-slion .ill his life. It was he who practiclically fought the con- stitution.ility of the Local C")ption Act through the v;iiious C'i>urfs, beconiing pi-rsonally responsible for a large amoimt of money, .-mil, after four ye;irs of litigation, came out victorious. He h;is been for several terms S. C. of Otter Coimcil, No. 34, R. T. of T. He is ;» Presbytt'ii'm and Reformer, a n>en>ber of I.O.O.E. and .X.O.I'. W. JAMES MILLER, Esq., iwstmaster of Ulverton, P. Quebec, anil President of Drummond Co. Alliance, was born in Riclunond, P. g.. May 24th, 1834. His parents emigrated from Ire- land and cante to Quebec in 1832, the first year of the memorable choler.-i plague there. Tht'v moved to Rich- mond, then a small hamlet of four or five houses, but now an im|Hirtant and flourishing^ town. Here they reartnl a f;(!>i U of twelve .11. He re- .1 liberal edu- ; on in his native i.ige, and in 1851 i;ot ,t situation in a country store al I'l- verton! Oi Hv- he proprietor. and ■le •he for numv years he h.is conducts. and su> . he became interesteil in the temiHTance movement, an. ileavored to advance its interests with \li;i!.ini c .ind pi ever since. He tiH>k an .-ictive jvirt i- refusi' :ill liquor licenses, anil for ovei : have been w' iisol tlu tiH>k an acti\ 'tt Act c;ir In 1852 he w.i^ .1 . Ml, ,, ■ .-. ■' ■ ^ loc.-dity, the first lem|H"r.ince 01 he becanu" a G. T. He is .-i mem ;» .S. .S. Supl. In politics he is a LilH-ral. iuul liii- th;tt |Nirty comes in |>ower a Pri>hibition law will < the C «< - no su»-h I 28 PROHIBITION LEADERS, WM. F. TAIT, M. D., G. W. T., of Illinois, was born on farm " Carty-Soiip," near Creetoun, Kirkiibrig-htshire, Scotland, June 21, 1836. His parents, Wni. and Marj' A. Tait, came to Illinois in Septem- ber, 1839, where he was brought up on ,1 farm. His liter- iry education was in " irregu la r " . ourse in Knox i^'ollegfe. 111., Gales- lurg- and Mon- mouth C o 1 1 e if e , Monmouth, 111., and ji Lee-Center Insti- ivite. Taught in public schools from 1S57-61, and began 10 stud)- medicine in March, i860. He entered the U. S. army in 1862 and served both in field and hospital until 1865. In March, 1866, he graduated fiom the Physio- Medical Institute, Cincinnati, O. He was Professor of Anatomy and Piiysiology in his Alma Mater from 1866 to 1870, and Professor of Surgery in the same college from 1870 to 1894, and has been an active practitioner all these years. He united with the Sons of Temperance in 1859, with the I. O. G. T. in 1866; with the Templars of Honor and Temperance in 1881. Was two years Grand Treasurer of the I. O. G. T. of Illinois, and is now completing his fourth year as Grand Worthy Templar of the Illi- nois Templars of Honor and Temperance. Was married June 2ist, 1866, to Rhoda Orianna Sperry, at Camden, New York. Of his three daughters, one, with his wife, have preceded him to heaven. He is a ruling elder in the Presbyterian Church. f" m # Ml . n v M V MRS. HARRIET ELIZA HAMMOND, of Cleveland, Ohio, well-known editor of the "Ohio W. C. T. U. Messenger," was born in Cheshire, — I Mass. Her parents moved to Chautau- qua Co., N.Y., dur- ing her childhood. Here she was edu- cated, and began teaching at the age of fi f t e e n . Four years later she mar- ried Mr. Hammond, a M. E. minister, and for twenty-five >ears she was his faithful help-meet in liis ministerial work. For eight \ears she had charge of the W. F. M. S. of the Cleve- land District, doing much efficient work as a speaker and organizer, also do- ing considerable temperance and other work. Her husband's health failing, after thirty- seven years of ac- tive ministerial work, they moved to Cleveland, making it their permanent home. She has since devoted herself more largelv to temperance work. She is an able and persuasive speaker, and her services have been in great demand, both for the platform and the pulpit, not only for temperance, but for Christian Endeavor, Epworth League and Y. M. C. A. work. She has taken a promi- nent position in the W\C.T. U., the Equal Franchise and the Pro- hibition Party movements, doing also efficiently the work of an evangelist. " The Messenger," under her control, has been suc- cessful .ind powerful for good. She is also V^ice-President of the Cleveland Sorosis, the largest woman's club in the State. MRS. ADA M. BITTENBENDER, of Lincoln, Neb., Pres. of " Uncle Sam's Anti-Drunkard Factory Concern," was born in Macedonia, Penn., Aug. 3rd, 1848. Her parents were Daniel Cole, an in- ventor and Union veteran soldier, and Emily Matheson, his wife. They were of English lineage, and their Ameri- can ancestors were among the early New England col- onists, the descend- ants of whom fur- nished many n Revolutionary sol- dier. She was a graduate of Low- ell's Commercial College, at Bing- hamton, N. Y., the Pennsylvania State Normal School, <'it Blooms burg, and the Frcebel Normal Institute, at Wash- ington, D. C. She was a school teach- er before marriage. She married Henry Clay Bittenbender, of Bloomsburg, in 1878, and moved to Nebraska. She took an active part in church work, agricultural affairs, temperance and the Woman Suffrage move- ments. She is a member of the Presbyterian Church. Since 1884 she has been affiliated with the Prohibition Party. She was licensed to practice law, and became her husband's law partner in 1882, settling at Lincoln. For five years she was Supt. of Legis- lation and Petitions of the National W.C.T.U., and for four years its attorney. She is the author of "The National Prohibitory Guide," and " Uncle Sam's Drunkard Factories." The concern of which she is President was organized to publish the latter book. REV. JOHN THOMAS NORTHWOOD BRAITHWAITE, M.A., of Lakeside, Ohio, is of English birth and parentage, hav- ing been born in Yorkshire, Eng., Sept. 30, 1854, His parents were Rich- ard and Mary Hraithwaite. He re- ceived his primary education at the ]5ublic schools of Lawrence County, N. Y., and Gren- ville Count}', Ont., and his collegiate course was taken at .Albert College, Belleville, Ont., and Baldwin L'niversity, Herea, O. He also pursued post-gradu- ate studies at Bos- ton University and Institute of Tech- nology, Boston, Mass. He is a member and minis- ter of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He is identified in temperance and political work with the Prohibition Party, and is also a member of the I. O. G. T., having joined the latter at the earh' age of 15. He is also con- nected with other reform associations. He has done county work on the platform for the Prohibition Part}- since 1883. He has also done work through the press in the same direction, having been correspondent of different temperance papers. His ministerial connection is with the North Ohio Conference of his Church, and he has filled the position of J oixrnal Secretary of the Conference of the District Epworth League, with the exception of one year, ever since its organization. He taught the sciences in Baldwin University prior to attending Boston University. PROHIBI'lION LEADERS. 29 WILLIAM MUNNS was born April 17, 1854, in the County of York, Ont. His father was of Irish descent, and liis mother of Scotch descent. On leaving' home at the ag'e of 15 years he sig-ned, at his mother's request, a temperance pledjfe, and united, in 1870, with the Sons of Temperance, in tlie villaj^'e of Drayton, Ont., and becominjc more and more im- pressed with the evils of intemper- ance he became an active worker in the D u n k i n A c t and Scott .Act cam p.'ligns, both upon the platform and throujfh the press. He was larj^ely in- strumental in the o r j4^ a n i z a t i o n o f " C a n a da's N e w Party " in 1888, of which he was tlu- .Secret.'iry for up wa rd s of t h ree years, j^ivinjc larj^-e- Iv of both lime and means in advi>catin>j^ tlie princijiles of the new orj^.'inizatit>n. He is a member of the Royal Tem]il;irs, and has always taken an active, self-sacrificinjc part in all tein- pi-rance reforms. He was married October 26th, 1875, to Miss .Maj^jjfie Hunter, Mt. Albert, Ontario, and has three daujfhters and one son. He is an out-and-out advocate of Total Prohibi- tion, and stronjfly opposed to all license lejifisiation. At pres- ent he is to be classed amonjif the .advanced Prohibitionists of the Dominion of Canada, believinif, as he does, that {Prohi- bition is the one j^rcit issue of paramount importance in Can- adian |)olitics. MRS. ABIGAIL J. HADLEV, of Clarksville, Clinton County, Ohio, a hig'hly csteemetl Ouakoicss and |iioneer Crusader, was born in Randolj^h Co., N. C, Oct. 14, 1830. Her parents were Hezekiah S. and Abig-ail Clark. T h e fa m i I y b e- lonifed to the So- ciety of Friends as far back as the family recortl ex- tends, some of them cominij ovi-r frc>ni Knj^l.'iiul with Win. I'enn, the ft)under of Pennsylvania. Her jiarents moveil lo Indiana when she w.-is but five years i>ld, ;iiul lived on a farm. There, while spinninjj and wea\- \\\^ their honu'- made cloths, she learned many of her lessons, keepinj^ a book placed when" she coulil jjet oi'ci- si(M):il )4;lances ;it it. Slu- bi'j^'an teachinjj a country school ;\t 18, and continued to do so until married to David S. Hadlev, of Clinton Co., Ohio, Oct. 17, i85_^. She has, from j.,'irlhood, been an active nu-mber of the " Friends Socii'ty," or (^u.ikers. .She h;is lu'en Si'cy. of ;i number of Ihe \cyy l.iigi' N'e.-irly Meetings, .iiul ;i representative ti> the .Monthly .•iiul (Juai"terly Mei'lings for ni.-inv years. Her life-long sympathies have been with Ihe lentperance ami Prohibition work. It is said of her tluit " she was a Crusader ten years before there was a t'rusade." As early as 1863 she Ih*- gan ti> give tr;»ct reailings anil hold prayer-meetings in s;iloons. The work resulted in closing more than one saloon. When the W. C. T. I', was organizeil she was its first Pres. in her li>cal I'nion. MRS. HANNAH JOHNSTON BAILEY, Superintendent of the Department of Peace and Arbitration of the World's and Na- tional W. C. T. U., was born in Corn- wall - on - the - Hud- son, N. Y., July 5th, 1839. Her parents were David and Letitia Clark John- ston. She was edu- cated in her native locality. She is a member of the So- ciety of Friends, popularly known as "Quakers." She has lH*en intimately identified with var- ious great philan- thropic and ref'orm movements, such as the W.C.T.l'.. tlie Prohibition Party, the W. F. -M. C. of the F"riends' Church, C. P. C. Am. P. S., W. Nat. Ind. Ass., Society for the Pre- vention of Cruelty t o A n i m a I s , a n d Women's National Council. For years she has labored to promote these principles on the platform, through the press, and by personal efforts, and much giHuJ has resulted therefrom. In connection with her work she has filled these important positions, among others : Supt. of Peace Dept. in W.C.T.L'.; Vice-Pres. in Cniversal Peace L'nion ; Director in the American Peace Society ; Tre.is., National Council of Women of the United States ; Supt. in Women's National Indian Association. She was also judge in the Liber.-d Arts at the great World's Fair at Chicago in iSf^.V F'ew women have been cnlled upon to exercise their varied talents in so many different splu-res of usefulness. • MR. JAMES KENNEDY, of San Francisco, P. G. C. T. of Oregon I. O. G. T., was born in Parish Kiltegan, Co. Wicklow, Ireland, in 1846. His father was Matthew Kennedy a n d his m other ^.'.'itherine Pearson, ■; English descent. I !iey were farmers. K- married Miss Mirv A. Ovington, ir of Mr. R. Ml, a highly ^•d and well- rmer. They le d.iughter, \ I n g with her v'ther in Povton. llew.i^ .n the pul ,if his n.iii\i- j'l.ii e, .iiul emigr.iled lo Kostv^n, M.iss. iS<>7. Here he bi i\inic .1 in ilcsm.ui in here lie : lie ter- • •I the use He moved ager lor !•". P. Collier, publisher, in Los .\ngi-U-s, .tnd l\>i(l.iiid. Ore. .Assisted by his efforts the ChxhI Teiii|>Iar Ortler h«vame n jHiwer lor gooil in Ihe Slate of Oregon. II ' ; i '' in |S<).;, ami w.is Iwice re-elecletl. At (h. ventitin in i8<^, he was ntimin.ileil Iheir i.i: ami |Hilleil a large nud res|H'claf>le vole. He 10 junior p;irtner of the firm of Park it KeniuHh ~ ile Co., i,J,?<> Market stn«el, San I » al. He in ^n uikoiu- promising Prohiliilionisl, aiul d«v - sjvuv lime lo Ihe pro- motion of ihe lemjHMiinci" caiisi-. 11. ■ is now Dislricl C. T. i^flhe (iixnl Templars, aiul .1 conti ibniing memlvr of Ihe W. C. 1". I'. 3° PROHIBITION LEADERS REV. WILLIAM CURTIS STILES, D. R., was born in Stonehani, Maine, June 14, 1S55. He is a lineal descendent on his mother's side of the Irish Moores, of whom Tom Moore was one. He is a j<-raduate of Tuft's Divinity School, from which he re- ceived his deyree in i(S76. He was Secy., and then Pres., of the Brooklyn Citi- zens' Leag'ue that bet^an the ag'itation in that city for the enforcement of liie liquor laws. This experience led him into the Prohibition Party duriny the St. John campai_t;n. In the Fisk cani- paiL;n he stumped New Hampshire with Dr. Ed^:;ar L. Carr, the t;'ul-er- nrilorial candluato of the party, and in every tow^n he spoke there was a g-ain in the vote. A Republican paper said that no such speeches had ever been heard before in the State. Mr. Stiles is now (1895) President of the Prohibition Club of 250 members in Jackson, Mich. He has held prominent pastorates in the Conjjfrei^ation denomina- tion in Brookhii, N. Y. ; St. Louis, Mo., and Jackson. He is the author of a novel, "The Raven and the Dove," and a fre- quent contributor to mag'azines and reviews. Much of his literary work has been done under the pseudonym of " Max." He was one of the office editors and definers of the Funk & Wag-nails Co.'s Standard Dictionary. His wife is a Massachusetts woman from Cape Cod, daug-hter of Benj. and Mary Newcome, of Welfleet. MARTIN WARD SHEPHERD, of RiceviUe, Prescott Co., Ont., thoug-h vet a young- man, has during- the past few years done earnest and efficient work in his own district in beh<-ilf of temper- ance and Prohibi- tion. He was born in Riceville, Aug. 29, 1870, the son of M;irtin Shepherd and Louisa Hannah Delmer, his wife. He was educated in his own locality, and graduated from the County Model School at the head of his class. He then c o m m e n c e d teaching-, and fol- lowed that profes- sion for six years. Recently he r e - signed in order to attend Victo. ia Uni- versity, Toronto, to prepare himself for the Methodist min- istr}'. He has been prominently identi- fied with the R. T. of T. for some years, taking- a very active part in his local council, and being- one of the officers of the District Council, which in- cluded in its jurisdiction the counties Glengary, Stormont, Dundas, Prescott and Russell. In this work he is indefatigable, doing- g:ood service in the lodge room, among- his associates, with his pen and on the platform. In politics he is Independent, strong-ly favoring the election of reliable temperance men, irrespective of party. During^ the last Provincial election, as Secretary of his District Council, he gfot information of all the candidates regarding- the Prohibition question, and aided to the extent of his influence such as could be relied upon. REV. CHARLES WESLEY CUSHING, A. M., D. D., a prominent minister, educationist and temp^^rance reformer, was born at Burke, Vt., June 6th, 1825, the son of Matthew and Rosina Woodruff Cushing. He re- ceived an excellent early educational liaining, but in con- sequence of i m - paired health could luit take a regular L'niversity course. I te received the de- .L;ree of A. M., with- out request, from \\ e s 1 e y an U n i - \ersi(y. He was licensed as a Metho- ilist minister in 1848, rind has since filled a number of im- portant stations and offices. He was for years Principal of Newbury Seminary and Female Col- legfe, and of several other similar insti- tutions. He de- clined the Presi- dency of the State University at Madison, Wis., when it was first opened, and of AUegfhany Colleg-e at Meadville, Pa. In 1 878 he was appointed to the mission work in Italy by the Bishops of hisChurch, but could not go because of partial paralysis of the eyes. He was married in 1850 to Thirza Johnson Dyer, and to her care and good judgment he owes a large share of his improved health and effici- ency obtained ; they have four daugfhters and two sons. In 1882 he org-anized "The American Reformer," and for three years was as- sociated with Prof. A. A. Hopkins and Wm. McGatchell in its editor- ial manag-ement ; it was afterwards merged with the "N.Y. Voice. " He is a fearless advocate for the Nat. Prohibition of the drink traffic. JOHN H. NEWSBAUM, a very active and prominent tem- perance worker in his own countv, was born in Chittenang-o, Madi- son Co., N. Y., Oct. 8, i860. His par- ents were Bartle and Dora News- baum, both natives of Germany. He was educated in the Yates Union Free School. He is a niemberof the Meth- o d i s t Episcopal Church. He has taken a deep inter- est in the temper- ance work and spent much time and en- ergy in the promo- tion of its interests. He became a mem- ber of the Good Templar Order when twenty years of age, joining- iMemphis Lodg-e, No. 68, in 1880, and is now a member of Fulton Lodg-e, No. 424. Besides hold- ing various posit ions in the subordinate lodge, he has been C. T. of his county lodg-e. He was County Deputy for two terms and is at present C. C. T. of Osweg-o Co., N. Y. As a county officer he has been active, earnest and untir- ing: to build up the interests of the cause and Order. He has well done his share in building it up to the present prosperous condi- tion it now occupies in the county. He is an ardent supporter of the Prohibition Party, having voted that ticket for years, when- ever he has had the opportunity. Whatever he can do to outlaw or abolish the liquor traffic he does most heartily. He was mar- ried Feb. 12, 1885, to Miss Zoa Palmer, who has been a help-meet indeed to him in all his work. His address is Fulton, N. Y. PROHIBITION LEADERS. 31 REV. FRANK HAMILTON was born in Syracuse, N. Y., May 28th, 1850. He inherits the characteristics of botli his parents, Chauncey Hamilton and La- niira Marjjaret \'an W a j^ e n e n , w h o were of sturdy New P-nj^land and Hol- land stock, believ- injc that whatever is rii^ht is to be sustained to the last. He was edu- cated at the public schools of Svr.i cuse, .\. \. At'tl.> ag'e of 25 he was converted in Tren- ton, N. J., and im- mediately united w i I h t li e M. K. Ciuirch. He was admitted to tlir Centr.'il N. \'. Con- ference Oct. 14111, 1888, when he was ordainetl Deacon. On Oct. 9th, 1892, he was crd;iined Klder. From the first he took a stand for Prohibition. In 1891 he was inili;iti-il iiitv> tiie Independent Order of Ciood Templars. He has held the positions of C'ountx' Chief Templ;ir of .Mailison County, D. Ci. C. T. of the State of New \'ork, and County Deputy of Cortland County Lodjii'e. F"ron> the time of his conversion he put himself on record as a foe to the liquor traffic by fearlessly, from pulpit and platform, advo- catinj^' the extermination of the curse by individual as well as collective effort. On some charj^^'es, by the circulation of a remonstiance and by other means, he has been able to I'lose up the s^doons. His motto is the uliim.-iii- ovitiIu-ow of the liquor tr.'dTic and its future i'rtihihition. JOHN J. MACLAREN, Q.C., D.C.L., L.L.D., of Toronto, one of the best known lawyers anil lem|ierance workers in Can- atla, was born at Lachute, ld med- alist, the hij<^hest lu)nor of the uni- versity, ami j^'r.'idii- .•iteil in law at M*- Ciill I' ni versi t \ , Montreal. He has b I' e n a 1 e a tl i n l; member of the Bar of Ouebec and On- t.'irio for many years, havinij con- ducted some of the most important cases before the Courts of the coun- try. He success- fully defended the constitutionality of the Can.'ida 'I"em- perance .Act in the Canadian Supreme Court and before the Privy Council in En^fland, where he was opposed by the Hon. Judah P. Menjamin, then the leader of the Enjjlish Mar. He represented tlu' Pi-ovinces of Ontario ami M:initob.-t before the Supreme Court .iiul the lm|HMial i'rivy Council in 189;;, on the question submilleil by the Provincial and Dominion Ciovernmenls as \o the riijhl of the Provinces to prohibit. He is a Methodist, a member of suc- cessive Annual and (.ieneral Conferencos. He is Chairman of the Executive of the Di>m. Pri>hibition .Alliance, aiul w.is Ch.iirm.m of tin- Prohibition Plebiscite for V. Ontario in i8«)4. He is ,-in .luthorily in Can.id.'i on all l.ivv questions referring; to Prohibition legislation. WILLIS P. HENDRICK, of RichviUe, N. Y., was bom at that place, Dec. 2nd, 1856. His father is Stephen R. Hendrick, a native of East 'M^L"": ^ Hampton, Mass., and his mother was Helen E. Ljnde, of Vermont stock. .After being' gradu- ated at the Rich- \ille High School in 1 S75, he spent three \ i-ars at Oberlin, i>hio. College. He s a member and ^ crk of the First • ngregat i o n a 1 ^ iiurch in Richville; ~^ icretary of the \. S. C. E., and Sup- intendent of a ^'iirishing .Sunday .School. He is somewhat Indepen- ilent in politics, though known as a Democrat, and was a p p o i n t e d post- master by Presi- dent Cleveland at the commencement of his first admin- istration, and re- connnis>ioni li on Mr. Cli'xelaiids .igain taking office. He is a Warden in Ridgevillc Lodge, .A. F. & A. .M.; a D. H. C. R. of the Foresters, and holds offices in subordinate and county lc»dges of the I. O. G. T. He was nuide Secy, of the State Prohibition .Amendment Convention held at Syracuse in 1890, and immediately afterwards took the platform in the interest of the non-partisan movement. He is serving his fourth term as C. C. T. of the I. O. CI. T. for St. Lawrence Co., and during his administration the Order has doubled in membership. In .April, 1894, he established the "St. Lawrence Templar," which he edits at a pers.ni.il ^:.. il. hce in the interests of temperance and Good Templai\ RICHARD WELLINGTON WILLIAMS was bom at .Mon- treal, July 15th, 185^, son of Richard Williams and Anne .M. G e n d I e , both of Tavistock, Eng. His father died the year after his birth, and he removed to .N i c o 1 1- 1 C o u n t y , studied at Nicolet College, and wa,s apprenticed to the drug business at Three Rivers in 1870. II. ,1- uatedt 1- li.-.il I , ... ^. ,,f r ' ■ n .-i c y as a nil >i usi in 1877. He then liH>k a p;irtner- ship in (he drug store in which he h.id iH'en .•ippren- ticed, and later Ih*- canie sole proprie- tor. He joined the L O. G. f. in 1871: took the G. L. de- gri«e in 1878; was Grand Treasurer from iSs. • . ,vsLi,. G. C. , 1886 an. E. S. in i88<); twice representative lo Supreme Linlge, hiiU >nue 1892 has been Deputy R. W. (•. Templ;ir for Ouelvc. He was elected to the Provincial i" ■• \cars; .'ippoiiiteil Ex.Hininer nine Vice- President one yi'.nr, .'inil Firs; ,.■,., .... ■• \ nu'mber of the C'ity Council and Bo;ii> ii of the St. M.-»urice Ti>ol .-md Axe \v _-<> ntarried .Alice J. I-.»mbly. .uul has one m>ii and lout ilau^iiUiN. A memlHT of St. .Anilrew's Presbyterian Churi'h, and has Ix-iii Sec- Treas. .uul Chairman of M.m.igers. In jHilitics is lnde|HMulenl. A D. S. C. R. of the L O. F., and P. D. D. G. M. of the A. F. & A. M. 32 PROHIBITION LEADERS ALBERT H. WALKER, of Brooklyn, X. V., a prominent Good Templar and Prohibition worker, was born at Tufton- borough, N. H., May 17, 1845. He was educated in the best schools of his locality. He has been actively iden- tified with the tem- perance work from earlv boyhood. At the ag-e of 14 he was initiated into the Sons of Tem- perance division at Wolfborough, and w a s f o r several ^• e a r s an active member of that Or- der. In 1868 he be- came a resident of Maine and took an active part in the great Prohibi- tion contest in that |iioiicer Prohibition State. In 1873 he joined the Good Templar Order at Lewiston, Me., and has been an active a n d pro m i n e n t member in its ranks ever since. He held the highest offices in the subordinate and county lodges while a resident of Maine. In 1882 he moved to Brooklyn, N. Y., and has continued his aggressive work for Good Teniplary and Temperance ever since. He has been the means of organizing a large number of new lodges, besides much strengthening those already in existence. He is also an active member of the Prohibition Party. He has been chairman of the General Committee of the party in Kings Co., and also President of the Brooklyn Temperance League. He has devoted much time to the promotion of the temperance reform through the southern part of New York State. MRS. MARY E. MEHAFFY, of Herring P. O., Ohio, well known as an educitor and temj^erance worker, was born in Green County, O., in 1834. Her parents were Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Richardson. They moved to near Lima, the county seat of Allen Co., when she was but two years old. The localit)- was then an almost unbroken wilderness with just enough clearing to iniild a log house, into which they moved before the doors and windows were fixed in place. The wild beasts howled around, and the big log fire in- side kept them at hay. Her father was one of the first school teachers in that county, and was the principal educator for years. She began teaching when 16 years old, and continued to do so until m;irried. The family have always been deepl}' interested In the educationrU interests of the county. She has been deeply interested in the Prohibition Party movement since its first existence, and is also a warm advocate of the equal franchise reform. She sent a letter of cordial greeting to the first county organization of that party. She was one of the active participators in the great Ohio Crusade work, and has been deeply interested in the work of that " Child of the Crusade" — the W. C. T. U., ever since 1885. She has occupied the position of State Vice-President. She has taken an active interest in the movement of scientific instruction in the schools. "MOTHER STEWART," of Springfield, O., whose name will go down in histor\- as the leader of the first great Woman's Crusade, was born in Piketown, Oliio, April 25, 1 8 16. Her parents were James a n d R e b e c c a Daniel. Her par- ents died before she was I 2 years of age and she was thrown on her own re- sources. She ac- quired s u fii c i e n t education to teach, andlateron reached Ji good position among the educa- tors of her native State. She became a member of the Methodist Church in her 1 6th year, and during all her long and eventful life has been noted for her philanthropic, pa- triotic and Chris- tian wo r k . She joined the Good Templar Order in 1 858 and was a use- ful member in its ranks. When the great civil war came on her husband, Hiram Stewart, and his two sons went to the front as volunteers. She at first devoted her time to gathering supplies and forwarding them to the sick and wounded. She finally went herself and became the nurse and friend to the " boys in blue." It was from them she got the name of " Mother Stewart," by which she will always be familiarly known to the world. She early took an interest in the "Woman's Movement" in the tem- perance work. In January, 1872, she addressed a large audience in her own city, and obtained a pledge of a large number of women to stand by the drunkards' wives in prosecuting the liquor sellers. REV. O. J. BLACKFORD, of Brighton, Mich., a well-known minister, temperance writiT and speaker, was born in Baldwin city, Kas., Sept. ist, 1867. His father. Rev. Ira Blackford, was a descendent fi-om the Scottish nobleman bearing that name, and his mother, Leah M. Blake, had in her \eins the Lee blood, which in early days figured so conspicu- ously in Maine and X'irginia, and which was so prominent in the first Ameri- can Congress. He was educated at Garnett and Law- rence, Kas.; he also received several years of private tutelage to fit him for his present call- ing. He is a min- ister of the Gospel at Brighton, Mich., and being a thor- ough linguist, is looked u p on as authority in his Conference on matters pertaining to Hebrew, Greek, Chaldean or Latin languages. For several years he has been a prominent temperance worker. He has been an enthusi- astic and effective member of the G. T. Order. He was for two years the Grand Secy, of that Order for Lake Superior Grand Lodge. He declined the office of G. C. T. because of great de- mands on his time. He was the leader in prosecuting the first case in his State for violating the law relative to bondsmen for liquor licenses, which became a case of more than ordinary' State inter- est. One of the leading temperance journals pronounces him "The Temperance Orator of his State." His address is Brighton, Mich. PROHIBITION LEADERS 33 JOSEPH COOK was born at TicoiuK'iojfa, X. Y. Jan. 26th, 1838. He was educated at Phillips Academy, Andover, Mass., ^'ale Colleg'e, and - larvard, graduat- ■r^ from the latter \ith high honors in 1 >; 6 5 . He next -pent four years at \ndover Theoloj^i- i .il Seminary, j^iv- :i< special attention on to advanced re- gions and philoso- lical thoutfht. In S 7 I he went ii>road, studying ' T two years with ' holuck.Julius.Mui- ' r, Dorner and Kiino Fisher, after A liicli he travelled 111 Italy, Greece, Turkey, Syria and Egypt. Returning, he took up his resi- dence at Boston, and entered upon his special work as a lecturer on the relations of reli- gion and science. Through his lectures Mr. Cook has become a recognized champion of oithodoxy, known and honored throughout the Christian world. Eleven volumes of his lectures have been published in the United States and thirteen in England. In Boston Mr. Cook has deliv- ered one hundred and ninetv-four lectures on the most difficult ]>hilosophical. scientific, social, and political topics. Eminent as a lecturer on philosophy and religion, he is none the less as a liistiiiguished and jiowerful advocate of total abstinence and Prohibition. Here he stands beside Xeal Dow, Frances Wil- lard and John G. Woolley in the front rank. His lecture on " Alcohol and the Human Brain," is a classic with the temper- ance reformers. ISABEL, LADY iii.NkS SOMERSET, the eldest daughter of Earl and Countess Somers, of Eastnor Castle, Ledbury, England, was born in 1851. At her fathers death >he succeeded to I he inheritance of his vast estates and immense wealth, lioni to an inherit- iiice of culture, re- iiement and wealth iie was married in -^^2 to Lord .Somer- I'l, second son of :e Duke of Beau- irt, and in 1874 her Illy son was bom. I er life was passed I the gayest of i.ngiand's aristt>- atic society, and A th this she seem- . • il content until " ^ - when deep il longings within her n-art. She listened i> the heavenly lice, and turning -ide from the gaie- ties of fasliionable life, to Flastnor C.1S- tle,she sought by prayer and study of the Scriptures to learn the will of God. She came t'orth from that period of prayer and Bible study a consecrated daughter of the King. The duty of seeking the wel- fare of her large tenantry having deeply impressed her heart, she was confronted at once by the drink problem. In 1885. at the little village of Ledbury, with forty of her tenants, shi' ~ ' ' ' '^-^e. .She had nearly one hundred thousand tenants in :id for these her heart was moved with the compassio. . . nd she went forth to seek and save the lost. Sheisto-d;t\ of the British Women's Temperance .Association, and \'u nt- ;il-large of the World's Women's Christian Temperance Lniou. MARY D. FERGUSON, Supt. of \. Y. State W. C. T. U., Dept. of Soldiers and .Sailors, and Pres. of Onondaga Co., N.Y., W. C.T.L'., was born in P o u g h k e e p s i e , Dutchess Co., X. Y. While quite young her parents, Elam anil Catherine Dun- bar, moved to Cort- land County. She finished her educ.i- tion at the Homer .Academy, and was married to Alonzo H. Ferguson when 21 years of age. The first years of their married life w e r e spent i n Wilkes berry and Williamsport, P;i., where Mrs. Fergu- son was very active in Church and S,-ib- batli School woik. About this time she identified herself with the Order of Goiiil Templars, and is still a nu-ni- ber ; aJso of the Council of Royal Irmpl.iis ol I >-m|ifi.iiicc. Ill 1S73 .Mr. ;ind Mrs. Ferguson, with I liiir four chililren, moved to .Syracuse, at which lime she united with Park Presbyteri.m Church. .About sixteen yei began to realize more fully th.ui ever the growing < per.inci- and the need of e.irnesl workers in the field, i* convinci'il her that this was the neglected work of the t hurch, and she concluded U> make il her special life work. Mrs. Ferguson, bi'ing relieveil from lu>useholil cares, Is giving nearly her entire lime to Gospel Temperance work, and with great success. She IS often called to spe.ik upon the subject of Prohibition, as well as lu-r special departn>ent in connecli»»n with the W. C. T. U. WILLIA.M BOWMAN, ESQ., an old and much re.spected citizen of London, Ont., is one of the best known and most re- liable temperance and Christian work- ers of the Province. He was born in Li verjjool, England, March 18, 1820, and received his educa- tion in that city. He has been a resident of London, On!., for many years and h.is always taken a prominent pi>silion in business and in moral and social re- form movements. He has bi>en for st^me time Su|K'rin- tendent of the Lon- don and Port Stan- ley Railway and an influential aldennan ler Methodist Su lions in other cli prom>' in the of the cirv He is an acln lU ous ni. ■;ie Methovi.v, V nnu-h. For about Iwentv VC.lls lu' 1 ■ IS IhH'O S nt of I> ■t Crn- I mil V 11 11 Ml. tic M.i>. nciu- iiiu> 11 111 iiiiiiu n. lui,' i nr . IIIMCII U» \\ nich he belongs to lake a noble stand on all moral roformji. 34 PROHIBITION LEADERS ■'X^ REV. JOHN F. GOUCHER, D. D., of Baltimore, Md., Presi- dent of the large Woman's Colleg-e in that city, was born in Wanes- boro, Pa., June/th, 1845, the young-est son of Dr. John Goucher, He grad- uated from Dickin- son College in 1868, since which the de- grees of A. M. and D. D. have been conferred on him by the same institution. He married Miss Mar\' C. Fisher, of Baltimore Co., who has been a worthy help-meet to him in all his noble work. Five children have been born to them, three of whom are now living. He entered the ministry of the M. E. Church in 1869, and has been a very suc- cessful worker ever since. He was very successful in his pastoral work and in church building, paying special attention to the missionary and educational move- ments ot the Church. He has been a member of the General Con- ference for years, and of some of its most important committees. Years ago he began to take a deep interest in the education of the colored people South, and took a prominent jjart in the establish- ment of Morgan College, Baltimore, for that purpose, as well as similar schools elsewhere. In 1881 he projected and directed the organization of the Anglo-Japanese College at Tokio, which has been very successful. He is a member of the Bd. of Trustees of the Anglo-Chinese College at Foochow. For the past five years he has been connected with the Baltimore Woman's College as President. REV. DANIEL DORCHESTER, D. D., of Melrose, Mass., distinguished author and worker, was born in Duxbury, Mass., March nth, 1827 He was educated at Norwich Acad- emy and the Wes- leyan University, both in Connecti- cut. From the lat- ter institution he received the de- grees of M. A. and D. D. When 20 years old he entered the ministry of the M. E. Church, and preached nine years in Connecticut, since which he has been in leading cities in Massa- chusetts. He was elected to the State Senate of Connecti- cut, and the House of Representatives of Massachusetts. He was also ap- pointed Chairman of Commissioners on Idiocy in Con- necticut, to enquire into their number and condition, and the possi- bility of improvement. In 1889 President Harrison appointed him Supt. of the Indian Schools of the U. S., which position he held for nearly hve years, travelling 96,000 miles and visiting over 100 Indian Reservations, discharging his duties energetically and judiciously. He has been a very popular author. His great work, "The Liquor Problem in All Ages," is considered the most comprehensive and in- structive treatise of the whole question, in a single volume, yet pub- lished. Among his other books are : " The Problem of Religious Progress," "Christianity in the United States," "Romanism vs. The School Question." His labors in the temperance reform have been very valuable, and he has the fellowship of all temperance people. JOHN TELFAIR FIELD, of St. Louis, Mo., a well-known Prohibition worker of that citv, was born in the city of New York, Dec. 3, 1838. He was prepared to en- ter the Sophomore class at Rutgers Coll., but ill health prevented. He moved to St. Louis in 1885 and was for a time engaged in mercantile business, since which he has been mostly e n - gaged in gold and silver mining. In January, 1863, he married Miss Mary Adelaide Childs, now a prominent W. C. T. U. worker in St. Louis. They are both members of the Centenary M. E. Church, South, hav- ing been converted in February, 1857. He is a member of t h e Prohibition Party, casting his first vote on that ticket for Hon. J. P. St. John in 1884, having previously been a Dem- ocrat. In 1890 he was the Prohibition candidate for Congress, from qth (now the 12th) District of Missouri, which candidacy cost him a very lucrative position as secretary of the Granite Mountain Mining Co. He esteems political independence and principles of more value than dollars and cents. In 1892 he was the Prohibition can- didate for Mayor of St. Loiiis, and in 1894 was one of the Prohibition Presidential electors for his State. His work consists chiefly in writing for "The National," of St. Louis, and other Prohibition papers. He has been a very active worker for the advancement of temperance and a liberal contributor financially. He looks for the final triumph of the Right. REV. JOHN D, KNOX, of Topeka, Kansas, a well-known preacher, editor and temperance worker, was born in Belmont Co., O., Oct. 28th, 1828, the son of John and Marj' Davis Knox. He was educated at Jefferson College and Duff's Commer- cial School. At the age of 17 he joined the M. E. Church, and in 1850 entered the Pittsburg Con- ference as a min- ister. In 1865 he was transferred to the Kansas Confer- ence. He has been a hearty temper- ance worker, in the pulpit, in his pas- toral duties, on the ])latform, in the lodge room, and through the press. He took a very active and promi- nent part in the great contest for Constitutional Pro- hibition in Kansas which resulted so successfully. He served as the first Secretary of the Kansas State Temperance Societ)'. In addition to his home work he has travelled quite extensively, and addressed audiences in behalf of Prohibition in Ireland, England and Egypt. For four years he was editor of the "Kansas Methodist, " and has been a frequent contributor to the press in behalf of temperance advancement. In politics he is a Republican. He has been a member of the Sons of Temperance, a prominent official in the I. O. Oddfellows, received eleven degrees in Masonry, was Treasurer of the Freedman's Relief Association of Kansas, served as Supt. of Public Instructioti, and was Honorary Commissioner to the Austrian Universal Exposition at Vienna. PROHIBITION LEADERS 35 SIR SAMUEL LEONARD TILLEN', K. C. M., G. C. B., of St. John, and ex-Lieut. -Governor of New Brunswick, is one of the oldest and most prominent of the public Prohibition- i^^ts of the Domin- ion of Canada. He was born in Gag'c Town, Queen's Co., \. B., May Hth, ■m8, and educated the Grammar ■^iliool of his native own. He spent -oine years in suc- ossful business in ■>!. John, N.B., and i.is by his enerji^y II id ability obtained niore positions ot i I list and honor than probably any other man in his native Province, lie was for years a member of the \. B. Provincial Par- liament before Con- federation, and fin- ally became Prem- ier of the Provincial Government. Later on he bci amo a member of the Dominion F'arliament. He was for years a member of the Dominion Government, and ably filled the posilioixs of Hon. Minister of Customs, and Hon. .Minister of Fin- ance. Retirinjf, he was appointed Lieut. -Governor of his native Province, and filled that position two terms. He has been a life- lonj^- temperance worker ; is one of tin- oldest members of the S. of T. in the Order, havinj^' filletl the hitjhest positions in his Icical Divis- ion, the (id. Div., and the Int. Div. His heart has always been true to the cause and Order. In 1H55, when Premier, he introduced and carrieil throuifh Parliam't the first Prohib'n law enacted in Canada. It went into force in 1.S56, but was repealed by the next I'arliament. FRANCES ELIZABETH WILLARD, LL. D., reformer and philanthropist, was born near Rochester, N. Y., Sept. 28, 1839. She inherited from I — ■ , her parents, Josiah ! Willard and Mary Thompson Hill, many notable gifts, md grew up at For- ■-t Farm, Wis. At i >l she entered the Vorthwesteni Fe- uale Collej^e, g^rad- iting- with valedic- ory honors in 1859. Then followed 16 i-ars of successful .-.iching in public -^hools and col- ■Lfes. Her career ^■^ an educator was lost brilliant and iccessful. Stirred •V the temperance I iisade in Ohio in "^73, she accepted ■1 1874 the call of le Chicago \V. C. 1. L'., and gave iicrself up to gospel uinperance work, ' ■ — ' with "marked suc- cess." From this |>oint .Miss Willard's rise in positio.,, j^. ,,v , , and [xipularity was phe- nomenal. She became a convert to woman suffrage in 1 876, assisted .Mr. .Moody in evangelistic services in 1877, heljH'd found the *' L'nion Signal ■■ in 1882, was elected President of the National W'.C.T. U. in 1879. She was elected President of the World's W. C. T. U. in 18S7, and still holds this high position. Joseph Cook calls her " the most widely known and the best beloved woman in America." Her published volumes are : " Nineteen Beautiful Years," "Hints and Helps in Temperance Work." " How to Win. " Woman in the Pul- pit," "Woman and Temperance," " Glimpses of Fifty Years." "A Classic Town," and ".A Young Journalist." MISS JESSIE E. ACKERMAN, the World's Missionary of the W. C. T. L'., has become well known, by reputation at least, to all intelligent w o r k e r s in t h a t great organization. She is an American by birth, but may wi'll claim, as did Jolm Wesley, that • the World is my l>arish." She h.'is 1 > c e n r e c e n 1 1 y --poken of as "The one woman who i.is twice travelleil ' ound the worki, ihoringin the great luse of hum;in pro- ^ less — temperance, Christianity, and I he uplifting of hu- manity." John G. Woolley describes her as the " second greatest woman in \merica," putting, o| course, Frances Willard in the first rank. .\s a tr;ivel- ler, lecturer, organ- izer, ami reformer, luT ifcoiil h;is been li-uly wonili'rful. .Space can onlv be foiutd here to give a synopsis of some of the statistics in connection with it. She has been seven years devoted to this work, and has (rav- ilU'd 150,000 nnles, visileil S'o cities, given 56o,iildresses, and 97f> K'ctures. She has filled 210 pulpits and visileil 010 saloons. She li.is inili.ited 940 Gooil Templars, and inihui-il 9,»)8() to join the W. C. T. L'., besides getting 21,840 men to sign the pleilge. She has formed ibo local W. C. T. L"s, 2 colonial, and 2 national. Has been presented to 2 Kings, 10 .Asiatic Princes, iSultans, 3 IVincesses, 2 Raj.ihs, I Emperor and Empress, 2 (Jueens, 2 Governors, and has been a member of 10 deputations to Parliaments. She has travelled by c.imel-carts, sedan chairs, etc. Her address is Carlisle, Pa. THOMAS HYDE LORD TALLCOTT, of Glastonbury, Hartford Co., Conn., is not only one of the most prominent tem- perance workers in his State, but one of the highest offi- cials in three lead- ing National Tem- perance Orders, and one of the founders of the Prohibition Party. He was bom .May 14, !829, in Glastonbury, the son of .Asa and Polly Lord Tallcott. The family are among •lie oldest in Conn., descended from John Tallcott, who . .ime from England Ml i<'>32. and settled in Newtown (now C".unbridge). Mass.; njoved to H.-irtt'ord, Conn., in 1O36, and iMiilt tlie first frame unise in that place. ^ " nin •at ^ ^ or, built the tirst frame house in Glaston- pr\>tection fron» Indians. I was boni, and in which 'o Lucv A., ' ' ". of . T. U. I Ir.. !ev of or, vXl iiu) civow nerc. hurv,and SIM iiHindcd it wi' It w;is in this house the sul- he now resides. !!»• \^ Bi^stoM, who died in born Jime 9, i8(k). .M . n a p' and trial judge for nmnv years. He is a P. G. \ T.. P. G. C. T. of Gotxl templars. P. W. T. o: besides similar |H»sitions in odier C'>iileiv. H, Templar Ortler in Rhoile Kl.iml, ;itul Ili-hoi^.u lodges, working in N. .-ind S. C'.'irolina, Vonnectu He is aCongregationalisl,an ordaimnl preacher, .ind an evangelist 36 PROHIBITION LEADERS. REV. JOHN WESLEY BELL, B. D., was born of Irish Can- adian parents (father, John Bell) in the County of Peterboroug-h, Ont., Sept. loth, 1847. He received his education at the common schools, Peterboroug'h Col- legiate Institute, and Victoria Uni- versity, Cobourg, taking- his degree of B. D. in 1877. Hard w'ork on a bush farm in his \oung'er days de- veloped a physical strength of g-reat service. He served <'is a volunteer dur- i n g the Fenian troubles of 1 866 ; later obtained a military school cer- tificate, and was c o m m i s s i oned as ;i n officer. H e served his church with honor and dis- tinction on several fields in Ontario and Manitoba, including Winnipeg, and was four times Chairman of his District. During all his ministry he took a great interest in the temperance question, and in his col- lege vacations made lecturing tours. He has so mastered the question that few people understand its various phases better. As a speaker he is at all times interesting, and not infrequently eloquent. Since 1890 he has devoted his time wholly to temper- ance work, as Missionary Supt. for Ont. of the R. T. of T., and has proved a most efficient officer. He was married first in 1879 to Maggie V. Robison, who died in 1885, and second in 1887 to Mary P. Hancock ; of this union he has two children. He is an Inde- pendent Conservative in politics, placing Prohibition first. CHARLES E. STOKES, editor of " The St. Louis National," was born at Cape Girardeau, Mo., Nov. 2^, 1852. His father, of Ireland, and his I . . i u.._.._j i .. — — . _ mother, of Pitts- burg, Pa., went to ! ».'ape Girardeau in I he early thirties, lomoving to Dunk- lin Co. in 1861. He lived on a farm the principal part of the lime up to 1872. I lis education was obtained more from his father's library than from attend- ance at school, which, however, he did attend for three short periods. He clerked in a country store for some time. In 1873 he engaged in the newspaper business, and has been following that ever since. In 1875 he went to Dexter, Stoddard Co., and established the " Enterprise - M e s- senger," which he published for twenty years. He sold the paper in 1894, went to St. Louis and took charge of the " Missouri Voice," now the "St. Louis National." He was for many years a Democrat, and at one time a member of the State Central Committee, but left the party on account of its whiskey record. He has been a total abstainer, and an advocate of temperance and Prohibition from boyhood, and, while a Democrat, would not support whiskey men for' office. He was elected Mayor of Dexter in 1889 as a known Prohibitionist, and was twice re-elected. He was elected Chair- man of the Prohibition State Central Committee in 1894. He is an ardent advocate of equal suffrage. HON. HOMER LEV^I CASTLE, the son of Dr. A. B. and Mary W. Castle, was born July 20th, 1859, at Clyde, Ohio. Beginning his edu- cation at the public school, he after- wards received diplomas from Beaver College and the University of Michigan, gradu- ating from Ann Arbor in 1881. In 1883 he was ad- mitted to the Bar, where his sound judgment, untir- ing vigilance, and boundless e x p e d i- ency, soon brought him to the front. In 1886 he was mar- ried to Bell R. Kinkaid. In 1894 Mr. Castle was the Prohibition nomi- nee for Lieutenant- Governor of Penn- sylvania, and his vote, which was the largest ever given a straight Prohibitionist in the State, fully attested the wide reach of his popularity. As an orator he ranks among the first in the State of ' Penn- sylvania, being easy and commanding in manner, fearless but merciful in his denunciation, clear in his grasp of thought, and logical in his method of stating it. His mind is com- prehensive, and his knowledge broad and general. He is striking in his originality, and Jias the rare gift of com- bining humor with earnestness, which holds the "ear of those who disagree with him in his views, and makes them willing and attentive listeners to truths which waken and stir the conscience. PHINEAS ADELBERT BURDICK, now deceased, spent an active and useful life in the cause of God and humanity. He was born in De Ruyter, Madison Co., N. Y., Sept. 7, 1847, and died in Alfred, N. Y., July 3, 1893. He was reared on a farm that has now been in the possession of the family for over a hundred years. He was a very dili- gent student and was graduated from De Ruyter Institute in i86g, the valedic- torian of his class. He became a Licen- tiate in the Seventh Day Baptist Church. He was married Jan. 2^, 1872, to Miss Ella Clarke, daughter of Rev. Joshua Clarke, of his native place. After his conver- sion he became a very active and use- ful man. One friend writes of him that, " Probably no man has ever done more in six- teen years to free men from the curse of rum. His wonderful command of language, his rare ability to read human nature, his matchless eloquence, and Christ-like love for the fallen, made him a most successful reformer. Many who were well acquainted with him said they knew of no person who was his equal. For months he often would speak, over and over again from the same ]?lat- form, and always to large and spell-bound audiences. All that time he was a great sufferer in consequence of a badly injured limb, which finally closed his wonderfully useful life's work." PROHIBITION LEADERS 37 REV. ALBERT MILTON RICHARDSON, A.M., was born PVanklin, Mass., July 28, 1822. He was educated at Oberlin Collejfe, Ohio. He has been a life-long' member of the Con- g^regat ional Church , and an active and successful minister in it for fifty years, having labored for t w e n t y y e a r s i n Northern Ohio, sev- eral years in Jamai- ca, and since 1870 in Lawrence, Kas., where he resides, and its vicinity. He was a Re|>iiblican until temperance be- came a political .ssue. He has voted the National Prohi- bition ticket since 1876. Was a mem- ber in 1874 of the State Convention that first nomintated a temperance ticket , and chairman of a similar Convention in 1876. When the Kansas State Tem- pi-rance Union was organized, he was chosen First Vice- President and General Manager of the campaign of 1880 for the Prohibitory Constitutional Amendment. It may be truthfully said that the success of that amendment was largely due to his inde- fatig.'ible labors and wise leadershij). He was chairman of the Con- vention that organized the Prohibition Part \' in Kansas in i8S4,and chairman of its State Committee for five years, until 1890, when he became its candidate for Governor. He has been a Vice-Presi- dent of every National Prohibition Convention since 1884. He has di>ne a large amount of lectiu"ing and organizing, much of it gratuit- ously, and written numerous articles for magazines .-md newspapers. MRS. ANN.\ W. FURE\ , ot Wanamie, Luzerne Co., I'a., was born in Upper Fairfield Township, (Fairfield Center P. O. ), Lycoming Co., Fa., tr'i.i^-M-- 1 '^'^'■^■^ 30. ' 859- Her [■ ■ ' 1 parents were Wil- I iiam Wilson (de- > eased June 20th, 1S93), and Sarah I. Wilson. She was ■ ducated at thepub- iic school near her iiome, and at the Munc\-, Pa., Ly- >wning- Co. Normal ^i hool. She is a 11 em be r of the Methodist Episco- pal Church, and jHilitically in favor I the Prohibition 1 'arty. She is con- nected with the W. C. T. U., the Sons of Temperance, the \y.F. .M.S.,and the Ep worth League. She has held the offices of Recording Secretary of the W. C T. U. of Luzerne I 1 County, Associate Patriarch of the Sons of Temperance, Superintendent of Kands for the Wyoming Conference Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the M. E. Church, and First Vice-President of Wanamie Chapter of the Ep- worth League. She has done considerable platform work by speaking upon teniperance and Prohibition at a number of places in Luzerne County. She has been il.' •- ■ ^ ,ite Conventions of the W, C. T. U., aiii; in County Conventions of that Society, i. ^ id- dresses. She was formerly a member of the G. 1'. Ori.l> ks along various lines of temperance reform. She has ci, or- respondence for the press, such as preparing W.C.T. U. bulletins. MRS. C. AUGUSTA GOODALE FAIRCHILD was born at Coklenham, a suburb of Newburgh-on-the-Hudson, N. Y., the daughter of James Harvey and iMary Gale-Goodale, both of English descent. She was educated at Seward Institute, Florida, N. V., and was a graduate of tlie class of 1876. E X - Secretary, t h e Hon. W.H.Seward, w.'is fi>r years Presi- ilent oft lie Institute, which bears his 1 inie. She joined he Methodist t I lurch at an early '^e, her family li;iy- !.;■ been connecti'il iih it for foiw gen- itions. In 1.S.S4 ;i' w;is marrii'il lo .v. William T. lirchild, a Mi'tho- i --t minister serv- ing in the .Newark Confi'rence. She became an active member of the W. C. T. U. and .in en- thusiastic ;idvoiati' of its cause. In i8Su she was appointed its C>rganizer lor New \'ork State, and was also the State Supt. of the Di'pt. of .Mi-rcy. .Slu>rtly after her marrisige she removed to her luisbanil's ch;irgt' in Moinot' C"o. , Pi-iui., anil was at once .'ippointeil W.C.T. L'. Organizer and County Pres. Later on they were moved to New Jersey. For thirteen years she has beeji an oflicer of her homeCounty (Orange, N. Y.,) W. C. T. I'., jind though not a resi- diMit still ri'tains the office of Secretary. She has also filU-d Disti •> ortii'es in the Woman's Missionary Soc'y ami the Epworth Leagn She has a re.'uly pen, and has written |H>pular articles for the n-- ligious ami temp«'rance press since a si'hool girl. J.AMES STANLEY DURKEE, Free Baptist minister, and Grand Chief Templar of the Grand Lodge, I. O. G. T., of Nova Scotia, was bom in Carleton, Yarmouth County, N. S., Nov. 2ist, 1867. He is a son of James Dur- kee and Elizabeth S. Dennis. He at- tended the district scluH>l at Carleton, and afterwards at Batavia (N. Y.) t„;..„ ^..i,.,ol, ud ,ie- ■ I I c I o r i M n of his lass. He also 'cnt one year at - enka Coll ego, .\ e w York, lie was then out of seht>ol three years on account of ill- health. Mr. Durkee is now in the Junior Class at Bates Col- ' ' ;on. Me. lie is n in jHilitics an Inde- |H*ndent. He is a member of the 1. O. G. T., S. of T.. R. T.. and of I. O. O. F.. and at presi>nt the It. C. T. of the G. L. of Nova Scotia. He ha? Lecturer for the Wev ■'' ' ' • • o r ' ' (Mged to lH'Ci>nu' C>. i Eastern States on Pi . periodicals. Mr, Durkee recei\ troni the (.'(■itift'ietu-f, ntu! has since b> nf Port ■ r ved othei v hu: i lu-- ' , .-uul an excelleiii iiiaiw III. nil-. |)n-iiu I tor him a brigtii ' ' Prohibition leailer. lHH*n :lie ce ■\M lid He is His 38 PROHIBITION LEADERS. REV. M. EARL DUNHAM, D. D., Ph. D., LL. D., a son of Rev. Moses and Roxana Dunham, of the M. E. Church, and grand- son of Rev. Samuel Dunham, of the Protestant Method- ist Church, was born in Herkimer Co., N. Y., Feb'y 6th, 1825. He grad- uated from Hamil- ton College, Clin- ton, N. Y., in 1847 an A. B., and three years later took the degree of A. M. He was for twelve years a popular ;ind successful edu- cator, holding dur- ing that time the Principalship of New Berlin and San quoit Academ- ies. During that period he married Miss Harriet M. Hughston, a lady of culture and ability. Near the close of his teaching he made a profession of relig-ion and joined the Presbyterian Church. A year later he entered the min- istry. For more than thirty years he held his connection with the Presbyterian Church. Twice he was a delegate to the P. Gen. Assembly of America, and held other important positions. Eight years ago he united with the Congregatit)nal Church, and is now pastor of Pl3'mouth Church, Utica, N. Y. He has been elected a member of the National Council. His wife died in 1859, and in 1862 he married Miss Lydia J. M. Johnston, a zealous co-worker with him in all good work. He has been a life-long temperance worker, a prominent G. T., a member of the State G. L. and of the Int. Sup. Grand Lodge. He is a voluminous and popular writer. JULIUS C. HUGHES, of Richmond, Mo., a well-known and zealous Prohibition worker, was born at jCanton, Lewis Co., Mo., Sept. 22, 185.-, the son of John Neal and Catherine Mur- doch Hughes, both •^t^f^MK^^ natives o f K e n - ^K|3M|^|PPk^ tiicky. Heisameni- ^KF^^^ ^k ^'-''' *J' '^'^*5 Christian Church, joining when 15 years of age. He always took an active in- terest in politics since the Presiden- tial election of i860, when he was but 8 \ ears of age. He was a member ot the Democrat Party, hut in 1888 allied himself with the Prohibitionists, los- ing faith in the others on the tem- perance question; has since worked heartily in sympathy with that party; was a delegate to the National Prohibi- tion Convention in 1892, and has been a member of the State Executive Committee since 1890 ; was Chairman of the State Pro. Con. in 1890, and was its nominee for Supt. of Public Schools, and the nominee for Congress in 1894. He has been a member of the Good Templars, but of no other Order. He was married in 1878 to Marie King, of Ray Co., Mo. He taught school for some years, and studied law, being admitted to the Bar in 1874. He published a paper in Richmond for over two years, and afterwards practiced law in Kansas City, but in 1885 gave that up on account of ill health, since which he has been engaged in farming. He has contributed liberally of time and means to advance the cause of Prohibition. REV. C. W. WATCH, of Brighton, Ont., Superintendent of the Social Purity Department, R. T. of T., for the Province, was born in Woolich, Kent, England, in 1850. When 23 years of age he came to America, and the next year became a resident of Toronto, Ont. He at once took an active part in tem- perance w^ork. He was soon a Director of the Toronto Tem- perance Reforma- tion Society, and be- came a lectui-er for the Ontario Tem- perance League. In 1875 he entered the Methodist min- istry, and has since occupied important stations in his Con- ference. He is also a member of the General Conference of the Dominion. He has been an en- thusiastic worker with the voung peo- ple, and IS a member of the Epworth League Board o'f the Gen. Conference. He is also a member of the Provincial Sunday School Ass. He has taken a deep interest in the child-saving w^ork ; in re- ceiving poor and friendless children and placing them in homes for adoption. He is an advanced Prohibitionist, and has taken an active hand in the various campaigns that have come within his reach, aiding both by voice and pen. He is a Royal Templar, and a well-known officer in the Grand Council of Ontario. He is also editor of the Social Purity Department of "The Weekly Templar," of Hamilton, Ont. He is also an active member of the Ontario Prisoner's Aid Association. ALDEN W. YOUNG, of Oswego, N. Y., son of Rufus P. and Martha J. Young, was born in South Richland, Oswego Cc">., N. Y., Aug. 19th, 1854, and removed to Oswego city when ten years old; was educated at the district and public schools ; has been a member of the First Baptist Church in Oswego for twenty- three years, and is deeply interested in Y. M. C. A. work. Politically he is a Prohibitionist ; be- came a member of the S. of T. when 1 7 years of age, and has been an active member of the Brotherhood of Lo- comotive Engineers for some years; has never been a can- didate for any prom- inent office in his church, though fre quently requested to do so; has served the Grand Division, Sons of Temperance, as Grand Scribe and Grand Patriarch, declining- re-election to both offices. As a Christian, he has en- deavored to awaken the Church to active war upon the liquor traffic ; and as a Son of Temperance, he has aimed to point out the inconsistency of trying to rescue men and women from drunkenness, and yet perpetuating the traffic by legal sanction. He is not a platform speaker, but does some press work as chairman of the County Committee, and is virtually the editor of a Prohibition paper issued monthly by the Committee. He has been in the employ of the N. Y., O. & W. R. R. for upwards of twenty years. PROHIBITION LEADERS. 39 REV. HEXRY AUSTIN MIXER, editor of the " North- Western Mail, " Madison, Wis., was born in Halifax, Vt., July i, 1829. He was g-rad- uated from Wil- liams CoUej^'e in I "^5.3, and from Ban- um- Theolog'ical SiMiiinary in 1856. Ill 1857 he became pastor of a Congre- g'ationa! church at Menasha, Wis. In i85 efforts, but he is continued to i.'tke his influence It in everj- corn- unity where it has '(•en his duty to ii>or. He has used \ery legitimate i^ency within his i»iwer against the legalized drink traf- fic, — .igitation, edu- cation, and legislation ; being convinced that total Prohibition, with a strong public sentiment behind it to ensure its enforcement, is the only true solution of the temperance question. He has been twenty- five years a M. E. nnnister, and is now pastor of the great " Ep- worth .Memorial" Church, of Cleveland, Ohio. In the great Pro- hibition .Amendment campaigns in Michigan and Ohio he took an earnest and active part, s|H*aking sometimes every day and even- ing for weeks, besides his Sunday ministrations and other efforts. I le has the satisfaction of knowing that whatever may be the results of past and present agitations he has done faithfully his duty in the cause of God and humanity. He looks for a grand triumph. JCDGE JOSEPH JAMIE.SON, of Guelph, Ont., County judge of VV'ellington County, is one of the best known and most respected temper- ance workers in Canada. He was born on a farm in the t o w n s h i p o f South Sherbrooke, Lanark Co., Ont., March 15, 1839. He ^^^^^^^ was educated at the «-«». ^^^^^^H Grammar ^ ^^^m School, ^^^^■^ years considered one of the best of its class in Canada. He studied law, and was a successful practitioner and a leading politician in the town of .Al- monte for manv years, also a pro- minent mi'mber of t h e M e t h o d i s t Church and a lay preacher. He was a member of the Conservative I'arty, and was its stanil- .ird-bearer in sev- er;d important elec- tion I'amp.'iigns. In tin* general election of June, i.SSj, he was elect- eil the represi-nlative of North !.:inark anil t>ccupie«.l that |>osition until elevated to the Bench in i8qi. He was a slatmch tenjperance worker for many years and a prominent S. of T. In P:irliament he w.is tlu' le;uler of till- Prohibitionists for si'ver;il ye;irs, until his re- liriMiu'iil from the llousi-. IK- introiluceil anil carricil tliiough scvei'.il important amendments to the C'anada Tem|HMance .Act. Ill- also introduced an important resolution .-iflirming l'ri>liibiiion ilie true remedy for the drink traffic ami the duty of Parli.-iment to I'nact such a law. .Some of his spi-eches in P.-irliament are .'imong the excellent contributions to C.'inadian Prohibition liteniture. GEORGE J. SCAMMELL, of Orange City, Fla., Chairman of the Prohibition Executive Committee of Velusia County, in that State, was bom in Baltimore, Md., March 3, 1836. His jvirents, Geo. S c a m m e 1 1 and llann<-ih Garnet, were natives of N'orkshire, Eng^., iiid emig'rated to \m erica about 'iree years before ill. He was 'd in the puh- . >i imols. In 1874 1' became a mem- . r of the .M. E. ^ tiurch and w.-s ily accredited • s IiH-al preaclu r. I c n>oved to Florida 1876. He was I'n in |H>litics a IV-mocrat, but shortly af^er be- came a member of the Prohibition Party, and has htH'it a stnMi. ite for tb. i*- fonii e, writing and six'aking in iH'half of the n>ovement when. -le In i8c)3 lu Church, i^trilv on ac- still rflain«i hi* official op}H>rt unities ptx'sented lheins«'lves. membership to the Congregational count of tem|H*rnnc«' matters. He relation as a Kv " ' " ' ' ' in the pulpit, on ili 'ehind it to enforce it. 4° PROHIBITION LEADERS. REV. T. J. BISSELL, M. A., Ph. D., D. D., is of Huguenot stock, with published genealogy and coat-of-arms. He was born at Hartwick, N. Y., July 231-d, 1834, but was left an orphan at six. At eighteen he graduated from the College Prepa- ratory School, Franklin, N. Y., as class valedictorian, and at twenty-one with honors at the Wesleyan Univer- sity, Conn. After a year as Principal at Sandwich, IVlassa- chusetts, where he married Miss Mary J. Bourne, he en- tered the ministry oftheM.E. Church, and has taken high rank, serving two terms in the city of Rochester ; ten years as Presiding Elder ; delegate to the General Confer- ence of 1884, and three times as re- serve delegate ; twelve years as trustee of the Genesee Seminary ; nine years trustee, and three as President of the Silver Lake Assembly Cor- poration, besides other local trusts. At eight years of age he joined the C. of T., and in youth the " Sons" and the G. T. He has been a most pronounced Prohibitionist ; three times a candi- date on the N. Y. State ticket ; chairman of the N. Y. delegation at the famous Pittsburg Convention ; three years member of the State Executive Com., and four years of the Nat. Com. Work- ing for forty years with voice and pen, he, nevertheless, considers his best service for the cause was that of securing from Miss Frances E. Willard, in 1875, her first political temperance address. WILLIAM COCHRhN, of Oswego, N. Y., one of the most active and best known Good Templar and temperance workers in his county, was born in Dairy, Scot- land, April 23rd, 1847. He emigrated to America in 1870, settling in the city of Oswego. He was a Church mem- ber and a Sunday School teacher in Scotland, and soon after settling in his new home he be- came a teacher, librarian and trustee in the Presbyterian Church. In 1877 he put his hand to the plough as a temper- ance worker and has been prominent and zealous in that work ever since. He joined the Good Templars the next year, and has done excellent service in the subordinate and county lodges. His wife and fi\e children are also members of the Order. He was Lodge Deputy for three terms, and has been County Deputy and Chief Templar of the county lodge. He has visited the work throughout the count}-, encouraging workers and helping organize lodges. He is also a Royal Templar and has been Select Councilor for four years. He is also a working member of Oswego Temperance Union, and its leader of music every Sunday afternoon for six- teen years. He is actively identified with the Prohibition Party and Vice-President of the Oswego Club. In 1894116 visited his na- tive land, after an absence of 25 years, and visited a good many of the Good Templar lodges there. JAY ODELL, of Cleveland, Ohio, a well-known business man in that city, and an out-and-out Prohibitionist, was born in the town of Otsego, N. Y., March 23, 1819. In 1828 his parents, Eli;is Odell and Amelia Betts Odell, moved to Gunga County, O., where he was educJited and spent several years as a farmer. In 1852 he moved to Cleveland and en- gaged in the busi- ness of abstracting land titles for sales and loans. When fifteen years of .-ige he made a public profession of faith in Christ and be- came a member of the Presbyterian Church. He is now a Congrega t i onalist. In politics he has j always been an I " Abolitionist," first ' of slavery and now of alcohol. His first vote was given in 1 840 for a candidate of the old "Liberty Party " — James G. Burney. He joined the Republican Party at its formation and remained in its ranks until 1S68, when he severed his connection because of what he deemed its lack of loyalty to the Prohibition movement. From that time he declares he has been "a fanatical enemy of the popu- lar barbarism of the Government giving shelter, legal sanction and protectionto the liquor traffic, the enemy of the Home andtheState." In April, 1869, he aided in the organization of the State Prohibition Party at Crestline, O., and in August of that year of the National Prohibition Party at Chicago, 111. Since then he has been "a dili- gent mis.sionary, preaching the law of human rights." ALPHONSO A. HOPKINS, of Rochester, N. Y., a well- known author, editor, poet and lecturer, was born in Burlington Flats, Otsego Co., N. Y., March 27th, 1843. He began teaching in early life, and taught four years. He then held a clerkship in the iMilitary Depart- ment of State at Alban\' two years, and was Legisla- tive correspondent three winters for t lie daily press. He w a s m a r r i e d in i lently done, and to the satisfaction of those who have thus reposed their confidence in her. She is at present Lodge Deputy of the I. O. G. T. as well as Presi- dent of the Woman's Christian Temperance L'nion. Loyalty to the temperance cause is her motto, which actuates her in her relation to that work. Mrs. Crosby seems, to some extent, to have inherited her love for temperance principles and work. She has an uncle in England, whose life work has been for tem- perance, having been connected with the movenient for forty- four years. He h.'ts taken over three thousand sig^natures to the tem])erance pledge, and this by no means represents all the erticient work he has done. CALVIN H. STAMBAL'GH, sixth son of Wm. and Sarah Stambaugh, was born in Trumbull Co., Ohio, September 8th, 1851. Entered Hiram Col- lege to prepare for the Christian min- istry; he.'ilth failing, he returned to the farm, where he be- gan the culture of small fiuits, which he still follows. Joined the Prohibi- tion Party at its or- ganization ; throw- ing into the cause all the earnestness of his yi>ung man- hood, he soon i>e- c a me a trust e tl leatler in the coun- sels of his parly ; c.-ist his first vole for Prohibition in 1872, and has never supported any oilier parly. His labors for the cause have I '••en arduous ami !• 1 f-sacr i ficing. Several limes he was tendered lucra- tive oflices in the Republican ranks, but with an unswerving faith in the principles and ultimate triumph of his parly, he dmse temporary defeat in defence of right rather than present victory in defence" of wrong. He has been a member of the Ohio I'rohibition Stale Cen. Com. consecutively since i8c)o, and of the State Ex, Com. since i8t)?; was the nominee for Congress fron) his district (19th) in i8<)4. As;i pub- lic speaker he has but few superiors; clear, logical, earnest, he wins at once the attention and respect of friend ;ind fov. Bro.id in his views, tearless in speech, an untiring worker, he st.mdsan uncom- promising foe of legalized wrong, as he has ever been an unf.nling Irienil of liberty .-md the common people. REV. ALBERT N. SEE was born at Beemis' Point, Chau- tauquaj-ake, N. W, June 28, 1840. The family moved to Craw- fi>rd Co., Pa., near Titusville, in 1846. He was reared on a farm and !n the lumber woods. He spent two years in the oil business, and two years and two months as a sol- dier, in Cc»mpany I, 136, .nnd Company K, 150, Pennsyl- \ania \'oliin leers, ,1,. i... ,,^ IVesi- d. He the M. I.. Churcli in 1854. ioitjftl the Confer- ■ iu> in 1867; has ! • ! pastor of ten . ' ues: Presiding- • >h five y e.i rs, ^. aiv of Tnis- ;en \ . , ;ts .iji;cut two \ . ^, editor of re- ■nal years, and temperance evangelist one year, li tempec-.Hiice aiklresses, and iH'en in ihi* fn-iti' battle in Iowa and K.insas for niore ^ I'niled with the I. O. G. T. in 1854: ^ i>f Kans,-is, als»> Repi . ' T. for Kans;is. I la^ been a memK'r of till "^ , . Grand Bodies, in Kansas, .-tnd hits .< nienl in reach. His fath«*r was t>f P of English-Y.inkee ilescent. He martici,! Mi-.^ i. \nili;.t .\. \. Nov. 18, 18*13. She is. -t true hel|H*r in church anil tempei.iii>< 'UH ace ltd oi ^ k('i)iur\'. i. V. T. and G. C. • '^ ^ W. G. ^.•»s; has .>( I heir . iliivp \sv»rk. 42 PROHIBITION LEADERS. HON. J. PIERCE ST. JOHN, one of the best known Pro- hibition leaders in America, was born near Brockville, Frankhn Co., Ind., Feb. 25, 1833. He is a lawyer by profes- sion, and a member of the Cong- r e g a - tional Church. He was married to Susan J. Parker, March 28, i860, who has been a helpful c o m p a n i o n a n d help- meet to him ever since. Was first elected Gov- oi-nor of Kansas in iSycS, and re-elected in 1880, and took .'in active part in en- forcing- Prohibition in that State ; was n o m i n £1 1 e d for ,'i third term in 1882, and defeated by the liquor element of the R e p u b 1 i c a n Party foi- his loyal devotion to the tem- perance cause; was nominated candi- date of the Prohibi- tion Party for President in 1884, and received 150,000 votes. He served during the Civil War as Capt. of 68th Illinois Infantry, and Lieut. -Col., 143rd Illinois Infantry. He has lectured, during the past 12 years, all over the States and Canada; has travelled 240,000 miles by rail, and never on a train that had a car off the track; has made 3,600 public speeches, and never was sick an hour, and missed but four appointments. He is a radical Prohibitionist, favors equal suffrage to both sexes, free trade, government con- trol of railways, telegraphs, etc., the election of President and Senators direct by the people, and unlimited coinage of gold and silver, without consulting any other nation about it. COL. GEORGE W. BAIN, well known as the " Silver-Ton gued Orator" of the temperance movement in America, is one of the best known and most popular of all the temperance ad- vocates of to-day. He was born in Lexington, Ken- tucky, Sept. 24th, 1840, and was edu- cated in a County Academy of his na- tive State. He was an active Sunday School worker i n his early days, and as Superintendent of the Methodist Simda}' School in Lexington he met with marked suc- cess. It is, how- ever, as a temper- ance worker and popular lecturer that he is best known. He com- nienced his public work in connection with the I. O. G. T. He filled various positions in the Order, from door-kei'per oi his suijordinale lodge to G. C. T. of the Cirand Lodge of his State. He has also been very successful as an organizer, some of his lodges organized reporting over 400 charter members. He was also successful as editor of " The Good Tem- plar's Advocate" of his State. He has long been a prominent figure in the Int. Sup. Lodge. He has been a pillar of strength, too, in the Prohibition Party, and his friends urged his acceptance of the posi- tion of candidate for the Vice-Presidency, but he very properly con- siders his life-work is most effective as an agitator and educator on the public platform. Calls are sent from every Slate and every Canadian Province for him as a lectiu'er. JOHN DALE, of Omaha, Neb., a well-known business man nul moral reformer, is an Englishman by birth. He was born in Yorkshire, Oct. 31, 1832. When about two years of age his parents emi- grated and settled in Toronto, Can., where his mother died not long after. He lived for some years with an uncle in the country, and wfis there converted and became a mem- ber of the Metho- dist Church. His father afterwards moved to Buffalo, where he was edu- cated. Later on he went westward. In 1 865 he was or- dained as a local preacher in the Methodist Church at Kankakee, 111., and in the same ■ State, at Sterling, I wasordained a local deacon in 1874. He moved to Omaha in 1885, and has been successful in business there since. While dili- gent in business he has also been fervent in spirit, serving the Lord. He has been an active Sunday School and Epworlh League worker, and an acceptable and useful lay preacher. He has also been a Prohibitionist, in every sense of the word, for the past twenty years, and expects to die in the faith. In 1888, the Prohibition Party of the State, recognizing his ability and popularity, nominated him as their candidate for State Governor. He has also been a lay member of his own annual Conference (Methodist), and a delegate to the General Conference. In the home, in business, in the moral reform movement, and in the Church, he has done well his duty. DR. D. H. MANN, of Brooklyn, N. Y., is now well known the temperance world over as the chief oflficer of the I. O. G. T. He was born in Franklin, Delaware Co., N. Y., the son oi Dr. Mann, a \ cry successful and much respected nliysician. He was L^iven excellent edu- t a tional advantages and then trained in his father's profes- sion. He graduated from the Albany Medical College at the age of 2^, and the next year com- menced practice at Delancy, near his native place. He was very successful in his country prac- tice for years, and in 1880 moved to Brooklyn, where he his since resided. He has become bet- ter known as a tem- perance worker, however, than as a physician. He was for years a leading member of the S. of T., to which Order he still belongs, but it is in connection with the Good Templars that he has come into the most world-wide prominence. He has been for many years an active worker in that Order. In 1 88 1 he was elected Grand Counselor of the Grand Lodge of New York, and in 1885 G. C. T., which office he very successfully filled for eight consecutive terms, during which time the Order in that State made splendid progress. Recognizing his excellent ability, the International Supreme Lodge elected him its chief officer in 1893 and he has since been re-elected. He is recognized as the right man in the right place in that position. He is a good organizer, doing effective work wherever he goes. PROHIBIT ION LEADERS 43 AXDREW GRASSLEV, of St. Louis, Mo., a well-known Prohibition worker and writer of that city, is a native of Switzer- land, born 'Jn the Canton Sau ^Gala, June 25th, 1848. His parents enuifrated to Aniericji when he was four years of age. He received a g'ood common scljool education, imbibed temper- ance principles at an oaily ajje, and has been an earnest worker in the ranks i\er since. He was married to Rosa L. Ki'rnis in the cit}- lit' St. Louis in iH6S, and united with the North Presbyterian Churcli of that city, of which he is now a Rulin- Elder. He was also ;i Sunday School Superinlen- ilent for some years. L'niil I 88 he was a member of the Re- publican Party, and liien allied himself with the I'rohibitionists; was a nominee of the latter partv for Conjjress for the Third District of Missouri, and is now Chairman of the Central Prohibition Committee of St. Louis. He is a carpenter, and has been enjifaifed in the buildinij business for vears. For three yi''i'"s he was I'resident of the local union of Ills craft. He has also been ;i prominent orticer of the Kniji'ht^ of Honor; is a member of the L O. Ci. T. and has been an t>fticer in his lodge. A tew years ago he established " The Missouri Voice," a weekly Prohibition journal, which lu' maintained for a time. It has In-en succeeded by "The National," of St. Louis, which is now pub- lished by The Reform Publishing Company. His faith is strong in the final success of the Prohibition movement. MRS. HELEN M. STODDARD, of Dallas, Texas, Pres. of the State VV'.C.T. U., was born at Sheboygan Falls, Wisconsin, July 27, 1850. She was graduated from lienesee Wesleyan Seminary, Lima, N. \., in 1871, with valedictory honors. In 1873 she mar- ried S. D. Stoddard, of Hemlock I^ake, N.Y. They moved 10 Nebraska ; two ^ons were bom to ;hem, one of whom >lied in infancy. Her husband died II 1878. Left a widow in her young womanhood, with a •-on to sup|>c»rt and i-duc.-ite, she met tiie bereavement uravely and heroic- ally, winning for herself not only a livelihood, but a home as well, and larried out her - ;>lans of educating iier son and a niece, and assisted in educating others, ^he was a teacher for years, seven of which were in connection with Wesleyan College, now Fort Worth L'niversity, Texas. One who took a deep interest in that institution remarks : "It is safe to say that no youthful mind ever canie into intimate contact witlTthe mind of this true teacher without having received lasting benefit." She joined the Good Tem|ilars at 14 years of age. She united with the W. C. T. U. years ago, and has been indefatigable in her efforts to promote its success in Texas. She was elected State Pres. in 1891, and has travelled over the State in its interest, undergoing privations, hard- ships, anxieties, and disappointments, in a truly heroic spirit, well woithv of the excellent success that has attended her work. MRS. MARY JEA.N GREENE, Vice-Pres. of the California State W. C. T. U., and a well-known educator, lecturer and author, was born in Poult- ney, \'t., where her early days were --jient, and where ■-he received an ex- 1 client education. Slie graduated, at I he heail of her > lass, from Castle- lon .Seminary, V't., iiid (.jualified her- --I'lf for teaching. ■^he taught success- lully for several yi'.ais. In 1865 she was married to E. G. Greene, who be- I .ime a prominent Imsiness man and a memberof the .St.ale Legis 1 ature. I n I S72 she entered ilie Crusade work \\ ith h e r ace u s- ii>med energy and ' (• a 1, and served liHir years as State Secy, of the V'er- mont W. C. T. L'., and four years as Presiil. ;.;. 1 ^y then moved to California, where she entered the lecture field, and has ever since occupied pri>mitu'nl pt>sitions in educational and moral reform work. She has taken a prominent part in securing laws providing for scientific temperance instruction in schools, both in \'ermont and California. She has prejiared valu- able educational books on this subject, which have been of great value. She was Associate Princ. in the Professi"l Tr.aining School for Teachi-rs and Kindergarteners in the city of S.m Jose, anil has tatight elsewhere with excellent succ«"ss. She is desceniied froni a line of preaihers anti scholars, both on her father's and mothers siile, anil i>fti'n tills .1 pulpit with nuich acceptance and profit. JAMES A. PROUT was born in the Parish of Warbstow, Cornwall, England, Februar>- i -{th, 1851. His father and mother, John Prout and .Ann (.Iregory, were de- •■cendants of the ancient Britons. .\t the age of 16 he I- a m e t o Canada, and soon had charge of large numK-rs of men i-ngagt'd in building railnvids. In this viHation he was eng.aged in the ;. .! ".tricts of N' M. where ... the ions, the - caused l>\ I lie drink curse among his nten, and t h e mtirderN a n d crimes conm\itted. •.! |i iiKuenient. , ame n n n -o be -ted ;■. '.moe Hebe- wet i V e 1.0. - of Temperance, Royal Templars, ami i>iher ti ' les. He resiiled in Pi>rt Huron, Mich., for icii m-. '"ni- ber of the .M. E. Church. He movetl to the I u of Hai-vey, 111., in iHiji. When the Prohibition i. hun h was oigan- ized in the Women's Christian Ten»)»erance I'nion Tetnple, of Chi- cago, he was made one of the lnisi»H"«. H.- ''libi- tionisl, and has ilone effectu.'d work lor tlu- . ice. .An «>U>(|uenl ••r ' "' ' ' ' I*"" lunnanity wins ite* labor reiorn« ,1 _ Mc- Mullen, of Mildmny, Ont., February aTth, 1678. 44 PROHIBITION LEADERS. WILLIAM A. SIMONS was born in Brooklyn, N. Y., April 17th, 1849. His father, L. D. Simons, was well known in relig-ious and political circles in that cit)'. He was edu- cated at the common schools and Lyceum Institute, of Brooklyn, and Albany, N. Y., Seminary. He joined the Sons of Temper- ance in 1866, servint;' as Worthy Patriarch when 21 years of ag-e. He became a member of Sala Lodg'e, I. O. G. T., Brooklyn, in 1872, serving as Chief Templar and Lodge Deputy for several years. He was Co. Chief Templar of K i n g' ' s County in 1876; assisted in or- ganizing a lodge in East Rock a w n y , Queen's Coimty, his present home ; was first Chief Templar, and has been Lodge Deputy for s 'e v e ra 1 years ; has also been County Deputy of Queen's County, and is now County Counselor ; was Grand Lodge ^larshal of New York in 1893-4. He is a member of the Prohi- bition County Committee of Queen's Co., and has been the Party candidate for member of the Assembly twice, also for Justice of the Peace and Excise Commissioner, polling twenty-five per cent, of the total vote for the latter office. He united with Lafayette Ave. Presbyterian Church, Brooklyn, that of Dr. Cuyler, from whom he imbibed his strong temperance principles when 17 years of age. He assisted in organizing the Congregational Church at his present home ; was nine years its Clerk, and has been several years Superintendent of its Sunday School. FRANKLIN PIERCE LEFFERTS, M. D., was born at Feasterville, Bucks Co., Pa., March 17, 1854. He is the eldest son of Henry D. and Susanna L. Lef- ferts, both of whom are of Holland de- scent. Brought up on a farm, he ob- tained his education at the public schools, at Doylestown Sem- inary, and a private school in New Bri- tain, Pa. At 18 he w as teaching school, and in 1875 lie began the study of medicine under A. H. Clavton, M. n.,ofRichboro'. He graduated from the I lahneman Medical College in Philadel- phia in 1873. On f^raduation, the Doctor located in iielvidere, N. J., where, by strict at- tention to his pro- fession, he has built up an extensive practice. In j'outh he gave his heart to God and his life to the Church. He is now an elder in the Second Presbyterian Church of Belvidere ; a most earnest, active, and esteemed layman. Formerly a Democrat, that party's position on the liquor traffic was more than the Doctor's conscience could stand, so in 1884 he cast his lot with the Prohibi- tion Party, since which time he has been a tireless worker for its interests. He was candidate for the Assembly in 1891 and 1892. He was elected County Chairman in 1893. Was nominated for Mayor of Belvidere, N. J., in 1894, and was defeated by twelve votes. He was elected in 1895 bj' twelve plurality, for the same office, on a straight Prohibition ticket. FRED. C. WHITE, son of Samuel S. and Sylvania Spicer White, was born at Whitesville, N. Y., in 1871. After leaving the public schools he entered Alfred Uni- versity where, after frequent interrup- tions by farm work and school teach- ing, he graduated with the degree of A.B., and with vale- dictory honors in 1895. At college he became a member of the Orophilian Lyceum at a time when its session room was ringing with the speeches of such men as S. H. Davis, now I. S. L. Lecturer of the I.O. G. T. ; his brother, now President Booth C. Davis, of Alfred University, and other capable speakers. Young White was fi i- e d with a desire for ability in public speaking, and soon became a good debater. As lecturer for the Farmers' Alliance he enjoyed a good reputation in Western New York and North- western Pennsylvania. He has long been a hard worker in the G. T. Order, and is now serving his second term as Co. C. T. of Alleghany County. In the G. T. lecture work he was in demand for three years l3efore he was of age, for his telling campaign speeches. Mr. White is now Principal of the Whitesville Union School. He was an enthusiastic Y. M. C. A. worker at colleu-c is a member of the Baptist Church ; active in Christian Endeavor and Sunday School work; an ivirnivst siiuli-tit hilanthropic workers in Toronto, was born in Ches- ti'r, Eng'., Sept. 15, S36. He was edu- 1 ated in England, !uit has been a resi- lU-nt and an active luisiness man in Montreal and To- onto for many . i-ars. He is now I 'resident of the To- onto Httard of I rade. He is head 't' the well-known \ liolesale drj'goods irm of Caldeeott, Murlon tV Spenet', I oronlo. He is a prominent worker .11 the Church of England, a member of the Synod and .>f its Executive i. ommittee, and Treasurer of Wy- rliffe College, To- j • onto. He is also (.'hairman of the ' IJoard of the Vic- toria Industrial School, located at Mimico, near Toronto, successor of the late ex-Mayor Howland, of precious niemorv. The school has been established for the benevolent and patriotic purpose of refonning and educating incorrigible bovs from all parts of the Province. He is a director in the \. M. C A., and of the H. Loan and Savings Co. In politics he is a member of the Liberal Party and a pronounced free trader. He is a temperance worker "from away back." In 1859, associated with Mr. Douglas, a brother of the late Rev. Geo. Douglas, D. D., Mr. Beckett and other old time temperance workers ill Montreal, the first Dominion Alliance was t'ormed. He is a life- long total abst.'iiner, and an Hon. Mem. of the Toronto Pro. Soc. MISS EMMA L. SWARTZ, Beresford, S. D., State Evan- gelist \V. C. T. C, was born in Lycoming County, Pzi. She was educated at Pine Grove Academy in that State, and the Normal at Trenton, N. J., and spent some time as a teacher. She was converted before the age of 15 years, and soon became actively engaged in Christian work. Subsequently she went to Chicago, where she united ^^^MX^ with the Second ^^^(^^Sk Baptist Church and ^J^t^SSj^^^^^^ i-ngaged Bible T^P5^^^ ?^ spent seven years of happy service in this work, receiving .1 most thorough training in Bible study and practical Christian work, \- i s i t i n g mostly among the poor, holding cottage prayer-meetings, giving Bible readings, and other such service. In 1883 she went to Dakota, and two years later was elected Terri- torial Evangelist of the W. C. T. I'., which office she continued to hold until the Territory was divided, when she was elected State Evangelist of South Dakota, in which work she has been very suc- cessful, giving temperance lectures, holding revival meetings, giv- ing Bible readings and preaching. As a result of her lalx^rs scores have been converted and are leading better lives. From childhood she had a strong desire for missionary work, .ind these desires have been thus partially gratified. She is also Secretary for the Wom. Bap. For. Mis. So. of the West. .Address, Beresf.- ' '^ '^ REV. HERRICK JOILNSO.V, D. D., was born at Kaughne- waga, N. V. State, on September 12th, 1S3J. He was educated at Jamestown Acad- emy, N'.Y.; Hudson (irammar School, Ohio ; Hamilton College, and tlie Auburn Theoli>gical Seminary. He is n o w Professor o f Pastoral Theology anil Sacred Rhe- toric in the McCor- mick Seminary, Chicago, and is a i-ecogni/.ed leader in the Presbyterian l' lunch. He has laken a very prom- inent part in all the higher educational work of that de- nominat ion. As tiHistee of Lake Fores t U n i v e rs- ily; member of the American Tract, Bible, and National Temperance So- I'ii'ties ; of tlu* Sun- il a y School, and Am»M-ic;in Sabb.-ilh I'nions, he has exerted a wide and beneficent influence upon the nation. His sennons are widely read, and his works, " Christian- ity's Challenge," " Revivals," and "Talks about Theaters." have i^iven him much favor with all interested in the progress of evan- Ufliial religii>n. Formerly a Republican, he became a convert to I he Prohibition Parly some ten ye.irs ago. and he has rendered it Kreat service, both by voice ;ind pen. He has been Pres. of the I'resbyleri.in Board of Aid for Colleges since its foiuul.ilion ; was for years a director of the Cnion Theo. Sem.. N'.^^ ; was for a lime Pres. of the Presb'n Bd. of Ministerial Education, and a member ol ihe Presbn Bds. of Publicat'n ;ind of MinistI Relief in Philadelphia. GENERAL JOHN County, N. V., Aug-usl 5, BIDWELL was boni in Chamaiujua iSig, of New England parentage. He was educ.-ited at the Kingsville .Acad- emy, Astabula Co., Ohio. In 1841 he went with the first p;irty of white men 10 California, by way of the Sierras, md was closely identified with the opening up of the ^tate. Me was first Ilia ., the >'stown Dem- u- Convention ■ I iSbo he stixxi I lone in the Cali- 1 01 111 ■ii>n, • iiul 1 yal 10 ih, > ,,..,,. Dur- iiiL; the war he corn- el il ihiriy-ninth Congress and made Chairman 01 Agriculture. In 1875 he was nominated for t.. Monopoh- ticket, w;is a memlH*r of the .\nli-v ;it S lul four v«\»rs Liter Pii' for C ■ '«• w;is iiotniii.itcil b ParH UM 1 I in- I'niled Sl.iiis. \r engageil '>i<'g. but le.irning that .1 rectilieil w I, went out of the bn-iM. sides with his wite on their ranch of j> The General is known and K'1ov«hI throi cliHrities, benefactions .'ind public spirit. P;oh Fifth nia , he to iib. A>n, ihe on \nti- lon :.late ^!iitvi he wns id to be He r».. 46 PROHIBITION LEADERS. REV. D. M. MIHELL, M.A., B.Th., of St. Georg-e, Ont., a well-known and popular Baptist minister, was born in Beanisville, Lincoln Co., Ont., Sept. 23, 1850, tlie son of Henry Mihell and Marg:aret Mor- gan, his wife. He received his prelim- inary training- for the ministry in the Baptist College at Woodstock, and took a non-resident course of study in \\'es!e}'an I'niver- sity, Bloomington, 111.' Besides the de- crees of M.A. and Ph. B., he has also received that of B. Th., from McMas- ter University (Bap- tist) of Toronto. He has been four years Sec.-Treas. of the Baptist Convention of the Provinces ot Ontario and Que- bec. Politically, he has been in sym- pathy with the Lib- eral Party, but, like "earlv every other minister and member ot his denomination in the Province, the strongest " plank " in his personal political platform is Prohibition. He would willingly co-operate with true men ot every party to hasten the day of its success. He is a member ot the Roval Templars of Temperance, and was at one time a Select Councilor. He has also belonged to other similar bodies, and has taken an active hand in some important local campaigns, but his principal work in behalf of the temperance movement has been in his c>vvn pulpit and in connection with his own church duties. Here he has faithfully used his opportunities in behalf of that and similar moral and social reforms. JOHN W. WESTLAKE SPRY, of St. John's, Newfound- land, G. S. of the S. of T. for that Province, was born at Carbonear, C o n c e ]5 1 i o n Bay, Aug. 18, 1840. His father was editor of the " Sentinel," of that place, and a few years late r moved to St. John's, the cajiital of the Island. There he was educated. He is a member of St. Andrew's Presby- terian Church; is not active in politi- lal matters only so lar as temperance legislation is con- cerned. He has been in the active temperance ranks since efirly boy- hood, becoming a member of the Cold Water Armj' at the age of 10, and has alwa3's respected its tiiree-fold pledge, against alcohol, tobacco and pro- fanity. Later on he became a S. of T., and for the jiast five years has been the G. Scribe of the Grand Division. He has been also a frequent contributor to the press in behalf of the temperance cause, and has been active and successful in planting and strength- ening divisions of the Sons throughout the Province; has assisted in canvassing for the adoption of local option laws enacted by the Legislature, and in the judicious distribution of temperance litera- ture throughout the country. He has given special attention to the young, and the introduction in the schools of Dr. B. W. Richardson's excellent Temperance Lesson Book. In every line of effective temperance work Mr. Spry has shown great activity and zeal. REV. HENRY A. DELANO, the popular and well-known pastor of First Baptist Church in Evanston, Illinois, was born in Oneida, N. Y., in T848, the son of Wm. H. Delano, for n earl J' sixty years a successful Baptist minister and a fearless ad- vocate of the abol- ition of slavery and the drink traffic. He inherited much of his father's radi- calism and intense zeal for the pro- motion of temper- a n c e a n d o t h e r great reforms. He is a graduate of Denison Univer- sity, Ohio, and afterwards took a theological course at Rochester. For many years he has been a very suc- cessful evangelist and pastor, and the seals to his ministry- have been very many. As the result of his labors about 800 converts have been bap- tized. He has also written much and well, both poetry and prose. His pastorates have been : Mount Morris, N. Y. ; Zanesville, O.; Norwich, N.Y., and Evanston, 111. At Zanesville he was leader of the Murphy Movement, associated with Rev. Edward Payson Ham- mond, and the results were felt for good throughout the city. He has been, for years, in active sympathy with the "Third Party Movement." He has been twice nominated by the Prohibit'n Partv as candidate for the Assembly, and once for Congress. Few men have been more fearless and outspoken in their hostilitv to the whole drink traffic. Hon. John P. St. John, Prof. A. A. Hopkins, and others of their class, esteem him as a man " in dead earnest" in his work. REV. MI RAM W. GIFFORD, Ph. D., the popular pastor of First M. E. Church, Howell, Michigan, is a native of the Province of Ontario, but ot Puritanic and Revo- lutionary stock. He was born in New- castle, Ont., June 3rd, 1851. He is a self-made man, hav- ing made his own way in the world since twelve years of age. Not being able to carry out his cherished plans for completing a ee^Uege course of education, he set liimself resolutely to the task of per- sonally mastering a course, and after yea r s of patient effort received, on examination, the degrees of Ph. B. and Ph. D. In earh' life he identified himself with the temperance move- ment, and has always since done what he could for its achancement. His work on the platform on these lines has been chiefly in the cause of Local Option and Consti- tutional Amendment. On the platform and through the press he has taken a leading stand regarding "The Sin of the License System." He began his work as a Methodist minister at the age of 20, and that has been his great life work. In the pulpit, as well as on the plat- form, he has Iseeil very popular and successful. He is also an author of considerable note. Among his published works, which have been extensively circulated, are, "Baptism in a Nutshell, " " Ingersollism Unmasked," "Laws of the Soul, or the Science of Religion and the P'uture Life," the last of which has attracted considerable attention. PROHIBITION LEADERS. 47 REV. ALPHEUS HACi.W SEMBOWER, M.A., of Salem, N. J., was born of German parents in a loi^ cabin in Allejfliany Co., Md., .March 6, 1832, He had few early educational advant- aj^es, but made up that deficiency by dilij^ent private study. He beg'an teachinjf when 18 years of ajje, and lontiiuied it for thir- teen years. While Supt. of Public Schools in Johns- town, I'a., he com- menced preaching-, and seven years later devoted him- self entirely to the ministry in connec- tion with the Bap- tist Church. Since that time he has occupied so v e ral important stations, and is now in his twelfth year in Salem, X. J. F"or t w e n t y- o n e y ea rs in* was a member of the Bd. of Cur- ators of the University of Lewisburjj, and now of Bucknell Univers- ity, from which he received his dejjree of M. A. He has also been seven j'ears on the Bd. of Control of South Jersev Institute. He is married, and has two sons in business at Readinj^-, Pa. He has been a life-long abstainer, and thinks he was born a I'rohibitionist. He became a Son of Temperance in boyhood, and also a member of the Temple of Honor. Of the l.'isl he has been a member of the Supreme C'ouncil thirty years, and iias filled t!ie highest position at its dis- posal. He is also a Good Templar. He has voted the Prohibition Party ticket wherever there was opportunity. He has also written a good deal for the press in behalf of the temperance cause. MRS. E. XORINE LAW, of Detroit, evangelist, lecturer and vocalist, was born Jan. j6, 1862, at New Boston, Illinois, the daughter of Michael Frazee, and Emme- line Randall, his wife. She was edu- cated at Hunting- ton, ind., one of the best schools in the State, and since gr.'iduated with high honors in the Dean Wright course of stud\' in Greek and English Biblestudy, together with col- lateral studies. She is an evangelist in ihe W. C." T. C, liolding a diploma of efficiency. She has been a member .rtant offices in various I'nions, local, district and Stale. She is State Or- ganizer of Young Worn. Unions in Mich., and also a Nat. Organizer and lecturer. She was for four years Pres. of the Up|X'r Penin- sula W. C. T. U. of Michigan. In the pulpit, on the pl.itform and through the press she has been generally recognized .is .-» strong and earnest advoc.ite of the great Prohibition movement. Her time and efforts are largely devoted to temperance and Christian work. Her .-iddress is 1152 Fourteenth avenue, Detroit. The press s]H';iks higlih' of her work in the locilities she h.'is visited. MRS. AL.MIRA L. PRINDLE, of the Florence Critlention Homes and Missions, New York, was born iti -Starksboro, Addi- tion, \'t., near one of the foot hills of the Green Moun- tain range,. March jSlh, 1837. Her jiareiits were Steph. and l.yili.i Green, members of the .So- ciety of Friends, or Ou.'ikers. She was I'llucateil in .\ i n e Partners Bo;irding Sclu>ol, Duchess County, New \'ork, .1 M d a ft er wards taught school for icM ye;»rs, mosllv in the southern p.-irl of New York Slate. Al Ihe ;igi' of 26 she w;is m;ii-i-ii'd lo C. C>. Prindle, a noteii '>olanist, horlicul- iirist and hypern- li/.er. Their resi- lonce w;is in Ch;ir- I o I I e, one of I he be;uilifiil lake towns in the Champl.'iin X'alley. I'roni the birth of her only child she bec.ime an inv.ilid, anil remained so for nearly eight ye.irs. During those ilays of .iflliclion she became so in love witji Jesus and His cause that she resolved lo spend the balance of her life in feeding his l.imbs. and seeking ;ind s.iving the lost. Si-venleen ye.irs of such .1 life of use- hilness ha VI' since In-en spent , during which slu- has be»'n ."i blessing lo m.iny, who delight to call her " .NIolher," by which name she is very widely known. She is ;i member of the W. C. T. U. and a member of kindred org:inizations,.-ind h.is ilone ;i good ile.il of open air and gospel w.igoii work. She was a delegate lo Ihe Worlds W. C. T. V. Convention in London in 181)5. •*^''«' ''-'^ been inslni- menlal in plaining two Girls' Homes, which area great blessing. THE L.VTE JOHN NEWTON STEARNS, of New York, so many years the well-known manager of the Nat. Temperance Pub. House, will long be remem- bered by this gener- ation of temjx'rance i-eaders and work- iTs. He was a in,in of great zeal and i-nergy, and his suc- cess in the puhli- lation and spread of sound temjHT- ance literature will result in gre.nt gixxl for m.-iny ye;irs 10 c o m e. H e w a s born in an old- fashioned farm house in New Ips- wick, \'. H., Mnv •' -^o. Hi's a sturdy : a v«luH>l i I,' a : . : . .■: ^. :. rhil- dii'n, of w hoin John was Ihe v»»«ingest. ■ ' arly ; ni, --- Him- self "generally useluf ; then he taught a coun "bixird- ing rounil "; then he Invjune a successful l>«>*>k .1^ country, and later on editor of " Merry's Museum," ;« iHipul.ii juvenile magn- zine, and after that the world-known agent of the N. T. P. S., and eilili>r ;ind author of I. ... •• - ,|,J p«'riiHlic;»ls. He w.»s in t' ; n member of the CoUi Wai« ' ; a C.uK'l of Temperance in 1 ^'of T. in 1S48; a G. T. in if'oi his hand found lo do in Ten»|Hi.»i. ver grew weary in well doing. H< 'ed and deeply lamented by his co-w. m kci- iiu- i.nip.iaiu c woiio vwer. 48 PROHIBITION LEADERS. . JJMJIl"^^^SUMmid^''i tw*m^uiiaMiimi- ^m REV. G. O. HUESTIS was born in Cumberland County, N. S., Aug. 6, 1821. He is the son of James and Melinda Huestis, of U. E. Loyalist descent. He en- tered the ministrj' of the Methodist Church in 1846, con- tinued in the active work for forty-three vears, retiring in '1889, but he' still preaches every Sab- bath. He has been a teetotaller since 1S31 without once violating the pledge. He joined the S. of T., of which he is still a member, in 1848; has had the honor of being G. W. P. in three Prov- inces, and was M. W. Chaplain of the National Division from 1876 to 1878. His work for Prohi- bition has been long and extensive, as he lectured and preached on the subject for more than forty years, and is still engaged in the work. In this connection it is worthy of note that he is said to have delivered more speeches at the Annual Conferences of the Methodist Church than any other man living in the Maritime Provinces of Canada. He has done some editorial work in connection with the temperance mov^ement, and has written much for the press, both on temperance and religion. Some of his writings, chiefly in connection with Methodism, have been ]iublished by him in book form. In politics he is Indepen- dent, but has leanings in the direction of what he considers to be the ritrht side. THOMAS HUTCHIXGS, of Halifax, N. S., the veteran temperance lecturer and worker, is one of the best temperance men in the Maritime Provinces of Can- ada. He was born in London, Eng., Oct. 24, 1828, and received his educa- tion after coming to Canada. He has been for over twen- ty years a local preacher in the Methodist Church, but the advancing of the temperance movement has been his life-long work. He became a S. of T.atSt.John.N.B., when 20 years of age, and has been in the Order and " in the harness " ever since. Years later he became a resident of the Prov- ince of Quebec, and in 1861 he be- came a member of "Old Howard Divi- sion No. I," of Mon- treal. He then took the public platform and has been on it almost continuously ever since. He was for a time the agent of the Mon- treal Temperance Society, and of the G. D. S. of T. of the Prov. of Quebec. Later on he became a resident of Nova Scotia and in 1869 became a member of Chebucto Div. at Halifax, of which he is still a member. He is also a member of the Grand Division of that Province, and has filled the chair of G. W. P. For over twenty years he was agent and lecturer of the Order in Nova Scotia, and during that time has visited and lectured in every county and almost every school section in the Province. He has worked in a similar capacit}' in other eastern Provinces and the United States. HENRY B. METCALF, of Pawtucket, R. I., was born in Boston, April 2nd, 1829, and educated at the public schools there. Apprenticed to the wholesale d ry- goods trade at fif- teen, he continued in pin-ely mercantile life unti'l 1865. He is now engaged in the manufacture of covered buttons. He is in his twenty - second year of con- linuous service as Superintendent of a Sunday School in Pawtucket. He is President of the National Conven- tion of Universal- ists, also a trustee of Tufts College, and Vice-President of its corporation. He was Senator in the Rhode Island Legislature in 1889, and a member of the town govern- ment of Pawtucket for two years. He has been for several the National Temperance Society. He acted 1-j, except in 1872, when In i88q he led a move- ye'irs a managei' with the Republican P.arty from 1856 to i{ he voted for Horace Greely for President, ment to unite disaffected Republicans, who could not be induced to join the Prohibition Party, under the name of the Law Enforce- ment Party. In the amendment campaigns of 1886 and 1889 Mr. Metcalf is generally accredited as leader. Since 1890 he has acted unreservedly with the Prohibition Party, and in 1893 and 1894 was its candid.ate for Governor. He has positive views on other ques- tions of social and political reform, but believes the true method to promote broad reform is to first remove the drink traffic. AARON CAMPBELL EASLEY, B.L., A.M., Sec.-Treas. of Add-Ran University, Thoq? Springs, Texas, was born near Macon City, Mo., March 12, 1864, the son of William Easley and Phoebe Teter, his wife. He was edu- cated in the public schools of his native State and in Add- Ran University. Three years after he entered that Uni- versit}- as janitor he was elected one of its professors and held that position five years. For the l^ast three years he has been its Secre- tary and Treasurer. He is a member of the Disciples' Church, of the Y. M.C.A.,and Chris- tian Endeavor. He is also a zealous member of the Pro- hibition Party, but his time has been so fully occupied in other directions that his work in its behalf has been quite local. He very modestly claims to be one of the "followers" rather than a leader in the Prohibi- tion movement. During a recent local option election campaign in Hood County, of which he is a resident, he organized a dramatic company; they got uy an excellent temperance play and presented it at several places in the count)', with excellent and encouraging success. Where there is a State Prohibition campaign it is his intention to make a tour of the State with this play, as he is thoroughly convinced that by so doing great good can be accomplished in the promotion of the Prohibition principles. PROHIBITION LEADERS 49 REV. CHAS. H. ST. JOHN was born of Scotch parentage, near .\nbiii-n,_\. v., in i^!";. I'dvcitvl -• ilieolojfy.law, and medi- cine, he ^niatricu- lated and read the Ph. B. course witli the Illinois VV'es- li'van University. I-"or some years, as pastor, he occupied some t>f the leading pulpits in the Cen- 1 ral Illinois Confer- i nee of the M. E. C liurch. Health tailing, he removed lo Denver, Col., in 1.S81, where he en- it-red on the study >t the law. In 1883 .1' was appointed special judge of the I '. S. Pension Dept. In 18K2, with others, he organized the State Temp. L'nion of Col., and was I'lected Pres., and the following year re-elected. In 1883 he, with the Exec. Com., issued the call which resulted in the oiganization of the Prohibition I'arly in Colorado, and was the first of a luimiier of deli-gates elected to the Nat. Con., which met at Pittsburg and nominated Hon. Jolm P. St. John for Pn-sident. Of abolition slock, a soldier for the Union, and old-time Republican, he left his party in Nov., 1886, publishing his rt-asons for so-doing, and has since been working for Prohibition in the Prohibition Partv, addressing vast audiences tiiroughout the i-ounlry, organizing Lodges, White Cross Leagues, Woman's Chris- tian Ti-mpi-rani-e L'nions, and Ei|u.'d Suffrage Associations. In i88g he and his wife were tleleg.-ites to the World's Sunday School Con- vention, London, Eng. VVhiie absent he addressed large congre- gations in England on the temperance question. REV. EUGENIA ST. JOHN, now pastor of the Gordon Place Methodist Protestant Church, Kansas City, was bom near Elgin, 111., of Ger- man and Scotch- Irish parentage. Among her Amer- ican ancestrj' she numbers Commo- dore Perry, CoL i\ice, of the Revo- lutionary War, and I'. S. Senator Pat- terson, of New N'ork. .At 14 Mrs. St. John finished the graded and high school courses of her native town and iH'gan teaching. In I 86g she married the Rev. Charles H. St. John, and the . .v.pli- took up their ■ - J<-nce in Hloom- 11.,: on. On the fail- ure ot Mr. St. John's iie.ilth, in iSSo, his wife was immedi- ately chosen by the church to take his place, and here beg;in iicr work as a licensed preacher. In 1887 she joined the Methodist Protestant Church, and was ordained a minister and an evangelist of the Kansas Conference, which she has since faith- fully served. In 1892 she was elected to the General Conference at \\'estminster, Md., and was the first lady ministerial delegate seated in the General Conference in the United Slates. Originally a Republican in politics, she became a Prohibitionist. She was one of the first women of Illinois to plead for Prohibition, even Miss Willard being at that time an advocate of Local Option. She has been chosen a delegate to the National Women's Christian Tem- perance Union five times, and to the National Prohibition Con- vention three times. IIKXRV APAMS THOMPSON, D. D., LL. D., the third \'icc-l'rcsitk'ntial caiulidate of the Prohibition Party, was born in Center County, Pa., March 23rd, 1837. 1 1 is father was .i Ouaker, and his mother a Method- ist, and he himself, ii the .ige of 14, loined the United Krethren Church, lie obtained his iilucation in the I oinmon schools, wurking during the sumnier months on I he farm, and at- it'Tuling school dur- ing the winter. IK- afterwards ;ittend- cd Jefferson Col- li'ge, i'a., gr;idu- aling in 1858. He then beg.an study at t he Western Theo- logical Seminarv, \iieghany. Pa. in I Sf) I ho bec.Hme I'rofi-ssor of Mathe- matics at the West- ern Ci>llege, West- ern Iowa, and in 1872 he became I'resident ofOtferbein University, W«'slerville, C>hio, holding this position foin'teen years. In 1873 his .lima mater gave him the degrei' of D. D., and in i88() Westfield ( 111. ) College gave bin) lhed«'gree of LL. D. He left the Republican Party in 1874, aiul bec;in>e .-i Prohibilii>nist, ami in the s.ime year was nanu-il caiuliilali- lor Congress of t!>e Prohibitionists of the Columbus Pistricl, C">hio. The next year he was Prohibition candi- date ft>r Lieut. -Governor of Ohio, and in 1887 for Governor. He was Ch:iirman of the Nat. !*rohibit'n Conven. in 1870, anil h.is lH"en Chairman of the Ohio .State Proh. Com. for many years; has also been Pres. of the Nat. Proh. Alii, since its organi/.ati<»n in 1S77. He has written extensively on llu>ologic;iI and ti-mperance topics. REV. S. A. GILLEV, S. T. P., was born in Farmersville, CattaraugusJCo., N.V., .April 21, 1845. His parents were James Gillev and Betsey M. Ely. He was I'ducated at Rush- lord (N. V.) Acad- emy, and the Gen- esee \'alley Semin- ary. During the i."ivil War he served nearly three years m the Union .Army. At its close he i-niered the ministry of the Wesleyan Meiluxlist Church .American), a de- nomination noted tor its nidieal prin- viples of moral reform. He first supiH>rted the Re- pul'lican Party, but in 1872 unileti with I he Prohi bit ion Party. He was Pi.sidiiit of the \\ IV. oiisn Confer- i-ii, ,■ ,•! 'i-s t''iurch !,-■ :.<, \ : , .»nd .'t !h.- lo\\ , (, .^nl"er- ence several terms; was three years Prof, of Theology- in Wa^ioia S«'min.Trv, Minn.; has b*'en a ntemher of the Genr » is now eililor of their Sinul.iv ^ more'' 's'.ite-wide ii-T" ' .•,,,. 1.. . u. ... . Fi>i ^ he has \\ '.;e of a colunui for II lion press, ' s lu-ver n"i<-\ , .! of |%Hy. He has been three Iniies a Prohibition caiii' gress. He is now a uumhIht of the Nalion.Tl t"iwii' .inti is Major-General, colnnianiling tin- 1 bition .Army of the Hhie and the lli;i\. children." His resideiu-e is in ihe submits ,., >i,iiviiko. i' on- ohi- live 5° PROHIBITION LEADERS JOHN REDPATH DOUGALL was born in Montreal on the 17th daj' of August, 1841, his parents being- Jolm^Doug-all, merchant and jour- nahst, and,, Eliza- beth, daughter of John Redpath, con- tractor and manu- facturer. He was educated at the High School a n d McGill University, of which he is a Fellow and an M. A. For eleven years he shared with his father the responsi- bility of manage- ment, and in 1871 assumed the entire control of the ex- tensive interests of the Witness Pub- lishing House. When a child he joined the Cold Water Army, and later The Temper- ance Committee, formed by the late Dr. Carpenter. This movement in- spired the demand upon Parliament resulting in the Canada Temperance Act of 1878, and out of this grew the Dominion Alliance for the legal suppression of the liquor traffic. Mr. Dougall is President of the Quebec Branch, and has been con- tinuously on the Executive of the Dominion Alliance. Through steadfast devotion to high principles he has made the "Witness" a power for good in all the great moral movements of the day. Mr. Dougall, though rather retiring in disposition and man- ner, is a man of a high order of talent, of excellent executive ability, thoroughly conscientious and eminently patriotic. No public man enjoys in larger degree the confidence and love of the Canadian people. D. W. HOOKER, G. C. T. of the Grand Lodge of New York, is a Vermonter by birth, and graduated at the Troy Con- ference Academy, Poultney, Vt., in the class of '54. In 1869 he was in- itiated into LeRoy Lodge, No. 711, L O. G. T., was soon Chief Templar, and under his leadership the lodge numbered 400 members. In 1872, while County Chief Templar, he was elected Grand Secretary, wliich office he held for nineteen years, until failing health forced him to decline re- election. He entire- ly re-organized the work of that office, and he is the author of the "Complete Books" for Secy., Financ'1-Secy., and Treas. of Subordin- ate Lodge, and Cor. - Secy, of the County Lodge, now used by all the lodges of New York State — the most practical system of accounts used by any Grand Lodge jurisdic- tion. He was subsequently elected Grand Counselor, and after- wards unanimously chosen Grand Chief Templar. He is active, energetic, a magnetic speaker, knows the Order from A to Z, and believes it not only the best school of Prohibition in the world, but one of the finest systems of general culture ever devised. In re- ligion a Methodist, broad in his views; he is an earnest Sabbath School worker, and a great lover of Bible truth. His wife, a graduate of the same academic class, is of great assistance in his work. They have one son, a rising minister, Chief Templar of his lodge. Their home is one of the happiest in the land. RALPH S. THOMPSON, managing editor of " The New Era," was born in Edwards Co., 111., in 1847 — the first county in the nation to out- law the dram shop. Here he was trained a J e f f e r s o n i a n Democrat. He never attended school or college, and passed his boy- hood on a farm. In 1865 he opened a drug store in the village of Albion, and in 1869 started the first newspaper in his county, learn- ing to set type by himself, tending the store by day and working on the paper by nigh t. About this time he turned out of his drug store all liquor and patent bitters. This radical posi- tion interfered with his business, and in 1873 he sacrificed all he had made and moved toCincinnati. In 1876 he removed to Springfield, taking charge of an agricul- tural i^aper and joining the Grange. From 1880 to 1884 he was lecturer of the Ohio State Grange. In 1881 he joined the Prohi- bition Part}', and in 1885 he became editor of "The New Era." His strong stand on Prohibition injured his agricultural papers, and he again sacrificed the results of his labors. In 1886 The New Era Publishing Company was founded, and he was elected managing editor, which position he has since retained. His family were Unitarians. In 1871, however, he joined the Cumber- land Presbyterian Church, but, on moving to Ohio, united with the Presbyterians. JOHN LLOYD THOMAS was born in Wihon Park, Dur- hamshire, Eng. , April 22, 1857. He is the son of Rev. Isaac Thomas, a distin- guished Welsh clergyman and Pro- hibition advocate. He speaks and reads the Welsh, and is proud of his nativity ; received a common school education, and has worked for a living since he was 14 years old ; in clerk- ship and business until 1866. He was then called unto G. T. work, and in West Virginia he organized 100 lodges in 6 months, adding 3,000 to the membership. In 1 889 he became manager of the National Prohibi- tion Bureau for Marj'land, W. Vir- ginia, Virginia, Del- aware, N. and S. Carolina, and the Dist. of Columbia. Thai year lie organized many counties in Mary- land, State Cons, for Delaware and X'irginia, and considerable im- portant work in other States. A Republican at first, he held office under Garfield's administration, and was offered advancement under President Arthur, but declined. He joined the Prohibition Party fully in 1882. In 1884 he was instrumental in securing a Maryland delegation to the Pittsburg Convention which nominated St. John and Daniel. He was made a member of the Nat. Com.; has lectured in all parts of the States (except the South-West), and in Canada, on Prohibition. He now edits " The Constitution," which denies the constitutionality of laws licensing the drink traffic. PROHIBITION LEADERS, 51 REV. WILLIAM A. MACKAV, B.A., D.D., Woodstock, Out., bom March 11, 1842, is the eldest of seven brothers, five of whom entered the ministry of the Pres- byterian Church. From the ajje of 16 to 23 he taught school in Oxford, his native county. In 1869 he gradu- ated in Toronto L'ni- \ersity with first- ilass honors. I n I S70 lie graduated in Kno.x College, .md was licensed by 1 hi- Toronto Fresby- ii'ry to preach the (.iospel. His first charge was Chel- t e n h ;i m Ji n d M t . Pleasant , in Toronto Presb\tery ; his second was Balti- more and Cold- springs, in Peter- borough i'resby- tery, and for the l.'ist eighteen years he lias been pastor of C"hahner's Church, Woodstock, one of the largest Presbyterian congregations in I he Province. A versa- tile writer, an earnest and effective speaker, le.irless in his exposure of wrong, and thoroughly consecrated to his work, he has been for .'ibout one-quarter of a centurv a great power in advancing the tem- perance reform. Some of his temperance tracts have reached a cir- culation of 20,000 in three months. His book, "Outpourings of the Spirit, "j)ublished bythe PresyBoard, Philadelphia, is widely circu- lated in the States. His work on "Baptism" has gone through four- tetMi I'ditions. In 1893 the Senate of the Pres. Col., Montreal, con- ferred u|5on him the degree of D. D., in recognition of his theolo- gical scholarship, eviticed in his works, and services to the church. RKV. HILLIARD FRANCIS CHREITZBERG, A. B., A. M., D. D., pastor of the Central Methodist Church, South Ashe- ville, N. C, is the third son of Rev. A. M. Chreitzberg, D. D., one of the ablest preachers in the S. C. Confer- ence, and was bom in Georgetown, S. C, in 1850. He was graduated from Woftord College, Spartanburg in 1873. He had a wonderful career of usefulness in South Carolina before be- ing transferred to the North Carolina Conference. He joined the S. C. Con- ference in 1873, and served charges at Camden, Anderson, Charleston, Sumter, Newberry, Chester, and Colunibia, and was appointed to his present pastor- ate in 1892, where his success has been almost phenomenal. He is an indefatigable temiH»ratice worker, and is said to have delivered more speeches on the subject in S. C. for the l;ist ten years than any other man. In 1883 he was elected G. W. C. T. of the G. T. of S. C, and has since represented the G. L. at five different sessions of the R. W. G. L. of the World. For three yi-ars he was editor of "The Temperance Worker," th«? offi- cial organ of all the temperance associations of S. C, and has been termed "The Temperance Apostle" of that State. F"or several years he was .\ssistant Secy, of the S. C. Conference, and for six years its Secy. In 1876 he niarried .Addri.-i E. Kirby, of Detroit. He is a thoughtful, earnest, eloquent preacher. W. FRA.VK DAVIS was born Jan. 24, 1872, in Alligerville. L'lster Co., N. V., his ancestry being among the early Dutch set- tlers. He obtained liis preliminary edu- cation at the free si-hool of his native village, and King- ■^ t o n A c <'i il e m y . After three years iif successful teach- ing he attended I'ortland Normal Sclu>ol, where he I i)o k .M il v a n c e il r'.ink. In i8g3 he iMitereil t!ie class of <)(> in Amherst Col- legi>, Mass., and is St u living for the 111 i 11 i s t ry of the Methodist Church, lie became a mem- I'crof thel.O.tl.T. Ill 1892, and is now .1 member of Bowen l.iHlge, of .\mherst. ^ince joining the Order he has been 111 active worker. lie has held the ollices of District Coimselor anil Dis- trict Su]it., anil w.is elected Graiul Marshal in 1894. He is also a Special Deputy G. C. T., and Deputy Grand Supt. of Juvenile Templars. He became a member of the International Supreme Lodge in 1894, and grailuated from the C>ood Templar course of sluily at Boston in 181)5. He is a Prohibitionist, aiul was one of the founders of the .Amherst College Prohibition Club, holding, with other members, i.illies in the fall c.impaign of 181)5. "*' '^ •' member of the Hampshire Co. Prohibition League, .iiid was a delegate to the Convention in iS<)5 that nominated Kendall for Governor. He is a worker in the Epworlh League, Christian Endeavor, White Cross Society, and King's Sons. ANDREW G. WOLFENB March 24, 1856. His father, Wm .ARGER was iuu n m \ nguiia . Wolfenbarger, was a merchant, a Whig politician, ind for a time 1 Sheriff of Poca- hontas Co. Prior to the war the fani- ily came to Iowa, and young Wolfen- barger received a g o o d CO ni m o n school education, .ind taught public ■>cliool five years. He then entered journalism and re- moved to Nebraska in 18S0, casting his first presiileiHi,tl vole for liai field. «nd his second for '^ K'n ticket. At 'M. iirsi Prohibition Party Coiuention held in .\ebniska he was chosen Secy.; afterwards ^ of the State . and W.1S rr- lender of the position. In 1S87 he was nameil -- John B. Finch on the Njit. Com. from Nebraska. In the delegalioit fron> Nebraska to the Nat. t(Mi H, of the Platform Com.; was also on the 1 serveil lour years. In 1 892 he was tem|H>i at Cincinn.'ili. Since 18S5 he li ' popular pl.'itl'orm sp«-.iker I'im- I' ediy in 25 StJites of the liiion .1: ing ilelivered over 2,000 addresses on 1 a Methodist ; a inemln'r of the Suprenii > and n regular practitioner in Lincoln, his lunnc. . i>n utii< I lie .Nat. vletl iIht . h he t'on. ^ka. 52 PROHIBITION LEADERS EDWARD S. CUMMER, of Toronto, was born near the village of Newtonbrook, York County, Ontario, in 1840. When he was seven years of ag-e the family removed to the Niagara Peninsula. He was educated at tlio connnon school, and the Aurora Grammar S c h o o 1 , and tJUight success- fully foiseven years. For two years he managed the ex- tensive general store at Glenmoris of Gavin Fleming ; for two years man- aged a co-operative store in Hamilton ; for five j-ears was eng.aged with a wholesale grocery and a real estate firm, and for an- other five was as- sistant to Rev. Dr. Stone in Method- ist Episcopal Book Room in Hamilton ; was Sup. Secy, of the I. O. F. for eight vears, and is now its book-keeper. He is a devoted member of the Methodist Church, and was nine years a Recording Steward in Hamilton. He never tasted a drop of intoxicating liquor. At the age of ten he joined the Cadets of Temperance, and at four- teen the Independent Order of Good Templars, continuing a worker in connection with it till the present. He has twice held the office of Grand Counselor, and was six times elected a repre- sentative of the Grand Lodge of Ontario to the Right Worthy Grand Lodge of the World. He was also for twenty years a working member of the Sons of Temperance. In 1862 he mar- ried Ann M., daughter of the late Rev. Thomas Rump. MRS. ANN M. CUMMER, of Toronto, was born in Hamil- ton, Ont., 1840. Her father was the late Rev. Thomas Rump, a minister of the Methodist Church, who came fro m England to Canada in 1838. She is the youngest daughter and the only mem- ber of the family born in Canada. At an early age the principles of tem- perance were im- pressed upon and found a lodgement in her mind, her father having been a devoted worker and an earnest ad- vocate for the prin- ciples of "total abstinence for the individual and Pro- hibition for the State." When she reached the age of 16 years she became a member of the I. O. G. T., and has maintained an ac- tive connection with that Order ever since that time. She has on two different occa- sions been honored by the Grand Lodge by being elected to the position of Grand Worthy Vice-Templar, having been a regular attendant, not only at subordinate, but at Grand Lodge sessions. From her earliest days her labors and her influence, as well as those of her husband, Mr. Edward S. Cummer, to whom she was married in 1862, have been for temperance and Prohibition. Mr. and Mrs. Cummer have no children. The)' reside at a comfortable home on Sherbourne street in the city of Toronto, Ontario. Their first meeting was in a Good Templar's lodge- room. MRS. ADA WALLACE UNRUH, National Lecturer and Organizer of the National W. C. T. U., was born Dec. 3, 1853, in Porter Co. , Ind. , the daughter of John H. and Lucy Pierce Wallace. She was educated at Valpar- aiso Presbyterian College, Ind., and is a member of the Baptist Church. Politically her en- tire sympathies are now with the Prolii- bition Party. In her early dajs she was an ardent Repub- lican, but since hope failed in that party ever espousing the cause of the com- plete overthrow of the liquor traffic, she is now a no less ardent Prohibition- ist. She has spent m :i n y years o f earnest e ff o r t t o promote the Tem- perance movement, both with voice, and pen, and by any other available means. She has been an active Good Templar, but her work for 3'ears past has been mainly in connection with the W. C. T. U. She also took a prominent posi- tion in the Kansas and Oregon State Lojal Temperance League. She has worked in a number of important Prohibition and Constitu- tional campaigns. She has also lectured extensively for the Prohibi- tion Party and various other organizations who have applied for her services. She has written extensively for the press on Social Reform subjects, and conducted schools of method work in the Chatauquas. Social purity work holds a special claim on her sym- pathies. She has advocated these principles at places and in da\'s when it required special courage to do it. WALTER SCOTT WILLIAMS was born in the County of Prince Edward, Ont., May 24, 1833. His father, Isaac Williams, was born in the same County; his grandfather, in Poughkeepsie, N. Y. His mother was Charlotte Herring- ton, a daughter of Moses Herrington, late of the County of Prince Edward. Walter was edu- cated in the Normal School, Toronto; P'airfield Academy, Fairfield, N.Y., and at \'ictoria College, Cobourg, Ont. He studied law with Lewis Walbridge, O. C. and Solicitor General of Canada, and others. He re- sided in Belleville up to 1863, when he moved to Napanee, Ont., and practiced law until about 1889, when he moved to Ca 1 i f ornia. Mr. Williams was at- torne)- for tlie Bank of B. N. A., at Napanee; Mayor in 1875, 1876 and 1877, and U. S. Consular Agt. there for seven years. He was R. W. G. C. of the I. O. G. T. of the World during 1869 and 1870, and Right Worthy Grand Secretar\- from 1873 to 1880. He is also an Oddfellow and a Mason. Mr. Williams is genial, ambitious, energetic, full of work, and whatever he undertakes he accom- plishes. He is now a resident of Berkely, Cal.; is an attorney and counselor-at-law of the Sup. Court of California, and Inspector of a San Francisco Bank. He was, in Canada, a Reformer; in religion a Methodist. He adheres firmly to temperance principles. He was married to Elmira L. Huffman, Jan. 19th, 1857 ; has four daughters. PROHIBITION LEADERS. 53 EDGAR T. SCOTT was born in Burlington, Vt. His father, James Scott, was of Scotch descent, and his mother, Deha Hawkins, a woman of remarkable ability, was VV'elsh- I'-njflish. A prom- inent writer said : " Major Scott ^ets his log'ic from the Scotch, his j^rit troni the English, liis fire from the Welsh." "The Little Red School House," H i n e s - l)iirgh Academy, Kuriington Insti- iiile, \'t., gave him ills "schooling. " At 1 5, Commencement Day, at the Acad- emy, he won first ])rize on declama- tion. Called into the field in 1879, he engaged in moral suasion effort. His pledge roll con- tains nearly 200,000 names. His later work lias been edu- cational, the extir- pation of the'saloon, the up-building of a Home-Protection Party. He has lectured in 30 States, and Ontario, Canada. Tiie "Union Signal," and " New Jersey Gazette," have published his corre- spondence for ten years. Among his lectures are " Our Country and Its Homes," " Vou Don't Go .At It Right," "Inhumanity of the License .System," "The Liquor Problem, Its Solution." "The ^'oung .Man in Chains," " Foot-Prints on the Bright Side of the Tempenmce Reform," "Does It Pay?" His speeches, and ex- tracts from them, liave been published in leaflet. One, "Is .Alcohol King?" has had a sale of 25,000. Rev. J. B. Graw says: "Major Scott is an eloquent and earnest speaker, and full of magnetic power." MRS. A. M. HODGES-SCOTT is a native of Grand Isle, Vermont. She is of French and Welsh descent. Delavan, of Albany, New York, the great temper- ance reformer, was a distant relative. Her mother was one of the noted Phelps famib, , of New England, who have been eminent as jurists on the Bench and Bar, and as statesmen. Like many other white ribbcmers, she was .1 school teacher. She became a mem- ber of the \V. C. T. C in 1875. She has been State and National Orj^an- izer, and a member of the National W. C. T. L'. Lecture Bureau. With her husband. Major Scott, she has been associated in all his public temperance work, which has been very exten- sive, as will be seen from the sketch herewith published. The press universally speak of her in terms of warnt praise, designat- ing her as dignified; winning'; possessing' a clear, penetrating, musical voice; witty; her arg'ument compact, logical, and like the charge of a judg'e to a jury. .At the Long Beach, Cal., Chautau- qua .Assembly of 1895 she was the only woman lecturer chosen to speak. Miss Frances E. Willard gave lli' ' ~ ■ but coni- prehensive, in "The L'nion Signal": "M ^. oti make a team hard to beat." She also, unique!;. .., ally, intro- duced her at the recent Baltimore Convention of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union as "The Major-General Scott." FRANCES ADA DE GRAFF was born at South Corinth, N. Y., March 28, 1S60. Her father, Seneca P. Denei, born at the above named place, a n d her mother, Lucy E.Cheeseman, horn in the town of Anisteidam, N. Y., are i)oth of strong temperance princi- ples. She always possessed a desire for knowledge, and was a regular at- li'iul.'iMt at tiu'public ■schools until about tier 17th year. In 1878 slu' married John G. De Graff", of .Amsterdam, N. v., wiiere they re- siile. Four promis- ing cliililren bless liieir home. In the year 1885 she united with the Dutch Re- formed Church, and since that time has been a n a c t i ve ^.'hristian worker. During the p ii s t year siie h.'is ;icted as Superintendent of the .Sunday School in her church, .md ii.is been for some time a member ami regular attendant of the Young People's .Society of Cliristiaii I'lnili-aviir. .A few years ago she joined the Independent Order of Good Templars, and is now the Superinteiuient of Juvenile Temples in .Montgomery County. Siie has alwavs had .1 deep interest in the Women's Christian Temperance Union. When it was first organized in Montgomery County she was nuide the Suin-rinlendent of evangelistic work. I^-iter on she was elected Recording Secretary of the county, and is now (he IVesident. In press work she has taken an active part, and is still a corre- spondent for one of the city papers. ■\lOS. HENRY W. BLAIR, o Senator, is one of tiie best known ^ f .Manchester, N. H., ex-U. S. Prohibition speakers, authors and legislators ol the United States. He was born in C.impton, N. H., Dec. 6th, 1834. His parents died while he was young, and he was left mainly on his own resources. He .1! :ied money with I li to pay his A..\ at school, loiter on he studied law, and was ad- mitted to the Bar in 18^0. During the I War he le time as .... • ' . .'tnd was twice severely woundiHl, and so disabled as to be mustered out in > .Ml -,>i.>i-nce. He \ .'(.I a mem- .1 li.e N. \l. : s e ol Repre- itives in lS'><>. and of t' two years later. He was, l.'Her on, e1e<"f«»<< 10 the \.-»t. where he served foi v on finances .ind otiu Con: ■' a \i injp' fncture and distribution anywhere i ihesale. His po«s rh.'if the ' nterely i^- success. jHTance .Mi'M-mem, 01 nil- v .'iiuu .':;, etc i em- 54 PROHIBITION LEADERS VOLNEY B. GUSHING was born in Winterport, Me., Jan. 31, 1856. He was educated chiefly in the common schools of Bangfor, Maine, in — which city he after- wards learned the hatter's trade , working- there and in Boston, Mass. Removing to Iowa, in 1878, he pursued the study of theol- ogy and preached among the Unitar- ians, and became a public lecturer on general topics with much acceptance to the people of several Western States. On returning to Maine in 1885 he withdrew from the ministry, and has since given his entire time to the temperance re- form, lecturing in the United States and Canada, and w inning every- where converts to the Prohibition cause. In i888 he was the Prohibition candidate for Governor of Maine, and made a three months' canvass of the State. In 1890 he became the Prohibition candidate for Congress in the Fourth District. For several years he was Chairman of the Maine Prohibition State Committee, and did much effective work tor the cause, and he is now one of the members of the Prohibition National Com- mittee from Maine. He is maicried and has one child, a boy, who is nine years of age. Mr. Cashing is still u]ion the tem- perance reform platform, and is one of the most widely known of all Prohibition advocates. REV. C. W. TANEYHILL, A. B., pastor of Broadway M. E. Church, Toledo, Ohio, was born March 23, 1842, at Lewisburg, Pa. ; moved to Ohio in 1 858, but returned to Williamsport, Pa., and graduated in 1868 at Dickin- son Seminary. He joined the Central Ohio Annual Con- ference of the M. E. Church the same year. He has been identified with re- form movements all his public life. He spent two years in Tennessee as Pres. of Purdy College and as pastor in Memphis. He has been a stalwart Prohibitionist for eighteen years, never g-iving an un- certain sound on this subject. His address on "Goli- ath of the Still, and David of the Sheep- fold," portrays these personages in the facts of the present combined with the incidents of the past. This Goliath is proud, contemptuous, defiant, immense propor- tions, never been conquered. David, humble, trusting in the Lord of Israel, uses, for the overthrow of his foe, a smooth stone from the brook. Votes were formerly given by casting a pebble. The ad- dress, covering the rise, growth, and ultimate conquest of the Pro- hibition sentiment, as in analogy of the birth, life, scenes, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, is a logical discourse, bristling with facts of dominant parties, double dealing, recreant church members, and various movements of political parties to destroy Prohibition. The climax represents the dram-shop closed, and the Church, froni Bishops to class-leaders, acknowledging Christ enthroned. MRS. M. M. WEEKS, of Laingsburg, Mich., State Lecturer of the Juvenile Department of W. C. T. U., was born near Syra- cuse, N. Y., the daughter of Cyreno Cook and Hepsa Folger, a Quaker- ess of English stock. She was educated at Falley Seminary, and mar- ried to Charles W e e k s. They moved to Michigan in the fifties. She has long taken a t(.)remost position in church and reform work, and is widely known as "The Children's Lecturer and Chalk Talker." In 1885, while lead- ing in Band of Hope work, she designed and ])ainted a large and striking alle- i;oric;il picture, "The Two Paths," 10 feet square, which, w i t h her beautiful word pic- tures and unique methods of teaching, has made her famous in many States she has visited, and where her influences for good has been felt. In 1887 she was elected State Supt. of the Juvenile Dept. of the Mich. W. C. T. U., and in connection with the duties of that position she has reached and influences a great host of children and adults. At times she has builded better than she knew, having caught the spirit of the watchword of to-day, — "forma- tion," — not reformation. In impressing great temperance truths upon the plastic nature of youth the results can but be as far- reaching as eternity itself. She has painted several beautiful and instructive picture lectures which have become popular. She is an artist and a poet of ability and skill, and a heart-winning speaker. D. L. POND, editor and publisher of "The News," Inman, Neb., and one of the stalwarts of the Prohibition inovement in that State, was born ■ at Jewett, Green Co., N. Y. His parents were of New England stock, and early settlers of the pic tu resq ue Catkskill Mountain region, on the Hud- son River. He was three years in his country's service in the Union army dur- ing the great Civil War. He returned at its close and was married to Elizabeth Morse. They re- sided some years in their native State, and in 1880 became residents of Neb. He then spent some \-earsas a colporteur for the Presbyterian Board of Publica- tion, becoming in- timately acquainted with the people. He has been interested in a stock ranch in Holt County, and has for 30 years published the "Inman News," a thoroughh' outspoken advocate of the Prohibi- tion movement. His political creed has been thus defined : "Re- cognizing three liquor parties, fatally wrong on vital questions, we need a new party that will repeal bad laws and enact good laws, prohibit all that is bad and encourage all that is good. All news and transportation facilities of general utility should be owned and operated by the General Government, with enlisted men, in the in- terests of the people. Buy and sell gold and silver by weight, treat them as merchandise and divorce them from money. Issue legal tender treasury notes, based on the combined wealth of the nation." PROHIBITION LEADERS 55 JP:RVICE GAYLORD EVAXS, D.D., LL.D., President of Heddinjf Colleg-e, Abing'don, 111., was born in Marshall Co., 111., Dec. 19, 1833. He attended Peoria Wesle van S e m i n - ary, Judson Col- Ii'ii'e, and the Ohio W'esleyan Univers- ity, and entered the ^I. E. ministry in 1.S54. He received li i s M. .'\. fro m Ouincy Collejj'e in iSyo, iiis D.D. from (.'haddock Colleg'e iti 1884, and his l,L. D. from t he Chicago Colleg'e of Science in 1889. He has served twenty- three years as pas- tor, seven years as Secretary of his Conference (Illinois V-'entral), and twelve \ i-ars as President lit' Heddinj^'CoIlege; was delei^ate to the Centennial Confer- ence of Methodism, and several times to the General Confer- ence. At first a Free Soiler in politics, then a Republican, he be- came a Party Prohibitionist in 1880, and has since been a most enthusiastic and eflicient supporter on tlu' platform, in political conventions, and by his jiowerful pen. He was Chairman of the Illinois .State Con. in i8«8, and also of the State Del. to the Nat. Con. He w-as delegate also in 1892 to the National ; was a mem- ber of the Nat. Cen. Com. from 1888 to 1892. In 1894 he was the candidate for U. S. Senator of the Prohibition Party of Illinois. His books, "The Woman Ouestion," "The License System," "The Liquor Traffic Indicted," "The Christian Citizen," "Pleas for License," " Pulpit anil Politics," are classics in our reform. MRS. CHARLOTTE S. WINCHELL, of Minneapolis, Min- nesota, a well-known educator and temperance worker and writer, was bom in Bur- lington Co., Vt. , May 28, 1836, a daughter of Alonzo Innes and Eunace X'aughan. She was educated in the pub- lic schools of Alich- igan, and g^raduated from Albion Colleg'e 1111856. She was an instructor at that Colleg^e, and after- wards preceptress of the public schools of St. Clair. In 1 864 she was mar- ried to Prof. N. H. Winchell, now State (.'■eolog-isl, and of the L'niversily of Minnesota. They have a family of two sons and three li.-iiiglitcrs. nil resid- ing; .ii MiiiiuMpolis. She IS a member of the Methodist Epis- copal Church, and a life member of the \V. F. M. S. in connection with that church. She is in full syn»palhv with the Prohibition Party, though for twenty years a Republican. She has been very actively interested in \\". C. T. I', work for many years. When a girl she imbibed strong tempenmce principles from "The Youths' Temperance Banner," In 1850 she org^anizeda Tee- total Society tor Young^ People, «>me of whose members have since been influential temperance workers in Michig'an. When 18 years old she was an officer in the Good Templ.irs, and stronglv urged "legal suasion, "in addition to the ordinary pledge, though \\ ' ' . t>ss. She has been a prominent contributor to the W. C. T. , ,ils, ami .'i Rep. from Minnesota to the World's Con. at Lv .., -895. MARY A. WOODBRIDGE was born in 1830, in the old town of Nantucket. Her gentle Quaker mother was a sister ot .Mitchell, the astron- omer, whose only daughter, Maria, became so famous. Her father, Isaac Bray ton, was a sea capt.'iin, .'ind afler- warils a member of I lie Massachussetts Legislature. At the age of 17 she m:ir- ried Mr. F. W. Woodbridge, and, until her death, in 1S94, their's was an iile;il home. When I he Crusaile swept iier .State it was to her as a call from I'lod to new duties. I'or five years she was President of the Ohio W. C. T. r.. leailing in the lamous amendment iampi«ign, and eilit- ing " The .Amend- iiient Herald." In 1877 she was elec- ted Assistant Re- cording Secretary of the .\at. W. C. T. v., and in 187.S Recording Secretary. In 1889 she was appointed .America's Secretary for the World's W. C. T. I'.; in i8<)i elected World's Secretary, and in 1893 was made Ccirrespoiuliiig Secretary of the National, thus for eleven months holiling a three-fold position of respc>nsibility. At the zenith of her powers she tieparted ; ileparteil without a warning at her desk one day, and the next stricken with death. She wieltled ;i forcetui pen, ami w.is a slrt>ng, logical and inspir- ing speaker, while her executive ability was of the highest order. Her biography is rich with instruction and inspiration to all reformers. L. B. SILVER, of Cleveland, was bom at *- ' <>hio, Oct. 26, 1827. His parents' n.ames were William a Sil- ver, I: t the .Methodist Church. When a youth he was immersed and united with the Baj>- tist Church, and subsequently be- came one of its dea- cons. But, after noting^ the position the majority of Christians tcH-»k on ■■> re- linp ^ he ! n vest ig.i t ed the i;il'!f in reg^ard to ice, and I he con- . - ■ ' ■ al it fa- V ,v .-,: '- > ■■ipcr- !rew fel- ^Iver louuti the S. of T. in 1840. In October, 1 S; I . !■,,• \\ a V eleet- .-,! I.. W 1'. M the Chairman of the State Executive Com., which ; Oct., 1872, when he became P. G. W. P., a meml^'r ol the Div., S. of T. of \r>n. 11. • \\av,>M, Chicago Convent ii>n, where tin- N organized in SepleniKT, i8<>«j. \-\' organization Mr. Silver was Chairm;ui iM th.- the Ohio Prohibition Party. H«' w.>«. .>n il and was once nominated for Congress. Nat. I'e in ' ion, rtv. .• o« tee. 56 PROHIBITION LEADERS REV. JOHN RUSSEL, the first candidate of the Prohibition Party for Vice-Pres. of the United States, was born in Living^ston Co., N. Y., Sept. ' •'' tfAte ^l ^°' '^2^' o^ Puritan descent. In 183S the family removed to Michigan, where Jolin attended dis- trict school, and improved himselt hv private reading' and study. In 1843 he entered the Methodist ministry in the Detroit Con- ference, occupying good appointments <'ind filling the Pre- siding Elder's office eight years, and being elected twice as delegate to the General Confer- ence. He was also a delegate of the Detroit Conference to the second Ecu- menical Conference of the Methodist C hurch in i 89 1 . As a temperance advocate and Pro- hibitionist he has ]ong|been well and widely known. For eight \-ears he was Temp. Agent of his Conference; for twelve years head of the G. T. of Mich. ; for two years head of the G. T. of the World, and for two years R. W. G. L. Lecturer; has lectured extensively through- out the United States and Canada; also in Great Britain and France. He is called the "Father of the Prohibition Party" because he pub- lished "The Peninsular Herald" in 1867, which first advocated a separate political party, and because he vvas instrumental in organ- izing the meeting of Prohibitionists in Detroit in 1867, at which the new party's organization in Mich, was born ; was temporary Chair- man of the Convention that founded the National Prohibit'n Party. MRS. ELIZA J. THOMPSON, the "Mother Thompson" of the White Ribboners around the world, is also known as the "Cru- sade Mother." She is of \'irginian an- cestry, the only daughter of a Gov- ernor of Ohio, and wife of a distin- guished Judge, and when the Crusade fires broke out in HiUsboro, Ohio, Dec. 2^, 1873, the \v omen of that town turned to her instinctively as 1 e a d e r. She vv a s surrounded in her earliest years by Christian influences whose voices were never forgotten through the long life now well past the threescore and ten of sacred writ. .•\s daughter, wife, m other, grand- mother, seeking no great things in life. Mother Thomj^son was prepared by the great'Leader^himself as'a'leader^for a supreme hour. It came .'ibout that being kept away|[^from Dio Lewis' meeting on that his- toric night, by home cares, this faithful mother was all unprepared for the call that came to her from that great gathering. She was "not disobedient unto the heavenly vision," but armed with the Crusade Bible, and in the strength of the Crusade Psalm, she went forth, not knowing whither. But the Lord of Hosts guided her footsteps, and God there laid the foundation of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union. Mother Thompson continues with us unto this day, while from all over the broad earth countless child- ren, born of her into this great reform, rise up to call her blessed. MRS. R. F. McDowell, p. G. S. J. T., Ohio, was born in Holmes County, O., Jan. 27, 1843. Her father. Hansel Fenell, was a n;itive of Vir- ginia, belonged to the old Whig Party, and was a staunch Abolitionist, and a member of the M. E. Church. Her mother, Sa r a h Ruble, was born in Stubenville, 0.,and was a member of the Quaker Church. MrsT McDowell's early life was spent on the farm. Her education was mostly acquired at the district school, except a few months spent at Spring Mountain Academy, in Coshocton Co., O. From childhood up she has always been a strong advo- cate of temperance. She was married in 1862 to Henry D. McDowell, a young law\'er, of Millers- burg, O., who died in 1884, and has three children, all of whom are married. She has been an active worker in the Good Tem- plar Order for thirteen years ; held almost every office in the Sub- ordinate Lodge. She helped to organize District Lodge No. 4 ; was the First Vice Templar of that Lodge, and at present is the District Lecturer; was elected to the office of G. S. J. T. in 1892; re-elected in 1893 and 1894, and has devoted the past three years to teaching the youth of Ohio to vote for prohibition of the liquor traffic. She is a member of the Women's Christian Temperance Union, and has held various offices in that Society, and is an active worker in the M. E. Church. REV. CHARLES H. PAYNE, D.D., LL.D., the well- known Secretary of the Board of Education of the M. E. Church (United States), is a well-known educa- tor, minister, author and moral and so- cial reformer. He is a native of Taun- ton, Massachusetts. His fat her died while he was a mere child, and he was thus left to work up his own way in the world. He was a teacher for some 3-ears, and afterwards gradu- ated from the Wes- levan University of Middleton, Conn., and afterwards took a theological course. He entered the ministry of the M. E. Church in 1857, and was mar- ric-d the same year. For years he was \ery successful as a preacher and pas- tor, and filled some of the most import- ant and leading positions in the Church. He was always liis own evangelist, and thousands have been converted through his instru- mentality. He became President of the Ohio Wesleyan University in 1876, and filled that position with great ability and success for 1 2 j'ears. During that time the number of students increased from 323 to nearly a thousand. A large number of the young men were converted there during his personally conducted revival services. In 1888 he was elected by the General Conference to the important position of Secretary of Education, which he now fills. He is also a well-known author. His " Guides and Guards in Character Building" has been a great blessing to many young men. PROHIBITION LEADERS. 57 HART A. MASSEY has been from early manhood an advo- cate of temperance. He liad a rich heritajje of temperance prin- ciples from his father, Daniel Mas- sey, of Northumber- land Co., who, as a K'n^e employer of men in his lunjber- injc operations, soon came to realize the enormity of the di-'.nk evil <'ind be- i-ame a total ab- st aini-r in i 834 , holding- temperance meet in jf s in hi •- own house, and hi cominj^ an activi- worker in the Wash- inj^tonian Move ment. In t h o > ■ ilays whiskey flow - I'd like water, and -Mr. Daniel Massey took a d e c i d e d stand ajj^ainst the universal drinkinjj- customs, when to take a stand re- quired courajfe, and often meant sacri- fice. Hart A., his only survivinj;- son, was born April 29tli, 1HJ3. When young- he joined his father in efforts to promote temperance, and was associated with many employee's in thri'shing anil Iinnber- injC, but would not allow the use i>f li(.pu>r anu>nic tlu' men. In iSj^i Mr. H. .-\. Massey removed with his family li> Xewi-astle, Ont., where he was connected with the S. of T., and with tiie I. O. C>. T. As Justice of the Peace for many years he toc>k strong ground in favor of temperance, and in his official reports affirmed that the prevalent crime w.'is directly caused by the liquor traffic. Mr. Massey, the subject of this sketch, continues an anient friend of temperance and Prohibition, contributing to the funds of the cause, taking part in its public meetings, ;ind voting in its behalf. J know AMES SMITH ROBERTSON, n temperance worker and journ of Toronto, Ont., a well- alist, was born in Toronto, April 6, 1853, the son of John W. and Mary Robertson. He received a lib- eral education in the public schools of his native city, of which he has been ■ t-arly all his life- !ne a resident. He ^ a m e m b e r o f )e Presbyterian >. hurch, and politi- . ally in symp.'ithy ith the Liberal I'arlv. He has been ii-arly all his life ■ Mie in the ranks of lie tempera nee Aorkers. In early oyhood he became member of the ' .iH^d Templars, and IS ever since well ■■•••■ ' '•■- -lle- I'y- ig v.'irious import- lit jxisitions in its oidciu and business man in ranks. He was for some )ear.s Whitby, and during that time the Dunkin .\ct and Scott Act cam- paigns were carried on in Ontario County, in Ixtth of which he took a prominent and effective part. He was one i>f the originators of the Canadian Temperance League, a very effective and suc- cessful organization, and has bi-en its President for the past three years. It owes mucli of its success to his eflbrts. .As a journalist, he has done good work for the cause. He was for a lime editor of the "Canada Citizen," a well-known temperance journal, and has been a frequent contributor to others of its class. He is now editor of " Business, " a new class journal, and Canadian cor- respondent to several leading American trade journals. REV. ALFRED SMITH, H. 1)., was born in Kent County, Delaware, July 28, 1852, being the son of William anil Margaret Smith. He w a s e d u c a ted at t h e ]5ublic schools of his native State, the Maryland State Normal School, and Drew Theological Seminary. Hi' be- c.'ime a member of the M. E. Church at 17. He was re- ceived into the Wilmington Confei- . :ue as a preacher 1 iS7q. He was iiiior prejicher at i 'iirchester for two irs, and filled the I --torate of Oxford lour years ; Cam- bridge four, and Miildletown one \i'.ir; in each case with great success, when he was ap- pointed, in 1 80 1, Presiding Ekier >■! l''aston District, piisilion whii'h he still holds. He was ilecleil to the Cleneral Conference in 181)2. He has been a mem- ber of the Prohibition Parly since 1884, and was Chairman of the Eirst Congressional District of Maryland in 1888. Since espous- ing the cause in 1884 he has been in the pulpit, on the platform, and through the press, a most consistent advocate of Prohibition with .1 party behind it. His services h.ive been in great demand for lec- tures uiiiler the auspices of the W. C". T. I'., for sermons on tem- per.ince days at camp meetings, and for speeches in political meet- ings. He is an accomplished speaker, whether in the pulpit or on the platform, and aims at jiraclical results. He n>arrieil, in 18.S3, Janie M. Mr.itl, and to them h.ive been born four sons and one dau>fhter. HERBERT LkROV SHERMAN, was Ixmi in CoUingwood. Onon. Co., N. Y., of English-Spanish descent, being a distant relative of the famous W. T. Sher- man. His father died when he was .in infant, :ind his ' ■ A .l•^ some- kered. 1 1. ..Lii ;.Jid sonu" _: v>od schools, and iter went to live ith a wealthy > preser t >me. anil hen* il e whole life w he was elected Secy, of the Genesee I'nion ch;ir(er nu*mlH*ri>f an I. O. G. T. Knlge, an.! elei'leil a represent;ilive to the Cirand Ia- .August, i8t)5, represented V.'hau. C'l' member of the Anterican Detective K. .d nt . h 11;. ■ > . 1 . ^. *.. In Juni IL- l>. me a wis i in aIo. 11. IS a N for a time nI 01 til. recov: Prohibi(iv>i)i>i> .iiul tcnti>ciau^c ad\oculv!> i;> Wotcru New York. 58 PROHIBITION LEADERS ^*^s.^^jt,Mm4k^4.^ f:^^ FRANK J. SIBLEY, of Atlanta, Ga., is well known through- out America as one of the most popular speakers and ort>-anizers in the Good Templar ranks. He was born in Royalton, N. Y., Aug-. 11, 1847, and spent the earlier years of his life in his native State. He has been prominent- !\ iilentified with tlie (.;. T. Order for the past 25 years. He was a member of :!u- Board of Man- !L;ers of the Grand I .odjfe of New York from 1S73 to 1875. I'lom 1882 to 1885 he was G. C. T. of Nebraska, devotinjf himself to the pro- motion of the work in thfit State. Since iS<)3 he has been G. m .■ -f L". T. of the Grand I '.' Lodije of Georsfia. \ He has been a popu- lar and successful platform orator, and '-^ as such his services have been in de- mand all m c-r me .'-liau--^ and Canada. In that capacity lie has travelled very extensively, made over two tliousand temperance addresses, and org^anized hundreds of G. T. Lodt^es and Prohibi- tion Clubs. He is noted for his eloquence, earnestness, orig-inality, and sound and convincing- logfic. His book, "The Good Templar at Work," has been a standard work in the Order for years. He is a member of the Prohibition Party ; was Secretary of the Slate Central Committee in N. Y. in 1877, of Kansas in 1880, and org-an- ized the Party in Nebraska in 1884, was State Org-anizer in Illi- nois in 1888, and is now a member of the National Committee from Georgia, also of the Executive Committee. REV. SAMUEL W. BACOTE, B.D., pastor of the First Colored Baptist Church, Kansas City, Mo. , was born at Society Hill, S. C, on Feb. ist, . . 1866. He was edu- cated at Bendect Colleg-e,S.C., Shaw L'niversity, N. C, and Richmond Theolog-ical Semin- ary, Va. He is a member of the Mis- si o n a r }• Baptist Church, S o c i e t }• Hill, S. C, and of the Prohibition Party; has been Secretary of the South Carolina Temperance Union for a year, 1885 ; was President of Marion, Ala., Bap- tist Col. Prepara- tory School, and pastor of the Second Baptist Church 1892-95. Was unan- imously elected to the pastorate of tlie First Col. Bapt. ^ ' Church, Kansas City, Mo. Feb., 1895. He was a member of tlie Advisory Council of the World's Parliament of Relig^ions, 1895. He has done much eflFectual plat- form work for temperance and Prohibition, especially in South Carolina, and is wideh' and favorably known throug-hout the South as an apostle of temperance, having- met and conquered bitter opposition in some of his public addresses. Among- his best platform efforts are : " The Effects of Alcohol on the Human System," "The \'alue of Temperance," "Who are We?" and "The Evils of Intemperance." As pastor of one of t!ie largest churches in the west, he wields, as an outspoken advocate of Pro- hibition, a wide and beneficent influence in our reform. JOSHUA LEVERING was born in Baltimore. Sept. 12, 1845. In 1866 he became a partner with his father in the coffee importing business (E. Lever- ing- & Co.), and his father dying- in 1870, the business is still cjirried on by the sons. In I 870 he was married to Mar- tlia W., daughter of Charles M. Keyser. T hey have f o u r daughters and three sons. In 1888 Mrs. Levering- died, and in 1892 Mr. Lever- ing- married Mar- g-aret, the sister of his first wife. Mr. Levering- was con- verted in the year 1857, and joined the Seventh Baptist Church in Balti- more, and in 1871 became a constit- uent member of the Eutaw Place Bap- tist Church, and the S uperi ntenden t of its Sunday School in 1881 , which position he still holds. He is one of the originators and an officer of the American Baptist Education Society, also Vice-President for several years of the American Baptist Publication Society. He has occupied many prominent positions in the educational work of his Church, and been President of the Young Men's Christian Association ot his city since 1885. Originally an Independent Democrat, he became a Prohibitionist in 1884, and voted for St. John that year. He was President of the State Prohibition Com- mittee in 1892 and 1893, and delegate to the Nat. Con. of 1888 and 1892; has been Vice-Chairman of the State Execu. Com. foryears. He ran for State Controller in 1891, receiving 5,443 votes. ANDREW B. HUCKINS, " The Sankey of Prohibition, " was born in Lexington, Mich., Jan. 4, 1846. He received a common fschool education. and, having had musical anteced- ents, was a mem- ber of the village choir at 10 years of age. He developed his talent in this line, and became a teacher of singing and band leader, and after removing in 1869 to Nebraska Citv, Neb., contin- ued the latter work, leading one band for ten years. Thisband became somewhat famous, and was in g r e a t demand a t State F" a i r s and other great demon- strations. He was a strong Republican until 1884, when he joined the Prohibi- t i o n Party. His popularity as a singer grew, and his talents were en- listed in the temperance reform. He travelled two years in this work with the Rev. F. F. Teeter, and afterwards four years with Jas. B. Montague, temperance evangelist, and five years of similar excellent service with A. G. Wolfenbarger. His musical voice has been employed for temperance and Prohibition in 26 States of the Union, and in the Dominion of Canada. It is said he has sung Prohibition to over a million people ; has been an active member of the M. E. Church for a quarter of a century. He has been an active Sunday School teacher, and was chorister of the M. E. Church for twelve years in Nebraska City, where he now lives with his wife and four children. PROHIBITION LEADERS 59 RP:\'. H. T. CROSSLEV, the evang^elist, was born in York Co., Out., Nov. 19, 1850, and is of Enjflish and Irisli descent. His boyhood was spent on a farm. At the aj^e of 19 he re- eeived a first-class Provincial Certifi- cate at the Toronto Norma 1 .School, and taujfht school for several years. He afterwards attend- ed X'ictoria Uni- versity. Kelitjiouslv inclined from child- hood, he was con- veited at 17 and joined the Method- ist Church, and at 23 entered the min- isti-y and spent ten yeai's in the regular work. His ministry was fruitful in con- versions, and his sontc services anil jjulpit and platform d i s c i> u r s e s so o n created many de- mands for him t)iit- side his rejfular work. In 1S84, b\- Conference consent, he bej^an his ev.injjelistic work with his co- laborer. Rev. J. K. Hunter, and since that date they have labored from the .Atlantic to the I'ncific, in the Dominion and the L'. S., with ever increasinjf success. Thousaiuls have yearly been added to the church by their evanjjelistic services, and hundreds of the victims of stronjjf drink reclaimed. Mr. Crossley is one of the most power- ful advocates of temperance and Prohibition on the platform to-day. Broad, catholic and sympathetic as a man ; clear, loj;-ical and con- vincing- as a preacher, and universally popular as a singer, he wiekls a mighty influence for good. His new volume, "Prai-lical Talks," is one of the most valuable presentations of practical Cliristian trutli. H.ANN.A ALICE FOSTER, M.A., resides at Berea, O., and was born in Strongsville, Cuyahoga Co., O., Jan. 27, 1837. Of the family of eight, five .'I re college gradu- ites, one now Hon. li.H. Foster.Cleve- iand, O. Her father was a native of Con- iK'Clicut,her mother 'f Massachusetts. ller ancestors on 'olh sides were . iiaraclerized by - I .-i u n c h integ-rity, ~>>briety, and pa- •riotism. She has ' H-en for many years ■ : easurer of Cleve- .nd Dist. \V. F. M. s. of the .Methodist lu liurch. Before old iioiigh to read she >'mposed verses. \i I ;^ her produc- 11 to ap- Cleve- .. ,..,...>. Vari- ous s|K*eches, song- *>ooks, and volumes of selected verse are enriched by her productions. As a poet-author, her reputation rests upon '* Hilda," a gypsy tale, and " Zululu, a rom.'uice of .Anahuac." She went out with the first Berea band of Ohio Temperance Crusiiders; was for three years Superintendent of Berea Tern. Sunday School, and has been a loyal member of the W. C. T. L'. since its orjfanization, for years State W.C.T.L'. reporter to the "Union Signal, "also State Su|x*r- intendent of press work, and published the "Ohio W.C.T. U. Press Bulletin "; a regular contributor to the "I'nion Sig-nal," "New York \'oice, ' anil various other publications, and is considered a success on the temperance platform. She was delegate to the J'ro. Con. at Columbus, alsi> to the National W. C.T. U. Con. at Baltimore, Md. REV. .M.VHICL 1.. MaiCOV, of Mansfield, -Mass., a popular and eloquent preacher and I'rohibition worker, was born in Dex- ter, Me., Feb. 5th, 1 S56. The first four- leen years of her life were spent on lu'r father's farm in 111 effort to secure 1 etlucatii>n at the little red school ! >>use ," nearly a Ml lie Jiway, which ^ 1 1 e u n d e i- w e n t a •^viod deal of hard- ■-hip and exposure ■■> attend, winter iiiil summer, as shi- I, id Ji great thirst 1 1 'I- knowledge. At 15 she began ti'acli- ingsi-hool, anil afti-r this, nnisic took her alli-nlioi) for years, her father bi-ing an old-time singing m.'ister. I-ater she look a course at Mi-adville Theolog- ical 'School, Penn., anil after that, in 1S92, at Tuft's Col- lege, Mass. She was one of tlu* first three women to enter that institution, and the first one leaving it to be orilained in the Uni- versalist ntinistry. .At the close of her studies she received a call to the Universalist Church at Mansfield, where she now is. She was choseri Pres. of Ium- local \V. C. T. U., and h.is beconte very active along the line of len>per.ince reform: "Total abstinence for the protection of self ; lot;il Prohibition for the protection of others." .She was temporary chairman of the recent Si.ite I'ro. Con. ;it Boston, and gave a ringing aililri-ss which received wiile lotice from the press of the country. A woni.in-suffr.igist, reluct- iiitly, because of" nians faithlessness to the interests of honte, as a unit, which compi-ls wom;in to dem.'ind the right to protect herselt'. RE\. JOll.N E. HU.NTER, the evangelist, was bom in Dur- ham Co., Ont., July 29, 1856. Brought up a Presbyterian, he was converted at 15 in a .Methixlist revival, and soon after called, like Elisha. Irom following the ilie plough to the pulpit. His circuits were soon aflame A ith revivals, and i" was called to ■>sist in ser\"ices on I her fields. He - al ity on, and sfiortly Iter his ordination A as married to .Miss ennie Jones, of \ in all lal and ^.. work, has renilentl him most erticient aid and encour,ige- m e 11 1 . H «• sen'od ^ in the I Mani- more intense that he should be an evangelist l\ ley in 1S84, since which time, like flaming c' visiteil the chief cities of t'annd.'t ,»tul ll>.' U. <. . , nervous sen>-ii I c. Ho is a h<»ri! His tait ui marshalling anil giiK' marvellous. His sermons .-inil 1^ tical, are invariably of deep inleicsl. .md elicu of tluilhii^; ■V h.ivc ■ :«mus- ihc .It en ■lie JH3WCI . 6o PROHIBITION LEADERS. JOHN FRANCIS WHITWELL, Civil Engineer, was born at Phillipsburg, Sept. 9th, 1843, son of Rev. Richard Whitwell and Mary Olcotte, daug-hter of Gen. Roswell Olcotte. lie was educated at Phillipsburg-, and studied engineering- w ith his brother, T. S. Whit well, C. E., and R. F. Bale_y, C E. He is a Con- stMvative in politics. I le beg-an his tem- perance work by joining a Band of I lope when twelve \ ears old ; then the Ciood Templars, the Sons of Temper- ance, and the Phil- lip s b u r g- U n i o n Temperance Soc'y, of wliich he was President for a time. He prevent- i>d a license being- granted by t h e Council of Phillips- burg-, in 1872, for half the year. He was connected with the R. T. of T. at Bedford. He was Secy, of the Missisquoi Co. Temperance Alliance, and helped to build it up. He is now its Treasurer, and a member of the Executive of the Quebec Branch of the Dominion Alliance. He was lay deleg-ate to the Synod, and representative of the Sabbath School from Bedford; is now Sujit. of the S. S. at Phillipsburg-, and lay re.-ider for the parish of St. Arimmd West ; w.as Secy., and is now Vice-Pres. of the S. S. Union for the Co. of Missisquoi and Pres. of St. Armund West Parish S. S. Inst. While Secy, of the M. C. T. Alliance, he went over the Co. twice, attending- meeting's and urg-ing- people to join the Alliance. Held the hig-hest offices in I. O. G. T. lodg^es to which he belong:ed. .^SA BEACH, License Insjiector for the County of Dundas, Ontario, was born in Kemptville, County of Grenville, Ontario, December 8th, 1830. His parents were Mahlon Beach and Mercy May Clothier. He is a Methodist in relig-- ion, find a Reformer in politics. Up- wjirds of forty years ag-o he be- longed to Kempt- ville Division, No. 16, Sons of Tem- perance, and was also a member of 1 1 armony L o d g e, No. 1, Independent Order of Good Templars, the first year it was organ- ized at Merrick- \ille. County of Leeds. He has held the hig^hest positions these local societies could con- fer upon him, and was a deleg-ate to several Grand Lodg-e meeting's. He is not a public s]->eaker, but has written to the press in the interests of temperance and Prohibition, and has done all he could to advance those interests. He has been for more than forty years a believer and worker in Prohibition as the most successful means of curtailing the accursed liquor traffic and making- it disreputable, and has been of the opin- ion that no Government, nor municipality, nor people, have any rig-ht to license a curse like the liquor traffic upon the public. He resides at Ii'oquois. REV. JOSEPH R. GUNDY, a prominent Methodist minister of Windsor, Ont., was born in Mountmelick, Ireland, in 1838. His father was for fifty \'ears a Methodist minister, and three of his brothers were also ministers. He received his educa- tion in the public schools, St. Catha- rir.es Acadeni)', and at Toronto L^nivers- ity. He entered the ministry at 21, and lias filled pastorates at Owen Sound, Montreal, Tilson- burg', A y 1 m e 1- , Waterford, Sarnia, Lindsay, Yorkville, London, and other important charg^es. He was m a r r i e d Sept. 26, 1865, to Miss Isabella Eve- leig;h, of Montreal. He was connected with the New Con- nexion Church until the union in 1874. He took an active part in the move- ment which resulted in the union of 1874, and rdso an influential part in bringing about the larg'er union of 1884. He has been Chairman of some of the most important districts, and in 1890 was President of the London Conference. He is active and piominent in all the Conference work, and in the great Councils of his Church. Faithful, true and able in his ministry, he is tender, sympathetic and loving: as a pastor, and invariably grains and retains the good-will of his people, and the confidence of the public. He is one of the most active and influential temperance and Prohibition workers in Can- ada, his eloquent tong'ue and ready pen being consecrated gladly to this cause of humanity. JONN B. GO UGH was born at Landg-ate, Kent Co., Kng., .Aug. 2^, 1817. He came to America in early boyhood, and soon became a "victim oi' drinking habits," and deg-enerated into a " sot." In his deg-radation he lame to believe that I'very man's hand was ag;ainst him ; I hat he had not, after his mother's death, a friend in all the earth. He was rescued, not by the ■ ■\clone of the Wash- ingtonian move- ment which swept o ver the countrj' about that time, but by the still small voice of personal persuasion. He at once dedicated him- self to the temper- ance reform, and scion developed rare powers of oratory. His platform ability was marvelous ; his stories were full of dramatic fire and pathos, his humor kindly and keen, his wit trenchant, while his gestures were so forceful that he well deserved the title bestowed upon him by an admiring- Teuton of "the man dot talks mit his coat tails." His tenderness for the erring- was limitless, and numerous are the stories of his self-sacrificing charity. The writer will never forget his marvelous address delivered a year or two before his decease to a Chautauqua audience of seven thousand people, nor the thrill and pathos of his appeals to both reason and conscience, the vast assembly swaying' beneath his bursts of oratory as the trees before the tempest. His death left a void in every reformer's heart. PROHIBITION LEADERS, 6i JOHN' CAMERON', founder and Prosident of the Advertiser Printing: Co., London, Ont., was born Jan. 21st, 1843, at Markham, Ont. He was edu- cated at the Stouff- ville and London Jill hi ic schools. .\p])renticed to the l>rinter's trade in i-ondon at an early .life, he founded the "Advertiser" as an ivenin^ paper when !if was but 21 y«?ars >ild, and it has _;rown until it is now the principal paper in Ontario outside Toronto, lie was for some years chief editor of the "ToronI o Globe," after the (.leath of the Hon. Cieorg'e Brown. He has been Presi- dent of the Cana- dian I'ress .Associa- I i on, a nd ot the *-)ntario Temper- ance Alliance, and officially connected with temperance ,ind benevolent work in niaiu' wavs. He is an elder of the Park .Ave. I'resbyterian Chunh, and has been delej^^ale to the General Assembly. He is also author of a book, "A Canadian in Europe." He married, in 1S69, Elizabeth, daujjhter of the lateCapt. and .Adjt. David Millar, Royal Canadian Rifles. As a journalist Mr. Cameron wields a wide and beneficent influence, as his paper invariably advo- cates moral and social reform, and every movement for the improve- ment of society receives in its columns hearty endorsation. The ".Advertiser" is a jironounced advocate of Prohibition. Mr. Cam- eron does not confine his tem]HM-ance labors to London or to the ".Advertiser," but is frequentlv found on the temperance platform. CHARLES WOERNER FUESS was born near Waterville, Oneida County, N. \., on -May loth, i860. His ancestors were Hujjuenots of ex- cellent standing. His father, Jacob 1" u e s s , and his mother, Johanna \'. Woerner, came I om Germany. Mr. i^harles W. P'uess A as educated in le District School .nd later at the I'nion School and Academy at Waler- vil!e, N^ v.; he is Aso a jfraduate of l-o well's Commer- cial C o 1 1 e j; e at nin^fhamton, \. Y. On Oct. 4, 1883, he was married to ':idith .A. Seymour; t wo years after went to New York city, and now holds ;in imjK>rtant posi- lion as Supt. of l\eal Estate. He ; s considered an authority on hi^jh- class apartment house property, and is a first-class Real Estate Supt. Beinjf for years disj^usteil with the dod^^injf way in which both of the old parties de;ilt with the liquor evil, he joined the Prohibition Party, and works hard for its ultimate success. He is exceedinj;ly busy in both relij^ious and Prohibition work; has written articles for the j<;ood of the cause; has spoken in debate many times for Prohibition, and is called a convincinj;^ sj>eaker. He is Pres. of the 25tli District Prohibition Society, and was nominated for alderman last year. He is a member of the Official Board of Park .Avenue M. E. Church; Pres. of its Epworth Leajjue, and a class leader; is Chairman of Relijc. Meet. Com. of PZast 86th Street Br-..-- '- .>< .1-.. NV \i i \ JONATHAN' SPRAGUE WH.LIAMSON, D. D., youngest son of Zenas M. and Eleanor Williamson, was born in Darlini^-toii Township, Durham County, Ont., July 3, I 842. He re- i- e i vetl his e d u c a - lion at the (lublic schools, a n d a t Albert Col leg- e, IVIleville, Ont. He ■- a minister of the Methodist Church, ' i\(i, ])rior to t he iiiion, belonjfcd to ' lu' Methodist Epis- copal branch. He -. a Reformer in poli- os, lie has been ' oMuected with the I -luid T»'mpl;irs, the ^<>ns of Tern., anil lie Royal Templars t Temperance. He IS held the oflice -I Presidint,' Elder, I 11 d C ha i r man of l>i strict, was Secre- i.iry of the Provin- 1 i.d Similay School Xsstieiation in 1875, Secretary of Xia- ffara Conference in 1886, President of Niagara Conference in i88q. He has been a member of .Alma College Bi>ard of .Man- ■ igi'mi-nt sine*' its inception, and is a member of the Senate of Albert College. He tonl. CHARLES }L HAMMOND, of MaM,pls, and afterward taught for several lenns in his native town. Joining^ the Good Templars in 1885, he soon jviss- ed all suborilinate offices, and was one of the most active in introducing^ the District Lt>d)je sys- tem in Barnstable C ' -ted lor N D. < ch. -en of .lid «. . b> 1, as a reoog^nition of active service g^iven the cause,. n.l Dis- trict Deputy, also as a s|HH-ial Organi/er, n«any ne^ injf insliluleil by him. In relig:ion he h;is been :\ B. an early age, and in Sunday SchtH>l work has .»l\x .»tt\e as teacher or sufH-rintendent. He has heUI the . v\n dork since beconung a voter ; 1; ' ihe Bo:ii'd of Selectnu'n, and ihe Uulge roiMn to be one «>f u mg in teni|HM"ance, and f'or general culture. His w Iht of tlu* Grand L«Hlge. Thex have one son an, «"rs, one of wht>ni, 1 .' 'j years old, is CliApUin of iheir Loi1ki<. 62 PROHIBITION LEADERS COL. JOHN SOBIESKI, of Bloomington, 111., the g-enial and popular Good Templar worker, lecturer and organizer, has become well known to tem- perance workers all over America. He has a wonderful his- tory. He is a lineal descendant of the threat Polish king', John Sobieski, and the son of Coimt John Sobieski, who commanded the notable Polish up- rising 50 vears ago. His wife is a daugh- ter of Gen. Joseph Kern, also prom- inent 1 V associated with that uprising ; two of her brothers were executed by the Russians, and :i sister sent an exile to Siberia. His mother refused to take the oath of al- legi;ince to Russia, and allow her yoimg son to be educated in the Greek Church, and she was baii- She made her way to England, where she died. He re- ished. solved to go to America, and when but 12 years of age stole his way one stormy night on board of an American ship at Liverpool, and afterwards was landed in New York. He became a bugler in the Union Army during the American Civil War, and remained ten years in the ranks. He then enlisted in Mexico and was pres- ent at the execution of Maximilian. In that country he received the rank of colonel. He afterwards settled in Minnesota and was elected to the Legislature. There he introduced Bills favoring Pro- hibition, woman suffi'age, and abolition of capital punishment. He has been a prominent temperance worker and lecturer tor years. REV. ALEXANDER SUTHERLAND, D.D., of Toronto, one of the most prominent Methodist ministers of the Methodist Church in Canada, and an old and re- liable Prohibition worker, was born in Guelph Township, Ont., Sept. 17, 1833, the son of Captain Nicholls and Mary Henderson Suther- land. He was edu- cated in a back- woods school-house a nd Victoria C ol - it'ge, Cobourg. He '-pent some of his iTirljdajsin a news- pa])er office in the lown of Guelph, and began his great life w ork as a Method- isi minister when 22 years of age. Since that time he has taken a very prom- inent position in I'iiurch work. He is ,-i n eloquent speaker, a ready de- bater, a careful stu- dent, and a wise counsellor, and has led a very busy and useful life. He has been twice President of the Toronto Methodist Conference ; a member of the General Conference since its formation, and since 1874 its General Secretary of Missions, one of the most important positions at its disposal. He has been also a chosen representative to var- ious important bodies. He has taken a life-long interest in the tem- perance movement. His sermons, speeches, lectures, pamphlets, newspaper articles, and the like, have greatly helped in the pro- motion of the cause. He was President of the Ontario Prohibition League, and took a prominent part in the formation of the New- Party movement a few years ago. REV. W. R. PARKER, A.M., D.D., of Toronto, a prominent linister and a well-known temperance worker, was born in West Gwillimbury, Sim- coe Co., Ont., June 20,1831. His]>arents we I'e R o b e r t a n d Sarah Parker, of Irish birth. He had hut one brother, the late Dr. Parker, M. P., of Guelph, who gave great piomise of political |>romin- enceand usefulness, but was cut off in early life. He was educated at V'ictoria U n i v e r s i t \' , Co- bourg, from which he graduated in 1 885, being the vale- d i c t o r i a n o f h i s class. Five years later he received the degree of M.A., and in 1885 that of D.D. He was con- verted in boyhood, and was received as probationer for the Methodist ministry in 1856. He was ordained in i860. Since that time he has filled a number of im- portant stations in leading cities and towns in both Quebec and Ontario. He was twice President of the London Conference, and later of the Toronto Conference. He has been a member of every General Conference held. He is a member of the Board of Regents of Victoria L'niversity, of the Board of Management of Alma Col- lege, and the Board of Governors of Wesley Theological College at Montreal. He has been an active temperance worker since boyhood; has been a S. of T., a G. T., and a R. T. He also took an active part in Prohibition campaigns in Welland, Kent and Elgin Counties, doing much toward the good success of each of these. REV. ISAAC BROCK AYLESWORTH, M.A., LL.D., was boin near Odessa, Ont., Nov. 16, 1831. His parents were of U. E. Loyalist stock. Con- templating medi- cine, he spent four winters in Bath A c a d e m y , and taught school for a time, after which he learned the printers' art. He founded in 1852 "The Index," at Newbury, Ont. He preached his first sermon in a log church, R e n - frew County, Jul}', 1854. He married Miss Phoebe Orser, daughter of William Orser, of Picton, in 1857. In 1858 he and his w i f e b e c a m e students of Albert College, Belleville, w h ere, a ft e r five years, he graduated in Arts. Before the Methodist Union he preached in Nap- a n e e , Belleville, Brockville, Ottawa, and was Presiding Elder eleven years. He has been Pres. of the London Con., Chairman of several Dists., a member of all the Gen. Cons., and was co-delegate with the late Dr. Nelles to the Gen. Con. of the M. E. Church at Philadelphia in 1884. At 13 betook the pledge, and at 19 joined the S. of T., and at 29 the I. O. G. T., and has been prominent in the Grand Lodge for thirty years, twice elected delegate to the R. W. G. L. He belonged to Canada's New Party, and has been prominent in Dunkin Act, Scott Act, and New Party agitations, being a powerful platform speaker. He spent 1868-69 on the platform for the Canada Temperance L'nion and I. O. G. T. At 64 he is still a popular preacher and lecturer. PROHIBITION LEADERS. 63 JOHN' ZELL LONG, of St. Thomas, Ont., architect and sanitarv ctiLfinci't-, was born in Dereham Forg-e, now the town of Tilsonbnrg', May 8, 1848. He spent his boyhood days on a fa r m in \ o r f o 1 k Co. He learned the carpenters' trade and became a build- m jT contractor. While so enjfag^ed he qualified for the School of Science exciminations, and was rejjistered as an a r c h i t e c I when the .Archi- tects' Act came into force. He is still actively enjfajjed in business, and has associated with him as jiartner his son, .Mr. 1). D. Lon.<. He has taken a life-lonj; interest in temperance anil other moral and social reform movt- ments. When 14 years of ajje he joined the Sons of Temperance. He is a member of the Presbyterian Church. He belonj^s to the Liberal I'arty in politics. He is quite a Society man, beinj;' a member of the Ro\al Templars, A. K. & A. NL, I. O. O. F., K. of !'., and A. O. V. \\ . He was President of the Klj^-in Co. Prohibition Plebiscite .Association durinjjf the late Pro- vincial campaiiii'n. He has dcme effective platform work for the temperance cause in the Counties of Klg-in, Oxford and .Miildle- sex ; always a determined and out-and-out opptinent o\' the drink traffic interests. He is also doiny active service with his pen, writing an article for the press each week (over a nom de plume) on Prohibition. He devotes time, energy and money to the c;iuse. REV. JAMES .McALISTER, of Tara, Ont., a prominent Canadian^Methodist minister, was born in Kildare Co., near Dub- lin, Ireland, Jan. 21, 1828. His father had charge of Lord Boyne's estate, and was a Methodist local preacher, but died when his son was but two years old. His mother ^oon after emi- ■^lated to Canada, Aith a family of '\ih\. children, of \liom James was ' he youngest. They -i-ttled in Durham t. i>., then almost a Aildemess, where school advantages were very limited. He is very larg'ely a self-«'ducated man. He entered the min- iMry of the W. M. New Connexion 1^ hurch in 1850, and ts devoted all his iifeserAice tochureh work. He held sev- er.'il important posi- tions in his Church, and was elected President of the Conference in 1870. He took a prominent part in the Methodist L'nion movement, wliich was consummated in 1874. He has been a member of every (ieneral Conference of the Methodist Church held since. In 1894 he was elected President of the Ciuelph Conference, at Goderich. He has also tilled other important positii>ns. In .March, 1853, he was married to the only daughter of the late George Clemens, near Gait, Ont. He took the tempt>rance pleilge when a mere bi>v, and m;ide his ilebut as a public spe;iker in b«"half of that cause. He has been identified with nearly all the temperance organizations. The Prohibition movement has had a faithful friend in him. REV. WILLIAM .\. YATES, A. M., Ex-Presidei.t of Find- lay College, Ohio, was born in a humble log house in West- moreland Coiintv, State of Pennsyl- vania, on the 26th day of March, in the year 1865. He is the tenth child of John B. and Jane Vates. In the \ear 1884 he enter- ed Barkey\ille Aca- demy, from which institution he grail- uated in the vear 1S87. In the fall of th;it year he en- tered the Fresh- man class in Find- l.'iy College, and grad\i;iti'd with the degree of .A. M. in the year i8gi. In i8<)3 he was chosen President of the s;ime college. He united with the Church of Goil when eight years old, and has been a minister in that boily for thirteen years. He has been an earnest advocate for Prohibition, in the pulpit and on the jilatform, for several ye;irs, and lirmh beli»'Vi's tli.it to preach t!ie full Gospel incluiles ihecontiMid- iiig fov the pi-ohibitioii of the liquc>r tr;iflic, anil his pulpit has no uncertain soimil in th.it ilirection. Neither has his audiences suf- li-red ill size or interest on account of this, but the i>pposite is true. His services have been e.nrnesllv sought and always freely ren- dered at County anil District Conventions, and as a temperance lecturer he has gained a wiiie reputation. In July, 181)5, he re- signed the Presidency of Findlay College to accept the |vistor:»le of ;i church in Pliiladel|ihia, I'a., in which city he is tocnied at |>rc>-ugh. Si. Cath- ,1 lines, and HanttI* iiMi, where he is now pastor of the First MetluHlist Church. He has filKvl I he ch.iir !it of the \ li- fe re lice, .i4k1 has fn-en a delegate at the la^' "' ■ n- h the degree of D. D, was confeired on him hv il li>giial Col., of Montreal. Hew Watkins, .M.E.I... daughter o\ largest merchants, ,ind mo>-i 'K. vince. He has been in the When 14 ye;irs old he join. been zealous in the goinl woiU. He is now .411 I much time and .'ttteiitiitn 10 the pron)«>tion ofteiiv bit ion ;»s hi^ C"hur»-h wil public upinu... .. eral > '*, II.- i. of Bi>nrd M thai 04 PROHIBITION LEADERS. ROBERT CARTWRIGHT HABBERLEY was born in Welling-ton, Sliropshire, Engr-, Mav lo, 1841. His parents were Robert C. and Mar- ji^aret Habberley, tiie former an Eng^- lish arm}- surg-eon. He was educated at a private school in the Isle of W'i.nhl. He lost his mother at an early ag^e, ran away from home and enlisted in the F^ng-lish army at 16, and came to New Brunswick in 1862, at the time of the Mason and Slidell excitement; married in Eredericton in 1866, purchased his discharge from the army iti 1867, and removed to Boston, Mass., where he has since resided ; is a member of the Con- gregational Church, the Prohibition Party, Grand Bodies of Temple and C o u n c i 1 o f Honor, I. O. G. T., and S. of T. He joined the T. of H., and the S. of T. at St. John, N. B., in 1862. He has worked for Prohibi- tion by voice and pen, published and edited " The Reveille," Pro- hibition organ of Norfolk Co., Mass., and later, for four years, " The Temperance Record ; " organized two Juvenile Societies in 1 88 1, and conducted them for eight years ; has been President of Town Prohibition Club, of Hyde Park, five out of the last eight vears, including the present ; was on State Committee of Massa- chusetts Prohibition Part}' in 1888 and 1895; has been nominee of the Party for State Senator, Representative to the State Legisla- ture, and has filled all county and town offices. REV. GEORGE F. CLARK, son of Jonas" and Mary (Twitchell)'Clark, was born at Shipton, Que., Feb. 24, 181 7, and was educated in the schools of Dublin, and Phillips Exeter Academj', X. H., and graduated from the Divinity School of Harvard Uni- vei'sitv, Cambridge, Mass.', in 1846. Or- ilaineei in 1847; he had pastorates in several towns of Mass.; retired from the ministry in 1889, and resides at West Acton, Mass. He joined the S. of T. in i8i^o, and the L O. G^T. in i860; was elected G. C. T. of Massachu- setts in 1863; has Id u r times bee n elected G. Chap- lain; was Repre- sentative to the R. \V. G. Lodge in 1864. In 1893 he was appointed D.R. W. G. Templar for Massachusetts. In 1870 he was one of the Committee calling the first Prohibition Party Convention in Mass., and was two years the Chairman of the Slate Conunittee. He was the only delegate from Mass. in 1876 to the Nat. Con. at Cleveland, and for twelve years a member of the Nat. Com. from Mass. He served thirteen years as Pres. of several County Temp. Societies; is a life member of the Am. LInit. Ass'n, and also a member of several Historic'l Societies, and the author of the "History of Norton," and of the "Temper- ance Reform in Massachusetts"; has lectured and written largely for Prohibition, education, etc.; has been Supt. of Schools in Men- don, Mass.; married Miss Harriet Emery, of Jaffrey, N.H., in 1847. ARTHUR RICHARDSON CARRINGTON, merchant and postmaster, of Nicola Lake, B. C, was born at Victoria, B. C, August 3rd, 1870, second son of Thomas and Eliza Carrington, both jiioneers of British Columbia. On ac- count of ill-health he moved to Nicola Lake in 1886. He attended four years at the V i c t o r i a public school. At ten years of age he started to earn his own livelihood in his father's office, and in 1892 started in business for him- self. He never took any part or inter- est in temperance work until the fall of 1888, when he became a charter member of Nicola Lake Lodge, I.O.G. T., and was its first Secretary; Chief Templar for three years successivelj' ; was Lodge Deputy for four years. He has been a member of the Grand Lodge since 1889, and has held office as Grand Marshal. A Liberal in politics, but always a consistent Prohibitionist, he has never yet cast a vote for any candidate, and does not intend to until one conies out in favor of the total suppression of the liquor traffic. He was the means of having the Advanced Prohibition Club formed in B. C, and is a Vice-Pres. ; is a member of the Methodist Ch.; has taken a prominent part in fighting licenses, and bringing amended laws before the Legislature ; his work has been chiefly in educating through the press, and in temperance committees. He was married in September, 1895, lo Maggie E. Woodward, of Nicola. ALEXANDER ELLIOTT is of Scotch-Irish descent, and was born in the County of F"ermanagh, Ireland, October 6th, 1869. His father is Wm. Elliott, and h is mother w a s Sarah Wilson. He received his educa- tion at the public schools ; was a p- prenticed to the dry-goods business in February, 1883, and came to Phila- d e 1 ph i a. Pa., in April, 1890. He joined the I.O.G. T. in his fifteenth year in Enniskillen, Ire- land, and on com- ing to Philadelphia connected himself with Fidelity Lodge of that Order. He was Superintendent of Tabor J uvenile Temple for two years, and into this Temple he gathered hoys and girls, by going from hcfuse to house for the pur- pose, till it reached a membership of sixty-five. He was elected District Superinten- dent of Juvenile Templars for Philadelphia for one year. He is at present District Chaplain of the I. O. G. T., also Lodge Deputy of Laird Memorial Lodge. He is a member of Tabor Presbyterian Church, and takes an active interest in its Sunday School work, being a teacher of one of the Bible classes. He is opposed as a temperance man to license of the liquor traffic, either high or low. He is at anv time willing to speak on the question of temperance in its general aspect, or in favor of the abolition of the rum traffic. He is employed as salesman in the celebrated establishment of Hon. John Wanamaker. PROHIBITION LEADERS. 65 REV. HVROX HAVELOCK THOMAS, of Yarmouth, N.S., has btHMi for many years a successful Baptist minister, and an active temperance cam- — - paij^ner. He was born in South Ha\, j St. John Co., N. H. I Hepursuedhis studies by takintr I a matriculation ' course in \. B. Bap. Sem., then located in St. John, N. B., and in 18K3 entered the Arts course in Acadia University, Wolfville, X. S. in 1S87 he beg^an his regular work as ;i Baptist ministei'. On .April 30, i«8f,, he was marrieil to Miss Bessie May, daujchter of C Hai- riso"n,.M.l». P. They have twin dautfli- ters and one son in I their home. When 14 he joined the S. of T., and first took the t e m p e r a n c e platform in connec- tion with the }^reat Scott Act campaig^n in Westmoreland Co., \. B., which resulted suc- cessfully, in I S87. He has been for years a G. TJ , and in 1 892 hi- was the chietotlicer of the Order iii his native Province. In 1K93 he be- came pastor of the First l^ap. Church in Athol, .Mass., and the follow- ing^ year was the Gd. Chap., I. O. Ci. T., for that State. He took an active hand in the I'rohibition election campaign there during the year. He is now pastor of West \'armouth, N'. S., Bap. Church, and edits a monthly papi-r in connection with his work. He is V'.-Pres. of ^'armouth Co. Temp. Con\enlion,an Orangein.iii (Royal Scarlet ), a Poresler, a member of Tern, of I Ion., an Odd-I'ellow, and a 3 -5 I'ro- hihitionist. He labors for the total abolition of the drink traflic. ^^^S. MARY C. AR>nTAGE, 55 Selby Street, Westmount, Montreal, is a worthy descendant of a noble familj- of temperance workers. She was bom in 1855, near Trenholm, Province of Quebec, a local- ity noted as the birthplace of many prominent women and men of this gen- osition she has been placed "she hath done what she could" in the cause of God and humanity. Cnder a nom de plume she is a regular contributor to a jmpular Canadian monthly magazine ; she wields a jjraceful and ready |K*n. Canada is much indebted to its zealous women for the promotion of its best reforms. t .MRS. M. A. HAIGH, D. S., Juvenile Templars of Ohio, was born in Claridon, O., F'eb. 22, 1858. Her father, Steiihen Tucker, was a fiirmer, and enlisted as a soklier I in the L'nion .Armv, j in the Forty-First ! .Michigan regimeni, serving nearly four I years, anti le.iving ' liis family much to the protecting cair of the Indians in their frontier honir at that time, ami well they kept their promise to guard both the family and the farm. He re- turned and died soon after. .\ son soon followed him to the grave, ami they rest side b\ side at GreenvilK>. Till' family relnineil to the Western Re- serve, Ohio. Aftei that time she w.is thrown nnich on hn own rest>inves, loi years, depending i>n her own energy. .She was reared a Presbyterian, ami was ;i regular attendant of the Similay School. For years p;isl she'has been an active ntember of the M. E. Church. Her sympathies have I'ver been much drawn o»it in behalf of the yoimg, always desir- ing to speak a kindly wi>rd or do a kindly act, especially lowartis those who hav«' not had the advantages of good training or of cc>m- torlable homes. She h.is been an anient temperance worker and I'rohiiiitionist for years, desii-ing to help h.isten the ilay when the Ugalized ilrink traffic shall be removed from the land. .She is an ollice bearer in the W. C. T. U. and the G. T., and was a mem- ber of the Int. .Sup. I.otlge Session, held in Pes Moines, I«iwa, in i8<)3. Her home is 31 i \V.ishington Street, Steubenville, Ohio. CH.ARLES W. McCAIN was born V^x.-^:. y<\, i^«.. m i on Colborne, Ont. .-\s soon as age would permit he became a mem- ber of the G. T. In the early spring of 1888 young McCain scraped together his earthly posses- sions and started !i>r the fair Province in-yond the Rock- es. Arriving in \ .iiK-ouver he be- . anie connected uith the I.O.G.T., lid was soon an 'ilici;il meml>er of Ml- Cirand I.i>dge ■I British Columbia. ill- is .1 1 sv> .TSSO- ■ .! ■' ■ 'lie StMis !....-,■.. ..lice, bi*- -l; at the pr»»st*nt nie a member of lu- Grand I.vHlgo .1 that organiza- >n. It is .Mr. .Mc- V. .lin's intention, we .i-.im, to shortly make .1 ri\ tour. V d ad/ •.- p. f his own and other Provinces. In 1892, when : \ Comjvmy's famous "Beaver"— Che first steamship 10 .A and the first on the Pacific— went lo pieces near \'.ni McCain gained a lasting name for himself by seem quantity of the ship's cop|H'r and bronze and is^ ented souvenir niednl nt.'ide of this liistoric.')! mei.n, m iiis "History of the S. .S. Be.Hver," .i ne.Hl little volume of one hundred p;»ges, he gives a Ihrillinc .l.-v. i loti.Mi m his laM trip 10 tite wreck, on which oct n was drowned, while his own esca|H" Jrom indeed strange. 66 PROHIBITION LEADERS REV. WILLIAM KENNEDY BROWN, A. M., D. D., of Uniontown, Pa., is a highly educated temperance and Christian worker. He enter- ed the ministry of the M. E. Church in 1856, and married Miss' Martha Mc- Clellan in 1858, who has been a help- meet indeed to him in all his work. He continued her in colleg:e till 1862; placed her on the public platform in 1864, being thor- oughly convinced that cultured Chris- tian women in pub- 1 i c philanthropies could do more for woman's advance- ment than con- tention for rights. He advised Mrs. Cady Stanton, in 1869, that women could win m ore through temper- a nee and other r e f o r ni s than by direct effort. He was very successful in his labors and financial plans for Church work East and in Cincinnati. While laboring in that city in 1882 he was called to the Presidency of Wesloyan Col- lege; he held that position ten years very successfully, and during that time assisted in securing $70,000 for its debt. He is now Dean of Twin Valley College, of which his son is President. He was inti- mately identified with the origin of the Prohibition Party movement, giving it its name, and the principle of woman's suffrage. He has advocated its cause in many States. He also gave the Prohibition Alliance much valuable co-operation. He is the author of "Scrip- tural Status of Woman" and "Gunethics," two valuable works in defence of his liberal interpretations. MRS. MARTHA McCLELLAN BROWN, of 1024 Wesley avenue, Cincinnati, O., has been for many years one of the promi- n e n t American Temperance and Woman Suffrage advocates. She is a native of Balti- more, the wife of W. K.Brown, D.D., and the mother of six children, five of whom were born and educated since she stepped upon the public platform in Philadelphia, 1864, introduced by John B.Gough. Her scholarship, editor- ship, professorship, and leadership elicited unusual titles from Pennsyl- vania colleges. She declined the State Superintendency of public schools of Pennsylvania in 1880 for the Prohi- bition cause. She was one of > the originators of the Prohibition Party in"i868, on the two principles of " Suppression of the liquor beverage traffic, and equal status of women." Voting began in 1869. She was Secretary of the Na- tional Prohibition Alliance, and during that time called and con- ducted two influential conventions — in New York, 1881, Chicago, 1882 — at which were united the various factions of the reform in the country. She has been successful in G. T. work. She was G. W. C. T. of Ohio, supported by 90,000 members and 10,000 voters when the great Crusade appeared. She co-operated with Dr. Dio Lewis in the Convention at Columbus, O., in Feb., 1874, which resulted in the State W. C. T. U. She was also one of the projec- tors of the National W.C.T.U., at Chautauqua Assembly, in 1874. MRS. SARAH L. DIVER, a very successful G. T. worker, was born at North Amherst, O., June 21, 1849, and educated at North Amherst and Oberlin. She joined the Order of G. T. April 12, 1864, and has been active in promoting the in- terests of its cause ever since. She is now serving her eighth year as Supt. of Golden Light Temple of Juvenile Templars. She was at one time Grand Supt. of Juvenile Templars for her State, and through her earnest efforts 66 Temples were or- ganized and many dormant ones re- s u s c i t a t e d . She visited districts and lodges, and held meetings in many localities in the pro- motion of the work. She was President of the State Juve- nile Institute for 1893, and during her administration, with the hearty co-operation of the sisters and brothers, the Institute debt was paid off and new membership added. Three times she circu- lated petitions against the saloons in the little village of Prairie Depot, which resulted each time in a vote of the citizens. Aided by her husband and sons and prominent citizens on the side of " God and Home," a majority vote was obtained and an ordinance passed. Violators were arrested and prosecuted, and the saloons were closed. She is a graduate of the class of 1894 in the G. T. course of study. She is a worker in the Church and a leader in concerts and entertainments, especially among the children. The seed thus sown in prayer and faith will yet bring forth much fruit. REV. SAMUEL H. POTT^.R, of R^ngoes, N. J., was born Sept. 14, 1852, at Hightstown, Mercer Co., N. J., the eldest son of Charles M. and Margaret Potter. He belongs to the well-known Potter family that came from England in the early part of the seventeenth cen- tury. He was edu- cated at Peddie In- stitute, in his native town, and at Brain- erd Institute, Cran- bury, N. J. He was reared in the Pres- byterian Church, but converted in the M. E. Church, in connection with which he after- wards entered the ministry, in obe- dience to a recog- nized call of God. He was regularly ordained by Bishop Foster, in Trenton, N. J., March 13th, 1887. He preached with acceptance and success. Later on he entered the Presbyterian Church, preferring its polity, and believing he might thus be more useful. He was originally a Republican in politics, but since 1884 he has been a Prohibitionist, and has been doing all he can by personal influence, voice, purse, and ballot, to advance the interest of what he is con- vinced is a righteous cause. He delivers temperance addresses, preaches on the subject, and writes in its behalf. He regards the liquor traffic as the greatest curse of modern times, and believes " it ought to be outlawed." From the time of his conversion, he has been affiliated with various temperance organizations, and bids them God-speed in their noble work. PROHIBITION LEADERS, 67 JOHN G. WOOLLEV was born at Collinsville, Ohio, Feb. 1850. His father, Edwin C. Woolley, is of Eng^lish descent, and his mother, F;iizabeth Hunter, a woman of extraor- dinary JC''*^' '■'' '^f S e o t (." h - 1 r i s h d e - scent, and whatever of poetry, j^race and pathos the Hon. John G. Woolley has, comes from his motiier. He g'radu- ated from the Ohio Wesleyan Coliej^e in 1871 ,went.'ibroad, and on his retinii entered the law tU- partnient of thel'ni- wrsity of Micliij^j'aTi. He was admitted to till- Har in 1873 in I ill" Supreme Coiut of Illinois, after a most brilliant exam- ination. After four years' practice he removed to Minne- apolis, enterinjc Su- |ireme Coint prac- tice, and beconiinjc State's Attorney and the leadinjj lawyer in all criminal cases. He was admitted to the Bar in the Supreme Court of the United States in 18H6. .Since enterinjj;' upon his Prohibition labors he has ileclined Ao>ia fide offers of $25,000 per year to re-enter leg'al practice. He was married in 1K73 to .Maiy X'eronica, daughter of Dr. M. Cierhardt, and has three vei-y promising- sons. Dr. Joseph Cook says of him: "Jolm G. \\'oolley is an orator of wonderful power, somewhat resembling John B. Gough in his vivid and dramatic style." .\ friend says: "He has the exe- getical genius of an F. W. Robertson, the scholarly stvle of a Sumner, the statesmanlike instinct of a Gladstone, and the fear- less delivery of a Phillips." MRS. LUCY THUR.MA.X, of Jacksonville, Mich.-, National Supt. of W. C. T. L'. work among- colored people, was bom at Oshawa, Ont., Oct. 13, 1852. She is the daughter of William Smith and Cathar- ine Campbell. Her parents were col- ored, both born in 1 he Province of On- lario ; they now re- side in Jackson, Mich. \ leading American news- p.ijjer says she is ■ • one of the ablest ~|ieakers of her tee, and the first . v>lored woman who '> j'r sat in a \a- ■ 'nal Temj>erance V. onvention." She \l't home when a _;iil of seventeen, lictermined to do •^omethin^ for the elevation of her lace. At Roches- ii-r, N. Y., she met Dr. Wm. Wells Brown and Fred- erick Douglass, both then leading men of their race. They recog-nized the ability of the bright young woman and secured for her a school in Mary- land, which she taught for tliree years. Then she lectured for a time, and finally went to Jackson, Mich., where she married Mr. Thurman. .She h;is always been an abstainer. When she learned o'i the Women's Crusade in Toledo, O., in 1873, she went there, and went to a meeting with her babe in her arms, and made an eloquent plea for work among- her people. She was urged into the public work, and has been at it ever since. Throughout the South and everywhere she has been well received. She attended the great Women's Convention in England in 1893. MRS. A\.\A S. BENJAMIN, one of the best known and suc- cessful of the W. C. T. L". workers, was born in Niagara Co., N. Y., a daughter of Elon a n d C a t h a r i n e Sureeil. .She was educated at L'nion School, Lockport, and tienesee Col- lege, now Syracuse University. She is M member of the M. E. Church, and ot the Prohi b i I i o n Party. She has iieen an ai'tive lem- ]ifr;ince worker for many years, esi')e- ciallv in connection with' the W.C.T. L'. movement. She is the National Supi. of the .School of Methods anil I'ar- li.'imentary L'sagc. <'ind also Presideir of the Stale W. C . T. I'. i>f Michigan, anil also Presidi-nl o'i Fifth District . She has i occupied the last named posi- tion for- sixteen consecutive yeais. She wasfalso' State'X'ici'- Presiilenl for sixteen years previous to being elecleil Presi- dent. .She is an able anil I'onvincing speaker, and h;is been a platform advocate of the temperance cause ;ind the total aboli- tion ol the saloon, and of the entire' ilrink tr.illic foi- the past eighteen years. She has also been a^popular contributor to the press in behalf of the great reform and similar movenients in the cause of God and humanity. The*Women's Christian Temper- ance l'nion, the temperance cause, ^ ihe'j I'rohibiiion move- m»'nt,][;ind the C'liristian Church, all have^a warni trienil and hearty co-worker in her. She does not fgri>wj^weary in this well-doing. CAPT. J. M. RITCHEY, of Ritchey, Mo., a well-known tem- perance worker and business man in his locality, was bom in Southwest Mo., Aug. 8, 1836. His parents were M. H. Ritchey and Mary- King. Tliey were pioneers in a new country and in poor circumstances. He w.-»s born in a small log house, and at thai time there was not a mill or a pv»st- otlice within a hun- >iied miles of the ,'Iace. He is the 'Idest native-bv->rn I iiizen now in the vounty, and lives within a stone's ihrow oi his birth- pi. ice. He was i*du- > .ited in the county log schix>l house of ' ility. Heh.-»s ice married; .Miss C. D. I ogan, of Lincoln V o. , Tenn. , who died at Springfield, M o. . during the w;ir, aiui then 10 Mi'^-- \i. 1.. \\ uk, ,>i .\,-iu», in iS. Siiuo man- hooil he has been i-ngageil in sloi'k-lradini;. milling;, iiu-tclian- ili/ing, and other pmsuils. He is a nu-inlHT of the I. * ■• '^ ' •"■• the .Slasons. Politic.illy, his first vote was cast foi Douglass, but he left his old jvirly and ioinivl the P from a sense of duty to God and his i .-iclive nieM>b««r of a ntnnber o'i in»c»oi t .1 .ofihe;!!'! i-s in Ih'I).' >;i. ... . . ^ been on 1!.. ,- . -. .v" suasion, example, ami libi>ral donations to Ihc CAUste. i>iion"», ul 68 PROHIBITION LEADERS HENRY W. WILBUR was bom in Easton, Washington Co., N. Y., May 15, 1851. He is a member of the Society of Friends. His parents were sympathetically I and actively inter- 1 j ested in the aboli- tion movement, and i the boy was reared in a reform atmos- phere. In 1867, with his parents, he moved to Yine- land, N. J., where he has since re- sided, and has been actively connected with maintaining- the no license policy of that town. He has been a news- paper editor lor over twenty ye.'irs, and is also a prac- tical printer. He has never tasted alcoholic liquors in any form, and has always been a Pro- liibitionist in princi- 1 pie, and a political ' voting Prohibition- ist for ten years. He was unanimously nominated for Governor of New Jersey by the Prohibition Party in June, 1895, and stumped the State, making over sixty speeches. He is G. T. , the head officer of the G. T. in New Jersey. Mr. Wilbur is now, and has been since 1892, editor of "The Outlook," a weekly Prohibition paper published at Vine- land. He is recognized as a newspaper writer of force and ability, and as a platform speaker is logical, forceful and eloquent, appeal- ing to the reason and judgment of his hearers. He was married in 1880 to Eliza M. Sowle, and is the father of three boys, Aldus, William P., and John Finch. His father and mother are both living, and on November 6th, 1895, celebrated their golden wedding. MRS. EMILIE UNDERHILL BURGESS, of Highland-on- the-Hudson, N. Y., a National lecturer of the W. C. T. U., is a temperance worker whose reputation is well established throughout the country. She was born in Westchester County, N. Y., the d a u g h t e r of the 1 Ion! R.Mott Under- bill. She entered the work when very young, and lias been in some sort of tem- perance work all tier life. She was ten years an officer in the Westchester W. C. T. U., Jind has b e e n t e n y e a r s President of Ulster County W. C. T. U. Her husband was the late Thomas H. Burgess, who died three years ago, and who rejoiced in her excellent gifts. "Together they walked the pleasant pathways of those who sliare life's greatest gift — a Christian's liome." Recently she has been called upon to pass through another great affliction — the loss of a pure and noble boy, who was brought home sick of typhoid fever, and who died after weeks of a terrible illness. Mrs. Mary A. Woodbridge, of Chicago, wrote : " Mrs. Burgess has a rarely clear intellect, as well as knowledge requisite to the successful pursuance of Prohibition work. She makes sharp points, with pleasing wit or sarcasm, and withal, carries her audience to her own conclusion through her unanswerable logic and persuasive arguments." She lectures, not only on temperance, but on the literarj' and general subjects of the day. "1 f^ MARY E. BROWN HAINES was born in a log cabin in Adams Co. , Ind. , daughter of Ephraim and Maria Sturgeon-Brown, both natives of Ohio. She received most of her educa- tion at the public and high schools of Cent re vi lie, Ind. Having taught sev- eral terms success- fully, she married J. C. Haines, a Vir- ginian, in 1871. In jpBk J|%1)^ the same year they went to Kansas, settling on land. At the first school- meeting of the dis- trict, held in tlieir house, s h e w n s much surprised to see women vote, but on reasoning concluded it was right. In 1879 Mr. and Mrs. Haines re- moved to Augusta, the former engag- I ing in the grain and , coal business. In _ '• 1883 the W.C.T.U. was organized in Augusta; Mrs. Haines was elected Cor. Secy. Later she became Secy, for Butler Co.; was two years Secy, for the Fourth Con- gressional District, and has been for the last seven years its Pres. She represented Kansas at the National W. C. T. U. Convention at Denver, and worked to secure municipal suffrage for women, an Industrial School at Beloit for girls, and aided in having the age of consent raised. She travelled incessantly for six months in the woman suffrage amendment campaign of Kansas in 1894, giving addresses and Bible readings, and organizing Amendment Cam- paign Clubs. Since its defeat she continues to give lectures illus- trated with the stereopticon. She has two sons and two daughters. REV. T. R. McNAIR was born at Seaview Cottage, Screen, Sligo, Ireland, Dec. 22, 1849. His father, Samuel McNair, Esq., formerly of Sligo, who now resides in Hamilton, Ont. , was descended from a long line of honor- a b 1 e ;i n c e s t r y , whose family crest was a mermaid sit- ting on a rock in the sea combing her hair and holding a mirror in her left hand. His mother, Anne Irwin, daugh- ter of Colonel John L. Irwin, Tauregoe, whose family de- scended from Kry- nin Abethnae, step- father of Duncan, King of Scotland, were privileged to use the crest, the hand grasping the bunch of thistles, with motto, "Nemo me impune laces- sit. " He entered the Methodist min- istry in 1 87 1. He married Miss Adeline Watt, daughter of James Watt, Esq., St. Marys, formerly of Ouebec city. He has been for a score of years one of the most active, prominent and successful workers for Pro- hibition in Ontario. He stands high in official temperance work. He was Grand Chaplain, Grand Trus., and in 1889 and 1890 was Grand Coun. of the Ont. Grand Coun., R. T. of T.; was the first Dom. Supt. of Cadet Templars, and afterwards Grand Supt. of Cadets for Ont. ; has represented his Conference in the Dom. Alli- ance, and was several times representative of his Grand Council to the Dominion Council. Clear, forcible and convincing as a speaker, he is a trusted and trustworthy leader of the temperance forces. PROHIBiriON LEADERS 69 D.'W'ID PKKSTOX was bom in Harmony, Chaulaut]ua Co., \. v., Sept. 20, 1826. His paivnts were (Rev.) David and Affa Preston. He was e d 11 c a t e d in the conniion schools and at the Atadoniv at West Held, X. V. He went to Detroit in 1848 as a bank cTerk, and in 1852 embarked in bank- in.LC on his own ae- eount, and marrii-i,! the s a m e y e a r Jane H. Hawk, of" Conneaul, O. He built up larjfe bank- injf establishments in Deti-oit and Chi- eag'o. He became a conspicuous tit^urc in Detroit and Micli- i.H'aii Methodism, was remarkable f'o: his deeply relijfiou-. life, and lavish in his .tfifts to relitfi- ous, charitable and educational inslitu- f ions, distribulinj^; upwards of $200,- 000 in his life-time. Durinjf the war he was an officer of the Mich- i.y^an branch of the V. S. Christian Commission, antl in 1871-72 I'lesith-nt of the Detroit V. .M. C. A. He was a stronj,;^ Republican until Prohibition took a political turn, when he joined the new I'arty. In 1884 he was the Prohibition nominee for Governor of Michij^^an, .-uul ran 4,000 ahead of his ticket. He was a tireless woi-ker in the local contest for a Constitutional Prohibition Amend- ment in 1887, and was everywhere at the head of the battle. His ileath, April 24, 1887, was no doubt hastened by the strain of this work upon his system, and his disappointment at defeat. The Michi^-an "Christian Advocate" said : "The temperance cause in Miclii^Tin has lost its most iiiHuential and ilevoteil friend." m. .MRS. LUCINDA FISHER SHER.MAX was born in Parke Co., Ind., Dec. 8th, 1847. Her parents were Alfred Fisher and Elizabeth Allen, oioneers of Indiana lomOhio. She was educated at the dis- trict school in her native place, and at ■he Waveland Col- 'lij-iate Institute, re- > fiving the dejfree 't Laureate of literature in 1866. I he same year she A a s married to Adrian Cyrus Sher- iian, and in 1870 u'V removed to Kansas, locating at Kossville, where liu-y still reside. 1 ! ,T really active iiperance work Lj-an in 1889 with 1- organization of c RossviUe W. C. 1 . U. She became Secy, and Supt. of several depart- ments, among them those of press work and scientific tem- perance teaching in the schools, and frequently wrote temperance articles for the press. In 1890 she helped elect a woman's ticket for city orticers which was chosen in Rossville, though the idea was first put forward in derision by a whiskey man. The women officers in- augurated a new order of things. She has filleil the offices of W. C. T. L'. Co. Supt. of temperance teaching in Sabbath Schools, Treas. andPres. of Shawnee Co. W.C.T. L'.,and Dis. Supt. for the "L'nion- Signar'aiul "Our Messenger," still doing effective press work. She is a woman sufl'ragist. A member of the Presbyter'n Church, she has held several offices in its ladies' societies. Her husband ser\ed in the Civil War. Their family consists of one son and two daughters. MISS MARIETTA SMITH was born in the State of Ohio, ml educated in the public schools of the .Stale. She was suc- cessful ;is a teacher I of public schools in Pickaway and Ross C o unties of t h i- .State eighteen J' ears. She is at present engaged in teaching a private school of slen<>- graphy. .She was initiated into Char- it\- I.oilge, Xo. 48^, I.O. C.. T., Circle- ville, Ohio, in July, i88lds. She is \'ice- Templar of the nth District, Independ- ent Ordei- of Ciood Templars, having held the office Iwi' yt'jirs. She w;is initiated into the Ciiand I.iidge, lii- dependenl larder ol liooil Templars, Decentber 8th, 1892, ;;nd was .ippointeil Ci. D. M. of the Order on October 15th, 184)4. ' •>«" degree of the International Supreme Lodge was conferretl upon lu-r on Octo- ber 15th, 1894. .She was initiated July, i8()4. into the Wonian s Ri'lief Corps, auxiliary to the Grand .Army of the Republic, and was appointed Corresponding .Secy, of the larder, holiling the same pt^sition up to ilate. She was .ippoinleil collector of the Anti-S.doon League of Cir»levill«', Ohio, Nov. nth. 181)4, •'"^' '^ slill siMving in that offiie. In religion she is an Episiop;ili.'in ; an earnest zealous worker of the Church aiul .S.ibb.ilh School, .mil engaged also in the mission work of the city in which sju' resiiles. Residence, Pickaway Street, Circleville, Ohio. REV. THEODORE LEDVARD Cl'YLER, D. D.. of Brook- lyn, .X. Y., is one of the best known and highly resjx'cted ministers, writers and ten»per- W. P. fov .Xew Jersey. He was Committee for that State. He I.' election of the H«>n. Myron H. t'l.i ever electeil in X. N". State. He He was OiW of the foiimlers ,>f ili,* cation .Soi"., .'mil vv best known lemp< tributed ovci ■ ■ unu's. He v\ nevi-r sjhmiI . • • i8<)o Ivcnusc ol age hmU enteivd on his ance workers m America. He was 'v'lii in .Aurora, X. N ., Jan. loth, 1822, and graduated from Princeton College in 1841. The fol- lowing year he vis- ited Europe and made his first public speech in Glasgow, Scotland, on the same platform with Father .Mathew. the great R. C. Tem- |H- ra n c e .Apostle. He has been also for many years an intimate friend and co-worker with the Hon. Xeal Dow .ind nearly all the other I,. ,,1;...^ temjH'rance ! s on lx>th Ills. He was pioiuinently identi- fied with theS. of T. for ye.i ' - at one IS a nitn-|>,irti>^iii I'l \r«lion.'il TfituviMii. M inistr>'-«t -UirKC-. 7° PROHIBITION LEADERS. HON. ABRAHAM A. BARKER was born in Lovell, Oxford Co., Me., March 30, 1816, and received a common school educa- tion. He became interested in the lomperance cause when a boj', and joined the Congre- t^ational Church in 1X32. A total ab- stainer all his life, taking- an active pait with Hon. Jas. Apjileton and Hon. Xoal Dow in the i ■anipaisj;'n for the Maine la w, h e also took a leading part in the abolition cause, and joined I lie third part)', u nder James G. I^irney, in 1840, be- iuij a lartfe stock- luilder in the under- j^roimd railroad, and sharing- in the persecution that tollowed. In 1855 Mr. Barker re- moved to E bens- burg, Pa., and en- gaged in the mercantile business, but continued to labor assiduously for those in bonds. Mr. Barker was a delegate, in i860, to the Con- vention that nominated Abraham Lincoln, and was a strong advo- cate for his nomination, and was an intimate friend of Mr. Lincoln during his administration. In 1864 Mr. Barker was elected to Con- gress, serving one term, then returning to his business. In 1875 he left the Republican Party and joined hands with the Prohibition Party, and has taken a very leading part, having served four years as Chairman of the Prohibition State Committee. Mr. Barker has spent a great deal of time and money for the cause, and is still an active worker, and is waiting for the abolition of the accursed liquor traffic. FRANCES A. JONES {fief Huynck) Corresponding Secre- tary of the Wyoming Women's Christian Temperance Union, was born at Bryan, Wil- liams County, O., in the year i 848. Her father, at that time, was State's Attorney for that coimty, and is yet living and in the practice of his pro- fession at the age oi' 77. Mrs. Jones was educated at the 1 1 igli School i n Siryker, O., where slie always stood at I he head of her classes. After gr.ul- uating- she taught for ten years in the schools of Ohio, In- diana find Missouri . 1 1 way SCO m m a n d - ing the highest sal- a r i e s . She was married in 1873 to j . W. Jones, of Stryker, Ohio, and ten 3'ears later le- moved to Green River City, Wyom- ing, where she now resides. She is the happy mother of four sons, who are all staunch for temperance. Mrs. Jones has always been a hater of the liquor traffic, and in 1889 was elected Corresponding Secretary of the Wyoming W'omen's Christian Temperance Union, and has been re-elected each succeeding year. A Christian of the type that makes friends of all she meets and holds them with "hooks of steel." On the sunset side of life and of her native land, long may she live to work and vote for the cause of "God and home and native land." MRS. EMMA McCANDLESS, Supt. of L. T. L., of Broken Bow, Neb., was born in Davis Co., Iowa, January 13, 1861. Her f al h e r, Amos W. G a n d y , was of French descent, and her mother, Mary E. Phelps, belonged to an old English family which traces its genealogy from the lime of Edward V'L, possessing its own coat of arms, etc. Her parents settled in Nebraska, and she experienced the usual hardships of pioneer life. She was educated in York, Neb., and was converted and joined the Method- ist Church in 1874. In the same year she took the pledge in a meeting ad- dressed by John B. Finch, and enlisted in temperance work. She joined the I. O. G. T. in 1882, and has held several District offices in the Order. She united with the W. C. T. U. in 1883, and represented the W. C. T. U. at the State Convention of 1893, and has twice been elected to State Conventions on the Prohibition platform. She has also been a zealous worker in the Band of Hope, Loyal Temperance Legion and Junior League. She gives a lecture every Sunday afternoon to the children. She is a pronounced Prohibitionist and interested in every temperance reform that will help to sweep the liquor traffic from the face of the earth, but her talent fits her pre-eminently for work among the young. The influence of her work among children will be seen in genera- tions to come. REV. JOHN G. FALLIS was born April 3rd, 1848, in Mill- brook, Ont. He is of Irish descent, his people coming from Ire- land in earh' youth. He was educated in the Millbrook public schools, the Ome- mee High School, and Victoria Uni- versity, Cobourg. He was converted and joined the Methodist Church at the age of 22, and entered the regular ministry of the Church in the year 1871. He early connected himself with the S. of T., the I. O. G. T., and the Roval Templ'rs, and has been active as a temperance man ever since. He took a very active part in the Scott Act agitations, be- ing ahnost inces- santly on the plat- form, and his ser- vices being in great demand as a speaker and organizer. As a worker for Proiiibi- tion, Mr. Fallis was bold and skillful, and considered no reason- able sacrifice of time, or ease, or money, too great for the promotion of the cause so near his heart. During the New Party movement of 1889, 1890, and 1891, Mr. Fallis was one of the most active and liberal supporters of the effort, fre- quently lecturing in its interests, and organized societies in different parts of Western Ontario. In the fierce agitation for and against the Scott Act, Mr. F"allis, by appoint- ment of the Lambton Scott Act Association, edited the "Scott Act Rev'iew," which did most excellent service in its dav. PROHIBrriON LEADERS. 71 MR. JOHN S. LUCAS, of Toronto, Out., is the proprietor of the well-known tcmiKM-rmcc licitc! dfth.-it city, located on Louisa street near the niag^- ^ — — nificent new city I tuiiidinjjs, and also I lu'.ir the new Do- ni i n i o n Armories, the larjfest buildinj^ in Canada under a sinj^^le roof. He was born in Tyrone Co., Ireland, April 18th, 1S43. His parents moved to Canada when he was but 2 years of a^e, and settled about forty miles north of To- 1 iMito, in what was . I I that time an almost unbroken wilderness. There, by j^reat enerjj'yand industry, 250 acres of unbroken forest were Iranstormetl into a productive and fertile farm. He was educated in the public schools of his locality, tin- ishinjj at the Barrie Cirammar School, of which he subsequently became the mathe- matical master. Later on he took charjce of the school in the vil- lage of Churchill, Simcoe Co., and in 1869 went into a jifeneral mercantile business, in which he jjreatly pi-ospered for seventeen \ears. .Afterwards reverses came in jifrain dealinjc, because of j^'reat market Hui-tuatit>ns, and he moved to Toronto, where he established the Lucas House, which he has kept adding; to and improvinji' until it is now one of the larjjest and best known of its i-lass in the Province. He has been a life-lonj; temperance m.'in, 31 years a S. of T., a G. T., and a R. T. In all these Orders he has done effective work. \S^im >HiS. PHP:BE J. ADAMS, of Moravia, N. Y., and President of Cayujja County W. C. T. U., was born in Locke, Cayug-a Co., July 19, 1845. Her parents were Dr. Obed and Subia Holden Andrews. They were ardent friends of the aboli- tion movement and co-laborers with Gerrit Smith and others of his class ; they were also ac- tive temperance workers. Dr. An- drews edited and |i u b 1 i s h e d the "Medical and Tem- :HTance Recorder." ^iio was educated in Grc^ton .Acad- emy, and a jjradu- t.'ofC. L. S. C. of ^ S 5 . She c o m - .•need leaching at '. She was always •I ardent student, ; -^ a ready writer and fluent and per- I suasive speaker. In 1865 she was mar- ried to L. H. Ad.iii,--, ..i,». ,, ii,>.»> I. ;>. M.-.avia, where he is now a leading merchant. They are well united in Christian and temper- ance work. They were two of the first eleven members of the now large and prosperous Baptist church there. They have two sons, one of whom g-raduated from the Brown University in 1889, and one from Rochester I'niversily. and now a student in Roches- ter Theological .Seminary. She has taken an active part in tem- peiance work from girlhood, and has been connected with various temperance organizations. She was at oi\c time Pres. of the W. B. F. .M. S. for her county, and has taken a prominent part in theW. C. T. U. movement ever since its origin, at the time of the g:reat Woman's Crusade. She is a State evangelizer and organizer. MISS C. S. BURNETT, A. M., educator ami reformer, was born in Niles, O., May ist, 1840. Her father, Joseph Burnett, is a descendant of the " " ' early New Jersey settlers; her mother was a V'irginian by birth and education. The characteristics of the two families are happily blended in the daughter. .An i n e X t i n gu i s h a b 1 e thirst for knowl- edge led her to sur- mount all obstacles till she graduateil in the Classical Ci>urse in 1S6S. Slu- at i>nce began a sm - cessful career ;is teacher in Xcirmal Schools anil Col- leges. Two years were spent in the M. E. Collegi' in Utah, and whili" there she was Presi- dent of the Terri- tory for the Wo- rn en's C h r i s I i ;i n Temperance Union. In 18H8 she was made National l')rganixer. A year was given to California and Nev.ida, when she was called home by the sick- lU'ss anil fmal ileath of her mother. Since then she h;is lectuied in sever.il States, anil spent a vear in North Carolina. She w.is one of the delegates to the World s Convention of the W. C. T. U., heltl in London, in June, 1895. At present she is one of the Na- tional Organizers, and also a National Lecturer for the Depart- nuMit of Nan-otics. As a speaker she is earnest, logical, ami pleasing in manm-r, and ileservedh' popular. The Stale and Na- tional ofliciTs say: "As an organizer she has no sujH'rior." Her lectures cover a wiile range of subji'cts and inchule several for the popular pl.ilform. Ri:\". K. B. SUTTON, of Seattle, Wash., is known through- out the Pacific coast as "The War-Horse of Prohibition." He was boni in the town- ship of Cohocta, Mich., July 30, 1847. Entered the aniiy when 15 years old. enlisting inCo. "B," Ninth Michigan Cavalry. He took part in 52 battles and skirmishes. .At the ag'e of 27 was ordained a minister in the Methodist Protestant Church. In 1884 he was eltH-ted deleg^ate to the National Con- \ivi;:,iT) of the I". o- •n Party, and ,j; . ;■ in 1888. He moved to Washinjf- ton in July of 1888, ■ 1,1 \\ i>al onceen- ^ ^ I .IS State Or- d eleet- .totlie \ L onven- lion a)^in in i8qj. He was apiHtinled a nicmbor of the National Committee. He is ai.so orffanizcr of the Christian Fed- eration, the N.Uional Pmhibition Church, also Chaplain of the G. niv. of the S. of T. for Washington. He .iNo hold*, contnussion lor and is :i very successful organizer of the ,\nu*ri»aii I'l.'i. . ine .Assv>cialion in fact, an all-ri>tmil ii-t'oi tiiiT. As a pi: r, he h;»saver.->ged s|H"iiking eyer\ Mii,'lit in ilir w. ,k m le Sabbath for fifteen years. Heh.i- it of the Washington Pri>hibiliiin \ 1 h a beautiful golil 1: ' ' i- >i.iic ^. .'n\ .nii.Mi. 11. • i> ihi' .Huthor ol a ! I'ition Seed Thought"., ' and 72 PROHIBITION LEADERS ELGIN ADAMS BLAKEY, M.D., Winnipeg, Man., was born Nov. 4, 1854, at Cherry Valley, Ont. He is of Scotch descent. He went to Winnipeg in 1881. He graduated in medicine in Man- itoba University in 18 9, and was made Deputy Minister of Education for the Province of Mani- toba in Novemberof the same year. He lias always been a total abstainer, and taken an active part in tcm'perance work. He united with the S. of T. when 14 \ears old, and later with the I. O. G. T. He still belongs to this Society, being present Chief Tem. of Ft. Garry Lodge. In 1893 he was elec- ted G. C. T. for Manitoba. He is also a member of the R. T. of T. He firmly believes in Juvenile Temper- ance work, and, as Superintendent of the Eort Rouge Council Cadet Corps, and of the F'ort Garry Juvenile Temple, is actively engaged in this work. He has succeeded admirably in this important work for the youth, and holds the confidence and esteem of the juvenile temperance workers of the community. He has excellent executive ability. Tiiis has been recognized, and finds full scope in his present posi- tion as Secretary of the Manitoba Branch of the Dominion Alliance. He has for several years been a prominent worker in the Methodist Church. He is at present Steward, Secretary of t!ie Executive Committee, and teacher of the Young L.adies' Bible Class in Fort Rouge Church. Is now G. S. Manitoba I. O. G. T. HON. SENATOR A. VIDAL, of Sarnia, for many years past Pres. of the Dom. Alliance for the Prohibition of the Liquor Traf- fic, was born in Bracknell, Berk- shire, Eng.,Aug. 4, 1819, and was edu- cated in the Royal Mathemat'l School, C h r,i s t ' s Hospital, London. He came in early life to Can- ada, and spent five years on a farm in the bush. In 1842 he was licensed as a Provincial Land Surve30r, and fol- lowed that profes- sion f o r eleven years, during which lime he surveyed a number of the now (Mosperous town- ships in Lambton Co., and the pres- ent town of Sault Ste. Marie, and to mark the front lim- its of all mining locations along the north shore of the river Ste. Marie and of Lake Huron. In 1853 he entered the service of the Bank of Upper Canada in Sarnia, and continued to manage the agency until the failure of that bank in 1867. He was then appointed agent for the Bank of Montreal in the same town, which he resigned in 1875. He was also Co. Treas. for Lambton for nearl}' 40 years, and re- signed in 1891, his son being his successor. He became a pledged total-abstainer in 1840, and has been a faithful worker in the cause ever since. In Parliament and throughout the country he has been a tried and valued friend of the Prohibition movement. He is a Presbyterian Elder and S. S. teacher. In i873jhe was appointed a member of the Dominion Senate. REV. JOHN WOOD, of Truro, N. S., was for many years an active and prominent temperance worker in Ottawa, and a leading officer in the Dominion Pro- hibition Alliance. He was born in Littlehampton, Sus- sex, England, Maj' 25th, 1828. His fathei" moved to Canada when he was but four years of age, and en- gaged in business as a watchmaker in Montreal. He remained at home, receiving his educa- tion and assisting his father in his business, until his twentieth year, when he entered the Congregational College, then in Toronto, to prepare for the ministry, under the late Prin- cipal LiUie, D. D. He graduated in 1851, with honors in Theology and Oriental languages, after which he spent six months in travel, mostly in Great Britain. In 1852 he settled in Brantford, and was in pastoral work there for 22 \'ears. Then he was unanimously chosen Supt. of Home Missions and Gen. Secy, of the Mis. Soc, and editor of the "Canadian Independent," the denominational magazine. These positions he held for years, re- siding in Toronto. He has also been Chairman of the Congregat'l Union of Ont. and Que. In 1877 'i*^ became pastor of the church in Ottawa, and remained till 1893. He is now in charge of theCongre- gat'l Church at Truro, N. S. He has been Secy, of the Dom. All., and its Pari. Agt.; took an active interest in the enactment of the Scott Act by the Dom. Pari. His wife is an active W.C.T. U. worker REV. J. VAN W'YCK, B.A., of Hamilton, Ont., is a well- known Canadian Methodist minister and a zealous Prohibition worker. He was ■— born in Stamford, near Niagara F"alls, I Ont., May 16, 1846. His parents, Daniel and Nancy Kilman Van Wy ck , were farmers in that lo- calit)'. He spent his early days on the fa r m , and c o m - pleted his education at Albert College, Belleville, where he graduated in 1878, being the valedic- torian and silver medalist of hisclass. He was converted in 1866, and entered the ministry in the M. E. Church in 1869. He has ever since been active and successful in pastoral work in various churches, in Toronto, Welland, St. Catharines and Hamilton. He is now pastoi" ot the Gore Street Church in the latter city. He has been a member of the Board of Management of Alma Ladies' Col- lege, St. Thomas, and of the Board of Examiners from the begin- ning. He was a member of the Bd. of E. of Albert College imtil the Methodist union. He has been a delegate to nearly all the General Conferences. He has been a member of the S. of T., G. T., and R. T., and has taken an effective hand in Duncan Act, Scott Act and Plebiscite campaigns, respectively, and in the reduction of licenses, and law enforcement, wherever his fields of labor have been. In the pulpit he has been very outspoken and practical in behalf of temperance and other moral and social reforms. PROHIBITION LEADERS 73 SAMUEL A. RAMSEY was born noar Pittsbuix, I'a., Jan. 1856, the son of a prosperous farmer. His general ediualion was received in tlie common school, in the home circle, at Se wick ley Acad- emy, and at Beaver and Mt. Union Col- li 'i^es. Mr. Ramsey followed leaching^ liii' some time, and was recommendeil tor a professorship, l)ut entered Michi- ;L;an University, ^raduatinj^ from the Law Deparl- nienl in 1892. He practised law one year in Indiana, and moved U> W'oon- sockel, S. Dak., in 1S83. In 1885 he married Liiella A. Stones, of Indiana, ant! has one child, a daujjhter. M i- . Ramsey is a firm believer in God ami human rijfhts, pos- sessin}^' tact, skill, and a clear insijcht into the questions of the day. He entered politics with a view to work moral reform. He is a Democrat, and was the leader of the " Noble Fifty-Six," .'ind authoi of the famous resolution favoring' Prohibition in the Democrat Stale Convention of i88g, in which year he was delej^ate to the Constitutional Convention, anil is one of the signers of the Constitution of the State. He was appointed a commissioner to the World's Cohmibian F^xposition by Pres. Hai"- rison, .'ind has filled other ofllci-s of trust. In the fall of 1892 he was the unanimous nominee of his party for Lieut. -Gov., and ran .1 }<^reat many voles ahead of his ticket, thoug'h not elected. In personal ap|)earani'e Mr. Ramsey is im|iosintif. .MRS. LUELL.^ A. RAMSEY, philanthropist and reformer, was born near Fort Wayne, Ind., 1S58. Fler father was a prom- inent clerg-yman of [ ' the Methodist Epis- copal Church. She lutered College at an early ag'e, and after her gradua- tion followed four years of successful teaching in the pub- lic schools. As an . ducator she ranked ligh. In 1885 she I'ccame the wife of >.Hmuel A. Ramsey, I lawyer, of Pitts- burg. They settled 111 \\"oonsocket, S. l);ik., where they are at present resid- ing. .Mrs. Ramsey ':as been identified itim the first with he most prominent A o r k e r s of t li e '■•■■. whose aim is leform or in- ■ iial advance- ^^^■B_ Mcnt. The citizens . ' t W o o n s o c k e t placed her upon ilic ci!\ Hoaiii ol luUuatioii, .ind she was chosen President. She is accomplished in music, painting, and elocution. Hroad in her aims and charities, and a firm believer in women's power and influence, she chose the Women's Christian Tem|x?r- ance Union as the field wherein to exert her energies and IxMievo- lences. F"or years she was President of the local union, and has always taken an active part in her District and State, serving for a number of years as District President and State Superintendent of the Young Women's Branch. .At the last .Annual State Con- \fntion she was elected President of the W. C. T. U. of South Dakota. To this important oflice Mrs. Ramsey brings rare gifts of Miiiitl anil soul. JAMES HRALNERD .MORGAN' is a native of Berkeley County, and the youngest son of the late Jeiihthah Morgan, foiin- erly of J e Her son Coutity, Va., (now W. Va.), and a lineal descenilant of the \'ail and Jen- nings families. His strand fat her a nil ^ icat-granilfathcr ■-ri-ved as offici>rs of I lie .American ,\rm\- with distinction, in I he revolut io!1ar^• \^ar. Mr. Morgan ioincd the I. O. G. 1. in 1880 at C.er- I ardslown, W. \ a., and entercil the Giand Lodge in 1S81. Next yea i- Ill- was elected Grand Secretary, aiul has beiMi ri'-elecleil at c.'ii'h .'innual session 1)\ unanimous vole. Mis Cirand Lodgi- --(•lit him as Repiv- -iiilative to the 'supreme Loilge .Si'ssii>ns .It Charles- ton, W;ishington, Chicago ami Boston. In 1880 he founili-il t!ie "West \'a. Goiiil Templar," which was adopted by the Cirand Lodge as official organ, and was its eilitor anil publisher nine \ears. lie is also editor of the "Gerrarilstown Times," which he has successfully coniluded since 1876. Mr. Morgan is also a poi't of some fame. His two volumes of poems, entilleil respect - ivi'ly, "Song-SiMinons" and "Strollings in .Song-Land," have been received with marki'd favor by thi- pei>ple anil publii- press. His wife w.is .Miss .Margaret Gold, daughter of the late Washing- ton Gold, of X'irginia; and is a zealous friend of the temperance cause and a P. G. \'. T. of the Grand Lodge of X'irginia. He is a ruling Elder of the Presbvterian Chinch. .MRS. A. M. FAMES, of Delphos. Ottaw.. ^>.u,, ... ,s. ,,,..,., was born in Readsboro, \'t., Sept. 2$, 1833. Her father was Orial Bishop, who went to X'erniont from New Haven, Conn., and her mother, ICunice Rice, who liied when the sub- icct of our sketch was 1 1 years old. She received a com- mon school educa- tion. Ax the age of -• I she married W.J. Fames, and re- ■noxed in 1856 to Wisconsin, where, m C'ahnnet Co., she cnilured the hard- ships of a pioneer life. Mr. Kamesdied ". .»v- our .■...-.. V n . >ons and one daughter. A- soon as her ■ son was old 't. she, with -i the In- i ''rder of V ..■,•.1 1 ( Mipl.irs as a charter memln'r, ihe other children uniting with tlu- Jn\enile Temple. .She has Ihvii a niemlH'r of the Onler for tweniy-seven years. She has (rained her three bins in temperance work, and ihey all vote the Prohibition ticket in the Slate of Kansas. Her daughter, who died at the age of twenty-four, w;i> very nuioh attached to lem|HMance work. Mrs. Eames has attended Grand Lodges as delegate, also the Sta' " ' ' " < Emp«>ria in June of 181)4. •'•"* •' '''"'' She has worked in the Women's t , Ihe Tenjple of the Inde|HMident C'>Tder Ol Ciood Tempi belongs to ihe W. R. C. 74 PROHIBITION LEADERS REV. JAMES YEAMS, of Jamaica Plain, Boston, Mass., so extensively known as a prominent temperancejworker, especially in ' connection] with the G. T. Order, was born in Dover, Eng., in 1843. He has been nearly all his lifetime 5 in ac- tive temperance and Christian work. When a young boy he was the first sec- retary of the first Band of Hope in his native town. At 17 he began to preach, and in 1863 he en- tered the ministry. He became a G. T. in 1871. The next year, in connection with Mr. Edward Curtice, G. Treas., he started "The Templar," the first illustrated temper- ance weekly pub- lished. It reached, at one time, a cir- culation of 30,000. He also originated "The Juvenile Tem- plar," and published it for seven years. He was Gen. Supt. of Juvenile Templars in England for four years, and did much good work in preparing the rituals, constitutions, and methods, which have been used throughout the world. He was chosen a delegate to the R. W. G. Lodge in 1876, and was a delegate to the Louis- ville session when the Order divided at that time. He was elected the first R. W. G. T. of the R. W. G. L. of the World. He took a prominent part in raising the G. T. Life-Boat Fund in England, for which $3,570 were raised. The first trip of that boat saved four- teen lives from the wrecked " Altona," of Hamburg. He was one of the originators of the Juvenile Ward in the Nat. Tern. Hospital. REV. GEO. STAFFORD was born at Elora, Wellington Co., Ont., in October, i^;64. His father was a native of Staffordshire, England, and his mother of Prince Edward Co., Ont. He attended school at Elora and W'hit- hj. Has been a member of the Band of Hope, S. of T., I. O. G. T., and R. T. of T. In 1883 was a charier mem- b e r of Whitby Cou n c i 1 , No. 57, Royal Templars of Temperance. In 1887, associated with Mr. W. A.Dun- nett, began a two years' campaign of gospel temperance work, under direc- tion of Royal Tem- plars. During this period Eastern and Western Ontario, the Eastern Town- ships in Quebec, and the Province of New Brunswick were visited. In 1889 was received into connection with the Mon- treal Conference of the Methodist Church. His appointments have been in the Eastern Townships, Quebec. In 1890 he was elected a Grand Trustee of the Quebec Grand Council, Royal Templars, serving a three-years' term ; in 1893 and 1894 elected Grand Chaplain; appointed Grand Superintendent of White Cross work in 1895, in conjunction with the duties of Grand Chaplain. He did zealous work, both on platform and committee, in several Scott Act contests in Ontario and Quebec. He was married in 1886, and has a family of two boys. He is an Independent in politics, and is a believer in forcing Prohibition to an issue at the polls. DR. W. A. ALLEN, of Billings, O., has had a noted career as a traveller, hunter, miner, and later as a temperance and Chris- tian worker. He was born Sept. 2, I 848, at Summer- field, Noble Co.,0. When 16 he moved to Iowa, and for years had strange and amusing ad- ventures with the "Bushwhackers" of Missouri and Southern Iowa. In March, 1877, he started on a memor- able trip across the great plains for (he mining regions of the West. That was during the earl}' staging days, when drivers and passengers were often shot and rob- bed by Indians and white desperadoes. The Sioux were de- termined to resist the incursions of white men in their country. His company travelled six weeks with waggons, when their teams gave out, and they then walked, fighting and defending their way. He remained a time at Deadwood, mining. F'lour there at that time was $100 per sack of 100 poimds, and potatoes about at the same rate. He started "Out West " from Deadwood later on, and took a lively hand in much Indian fighting. He is preparing an interesting book of his iS years North-West experience. He is a life-long temperance man and a Prohibitionist. He organized the first Prohibition Club at Billings, and has written, lectured, and can- vassed in behalf of the movement. He is a member of the M. E. Church. Has started a Touriste, known as Allendale, at the mouth of Clark's Fork, where a saloon can never be legally established. REV. S. L. STIVER, A.B., A.M., B.D., for thirteen years proprietor and superintendent of the Bunker Hill Military Acad- emy, Bunker Hill, 111., was born in Central Pennsyl- vania of German ancestry. Prepared for teaching and for college at an early age, and having re- ceived the highest certificate in the gift of the State at the age of 18, he soon after entered Lafay- ette Col., Easton, Pa., graduating in the class of '74 with the highest honors and with several prizes. In 1878 he graduated with high rank from Union Theological Semin- ary, N.V., and took charge of a church in St. Louis. A year later he became pastor of the Con- gregational Church of Bunker Hill, 111., and two years later accepted his present position. During the Blaine campaign he espoused Prohibition from a sense of duty, and has since become a leader in advancing its principles ; is one of the founders of the " Macanpin County Advance," and, as editor or contributor for five years, he exhibited marked ability and devotion. Never seeking office, he has frequently been nom- inated by his party for City, County, District, and State offices, and has done effective work on the stump. Still in the prime of life, he may be counted on for many years of efficient service in the cause of Prohibition reform and of good government. Some of his articles for the press have been translated into German for circulation at home and abroad. PROHIBITION LEADERS. 75 REV. CYRUS S. NUSBAUM, of Kingman, Kas., and Pres. of the Kansas Holiness Association, was born in Middlebury, Ind., July 27, 1861. His parents were Jacob and Caroline N'us- launi. He was edu- cated in his native town, after which he tauji'ht school for six years in Indiana and Kansas, and was successful in his work. He en- tered the ministry of the M.K. Church, and has been ap- >oiiited to the pas- torate of some of tlie most prominent t- hurdles of his Stale. He iias been pastor of the First M. K. Churcli in Kinjfinan for the [5ast tiiree years. Ten years aj^'o he came a member of the Prohibition P.arty, being con- vinced that througii some such means the nation can soon- est and most effectually become rid of the legally sanctioned drink traffic, the greatest enemy the Church and tlie Nation have to con- tend against. He has taken a prominent part in the work of tiiat F-'arty, and in 1892 he was nominated its cmdidate tor Stale Sena- tor for Sedwich County. .At the election he led his ticket by over 200 votes He is sanguine that tin- i^ight will yet succeed in this great movement. Tiu'ee ol his great lectures have done much effective work and have gained him a gootl reputation throughout the Slate and the Church. They are: "The Enemies ol the Bal- lot Box," "The Power Behind the Throne," and "The Christian in Politics." His work has been practical, and the results lasting. MRS. E. .MALVIXA G. TOWNSEND was bom in Clarks- field, Huron Co., O., of distinctive New England jjarentage. Her father, Dr. George T. Parker, was bom in Cambridge, Mass. , and gradu- ated in the first graduating class of the Homecepathic College in Cleve- land, Ohio. Her mother, Amanda M. Stevenson, was bom in Rutledge, \'t. She was left an orphan when eight years old, and was reared by her grandparents. Her early education was received at private schools. Afterward she determined to o b I a i n .-i college education, and fin- ished her literary course in Oberlin, adding a course in the Business Col- lege. During the War of the Rebel- lion she was Secy of the Sanitary Commission of Huron Co. She was married to Dr. John Townsend in 1870. During the Woman's Crusade she was elected First \'ice-Pres. of the Woman's Temp. League of Kdgerton, O. In 1881 she was appointed Dist. Missionary in the Ohio \V. C. T. L'., and in 1890 was elected one of the State \'ice-Presidents, and in 1895 was made Pres. of the State Board of Trustees. She was elected Tre.is. of the Henry County Prohibition Club in iH<)i, and Secy, of the County Executive Committee in 1894. She served as Rec.-.Secy. and Trustee eighteen years in the Meth. Church, and S. S. Supt. twelve years, but in 1895, together with her husband .md daughter, united with the Presbyter'n Church at Hol- gate, Ohio. She was well-known as a temjx-rance lecturer. MRS. JULIA A. CHASE was born at Mt. \enion, O., Dec. 21, 1842. Through many years she was so much of an invalid that she was unable to a 1 1 e n d s c h o o 1 regularly, and was therefore largelv eilucated at home, under the supervi- sion of her mother. Julia was a " book- worm, " but the mother was wise, and supplemented I lie study by ;i care- I u I training i n needle-work. Mr. ind Mrs. Houghton were earnest work- ers in the temper- ance cause, anil Julia w.is early t ;i u gilt, n o t o n 1 y total abstinence, but positive aggressive .'iction against the liquor Iraftlc. .She was ci>iifirmeil in t h e K pise o p a I Church, by Bishop Mcllv.iine, but .ifter her marriage she became a member of the .M. E. Chuich. In September, 1862. she became the wife of R. C. Chase, of Schenevus, N. V.. a Union soldier, who was in at the siurender of Lee. They came, in 1867, to Hiawatha, Kansas, where they still live. Mrs. Chase has had seven children, four of whom are living. She has been con- nected with the W. C. T. I', and the W. R. C. of Kansas, from their <>rganization, and has held sevei.il Slate offices in each. She org.inized temperance unions at the Soliliers' Honu' (National) at Fort Riley, Fort Leavenworth, .ind in the Unileil Stales Military Prison, this last being namevi for her the " Julia .A.Chase Teni|HM'- ance I nion ;" h;is lectureil some, ami iliint- consider;»ble liler.iry w.iik ii,.. largest being a "Life of .M.irv A. Bickerdvke, .Mother." JOHN N. McKENDRV Irelaiul, June 16, 1857. His was born in the County of Cavan, parents were John .McKendrv and Margaret Bell'. He received his educa- tion At the Grasu- math's -Smith's School in his n.itive country. In politics he isa Conservative, but pronounced- ly indej-HMident. He is a member of the M>Ml,,v!i-.t Church. Il> ■ een .'i s m> c i a t e d with the t'.in. Fem. Le.igue since its in- i-eplion ; in fact, he wasone of its found- ers. He hits shown his devotion to the cause of Pn»hibi- lion, not only by |HMulence of party jH>litics by speaking for |»*>lilicai . were of oppi^site faith from the p.u ty with which h. been itienlitied. if Ihey were known to be si^ur. hibition. His familiarity with the siil>j«-ci. .11 . of pn'seiiling his itle;»s, c.'iuscs ' iince societies as ;i s|H'.'»ker on her of the A. F. and A. M. H. career. He came from Ireland sixteen learned the dry gotuis trade, and was in buying for a large house in Toronto. H business for himself with two clerks, hul h hundred. \vl«o illy I'ro- iner -. Mltrr he had !or *omr time then embarked in now employs two 76 PROHIBITION LEADERS. REV. HUGH D. FISHER, D.D., second son of William and Isabella Fisher, was born March 14, 1824, in Steubenville, O. He was converted and joined the M. E. Church in his 14th year. Educated in "Grove Academy," in 1837 he became an M. E. minister, and immediately l^egan jidvocating' constitutional Pro- liibition. Trans- ferred in May, 1858, to Kansas, he con- tinued his ag-itation for the destruction of the rum power. In 1865 he became President of the Slate Temperance Society, antl in To- ]>eka presented, and carried over stronjjf opposition, the first resolution pra3'ing' the Legisla- ture to submit to a vote of the people an amendment for- ever prohibiting the importation, manu- facture, and sale of intoxicants as a beverage. From that date the strug-gle went on, until in 1880 the constitution was so amended. During- two years, as State Lecturer and Organizer, he did as much to make Kansas a Prohibition State as any man in it. In 1873, during the Ohio Crusade, there was a movement in Olathe, led by Dr. Fisher and his wife, which resulted in closing the saloons in the county. Mrs. Fisher was arrested, and Hon. St. John (after- wards Governor) defended her, and the case signally failed. Dr. Fisher has always advocated in the G. A. R., I. 6. O. V., and A. F. and A. M. lodges, total abstinence and Prohibition, and now enjoys the prospect of complete victor}'. MISS EVA MARSHALL SHONTZ, dramatic reader and Prohibition worker, was born in Centreville, Iowa, Sept. 19, 1864. Her parents were Henry Dan'l Shontz and Marg-aret Nevin Marshall. She was educated in the pub- lic schools of Cen- treville and in Mon- mouthCollegfe, from which she gfradu- ated in 1884, after- warils graduating from tile National School of Oratory, Philadelphia, Pa. She is ;i member of the Prohibition I'arty, of the L'nited Pi'esbyter'n Church, of the \V. C. T. U., and of the Women's Miss. Soc, and an active worker in connection with each. Her most effective work for temperance and Prohibition is upon the platform in her public recitals, in which she manag^es to introduce some powerful appeals to the public conscience both in the selections rendered and also in original addresses, in which she pleads the cause of the home against the saloon. Miss Shontz has taug-ht successfully in school and colleg^e, and everywhere shown her sympathy and devotion to the Prohibition cause. She appears to have an affinity for the W. C. T. U. work, as she is frequently associated with them in their State and National g-athering-s as a reader and helper in their work, and is most strong-ly endorsed by many of the leaders of that wonderful org-anization. All who speak or write of her describe her as a genius and a true woman, using- her talents to heal the heart-break of humanity. MRS. LOU E. RALL is the worthy State Supt. of Mercy Dept., W. C. T. U., Indiana. She was born near Cincinnati, Ohio, Jan. 1 1, 1859. Her I ]-)arents were John H. and Eliza A. Bernh^ardt. The father was Elder and Trustee in the Home Presbyterian Church. Her edu- cation was in differ- ent schools. She graduated from the Hig-h School at Mt. Healthy, Ohio. She is a much beloved and active member of the Christian Church ; a Prohibi- tion worker in all W. C. T. U. work; also in the Humane and Anti-vivisection Society of Aurora, 111. Fouryears ag-o at the State Con- vention of Indiana W. C. T. U. she had created the Mercy Department, of which she has been State Supt. since; also Secy, of Huntington Humane Society, and is now active Vice-Pr'es. of the Anti-vivisection Society, Aurora, 111. She has addressed many and various temperance meetings and conven- tions. She was elected at the Indiana State Convention to act as deleg-ate to the National W. C. T. U. Convention at Baltimore in October, 1895. Mrs. Rail is talented in executive ability, and so very earnest in all of her undertakings that she is a living example to all temperance workers. Her motto is: "Whatsoever thy hand findech to do do it with thy mig-ht," and is nobly illustrated in her active and benevolent life. She believes in Prohibition with all her heart, and looks forward to its speedy triumph. REV. HENRY COCKS was born in England, of godly parents, Dec. 28, 1835. His father was a Methodist local preacher, and being a strong tem- perance man be- came a noted advo- cate of the great temperance re- form. The influence and godly example of his parents had much to do in mould- ing his boyhood life for future useful ser- vice. When about 1 7 years of age he sur- rendered himself to Christ. Becoming deeplj' interested in religious and moral reform, he began, under church direc- tion, to preach the Gospel message, and to advocate temperance. From that day to this he has given great strength to the tem- perance cause, both by word and pen. A change of doc- trinal views led him into fellowship with the late Rev. C. H. Spurgeon, by whom he was baptized, and received into the Tabernacle Church in London. Having spent the full required time in the Pastor's College, be en- tered upon the work of the Baptist minisir}'. After travelling for his health in Australasia and other lands, he settled in Ontario, Canada. Here he spent several years in pastoral work, during which time he was a fearless opponent of the liquor traffic. In the temperance cause he is a strong man. His logical and clear way of putting things makes him an interesting speaker. He is a strong Prohibitionist in the State of Kansas, where he now lives. PROHIBITION LEADERS 77 NATHAX WOODSWORTH EATON was born at Canning, \. S., April 17th, i860, his parents being Levi Wells Eaton and Sarah Ellis Woods- r ■ — ■-] worth, daughter of Nathan \Voods- I I worth. He received his general educa- tion in the public school <'it Canning. H i s p e o p 1 e a r e members and he is an adherent of the Methodist Church. In politics he takes the stand of Inde- pendent. He be- lieves in and is con- nected with no so- cieties except tem- perance orders. He became a Cadet of Temperance at 8 yi-arsof age; united with the Sons when he had reached fif- teen years, and con- tinues to be an ac- tive membei- of this Order. He has been engaged in the ship- building intlustry during the greater part of his life, and is a jiartner in and manager of the Spencer's Island Company, who carry on that business, as well as a general mercantile one, at Spencer's Island, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia. He is at present residing at his old iiome at Canning. He modestly claims only to be of the rank and file of Prohibi- tionists, yet he has taken such a distinctive stand on this great question that others have considered him as a leatler. He gave evidence of liis zeal for the cause of temperance and Prohibi- tion by taking a very active interest in the Prohibition Parly movement in Cumberland County, and rendering it all the aid in his power. REV. ALHEK r C.ALl.ATIN LAWSON, A.M., D.D., born in Poughkeepsie, N. \., June 5, 1842, was educated at the ]iublic schools, the College of New York City, and Colgate Cni- versitv, Hamilton, N. Y. He com- menced to preach at Perth Amboy, N. J., in 1861 ; was j)as- tor there from 1S62 to 1866; at Pough- keepsie from 1866 to 1867, and of the Greenwood R.'iptist Church, Brooklyn, N . Y. , from i 8(17 to 1884. He was elected Correspoiul- ing .Secrelarv i>f tlu- A.R.E.M.S. in 18S4. and removed to Boston, whence he went to Camden, \. J., in i8t)i. He iiited with the S. ' T. in 1861, was . cted G. \V. P. of \i'w Jersey, and .n rpresen tat i ve to '111- National Pivi- sii>n in i8(>7. He h.ns been Chairman of Committee for calling of five diflerent National Temperance Conventions, and of the Committee of the World's r»>mper;mce Convention at Chicago in e8g^. He is the author of many temperance leaflets, and of publications on church work, besides many t'ontributions to the press. I'"or years he w.is editor o{' the temperance department of " The Nation.il Baptist," and has iieen closely identified with the National Temperance Society and Pnblic.ition House. In "Pen Portraits of Illustrious .Abstainers," Geo. W. Bungay calls him "The hard working committee man." Hr. Lawson is a graceful and eloquent speaker, and his services IS a lecturer .-ire in great demand. THOMAS NIXON, of the city of Winnipeg, in the Province of Manitoba, in the Dominion of Canada, was born in the city of Dublin, Ireland, and is now in the seventy-third year of his age. He has been for over half a century identified with the temper- ance cause; has been a member of ilie Independent larder of Good Templars for ujv sards of forty \ ears, and has been .111 untiring advo- cate of the prohibi- tii>n of the liquor t raftic ever since the iMiact ment of the Maine law. He was tor years Superin- tendent of Schools ■n the North Riding >f the County of \ ork in the Prov- ince of Ontario. He removed from Toronto to Winni- peg in the year 1874, having been ap- paymasier and pur- Dominion Government pointed by tht veyor for the Canadian Pacific Railway as well as agent of the Mounted Police. During the last fourteen years he has been in the employ of the Canadian Pacific Railway Company as the Right of Way Agent of the Western Division of that great enterprise. Mr. Nixon is known throughout the Dominion as an effective and pleasing jilatform speaker, and has always advocated, and in unmistakable terms, the duty of the Legislators of the Di>- minion of Canada to prohibit the manufacture and sale of in- toxicating liquors for beverage purposes. RE\-. GEORGE WEBBER, a well-know and temperance worker, of Toronto, was born *a(^-"^ A C^ «" > -• tions in England, af^er which he came to C.n been doing effective work in I'rin, of C">nt.'irio. For the last IweKc ' h;is filled vari»ius imptirtant chiui n |- the Conference ilownwartl. He w.i l''ngland, to lunma Nauiu-e. of I i^U, in the temjH*rance harness evei I le was a member of the I'niti-*! . , ing his first public pliitform woi k v^ was one of llie pioneers of the Pro! church. His familv h;»ve I--- ■■ iiii\' n .MethiKlist minister in Devonshire, Eng., .April 15, 1838, the son of John and Druscilla Webber. He was educated in his native locnlity, and spent his early life in England. He w as CO n verted at lie age of 17, and H'came a member t the Bible Chris- i.in Churcli, with u hich he remained >lenlified until its nion in Canada \itli the MelhiHlist V hurch, some years '• ■! worker in ■ Iter denom- ■1. He bo*.- a me I l»»t.itl pn*acher at '-', and ten yean. entered the ! ministry. '■ - ' his ' e. : \er o t mi|x>rtnnt s t .1 - n.ndn, .-wid has since i 'ix»vince o. He ' t of . in <'n k. .Itv i i»ed\. lie >t \» ]\\s own iiictrhome. PROHIBITION LEADERS. THOMAS W. CASEY, of Napanee, Ont., whose name has been pretty well known as a temperance worker and writer for many years past, was born in Adol- phustown, Upper Canada, Oct. 25, 1834, the only child of Willet W. and Sarah Farley Casey. He is of United Empire Loyalist stock. His grandfathers, p a - ternal and mater- nal, were both U. E. pioneer settlers on the. shores of the Bay of Qiiinte be- fore Upper Canada was reg'iilarly estab- lished as a Prov- ince. He was edu- cated at Victoria Collej^e, Cobourg', Ont., and married, March 4, 1857, Anna E in p e y , a w e 1 1 - know n C h r i s t i a n and temperance worker. He b e - long's to a Method- ist "and '^temperanceQfamily. His grandfather was a member of the first Methodist class formed in the'' Province in 1792, and re- mained a member to the time of hisjdeath. His father was the leader of a section of tlie same class up to his death; he has been a member of the same church since 18'years of age. He has been a life-long total abstainer, not knowing the taste of most kinds of liquors. He joined the S. of T. at 18, and the G. T's a couple of years later. He is a member of the G. Div., and of the G. Lodge, I. O. G. T., and was for 17 years G. Sec. for the Prov. During that time the Order attained its greatest strength and membership. He was 16 years editor of the "Canada Casket, " the leading temper- ance weekly of its day, and has ever since been an editorial writer. MISS ELLA MOFFAT, of Marshalltown, Iowa, is a very bright and active woman in moral and social reform work. She has been often re- 1 ferred to by her intimate friends as "a natural-born agitator." She was born near Water- town, N. Y., June 24, 1856. Her par- ents were Alex- ander C. Moffat and Sarah Smith. Her mother's an- cestry were Quak- ers, who came from England to Pennsyl- vania in 1684, and were among the ' first white settlers j in their locality. When she was a girl of 14 her par- e n t s moved to Iowa. She was educated at Albion Seminary. She is a woman of great activity of mind and body, and of pronounced views. She describes herself as "a Congregationalist from the crown of my head to the soles of my feet, because they ordain women minis- ters, and let everyone have a voice and vote in all Church affairs," and also "a Prohibitionist, clear through and through." She is a member of the W. C. T. U., the State Sabbath Observance Associa- tion, the State Woman's Home Assoc, the Nat. Woman's Suffrage Assoc, the Amer. Purity Alii., and the Y. M.C. A. Auxiliary. She is now State Supt. of the W. C. T. U. Franchise Dept., and State Supt. of Enrolment for Woman's Suffrage Assoc. She is an effective plat- form speaker in behalf of Prohibition, Equal Suffrage, and Social Pur- ity, and sometimes refers to herself as "A Philanthropic Tramp," and fancies she will always remain so, as she was born that way. ^S^MRS. DELIA S. WEATHERBY, of Le Roy, Kan., a promin- ent temperance worker, equal suffragist, educator and writer, was born in Copley, n Summit County, O., June 7, 1843. Her father was Col. John C. Stearns, of Puri- tan ancestry, a noted abolitionist and temperance ad- vocate. She was an active worker for the soldiers in her home town diu'ing the Civil War, and later on joined the G. T's, and devoted much attention to the temperance work. She was mar- ried, Dec. 23, 1 868, to Rev. S. S. Weather- by, a M. E. minister, of the North Ohio Conference. In 1870 they moved to Kan- sas, where her hus- band was appointed Professor of Ancient Languages in Baker University, located at Baldwin. There three children were born to them — two sons and a daughter. After nine years at Baldwin, Mr. Weatherby again entered the itinerant ministry, but failing health caused him to quit in 1887, and retire to a country home, Sunnyside, near Le Roy, Kan. She has been for years a White-Ribboner in connection with the W. C. T. LI., and State Supt. of Press Dept., and also Local and County Pres. Since 1884 has been ai^tively identified with the Prohibition Party ; was then candidate for Co. Supt. of Public In- struction for three elections, each nomination being without her knowledge or request. Was a delegate to the N. Pro. Con. at Cin- cinnati; was a delegate to the Lay Conference of S. Kansas M. E. Conference in 1 888. She is quite a frequent writer for the press. REV. T. J. LEGG, Grand Secy. I. O. G. T., Indiana, was born at Raleigh, Rush Co., Ind., April 12, 1849, the family re- moving afterwards j to Tipton Co., Ind. His early life was spent in the hard toil incident to fron- tier farm life. Al- ways a great lover of books, he made up in home study what he lacked in school opportuni- ties. He began teaching in the pub- lic schools in 1869, and continued till April, 1884, when he became an insur- ance solicitor, con- tinuing till Novem- ber, 1892. He be- came a G. T. at the organization of Logansport Lodge, No. 1 13, and has filled many offices in the Subordinate, District and Grand Lodges. He was a representative in the Edinburg session of the R. \\ . G. L., and was chosen Grand Secretary at the Grand Lodge session of 1891, and re-elected in 1892, 1893, 1894 and 1895. He became a member of the Christian Church in 1869, and has been an enthusiastic and successful Sun- day School Supt. from the first. In addition to his duties as Grand Secretary he is the State Sunday School Evangelist for the Christian Church of Indiana. He is Past High Chief Ranger of the Independent Order of Foresters, and represented Indiana in the Supreme Court sessions held in London, Glasg'ow and Belfast, in August, 1S95. His successful management of the financial affairs of the Indiana Grand Lodge of Good Templars, has excited the admiration of all concerned. PROHIBITION LEADERS 79 THOMAS VV. DAVIS, now of Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pa., and State President of the Inter-Collegiate Prohibition Asso- ciation, was born at Lykens, Pa., July 4, 1866. His father was a Welsh miner and a public speak- er of no mean abil- ity. He died when the subject of this sketch was but 10 years of ajje, ieav- \n^ his mother with fl V e children, of which he was the eldest, very poorly provided for, so far as means of sub- sistence were con- cerned. She was a faithful woman, who did well her part, and her eldest son worked hard in the mines, never re- ceiving- over $10 a month, and thus helped the family through their early struggles. He con- tinued th.it work un- til past 21, and then engaged in business on his own responsibility. He was then converted and entered on ;i new life, spiritually, edu- cationally, and financially. That was his turning point. I'p till that lime he had received but little schooling, and had never read but four books. He soon entered Dickinson College Preparatory School, and remained three years, then the college classical course, which he has not yet completed. In 1894 he entered the lecture field in the interests of Prohibition, and has been very successful, many calls coming to him for his services. He is a pop- ular speaker and a fine singer. He won the first oratorical prize at W'illiamsport not long ago in the College Stale Oratorical contest, where an audience of j.ooo persons were present. MISS ANNA M. SAUNDERS, of Lincoln, Neb., G. C. T., of the I. O. G. T. of that State, was bom in Northamptonshire, Eng^. Her parents immigrated to Ne- b r a s k a in i 867, when she was yet a young child, and iiave resided there since. Her father, William Saunders, was the founder of ilie town of Cna- dilla, and is a suc- vessful business man, and an earnest iinpe ranee and ' liristian worker. iifing the oldest of ;ght children, she 1 iideavored earl\- in !e to cultiv.'ite a -pirit of self-depen- i^nce. She began ■ aching when quite ^ . then learned iphy and -.■^ -seeping, and >'l)tained a position in one of the rail- way companies. She completed her etiucatioii in the L'niversiiy of Nebniska, and afterwards began her public work as State Financial .Agent of the .Nebraska State Missionary Society of the Christi.'in Church, in which position she was very successful. She became a G. T. in 1S72. John M. Thurston, now U. .S. Senator, was G. C. T. at that time. She scx>n became a member of the Grand Lodge and has been a regular at- tendant at all its sessions since. She has been also one of its repre- sentatives in the International Supreme Lodge for some years. She was elected G. VV. T. in 1881, and held that office four years. She has been unanimously re-elected G. C. T., and is now serv- ing her fifth consecutive term in that important office, the only woman in the world now occupying a simil.-f ii.i..;i i.n. ;,. ii,,. < i.-.i,... MRS. ADDIE LOUISE HOWES, of Newport, K. I., is a well-known temperance and Christian worker. She was born near Augusta, Me., Oct. 5, 1859, the daughter of Samuel C. and Anna Ken- nedy. .She received much of her educa- t i o n b y h e r o w n earnest and self- taught efforts. .She began her career as a teacher at the age of 14 years, and t.-iught in the grad- ed schools of .Au- gusta for 8 years with much success. During that time she pursueil I he study of the lan- guages, and U>ok t h e C h a u t a u q u a cmn"se of reading. She travelled two \i'.'irs. She marrii'il Rev. M. S. Howes, a Maptist minister, who was called to the pastorate of the Secoiul Maptist Church, at Newport, R. 1., where'they still reside. There she has taken a /i-alous part in the temperance work, and h;is Kn.'dly co- operalt'd with her husband in every gooil word and work Moth are sl.iimch .idvocatesjif the Prohibition movement. She became Pres- ident of the Newport W.C. T. U., and has been its representative to the State Convenlii>ns, and also to the \;itional Convention held at K.iltinu>re, at both of which she took a prominent part. .She is an able anil ellej-live speaker, and her aildresses have Invn sj>i>ken highly of by the leading p;ip<"ts. .She has r.ire lad anil ability to read human nature, combinetl with the push, intelligence aiul ability to rentier her a success anywhere. She has given many readings, addresses, gospel t.ilks, and'papers of much worth ami popul.irily. MR. A. G. BROWN, of Hannibal, M.>..ou,,. ., ic.unng i vo- hibition worker in that State, was born in the State of Michigan in 1849. His jiar- ents both died while he \vas young, and lu' has had to large- \ depend on his 'wn energy and I iVorts to make his N'. ay so successfully 11 the world. He ^.\ed on a farm in is native State iiilil 18 years of .;e, and then went ' Missouri, where <• has since re- lied. He followed 1 i I roa ding for \ ears, and became -Mensively known IS one of the pi>pu- I.ir conductors. He IN now engaged in n)ercantile busi- tlfss in I i.ituiil'>;il, '- ■ . .N.- , ,,-lv •iiu-e, I and CI In all - is a well-known enthusiast,— one eif the very class on ■ so much dejHMuis in the education and advancemii more th.'tn the candidate for Govcrnoi. d.^ |>o .S.4I. in of lis ifn«al UiH Id !h .d 8o PROHIBITION LEADERS. JOHN SIMMONS KENT was bom at West Grove, Pa., Aug. 1847. His father, Benjamin Kent, a man of fine intellect and force of character, and li i s m other, Hannah Simmons, a woman of rare endowment, were Friends and earnest leforniers. Kdxi- cated in the public schools and a neiyh- boring- academy, at J I he came to Phila- delphia. Engaged on trial at three dol- lars per week in a lumber j'ard, the country lad, by dili- gence and fidelity, found himself pro- moted so rapidl}' that w i t h i n fi v e \ears he was part- ner in the fii"m ot N'orci"oss, Kent & Co., and later J. S. Kent Co., of which he is now president. He is treasurer of t h e b o r o u g h o f Swarthmore, and head of several im- portant commercial enterprises. On Sept. 22nd, 1872, he was married to Mary T., 3'oungest daughter of Wm. and Sarah Web- ster. Mrs. Kent has long been the leader and liberal supporter of Demorest Medal Contest work of Delaware County, where they now reside. Since 1878 Mr. Kent has entered heartily into Pro- hibition work, using his wide influence, voice and vote to promote tlie party he assisted to organize; nominated for Congress in i8gi ; delegate to the Nat. Con. in 1892 ; Pro. cand. for State Treasurer in 1893 ; has been a delegate to every County and State Con- vention since the organization of the Pro. Party. He advocates woman's suffrage, social purity, single tax, and kindred reforms. MRS. CLARA HOWES was born July 31st, 1854, near Tip- pecanoe, O. Her father and mother, J. B. and Eliza Wharton, were of English de- scent and reform- ers. She was mar- ried in 1875 to J. C. Howes. Her father and husband vote t h e Proh i bit ion ticket, and Mrs. Howes only fails to do the same be- cause she lacks the legal right. Until recently she was a member of the M. E. Church, but now is actively identi- fied with the M.P. Church and Sunday School. She has charge of one hun- dred and twenty- five children in the Jimior Y. P. S. C. E . , w h o m she is instructing in the lit erat ure of the Loyal Temperance Legion. She has been a faithful Sun- day School teacher for eighteen years. She is an active W. C. T. U. worker, having held different offices in the local union. She was County Treas- urer of the W. C. T. U. in Tuscarawas County last year, and was at the last Convention elected President for the county. Though not having the advantages of a college education, Mrs. Howes has, since her district school training, largely improved her opportunities of culture, and lias written much for the press of her locality and for various papers of the .State. She has both by correspondence and in editorial utterances strongly advocated social purity, temperance, and Prohibition. She resides at Uhrics- ville, Ohio. MRS. C. CORNELIA ALFORD, of Bernardson, Mass., Pres. of the Non-Partisan National W. C. T. U., has become well- known and respect- ! ed by all her co- workers in that ! organization all over the United States. She was born at Bernardson, Mass., Feby. i8th, 1842, the daughter of Henry and Syl- vinia Slate. She received a liberal education at Good- ale Academy and other schools of her native town. She is a member of the Congregational Church, and politic- ally in sympathy with the Republican Party. She has for y e a r s take n a n active and promi- nent position in the ranks of the Non- partisan W. C. T. i U., an organization differing widely in opinion from the older W. C. T. U. on the propriety of an intimate connection with the Prohibition Party or with any other particular p irty. She has filled the position of Pres. both of her State W. C. T. U. and of the National Union. She has also been Treas. of both bodies. She has devoted a good deal of attention to the Scientific Temperance instruction movement, and has been efficient in her efforts for securing laws providing for such instruction in the schools all over the various States. In this great -work she has been asso- ciated with Mrs. Mary H. Hunt and other well-known workers. On the platform, through the press, in the ranks of the organizations, and by personal efforts, she hath done what slie could for twenty- five years in the Master's cause. DR. STEPHEN BOWERS, editor of the "California Voice," Los Angeles, Cal., was born in Dearborn County, Ind., March 3, 1832. He was reared and edu- cated near Indiana- polis. In 1856 he was licensed to preach, and entered the Indiana Method- ist Conference. His commanding tal- ents soon placed him in the fr o n t ranks, and he was t ransferred to Grace Church, Newport, Ky. ; from there to Salem, Ore. Fail- ing health of his family required his removal to Califor- nia, and after four years ministry he returned to Indiana by invitation and was stationed at In- dianapolis. He re- turned to Califor- nia, where his wife and son died. He then spent some time in Wisconsin for the National Bureau of Ethncilogy, and in 1880 began his literarj' career which he has followed ever since. He served in defence of the L'nion as a first lieutenant and was promoted to chaplain. He received the degree of M.A. from the Indiana State University, and Ph. D. from Willamette University. He has been a voluminous writer on moral and scientific subjects, and is one of the most eloquent and effective platform speakers in the Pacific States. His addresses and writings have attracted wide attention. He is a member of a large number of scientific societies in Europe and America. He is still in his prime, and promises still much effective work for Prohibition. PROHIBITION LEADERS J. M. CAVAXP:SS, A.B., A.M., was born in Monrovia, Ind., Marth 29, 1842. His parents were Urban C, of French ancestry, and Marj' .Aniick I - — Cavaness, of Ger- man descent. He went to Kansas in 1856, and was edu- cated at Baker Uni- versity, g'radiialinji' in 1866, a member of the first class to complete the rejcu- lar classical course. j He became editor of the Chetopa ".Ad- vance " in 1873, aiul sole proprietor in 1874, and durinj<- his I'omu'ctitiii has wa.tfed iinceasinj; warf.'ire against the liquor traffic. His mother, thoujch reaivd and eilucal- ed in N. CaroTna, was an uiu'ompii>m- , ising' enemy of in- I 1 1" m p e r a n c e a n ti slavery. Kor two I years prior to the passage of the Kan- sas I'loliihiioi \ iiiw tiKMc well' no saloons in Chetopa, a fact at- tributed laricely to his unrelentintr warfari' atcainsi tlu' evil. He- cause of this hostility his life has frequt-ntly been threatened. He has been a member of the Methodist Episcopal Chinch since he was seventeen years old, and superintendent of the Sunday School most of the time for over twenty-five years. He has also been a local preacher, and was in (he active work for a few years. He has written much in the way of jioetry of a devotional nature, aiul, with his brother, Mr. A. A. R. Cavaness, has a volume of l^oems in course of preparation. He was married in 1873 to Mary I. Swallow. Their three children all entered Baker University in 1893. He is a Republican. -MRS. MARION B. BAXTER was bom in Litchfield, Mich., AprU 12, 1850. Her father, Rev. .\. E. Babcock, wasan Adventist preacher, and her ~ mother, Mar\- Bab- cock, was one of the "elect women." Mrs. Baxter has often been heard to ■"ay, "AH I am I owe to that sainted woman I called mother." Herchild- liood days were •-pent in Jonesville, >'f Saniantha Allen time. There, in 1S72, she niade her ■'laiden spt'ech, and i-re, in 1873, she arried C. E. K. Baxter, son of idj^e Levi Baxter. i I i-r husband re- cces and encour- .ij<-es her in her pub- lic work. She has one daughter ( .Mary Beatrice) who ^ives jfreat promise of a useful life. As a speaker, Mrs. Bax- tii r.iiiiss .inuMiL; iiu' Di'si.aiKi iia>a u I'u-c.irned continental fame. To White Ribboners she is known and loved as the one-time leader of the noon-day meetinj^s in Willard Hall, the Temple, and contributor to the charminj; " Willard Hall Noon-Tide Links." At present she is lecturer and financial a^ent for the National Women's Christian Temperance Union. She comes frc>m Puritan stock, and counts no sacrifice too great for love and duty. Her intimate friends testify to her jj^entleness, and unflinchinjf pur- pose. In childhood she dreamed dreams and heard voices, and the voices kept ever tellinij of some life work she had to do, and she has not the least doubt that dreams and voices were of God. .MRS. HinVIX B. MAIlOOn, iif Pittsburgh, IVnn., whose maiden name was Ann.a Watson Reed, was born in that city, and i n i 880 was married in Mar- qii.'ind Chapel, New Haven, Conii. Her parents were David Reed and Sarah .\. M c Kin ney . S h e was educ.'ited at the Newell Institute, Pittsbuigh, and is also a i^'radu.'ite of the Pi t t sbu r _i< h School of Desig'n. She is ji meniber of the First United Presbyterian Ch. in her native city. She upholils the Prolii- bilion jiJirlv politi- cally. She'hasheM the ortiie of Pres dent of a W. C. T v., and is at pre^ ent Secretary oi the Cenli;il Union. Pittsburijh, and C>>. .Supt. of the Sab- bath School Oepl. of the Union foi- Allejjhany Co. The Union of which she is a member helil .» gival many successful intloor .'ind oultloor meetinji's at Herron Hill reser- voir, and she took ;i very active part in promolinjf these. M the tinu- of the vole on the C»mslilutional AmenilmenI in favoi' of Prohibition, she hail her I.o', al T»'mpcr.ini'«' I.ey:ion sinj4:in>j at the polls, ami ItHiked ;ifter the ;ii)pointmcnt of men in districts wlu-re trouble w.is anticipated. The Amemlment beinj; defeated, she tried, by remonstrances, l«> keep the snUuin oul of (he eleventh and thirteenth (her own) wards. In her W. C. T. U. Sabbath Sihool Hept. she wrote n>emori,ils to several of the Churches recomnuMidinij the t>bserv;inci' of the fourth .Sjibbath of N»>vember as Temp«M-.itu-e S.tbb.ith, ami all of them were ad(>ptinl. Ri:\ . JOHN B. ENC.LISH, D. P., M. D., was born in Car- roUton, Greene Co., 111., June 26, 1845, being the son of Lindsey H. and Arabell I'.nglish. He was . lUicated at Shurt- ii'tf College and riieological Semin- I'v, Upper .Mton, 1., and the Balti- ige, Baltimore, Md. He is an hon- nisterofthe k-hurch. In . •- he was ' ., illy a Demo- > 1 ii . iMit for twenty- five years has been a Prohibitionist. He is a n» ember both of the S. of T. and the G. T., and has held most of the offices in these boilies. He stuntjx-d Mat viand twice and New Jersey once, with Gen. Clinton B. Fisk, when he ran for the Presi- dency on the Pio- hibilion ticket. The General sjiid of him that he "never t.' elbows with a heller ntan." He was appoinU-d hv the M delegation 10 the Nat. Prv>. Convention in ' the nominating speeih for Joshua Leveru the suilden tle.ith of hi>~ ■ ' ' ' sncc»"ss('ul li'cUne loui is pastor ol the Beth- 1 memln-r of which is in pra. -athy and ei»-«>|H*ration with the Prohibition Parly. He ■ . the church hintself; it Iias never hail any other |visioi. and is ihe "banner" church in the Southern New N'oik Baptist .'XnsiH'ialion in pro|>orlionalc giving .iiul in |H"rcenlag»> i>f inci«>,ise. 82 P R O'H I B I T I O N LEADERS THE LATE HON. BILLA FLINT, ot Belleville, Out., was one of the pioneers in the temperance movement in L'pper Canada, and during" a long" ■ '.nd active life he i-mained truly loyal ui temperance prin- i.iples. At the time o\' his death, which OL'curred while on h i s Parliamentary thities at Ottawa, June 15th, i8g4, he was justly termed "the Neal Dow of Canada." He was born at Brockville, Ont., — then a small frontier village — Feb'y 9, 1805. His father was a prom- inent and wealthy business man there, extensively en- g^aged in the mer- cantile Ijusiness, and liquors were then a part of the stock in every such establishment in the country. He liad a life-long" aversion to the use of both liquors and tobacco, and did all he could, by pre- cept and example, to discountenance their use. He was a member of the first temperance Society formed in Upper Canada. In a let- ter to the writer, dated May 8, 1890, he gave this historical informa- tion : "The Rev. Mr. Chi-istmas formed the first Society in Mon- treal in June or July, 1827, and after that he came to Brockville witli the Rev. Amblic and formed a Societ}' on the old pledg^e of three members — Luther Houghton, Stephen Skinner and myself. We got two others to g'ive us their names, — Stephen Richards and Adiel Sherwood. An election came on in 1828, and they withdrew so as to be able to "treat," as was the custom then. In 1829 I went to Belle- ville, and in Dec. weg'ot up a Soc. with 47, which increased largely." MRS. ALMEDA PHELPS LIVINGSTONE, of Tilsonburg, Provincial Press Supt. W. C. T. U. for Ontario, and Organizer for Oxford County, was born near the vil- lag:e of Brownsville, in that county. Her parents were Elijah Phelps and Sarah Stautts. She was educated in the rural public school at Delmar, the Ayl- mer Colleg-iate In- stitute, and by pri- vate tutors. She also took the Chau- tauqua course of reading-. She taug-ht successfully for several years. She is a member of the Methodist Church, Conservative in her political tendencies, but an advanced Prohibitionist. In the early years of womanhood she was a member of the I.O. G. T., and later of the R. T. of T., and has been for many years connected with the W. C. T. U., first receiving an inspiration for the work while attending" a National Convention in Chicago, where she came in contact with Miss Frances Willard and Mrs. Rounds. She has been Supt. of local unions, Co. Organizer of Oxford for several years, and Pro- vincial Press Supt. of Ont. for three years. During the last jears, besides superintending" the work of twentv-one County and sixty- three Local Press Supts., she contributed fifty-nine orig-inal articles to various papers, and edited a column in the " Tilsonburg" Ob- server," contributing four himdred articles. She has appeared on the platform in the interests of the \V. C. T. U. and R. T. of T. "To do the next thing and leave the results with God," is her method. REV. L. M, MILLER, D. D., was born in Rochester, N. Y., Oct. 13th, 1819. He united with the First Presbyterian Church of Rochester]! at the I age of 13, and pre- ! j pared for colleg"e in ^the "Old High School" over which the Rev. Dr. Chest- er Dewey presided. J He graduated with honor at Hamilton College in the not- able class of 1840. He entered Prince- ton Seminary in 1 840, and completed the first year's work and a part of the second when failing health compelled • him to desist. He was licensed to preach by the Steu- ben (O. S.) Presby- tery in Nov., 1843. He was ordained and installed as pastor of the Pres- byterian Church, Bath, in 1844, and in 1846 was married to Lydia R., daughter of the Hon. David Rumsey, of Bath. After seven years' ministry here he accepted a call to the pastorate of the First Presbyterian Church, Ogdenburg, which he now fills. The roll of communicants in his Church has been more than doubled, and a new ornate stone edifice, with seating capacity ot 1,200, erected. He has been Corresponding Secretary of the St. Lawrence Bible .Society for over forty years, and intimately con- nected with various ecclesiastical and benevolent Associations ot his county. He received his S. T. D. from his Alma Mater in 1865. Dr. Miller, during his long pastorate, has, both on the platform and in the pulpit, been a consistent and persevering advocate of temperance and Prohibition. REV. WILLIAM SAVAGE, of Guelph, Ont., one of the old and well-known Canadian Methodist ministers and prominent temperance work- ers, v/as born near Huddersfield, York- shire, Eng., in the spring of 1818, the son of the Rev. Thomas and Han- nah Savage. His father gave up a lucrative law prac- tice in England to become a Wesleyan minister in 1813, a n d continued i n the active ministry for 46 years. He was stationed in the city of Lancashire, when the celebrated Jos. Liversey and five others formed the first "Teetotal Society " in E n g- land, and he was the second minister to attach his name to that now histor- ical pledge. He was also one ot the founders of the Temi^erance Societ}- in the Metliodist Conference, and was one of the "Legal Hundred "in the Wesleyan Church at the time of his death. The subject of this sketch has been a life-long total abstainer. He received an excellent early education, and entered the Methodist ministry in 1833, taking" an active part from the outset in temperance work, assisted v^'ith Dr. F. R. Lees, Dr. Betiumont and others. Since his work began in Canada he has been a S. of T., a G. T., one of the founders of the British American G. T. and of the R. T. He has travelled very exten- sively, spoken effectively and written well in behalf of the temper- ance and Prohibition movements, always making" it a part of his great life work. His zeal for the cause was never greater than now. PROHIBITION LEADERS. 83 REV\ GEO. H. VIBBERT was born at CabotviUi-, now Cliicopee, Mass., Oct. 4, 1H37. He was educated in the Hijfli Schools of that dis- trict, and in Bang's Classical Institute, and in Tuft's Col- leg'e. He took the pledjje from Father Matthew in 1849. [licensed to preach by the Universalist Church in 1H58, he {fave iiis tiist teni- per.'ince address, and joined tiie S. of T. He preaciied in Ohio luitil 1865, and helped to recruit soldieis, and spoke ilnrinj;' the cam- pa:j4n for Abraham Lincoln. He then re- turned to Massa- chusetts, and was pastor at Kockpi>il, East Boston, antl Somerville. He was one of the orijjinal Committee w h i c h formed the New E n >>f 1 a n d W o m a n SiilTrajce Soi-iet\ a membiT of its ICxecutive for sever.'il years. He vi>ted for tJr.-lnt in 1868, but since then has been an ardent Pro- hibitionist; foi' several years on the ICxe. Com. of the Mass. .State Temperance .Alliance and the I'rohibition State Committee. He was Ci. W. Coun. and G. W. Chap, of the I. O. G. T. Cirand Lodjce for several years. In 1S71 he was sent as a Prohibitionist to tiie .Mass. Leg'is. ; was on the Education and Temperance Coms., and made a speech on Prohibition, which was printed by request of the members, and said to have been the best delivered in the House in ten years. In 1871, by invitation of the United Kinj^- ilom Alliance, he visited E!ng-land, and spoke to g'reat audiences Hflv limes in forty-seven days. .\.\N.\ .ADAMS GORDON' was born in Boston, Mass., July 21, 1853. Her father, James .M. Gordon, was for twenty years Treas. of the .Amer. Bd. of Coniniission- t-rs for Koreig^n Mis- sions. She attended High School in i-!oston, then Mount Holyoke Seminary, and Lasell Semin- ary, .Auburndale. She was brought up ^ j*ir' in the traditions and !^S iSy taith of Congrega- Mt^nalism, the .Abo- lition .Movement and the Republican I 'arty. She spent a yt';»r witii her sister in Spain, and com- ing back, continued her musical educa- tion, but meeting Miss Willard in the ^ I o o d y r e v i v a I leetings in Boston, friendship sprang p which led to her ' 11 g age men t as J .Miss Willard's priv- ate secretary, which position siie lias siiui- lilU-il, making all Miss Willard's eng.ige- ments, superintenditig her inmiense correspondence, and accom- panying her on all her travels in the United States, Canada, and lireat Brit.iin. She has prepared the song books for the L. T. Legion, having a membershij> of over 250,000, in connection with the W. C. T. I'., also the songs for Young Women's Temperance ■. Work, and " The White Ribbon Hymnal," of all which the aggre- gate sales have been nearly 300.000. She has also written "Ques- tions .Answered," "White Ribbtin Birthday Book," .'ind the "Prohi- bition Programme." She has organized the L. T. L. in all parts of the L'. S., and .also many local Societies oi W. C. T. I'. She is an effective speaker to young people, and an ardent Prohibitionist. RE\'. JOH.X -Mc KILLICAX, of Montreal, an aged and well- known Congregational minister, was one of the pioneers of the temperance move- ment in Hlastern Ontario. He was born near \'ankleek Hill, tilengarryCo., Ont., in 1824. His father, the late Rev. Will. .M c Killicaii, came to Caiwida from .S c o 1 1 a n d i n 1816, and in 1824 he organized a Con- gregational Church ni-ar where the vil- lage of .Max vi lie now stands. He w;is an earnest and clear expouniler \.'\'i Bible truth on the temperance i|ues- lion i-ai ly in tlu'30's, ami one o'i tlu' first ministers in Upper Canatl.a lo .-ulvocale total ;i bst inen ce fr»>m till' pulpil .'iiul platform. In th.at section (-*'( country he is still regarded by m.my as the lailier of the temperance movement tlu-re. It was not popul;ir at that time, but sound Scripture arguments ami the logic of facts commendetl the cause to the consciences of many. The son well remembers taking the pli-ilge in 1S31. WliiU" yet a young man he beg.'in to publii-ly advoi'ati- the cl.'iims of the c.Huse. .Aflei- a fi'w years' course of study in Toronto he was called to the pastor.ite ^yi llu" church where his father so long labored, where he con- tinued siueessfuUy for ten years. He was for yeiirs a faithful :«nd promineni ofticer of the S. of T. He laboieil 32 years in Eastern <.'>ntario anil (Juebec as agent for the Canada S. S. l?nion, and in lliis service the cl.iims of Tem. anil Pro, were const.-mtly urged. GE.\. CLINTON B. EISK, the fifth candidate of the Pro- hibition Party for President of the United States, was bom in Griggsville, N. Y., Dec. 8, 1828. and died in New York city July 9th, 1890. His father, a black- smith, h;»ving re- tiuned to .Michigan, \ oung Clinton was !'ound to a farmer -.A * •• ■ '-> serve until he • . \\.is2i. After some \ cars his release ^' !, and he ., course iidy by iiimseif, mastering I onsiiierable Lain unaided. He then t.tught scluH>l se.- er.d \ >■ • * "- .in, .Midi.. gan Iv ,:th L. l>. CnpfHMi, a leading merchant .•md Iwnker, in Cold- water, Mich., and in 1S50 was iii.irried to Mr. trippin's ilaughtcr. Ri-mov- ing to St. Louis in 185S, after son»e business reverses, he became interested in fire insurance business. \t fbc .Mitbtrak .^f theCivil War he enlisted as a priv.ite, bi • he had iH'en m;ide NT.Ttor-ral "for 1 vices. The risk V \i» founiled ni 'o He iivii\id .■4>i,i»4,s of the United .States, i ligious, t*ducatii>nul, and . h.ii iial^li- inii III ■sis \\ iM i- « uli'lv Known. 84 PROHIBITION LEADERS. HENRY H. GURLEY, of Svracusf, X. Y., the well-known and popular Grand Secy, of the R. T. of T. for N. Y. State, was born at Morrisville, Madison Co., N.Y., July 22, 1841. His parents were Jona- than and Mary P. Gurley, earnest Christian people and members of the M. E. Church. He was educated in the schools of his native town, and received a n excellent early education. He learned the machin- ist trade, and fol- lowed it until elect- ed to his present important position, since which he has devoted himself en- tirely to the promo- tion of the temper- ance work. He joined the G. T. in boyhood, and took also a deep interest in the Blue Ribbon movement. In 1^79, when the R. T. movement was yet in its infancy in N. Y. State, he became a member, and has been one of its prominent and active supporters ever since. He had a well-earned reputation for cor- rect business methods and thoroug'hness of action. In 1885 he was elected to the important position of Grand See)., and his services have been ever since retained. He is an official member of Cen- tenary M. E. Church, of Syracuse. He is a Third Party Prohibi- tionist ; has been candidate for Mayor of the city, and Co. Clerk of Onondaga Co., on that party ticket, receiving- nearly 6,000 votes for the latter office. "The Templar" says of him: "He stands among the advanced thinkers, firmly convinced that the great battle must be fought out on the line of legal Prohibition." 8^,, G. A. WOODSIDE was born in St. Sylvester, Lotbiniere Co., Que., in 1871. He was reared on a farm, and at the age of 8, with a companion, had a Band of Hope start- ed, the first in that vicinity. He joined the I. O. G. T. as a charter member at the age of 14, and was the fiist Secre- tary. During the succeeding five years, he held the offices of Secretary, Chaplain, and W. e\ T. At 1 9 he left home and com- menced to study under G. L. Mas- icn, of Coaticook Academy. He felt tailed to the minis- ti y, in the following \ear entered the Arts Department of Morrin College, Que., and in the fall of 1 893 took up theo- logical studies in the Presbyterian College, Montreal. He belongs to no political party, and will not until there is a great reform, from his standpoint, in politics. He is a member of the Royal Templars of Temperance, as well as of the Independent Order of Good Templars. He took his first missionary appoint- ment at 20, and from that day to this he has never failed to up- hold Prohibition, both in pulpit and on platform. There can be no doubt of his stand on the Prohibition question, — it is sharp and decisive. He keeps the temperance roll in his Sunday School, and opens it once a month for signatures, speaking on the subject for a few minutes each time. He expects to graduate from the Presbyterian College in the spring- of the year of 1896. GEO. F. GOODWIN was born at Groton, Vermont, in 1849; came west in 1866; attended school and read law at La Crosse, Wisconsin, where he engaged in his first distinctive tem- perance work as Sachem of the Mendota Temper- ance Society. In 1883 he settled in Dakota, and shortly afterwards became an honorary mem- ber of the W. C. T. U., and took a prominent part in the Local Option campaigns in 18S5 1887, and for Con- stitutional Prohibi- tion in 1 889. A s City Attorney of Lisbon he vigorous- ly prosecuted its fourteen saloons, and resided there long enough to see them all closed. Associated with Charles A. and Robert M. Pollock, he assisted in the preparation of the Prohibition law afterwards passed by the first State Legislature of North Dakota, and as the first Attornej-- General actively engaged in its enforcement. In 1892 he removed to Salt Lake City, Utah, and the next year was made Chair- man of a joint committee consisting of five Mormons and five non-Mormons, organized to work for Constitutional Prohibition ; as a member of this committee he compiled "The Prohibition Hand-Book for Utah." He is a Republican, and a member of the Methodist Church. He is inarried, and has three bright boys. His wife has ably seconded his temperance work. He is now President of the "Prohibition League of Utah." WILLIAM B. WEBSTER, attorney and temperance advo- cate, was born in Fulton Co., 111., March 24, 1863. His father, Martin Webster, was a farmer, with a family of five children, of which William was the oldest. When 8 \ears old his father died, and the care of his young brother and three sisters devolved upon him, and he, with his mother, reared the family. Mr. Web- ster was denied the privileges of an education, but, possessing a re- markable natural ability, an indomit- able will, and a per- severing energy, he wrought out of his adverse circum- stances a manhood the characteristics of which have made him a prominent defender of the tem- perance cause. Mr. Webster came to Kansas in 18S1, where he became prominent in politics, and has held several political positions. In 1890 he was employed as counsel on the noted "Bran Case," in which the cele- brated "Original Package" decision, involving the Kansas Prohibi- tory Law, was made. Wliile defending this Kentucky wholesale liquor house he saw the nefarious traffic in its true light, and from that time became an unswerving Prohibitionist. He is one of the recognized attorneys of the State Temperance L'nion, and is in de- mand in the lecture field. In 1884 he was married to Miss Margfiret Chambers; to them h;ive been born three children. Mr. Webster is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. PROHIBITION LEADERS. 8S RKV. W.M. HEXRV WITHROW, D.D., F.R.S.C, Toronto, editor of the " Canatliaii Molliodist .Mayaziiie," was born Aujf. 6, 1839, at Toronto. Educated at Toron- to Academy, Vic- toria Collej^e, Co- bourj^-, and Toronto L'niversity. He re- I'eived his B.A. de- g'ree in 1863. Or- dained at Hamilton 111 1864, lie served |i ;i s t o r a t e s at W'aterford, M on - t [• e a 1 , Hamilton, Toronto and Nia- icara. Orijjfinally a X e \v Connexion Mi'tliodist,lie joined ilie W'esleyan Con- liM'ence in i867,aii(.l ln'c.'ime an ardent advocate of Meth- odist L'nion. In 1 874 he became i-ditor of tlie "Cana- tl i a n Methodist Mag-azine," and Siniday School per- iodicals, and has had in.arked success in this fiekl of I-abor. He was elected to memberslii|i in the Royal Society of Canada in 1883. He is a member of the Historical So- ciety of Montreal, of the Senate and Hoard of Rejjents of X'ictoria University, and at one time of the Senate of Toronto University. He is also Secrt'tary of the Sunday School Hoaril and Kpworth I.eaj^-ue of the Metlu>dist Church. Dr. Withrow is widelv known and disling-uished as an author, his most notable work beinij the " Calaiombs of Rome," which lias reaclu'il its tifth edition in Knjf- laiid. His larj<-er works are, " History of the nominion of Canada," and " Our Own Country," and several smaller works, amoiijfthem a " Harmony of the .\ew Testament." He is widely and favoiably known for his fearless and able advocacv of Prohibition. REV. CHARLES TAGGART SCOTT, B.A., of St. Thomas, Ont., was born June 22, i860, in the village of StouflFville, in the Co. of York, Ont. His father was \Vm. Scott, a well-known carriag'e builder of Milton, Ont., who died when the sub- ject of our sketch was but nine years old. He was most > arefully trained l\v an exemplary Christian mother, to whom he owes much for his relig- ious training and the influences that led him to choose the sacred ministry'. I le was educated at ■ 'le W'esleyan Tlieo- .>gical College, Montreal, and \'ic- toria College, Co- bourg. In the year 1 88 1 he entered the linistry of the Methodist Church, and was ordained in June, 1887, since which time he has tilled appointments with great acceptance at Enniskillen, West Lome ;iiid St. Thomas Central Church, his present charge. He was married Sept. 6, 1887, to Minnie .NLiy. third daughter ot S(e]ilieii White, Esq., of Chatham, Ont. He is a young man of great ability, and still greater promise as a preacher, and a powerful platform speaker. He is ever at the front in all the on- ward movements for Prohibition, and very few advoi-ates of our reform are heard with greater pleasure and profit. Fearless and outspoken against the traflic in strong drink, both in the pulpit and on the platform, he has already won a leading place among the Pri>liibitionists of Ontario. REV. JOHN HOWSOX ROHIX.SOX was born in Smith lOwnsliiii, Peterborough County, May 4, 1845. }Iis parents were John Robinson, a native of \'orkshire, Eng., and Frances I lowsoii, born near (. o b o u r g. Hot h were Methodists iiul total abstainers iiul carefully taught In- principle of total ibstinence to their . iiilclren. He re- > I'ived his education ii the I'eterborough ^ ollegiate Institute Iiul Ton>nto I'lii- \ iisity; entered the ! I i n i s I r y of t h i* Methodist Church n 1865, ;ind was or- J.iined by Rev. Pr. I'uiislion, at Toron- iii, in 1870. He has ln'i'ii a Reformer in politics, but tor the last tew years h;is V o I e d o 11 1 y f o r pledi^'^i'd Prohibi- lioiiisis. He took the old straight pledge when a lad and kept it. He was at one time a member of till- Ciouil Templars, :iiid is at pr«'seiit identitied with the R. T. of T. and the S. of T. li»' w.is Ch.iirnian of the Simcoe Pistrict in his Cliurih fvoi}\ June i8- of the M. E. *.hurch, and be- came one of her most vigorous men. At the end of his sixth year his breth- ren honored him with a se.it in the lien era I Confer- ence, a pi>sition which he has ivou- pied ever since. He was one of the fore- most in the union movement, .-ind was . ' ' '- • ihe first I'nited General ConleriMice. Mr. Strjitio: en a vigorv'us advo»-.Hte of lem|H'r.ince and Pre; .•». both by voice and |H'n. l-tom infancy a total ahs' >>«»| all temjHTance societies liaxe found in him a Iti inrr and an able advocate. In the Dir <• pla>cd ins |>i»rt. In the Scott .Act c.imjviign, .is - of the .\ss»H'iation, of wliich he was ilu- i i\u-i nuner in tion, he devoted a large |H>rtit>n of liis time in cucv. It is siife to s<»y that few minis(«>(s l,.x.- yeoman service in the pulpit, on the pl.i: ference, and elsewhere, in the interests ot u than has the Rev. F. B. Slratton. Hastjnif* its incep- its ;idvt>- ■ 'lie more u* Con- reform, 86 PROHIBITION LEADERS. MR. F. A, BUCKINGHAM, Grand Worthy Recorder of the Grand Temple of Honor and Temperance of the State of Illinois, was born in Boston, Mass., June i8th, 1 831, a son of Jos. T. and Melinda A. Bucking-ham. H e was educated in the jiublic schools of Canibridg-e, Mass. He is a member of tlie M. E. Church. During- the g-reat Civil War he be- came a volunteer in the ranks of the army in May, 1861, a n d served over tiiree years, having been twice promot- ed during that time. He was captured, and spent nearly eight months a p isoner of war in Richmond and Dan- ville, Virginia.. He is a meniber of the Grand Army of the Republic, in which he has been raised to the highest rank, except Commander. In his own locality he has held positions as Justice of the Peace, Town Clerk, and County Surveyor. Politically he is- in full sympathy and accord with the Prohibition Party, doing what he can to advance its principles. He has been for a number of years a prominent worker in the Temple of Honor. He has held the hig-hest position in the Order in the State, and has been five times elected the Grand Recorder of the State. He has also occupied prominent positions in sev- eral other political and fraternal org-anizations. His present address is 508 Chestnut street, in the city of Rockfort, in the State of Illinois. MRS. AUGUSTUS WILSON, of Parsons and Wilsonton, Kan., is, in several respects, one of the best known women of her State, and of the country. She was born at E n s o r Manor, Maryland, t h e d a u g h t e r o f Cien. John S. and E 1 i z ;i b e t h E n s o r. Her father was a member of one of the oldest and most distinguished famil- ies of that State. She received excel- lent early educa- tional advantages. In 1863 she was married to August us W i 1 s o n , of O li i o . They resided eight years in Ohio, and then moved to Par- sons, K ars he t;iuj<;lit and I udied law and icoioj^y, ^radiiat- !iLj in the latter at \iidover in 1855. I 1 1' then became I'rofessor of Rhe- I oric in Williams Colleife, and re- nic'iiiied tiiere until 1K74, when he be- came President of tin- U niversit y of Wisconsin, which I'osition he held thirteen years, after which he returned to W'illiamstown, where he has since been jf'^'")? instruction in political science and sociology in Williams CoUejje. In earlv life he became deeply interested in the anti-slavery and tempi-rance reforms, actinji' with the Liberty, the Free Soil and the Republican parties. As the latter lost its refornt character he left it and joiiu'd the Prohibition Party in the election of 1880. His earnest and open advocacy of Prohibi- tion ^ave offence in the jnisition he held as Pres. of the State L'ni- \ ct sity, and, with other reasons, j^ave occasion to his resijjnation in 1887. While his principal work for temperance and other reforms has been done in the chair of a professor, he has often ailvocaled Prohibition and other leu^al aiul social reforms on the platform. MRS. EMMA CURTIS BASCO.M, woman suffragist and reformer, was born in Sheffield, Mass., .\pril 20, 1828. She was the second daughter of Orren Curtis. Xew England ancestry and associations gave their distinct quality and color to her childhood. Her mother, Caroline Standish Owen, was a direct de- scendant of Miles Standish. She was educated in the great Harrington Academy, Pittsfield Institute, Mass., and in Patapsco In- stitute, .Md. She :aught in Kinder- iiiHik .Vcademy, N. N'., and in Stratford \cademy. Conn.; was married in i S56 to John Bas- -■■■ 'fessor in > xllege. r of five . iiildren, she cher- ishes a lively inter- est in the discipline and pleasure of the home. She was a charter member of the .As- sociation for the Advancement of Women, and one of its Board of Officers. Has also bt>en an officer of the National Suffrage .Asso- ciation. She was also Secretary of the Women s Centennial Com- mission for the .State of Wisconsin. She has been a zealous White Ribboner and an active W. C. T. U. worker almost from its first organization. .She has been an interested observer and able advocate of those marvelous changes that have opened the doors ot o]iportunity to women in the st>cial, economic, and political woild. Her labor for woman's rights has in no way weakened her loving hold on the center of life in the faniih MRS. MARY JOLLY VAXHOOK, of Birmingham. Ala., one of the pioneers of the Women's Temperance CiHisade in Ala- bama, was born in E u t a w , Ala., in 1 866. Ht-r parents were Col. J no. J . and Susan Jolly. Her father was a lawyer ol' ability and repu- t a t ion , a g r a n d man, ;inil a di-voteil hiisbanil ami fathi-r. 1 ler mother was a ■jtf^ ' woman of superior Miinil, and ilcscenil- ^Jrf, T)fr fil fiom ont- of the bt'st known familit'S of Middle Tennes- see. Hi-r educji- lion w;is completeil in t!)e I'"em;ile Ci>l- lege in Murfrees- boro, Tenn., from which she received a iliplonia. She h;is bi'en a vor;ii-ious reader, and has ac- quired n good deal more in this wa\ than in tlie school- roont. For years slie eng.iged in teaching, ami while di>ingso mi«t with R. W. \'an- lii>ok, an enthusiastic young temper.'ince advocate, and a preacher of the Church of Christ. Their friendship of some years ri|HMted into mutual affection, ;ind thev were happily m.nrried. He died in August, i8»)^, le.iving her with three small children. She has worked faithfully in behalf of the temperance cause from early girlhooil. When 18 she becam*' Slate .Supl. of .Scientific Temper- ance Instruction in the W. C. T. C, anti for two ve;irs she has been Presiilent of the W. C. T. I', in Birnungham. She possesses I'xcelU-nt gifts as a public s|ie;iker, but public opinion condenms |5l;itform work in her locality. .She has, therefon", found that line of work ilifficult. She is a skilled .uul experienced writer. .^ >^ m<\ EDWARD CAR.SWELL, of Oshawa, Ont.. i.mukt. ..>.,st. essayist and author, is, perhaps, more widely known throughout America, because of his lectures, sketches, and writ- Migs, poetry and 'rose, than any .>iher Canadian I'lnperance work- . r. He was bom n Ware, Eng., in ! ebruary, 1833. His • ither, John Cars- •. ell, moved to V anada, and settled 1 Toronto, when he A.js but 10 ye.-»rs of li^-e. There he re- . V • i ved h i s ea rly ihIu- . .it ion. When a M^y .-^bi^ut 16 he .< the town of -.«, where he .i.xx I esides. He bec.ime ;in orna- 111. -III. (1 painter, and . er since dis- '■ a good deal .IS .in artist, iier and en- I. Many ot admirable .i\i- s,i much thi sketches, shadow pictures, and the like, which amused the young |>eople in the publications of i peratice PiibrnTilion SoctetX', ,ns wrW as the ^ .d ire s6 II joini'd (he S. her ever since. of T. at Oshaw.i in n- He has In-en C.. W. \ W. A. of the Nat. Div. He has organized hmidrmisot l>i visions, and promoted the interesis of the eaiiM* and Oiiler in neaily cverj* State and every Province of Ca^da. PROHIBITION LEADERS HON. G. \V. ROSS, LL. D., M. P. P., Minister of Education for Ontario, was born near Nairn, Middlesex Co., on the i8th of Sept., 1841. He is of Scotch parent- age. In boyhood he attended the pubHc schools, and obtained in siicces- s i o n his Third, Second, and First Class Certificates, and taught school, after which he at- tended the Normal School, and obtain- ing- a First Class Provincial Certifi- c <'i t e he became Public School In- spector for Lamb- ton, and later de- voted much atten- tion to the estab- lishment of Count\- Model Schools. He was for a tiine en- gaged in journal- ism, being con- nected with the "Strathroy Age," the " H u !■ o n E x - positor,"r'and the "Ontario Teacher." He was elected M. P. for West Middlesex in 1872, two j'ears afterwards by acclamation, and again in 1878 and 1882. In 1879 he received his degree of LL. B. from Albert University, and his LL. D. from St. Andrew's Univers- ity, Scotland, in 1887. In Nov., 1883, he was appointed Minister of • Education for Ontario, and elected by West Middlesex to the Local Legislature. He is a ready debater, an incisive and interesting speaker, and a progressive administrator. He was first married to Miss Campbell, of Middlesex, who died in 1872, and afterwards to Miss Boston, of Lobo. Dr. Ross has been a life-long Prohibitionist. In Parliament, and on the platform, he has spoken effectively for it. The administration of which he is a member is pledged to Prohibit'n. MRS. LILA CARLIN MOORE.—Wilh her birthplace in Mis- souri ; her school days in New York, where she was educated in Genesee College; her married life in Kentucky, and her achievements and triumph upon the lecture platform in the East and far West, throughout British Columbia, Wasiiington, Ore- gon, California and Arizona, she can safely be credited with a broad and National constitu- ency. Her ances- try, of English and Irish origin, com- bining the determi- nation of the one and the quick wit of the other, has made her a most successful and pop- ular lecturer for temperance and Prohibition. At an early age she was married to a Ken- tuckian, an attor- ney, a bright intellectual man, the embodiment of gentleness and kindness. Of this happy union tliree daughters were born, two of them slipping away in infanc\-, soon to be joined by their father, leaving Mrs. Moore with one daughter, now a successful musician. Mrs. Moore has been an ardent worker in the W.C.T. L' ., as well as the I.O. G. T., being an effective organizer in each. She is recog- nized everywliere as a forceful camp;iigner and Prohibition advo- cate. Of graceful presence, pleasing address, musical voice, and cultured manner, she wins the hearts of her hearers. She has a brilliant future before her, being one of the few speakers who have the power to please fiudiences throughout an entire discourse. ^Hh«^ i 1 ^^HF r^ MRS. ABBY A. WELSH, a pioneer W. C. T. U. worker in Kansas, a well-known campaigner and educator, was born in Mid- dlesex village, now a part of Lowell, , Mass., March 15th, 1835. Her parents were Joseph Ste- phens and Harriet F. Richardson, both of New En g 1 a n d a n d Puritan d e - seem. From child- hood she evinced great energ}' and self-reliance, and an interest in the tem- perance movement. At 6 she signed the t o t a 1 -a b s t i n e n c e pledge and joined the Cold Water A r m y . She w a s e d u c a t e d in t li e Lowell schools, and ;it 18 ranked among the first in scholar- ship. She was then appointed principal of one of the citv schools, and at the end of four years' successful teaching she was married to James R. Welsh, and they moved west. In 1859 she successfully taught the first school ever taught by a woman in N. W. Missouri, in the town of Graham. She afterwards became the mother of nine children, and while for many years devoting her time to the care and culture of these, she kept well in touch with the living issues of the day. She was an officer of the Temperance Alliance, and wrote and spoke in behalf of the cause. In 1884 she moved to Kansas, and united with the first W. C. T. U. organized in her town. She became Pres. and County Supt. of Temp. Inst., Social Purity and Franchise. She has done much successful organizing, and took a very active and prominent part in the great Kansas Amendment campaign. GEORGE RIDGLEY BRISTOR, D. D., was born in Balti- more, Md., second son of Wm. B. and Margaret O. Bristor. Allied, through his father, with the leading old families of Virginia, he was a relative, through his mother, of Baron Duplisse, of R e V o 1 u t i o n a r y War fame. Prof, of Mathematics and Elocution in the Young Men's Insti- tute, of Baltimore, before he was i8, the subject of our sketch afterwards attended Dickinson College, graduating gold medallist in I 8 7 I . Admitted, without examina- tion, to Wilmington M. E. Conference, he served in turn Talbot C i r c u i t, E a s t o n, C h esa- peake Citv, Bethel, New Castle, Del., full terms. Trans- ferred by the Board of Bishops to Ames Church, New Orleans, he relieved that church of financial embarrassment, multiplied its membership ten-fold, re- ceiving, during this pastorate, his D. D. from New Orleans Uni- veVsity. Here he became an active Prohibitioifist, assuming an attitude of open hostility to the rum power. Shocked by the close alliance of the Church with the great political parties favoring the rum power. Dr. Bristor, after his appointment to Newark, N. J., aroused such opposition by his onslaughts upon the liquor traffic that charges of immorality were preferred against him, and he was expelled from the ministry — onlj', however, to be fully reinstated and his good character certified upon full examination by the unan- imous vote of his Conf. Is now pastor at Spring' \'alley, N. Y. PROHIBITION LEADERS REV. CHAS. F. DEEMS, D.D., LL.D., was born in Balti- more, Dec. 4, 1820, died Nov. 19, 1893. He was carefully trained by his father. Rev. Georg'e W. Deems, a Methodist clerjcy- man,and !iis mother who at his birth dedicated him to tlie ministry. Con- verted in childhood, he joined tlie .M. E. Church, South, in 1834, and went to Dickinson Colieg-e, Carlisle, Pa., g^rad- u.Hlinjf in 1839. In 1842 this Collej^e fCave him the de- g'ree of M..-\. In the same year he became Professor of Loj<-ic and Rhet- oric in the Univers- ity of North Caro- lina. He nuirried Miss .Anna Disos- way in 1843. In 1848 he became I'rof. of Natural .Sciences in Randolph -Mac o n Collej^e. This col- iej^e g'avi' liiin tlu- lics^rcc ot 1 ). H. in 1S5J, and the L'niversity of .North Carolina made him LL.D. in 1877. Between 1858 and 1866 he became professor or president of a nimiber of collej^es. .After the rebellion, with all his possessions swept away, he cime to .New York a poor man in December, 1865. He founded the "Church of the Strangers" in New York, and ministered in it until his death. There was j^reat demand for him as a speaker jind as a lecturer. Mr. Deems wrote several vohnues, some of which became widely popular, such as "The Home .Altar," " Forty Sermons Preached in the Church of the Strangers." He was an ardent Prohiljitionist, a Trustee of Prohibition Park since its foimdation. .MISS CAROLINE A. STEAD.MAN was bom in Mill Vil- lage, Queen's County, Nova Scotia, Nov. 2, 1852. Her father, Enoch Steadman, ~ ~ was a prominent member of the Bap- tist Church, with which she is also connected. She gfraduated at the Provincial Normal School in 1873, and pursued the calling of a teacher suc- issfullyfor several \iars. She bejfan tie study of medi- ^ ;iie in 1882, but, ^j^Lj,jP^ owing to failing • • ^SHPfc^^p^' ^*\. health, was obliged '^^^MJn ^ to abandon it. .After ^Tfc^Tm^V^' ^^^ years of illness, ^^ ''^ \ \ which it seemed al I I St could only end ■) the extinction of tile \ital spark, she was wonderfully re- stored to he;»lth in .inswer to prayer. Always interested in temperance, through the influ- ence of homi- ti-ainiiig, lu-r mother being firmly grounded in White Ribbon principles before the W. C. T. L'. was thought of, she now felt called to special effort in this line. .App«>inted Or- ganizer by the Maritime W. C. T. U. in 1892, she organized the First District L'nion of Nova Scotia, of which she has^een three times re-elected President. She is now SujX'rintendent of Parlia- mentary Practice and School of .Methods in the recently organized Nova Scotia W. C. T. I'. In 1894 .Miss Steadman was apjx^inted Provincial Deputy (1. W. P. of the Sons of Temperance, and has done gooil work for that organization, visiting schools, organizing Divisions and lecturing. She is an uncompromising Prohibitionist, and fearlessly and acceptably expresses her views on the platt'orni. MRS. REBECCA MITCHELL, President and Organizer of t!u' W. C. T. L'., of Idaho, was born in Illinois. She has been an earnest temperance worker all oi' her life. .She was a del- egate to the first Prohibit ii>n Conven- tion in Idaho. In 1882 she came into Eastern Id:iho as the first Baptist mis- sionary, and raiseil the money to buikl the first church in th.il part of the Stale. .\s a teacher, a Sund.'iy School worker, anil a mis- sionary, her in- fluence has been a power for goi>d. .As Superintendent ot evangelistic work she has carrieil the gospel to rem 01. valleys and monii tain districts ol Idaho. In the work of the Woman's Christi.in Tem- perance l'nion of Idaho she is a pioneer, .ilways standing' in the front rank. .She organized the first Baiul of Hope in the State. She has done heroic work in the Slate Legislature as a woman suffr.'igist and a reformer. In 1891 she was electetl Women's Christian Tem- perance L'nii>ii (.^rg.'inizi'r of Id.iho, and in 1893 State Pri'siiK-nt ; these responsible positions she h;is lu-ld evt'r sitice. In this capacity her work has been faithful and unremitting, her sacri- fii-e great. Her strong faith and undaimteii cour;»ge ;imidsi gre.at iliflicullies brought success in this field. Mrs. Milche!! goes to her work clatl with the armor of Gi>d, and slrong in the belief that the "The battle is the Lord's." This is the secret of lu-r succi'ss. HON. J.AMES I. ROGERSO.N, a prominent merchant and reformer, of St. John's, Newfoundland, was born in Harbi')r Grace, N e w f o u n d I a n d , , March 21, 1820. He ' i s t he son of the late Amelia and Peter Kogerson, mer- ,l);int. He is ver)' I'tominent in Meth- .'dist circles, being a class leader and .iM official in his own church, and having served as delegate 10 the Ecumenical Methotlist Confer- iiice in Washing- >'ii, D.C, and sev- ■ .i\ times deleg.Ue > the General Con- . lence. .\ Lilx'ral ■■ |H»litics, he has 1 1 w a y s ad\ ocatiHl w liat was for his > lumtry's adv.ince- inenl, having servinl I \\ e n I y years a h iiemlvr of the l-eg- isj.iturv and eleven \ c.'irs ;»s Recei\er i.i en e r .1 loft h e Colony. He wasi the first D. G. W. P. of the Sons of Tenjperance in 1851, and G. W. P. oi\ the fommlion of the Onler in Newfomullnnd. He i* kiiiuvn far and wide .ns .in uncompr-j^mising .-uivtv-.-iie of the tem- per.ince cause, antl was the mo\«>r i>i " "" -'71, which he anil other nobU' worki-is v d, and now half i>f Newfountllaiu! - > . 1. Her Majesty the Queen, in iSs , >le for life upon Mr. R»»gers»»n in 1 1 . es to his country. He is conneited Miih iithit>|>u S W. O. Champe, a prim- er and publisher, who has done very eflicienl service in everv de- partment of that work. She has long been an earnest letnperancj- and Prohibition wotkei, h.iving spent years in the advocacy of these great anil much neetleil reforms, ant! in ihe Woman's I'ran- chise and otiu>r similar .-idvance movenu-nts. .She lu-ld the first nemoresi Medal contests west o\' tin- Mississippi River, ;ind has continued in the work ever since. She is the originator of the well-known motto, " From Conlesi lo Coni|ui'st.' .She is the mother of two bright boys of 18 and 13 years respectively, and iliat tail givi's her ;i double incentive to banish the temptations debasing ami ilestroving ilrink traffic. She took an active RK\'. ALFRKH .MOi>UK I'lllLl. of Douglass (Methoilisl) CMnircli, Mon IPS, B.D., now the pastor treal, has been for many years a well-known and prominent tem- perani-e worker, anil a popularChris- lian minister. He was born in Prince i:dward Co., OiU., in 1847. the son of John Smith IMiillips, .1 I'niled Empire ' list, of English 'It. His edn- ;i was com- pleted at Victoria I'niversity, Co- I'ourg, graduating ,«. B. n. When ' >'m- -; ; in ,., ^ ... ..., - -.,, . CS!»- ful for si>me years. He took an active j>art in the teniix'r- ani-e movement, c « ionct- >r till Mill |>romiiUMit p.iil in the F,i|ual SutVrage campaign in 181)4, timi". He afterwarils bec,"»me one ol I'nileil Templars, and later on in the R. now prominently associateil. Through form he diil much to ;iilv;»nce these took a leailiiig p.'irl in se\er.d ol pjtigns, as well as in Provinci.il and I ' Ihe ministry of the Melhoifisi thun h m 1S78, since whicli he lin«. rillctl imjvM churches, including i In 1877 he li>t>ka le.i i>f X'ii'toi ia l.'ollege, «iin I'l.m, lu-. in Ihe leric.in . which T. of T.. u live or- al iflAl - in the iei» the press .-n 'l.U- nn- 1 ~ .lin M, Mil real. il I'nion 92 PROHIBITION LEADERS J. G. McCRAE, of Sarnia, Ont., a prominent businessman of that town, and probably the best known Prohibition worker in his county, was born at Guolph, Ont., where ho was also educat- ed. When a young' man he was a sta- tion agent in the employ of the Grand Trunk railway, and then took an active interest in temper- ance work, and pressed the ques- tion with the em- ployees. In 1871 he entered the book and stationery trade in the flourishing town of Sarnia. Lambton County, of which Sarnia is the county town, has had a number of ini- p o r t a n t ;i n d s u c - cessful local Prohi- bition campaigns, under the p r o - visit)ns of the Can- ada Temperance Act, and the pre- vious Duncan Act. In these he took a very important part, con- tributing much to their success. He took an active part, too, in tile enforcement of the Prohibition law in that county. One result was that his house and that of the late Thomas Houston were dyna- mited by men hired for that purpose. The front of his house was blown in and his family had a providential escape. This roused the whole community, the suspected parties were arrested, and at a somewhat farcial trial the jury failed to agree, some of them claiming " they did not want their barns burned." He was the chosen candidate of the New Part>- (Pro.) a few years ago, and though desperate efforts were made by the Govt., he received a very large vote, men of both old parties coming out well in his support. J MRS. ANNA E. CLARK, of Stevens Point, Wis., was born at Evansville, Wis., May 13, 1845, and removed with her family to the former place, where she has ever since resided. Her father was John W. Gardiner, a staunch temperance man, and her mother, Lucinda M. Raney. Mrs. Clark received her education in the public school of Stevens Point, and has added to it by study in different clubs. She has been for years engaged against intemper- ance in the ranks cf the W. C. T. U. In it she has been National delegate, State Supt. (Fran- chise), Co. Pres., and Pres. and Secy, at different times in her local union. She has done faith- ful service in the W Oman's Relief Corps, holding different local and staff offices. Mrs. Clark was in- strumental in the formation of the Humane Society and the Associ- ated Charities in her own town. She is a staunch Episcopalian, though ver}' liberal. She has com]>iled a set each of Grecian His- tory and Literature cards, of which educators speak very highly, and copyrighted a Convention Tablet with Parliamentary Rules. She has successfully conducted for a time a weekly newspaper, and is contemplating the publication of a monthly paper in the interest of temperance and moral reform. As for politics she is for Prohibition first, last and always. Mr. Owen Clark, her husband, has been in the City Council of his home cit}' for eighteen years ; four times as Mavor. Thev have four children. MRS. SARAH A. McCLEES, of Los Angeles, Cal., a well- known pioneer W. C. T. U. worker, organizer and writer, was bom in Wilmington, Del., Sept. 23, 1822. Her parents were Thomas and Han- nah Clark, natives of New England, and distinguished for integrity of c h a facte r. She enjoyed excellent i-arh' educational advantag-es, and graduated f r o m Wesleyan Coll. She was married to Wm. K. McClees, an en- terprising and suc- cessful iron manu- f a'c t u r e r. They lived in Philadelphia „ . ... d u r i n g t h e C i V i 1 War, and she took an active part iii' p r o m o t i n g the Union cause, aiding soldiers' families, in the vSanitar)' Com- _ 'mission, and other ways. She also took a prominent position in the Freedman's Aid Soc'y. The family moved to New York in 1872. She spent a year in travelling, which the better fitted her to engage in the W.C.T.U. pioneer work. She was elected Sec. and then Pres. of the first Union in the metropolis, and organized juvenile work. She also established a coffee-house — " Holly Tree Inn" — and was a leading speaker at its Monday meet- ings. She became Pres. of Westchester Co. W.C.T.U., and Organ- izer and Treas. for the State. She was twelve years National Supt. of Dept. of Soldiers and Sailors. She was editor and proprietor of the paper, "America's Defenders," which received wide favor and did a good work. She is well entitled to be considered a vet- eran in the temperance cause. COL. HARLAN PAGE DAVIDSON, A.M., was born in Hookset, N. H., 1838. He is the son of Samuel and Lydia (Jack- man) Davidson. The Davidsons are believed to have sprung from David of S c o 1 1 a n d . He was reared on a farm and received no education, ex- cept that of a back- woods district school, till of age. Soon after this, hav- ing been physically injured, he resolved to have an educa- tion, and in 1863 en- tered Norwich L^ni- versity, a military institution in Ver- mont, paying his own way by manual labor atul teaching. In 1866 he married Adelaide S. Ford, of New Haven, Ct. Moving soon after to Pennsylvania, he continued teaching. F"rom 1872 to 1885 he was Principal ot the Collegiate Institute in New Jersey. Here he first committed himself to Prohibition. He published a temperance paper for three years, and was largely instrumental in making his county for sev- eral years the banner county for Prohibition in the State. In 1886 he went to Illinois as commandant and teacher of mathematics in the Morgan Park Military .Academy. Two years later he founded the Northwestern Military Academy at Highland Park, of which he is still President. Col. Davidson was the Prohibition candidate at the recent election for Judge of the County Court. He has always been identified with movements for moral and social improvement. He is President of the Columbian College of Citizenship. PROHIBITION LEADERS. 93 JAMES BLACK, first Presidential candidate of the Prohibi- tion Party, was born in Leuisburjf, ,Pa., Sept. i6th, 1823. He was the son of John Black, a prominent conti-actor. After a common school edu- cation he studied law, and was ad- mitted to tlie Bar in 1X46. He died ai Lancaster, to which place his people had removed, Dec. 16, 1893. At the ajife of 17 h e j o i n e d I hi' Washinj^tonians .iiKJ helped orj^an- ize a Divisiot) of tlu' Sons of Temper- ance. Orij^'inallv a Demociat, h e b e - came a Republican in 1854, and re- mained such until the orifanization of the Pro h i b i t i o n Party. At the Chi- caifo Convention in 1H69 which orjjfan- ized the I'rohibitiim Parly, he was pei- manent Chairman. At the Party's Convention in F"ebruary, 1872, at Columbus, Ohio, he was nominated as its candidate for Presi- dent of the United Slates, and in the foUowinjf election received 5,608 votes. He was Chairman of the National Conmiittee of the Prohibition Party from 1876 to 1880. He was one of the founders of the Nat. Temp. Society, and Chairman of the Com- mittee that prepared its charter, constitution, etc., and secured a capital of $100,000 as a basis of operations. He was G. \V. C. T. of the L O. G. T. of Pennsylvania, 1858 1862. Amonj<^ his published works are: "Is There a Necessity for a Prohibition Party?" "A Brief History of Prohibition," and "A History of the Prohibition I'arty." MRS. MARY A. (RATCHFORD) McKEE was born near Russellville, Brown County, O., Oct. 29, 1828. She was educated at the public and ~ private schools there, and at a select school in Red Oak. She joined _ theProtestant Methodist Church It 14. .At 21 she was married I o isobert \V. McKee, md the folio win jf \ car they removed Illinois. In 1869 ■-he, with her hus- band and family, re- moved to Tecum- ■> e h , Neb., where she has since resid- ed. For a number of years she and her husband were the foremost work- ers in the State in the Good Templars. She was e 1 e c t e d Chaplain of the Or- der for the Stale. She has organized and conducted Bands of Hope for some twenty years past. She was one of the leaders of the Crusade, and a charter member, and President for two years, of the W. C. T. U. of Tecumseh. She was District President for a number of years, and County Superintendent for the last three years. She org'anized a County Silk Culture .Asso- ciation, ;ind wrote a book on the care;ind habits of the silk-worm. .As Supt. of the White Cross movement she formed a Ladies' Ex- chanjjfe and Rescue Station, makinjf her own house a temporary- protection for many an unfortunate ^\r\. During the Prohibition .Amendment campaig-n in Nebraska she was County Suf>erin- tendent of Demorest .Medal work. While enjjajjed in social re- form work she has ever been a devoted wife and mother. MRS. CAROLINE BROWN BL'ELL was born in .Marl- boro, Mass., and educated at public and private schools. In 1862 siie was married to Lieut. F. W. H. Biiell, who died at Chapin's Fa r m s , \a., in 1865. At lirst a Republii-an ill sympatiiy, but, in 1S71 , when the Pro- 'iihition Party was ■ Miijanized i n h e r idopted State, she .iitereil it, and has ■NJnce spoken a n d written in defense i> f its principli's. She joined the W. CT. V . at its orif^in, ■ md became Cor- I i'spt>nilinif Sei're- i.iry of the Connec- licut State Oriran- :/; tion. At'lerwards ■-hi' became Corres- jiondinii' Secielary of the N a I i o n a I I'nion, and a ntem- I'or of the Publish- 11 >j Committee of the. National Cnion ofiicial orjfan in 1880. .She held this oflice for three ye;irs, ami in this position her i'epul;»tion as an orjfanizer and codilier of the Women's Christian Temperance I'nion laws and methods be- came national. Durinj; this period also she inau^cnrated (he blank system of reports, ori^jinated a credential system for State anil National Conventions th.il made a hitherto dillicult task easy, anil wrote the book " llelpinjj Hand. " Tlie "Loyal Le)jion " and " I""ree Will (.')ni'rin^' " plans are products of her fertile brain. She also oi-ij;inizeil the fii'st School of Methods for Women's Chiisii;in Temperance I'nion work, .'ind for twelve years was President of the school at Mount Lake Park. M.irv- land. GEORGE WRIGLEY, publisher of "The Canada Farmers .Sun," Toronto, Ont., official organ of the Patrons of Industry in Canada; also pub- 1 i s h e r of ""The Brotherhood Era," Toronto, Ontario, whose motto is, "Good Citizenship ensures GikkI Gov- ernment," was bom i n Waterloo Co., Out., in 1847. Three boys could not find riK>ni on the old tarm, and one lo- cated near Cor- '!■ ,1, Mich., whore - m ardent Pnv .;i>:iionist ; another is still on the home- ste.-ul, and the sub- ject of this sketch. after ■ t e a e h 1 n g; . .»rs se- ... .iilo .At 20 -raduale ol .1 M,, iiar)' Col- li'UC. i!u Miijh now he IS .111 .iiKiH-ale of disarmament amonjf the nations. He publislu-il tin- " (.'.•inad.i Labor Courier " in St. Thomas, in iS86 7, ' ' ' ' '^ " • '"Mino in his eftort to unite the toilers. When o' ihf " London .Vilvertiser," he fiiunded the "> "-.in," which has hel|H»d to elect fourteen IndeiH-ndeni niemlH-ts %*( iho Ontario I.egislaluiv, and which is now mnkimr .mi nn.-.»mpn-»mi»- '"H 'iRbl for P.Uionism and Pi. - f^fjy candidates in the tield. He h.i !ive White Ribbon worki-r, is i- ' !er- jile toiler in the i-ausi'ot I .tb- lislieil — is an ailvanceil a.!' ^ Ho K. T., has been a S. of T., a ii. l\, and an ncIivc Pii>hibiliv>ni!tt. 94 PROHIBITION LEADERS. THE LATE HON. MALCOLiM CAMERON, of Ottawa, was for years the best known and most prominent temperance man in pi.blic life in Can- ada. He had the honor of introduc- ing' the first Prohi- bition measure ever introduced in Par- liament in Canada. That was in t h e year 1852, and not very long- after "the Maine Law " went into effect. His Bill provided for thor- ough Prohibition — of the nuiniifacliu-e, i m p o r t Ji I i o n a n d sale. He was then a member of the Government, of which the Hon. Mr. Hincks (afterwiirds Sir Francis) was Premier. Colonel Prince, though by no means a tee- totaller, seconded the motion for the first reading of the Bill, and debate en- sued. Col. Prince said that though a lover of a social glass, he was ready to forego his comforts for the sake of others. Mr. Robinson (now ex-Lieut. - Gov. of Ontario) raised the point that it would greatly interfere with the revenue and it should be a Government measure. Premier Hincks disavowed any Government responsibility in the Bill, but thought other considerations important also. Mr. Macdonald, of Kingston (afterwards Sir John), spoke against the Bill. Mr. Mer- ritt opposed the Bill; Mr. H. Smith (afterwards Sir Henry) rather favored it. It did not pass a second reading-. Mr. Cameron was born at Three Rivers, Lower Canada, April 25th, 1808. He was always a staunch temperance advocate. SUSAN B. ANTHONY was born in South Adams, Mass., Feb. 15, 1820. Of (Quaker father and Baptist mother, she has by heritage a strongly marked individ- uality and great strength. At 15 we find her teaching a Quaker fa m i 1 y school for one dol- lar per week and board. She was a most successful teacher for fifteen years. An active member of the New Y'ork State Teach- ers' Association, she made many ef- fective pleas for higher compensa- tion, and equal rights for women in all the honors and responsibilities o f their work. From a child she was deeply interested in the subject of tem- perance. In 1847 she joined the Daughters of Tem- perance, and in 1852 organized the N. Y. State Wom. Temp. Asso- ciation — the first open temperance organization of women. As Secy. Miss Anthony for sevend years gave her earnest efforts to the temperance cause, but soon became convinced that woman was powerless to change conditions without the ballot. Her views on this point are forcibly expressed in her statement in which she declares she has "no time to dip out vice with a tea- spoon, while the wrongly-adjusted farces of society are pouring it in bj' the bucketful." Most of her life has been given to the advo- cacy of Abolition, Prohibition, and Equal Suifrage. She is one of the heroic figures in American history. The future will write her name among the ablest statesmen. ^ #' «*♦ MISS MARTHA LENA MORROW, of Freeport, 111., Pres. of the Ninth District W. C. T. U., and Associate State Supt. ot Scientific Temper- ance Instruction, has become well known and much respected for her labors in behalf of the movement, both with voice and pen. She was born in Monmouth, III., in Dec, 1868. She was educated in the Paxton public schools, and was g r a d u a t e d f r o m Monmouth College in 1892. Her pai- entsfire Rev. T. G. and Mary .Story Morrow. She is a m ember of the United Presbyter- ian Church, and is an ardent and suc- c e s s f u 1 S u n d a y School worker. Her St rong c o n V i c t i o n has been thus well expressed: "Chris- tians should so come into contact with the world as to give it something to feed on ; to awaken it to its need of a better life. The Sunday School is to build up and increase the Churches. The minds of children are plastic to receive and marble to retain im- pressions." She entered upon the W. C. T. U. public work upon graduation, and has since done a large amount of platform work, both in behalf of the W. C. T. U. and of the Prohibition Party, of which she is also an enthusiastic advocate. During the last three years she has attended and taken an active part in a number of important conventions; has travelled extensiveh', and delivered many public addresses; is actively interested in scientific temper- ance instruction in the public schools of the countrv. JOSEPH A. BOGARDUS, son of James H. and Elizabeth Bogardus, was born at Kempton, N. Y., Sept. 27th, 1851. His early life was spent with his grandpa- rents at Tarrytown, N. Y. In 1868, when 1 7, he came to New \'ork and entered the hardware store of Paul C. Coffin, where he remained until 1877, when, in conjunction with Isa.'ic Pierce, he purchased a portion of his employer's business, and formed the firm of Bogardus & Pierce. Later the firm was changed to Bo- g-ardus & Ellaby, and again to Bo- gardus, Ellaby & Ellsworth. In 1892 he bought out his partners, and has since conducted the business alone. In 1866 he joined the Pleasantville Divi- sion Sons of Temperance. Soon after, with others, he organized Laurel Glen and several other Divisions. He has been actively engaged with the Independent Order of Good Templars, being for two j'ears a member of the Board of Managers of the State Grand Lodge. F"or more than fifteen years he has been President of the American Temperance Union, and has been head of the Tem- perance Department of the Society of Friends, an organization embracing the entire membership of that Society in this country. He cast his first vote in 1872, and his conviction that the liquor traf- fic should be absolutely prohibited led him to support the first Presi- dential nominees of the Pro. Party. Since then he has voted for everv nominee of that Partv, National, State and local. PROHIBITION LEADERS. 95 RKV. JOH\ POTTS, D.D., of Toronto, a proininent Method- ist preaclier and temperance worker, has been called by a leading Presbyterian " the Prince of Canadian I'reachers." He was l)orn at MacGiiire's Hridjjfe.Fermanag'h, Ireland, in 1838, and sjient his early days in his native land. I le came to Canada when a boy of 1 7, and resided at King'slon, and af- u-rwards at Hamil- lon, beinjj enj^aj^'ed in mercantile pur- -^uits. He was of a C' lunch of Kiii^lanil tan>il\-, but, under the minist rations and influence of the late Rev. Georj^e Doujrlass, D.D.. then a younj^' min- ister at Kinjjfston, he became convert- ed and joined the Methodist Church. Later on he took an Arts Course at Vic- toria Collejje, Co- bourg. He entered on his great life work in the Methodist min- istry, and has ever since occupied a prominent position, not only in connection with the Church of his choice, but as a representa- tive Protestant minister and an ardent and eloquent Prohibition worker. Few men are so popular in all the evangelical churches. He is a man of rare eloquence — a man of " nuignitude and niag- netism." He is now the Secretary of Education of the Canada Methodist Church, one of the most important positions at its dis- posal. He is an ardent Prohibitionist, and has done much valuable work in the pulpit, on the platform, in conventions, and through the press, to advance the great movement. MRS. ELIZA TRASK HHX, woman suffragist and jour- nalist, was born, in Warrei), Mass., May loth, 1840. She is the youngest daughter of Rev. Geo. Trask and Ruth Freeman Packard. Mrs. Hill inherits from both father and mother the reform spirit, her father being well known as a t em jH»rance, a n t i - slavery, and anti- tobacco reformer. For ten years she was a te.'icher, and in June, 1867, mar- ried John Lang Hill, of Boston. She was line of the first to join the W. C. T . L' . , and has ser\'elding this oflice until her death. She was a Republican until 1884, when she went into the campaign for Governor St. John. " The Paniel Webster of the Temperance Reform," Mrs. Mary T. Lathrnp, needs no eulogy. Her oratorical powers were universally con- ceded to be of the very highest orvler. \o lips were ever more truly touched with a live coal fron> Goil's alt.ir than were her's. .She was a terror to the illogical thinker as wi-ll as to the evil iloer, while her brave, true Wiirds were again and a^ain the courage and strength of weak lu'arts. She possesseil alsii a genius fiir leadership. She is well known as a writer, both of prose anil poetry. With such varied and tar-reaching gifts the si'opc of iuT inllut'tice was worlil-wiile. % '. xing- u Mu ii ho .. He was years a I' '!.sst>r in that V. .'lu-ge, and alsi> Assistant Chaplain of the Kingston Peiiilenli.iry. While pci lot tuiiig the lal- iiM vlutics he So- came strongly impressed with the evils of the drink traffic, as over one-half its inmates at that time were tntder the influence of drink at the tinte of cominilling the crimes that sent them there. Even in _i8t)4, of the 4d to sign the • - as him- iH'nelils of this . K arc well 96 PROHIBITION LEADERS. REV. WILLIAM H. BOOLE. D.D., was born and reared in New York city. He begfan the study of law, but soon after entered the ministry - in the New i,Vork East Conference of the M. E. Church, and^has since occu- pied some of the leading- charg-es in the cities of New York and Brooklyn. He helped to raise General Sickle's famous "Excelsior Brig-ade," and was appointed Chaplain of its fifth regiment. Injured by a fall from his horse, he resigned, but was constantly on the platform in the Union cause. His sermon a g- a i n s t Mormonism, deliv- ered at Salt Lake City in presence of Brigham Young- and the chief dig- n i t a r i e s of the Mormon C ii u r c h , aroused such an excitement that a riot was almost precipitated. He was formerly a Republican, but withdrew from his party in 1872, when its National Convention at Philadelphia incorporated in its platform the infamous " Raster Resolution," which declared against Sunday laws and Prohibition. Since that time he has re- mained a consistent Party Prohibitionist, his special temperance work being on the platform of the Churches. Dr. Boole believes that the Church of God must and will unite in herself all the forces opposed to the saloon, and that the surest and speediest way ot outlawing- and annihilating the saloon power is by educating the followers of Christ along: the line of Christian citizenship. He resides at Prohibition Park, Staten Island. MRS. ELLA ALEXANDER BOOLE, M.A., was born July 26, 1858, in Van Wert, O. Her father, Col. I. N. Alexander, com- manded the Forty- sixth reg-imeii t , Ohio Volunteers, during Sherman's famous " March to the Sea," and ren- dered effective ser- vice during the en- tire Civil War. Mrs. Boole is a g-raduate of Wooster U n i - versity, O., carry- ing o ff the chief prize and highest honors from the larg-e class of male and female g-radu- ates. After g-radu- ation she taug-ht for five years as Profes- sor of Lang-uages and Hig-her Mathe- matics in the High School of Van Wert County, O., and re- fused several urg-ent offers of professor- ships in some of the first colleges of the W'est. In 1884 she was married to Rev. W. H. Boole, D.D., and now resides at Prohibition Park, Staten Island. After marriag-e she at once ascended the platform in the interest of the more ad- vanced principles of the temperance reform movement. She at once arose to popularity' as a clear, forcible and logical speaker, capable of convincing- the reason, and stirring the heart of a popular audi- ence. She has a powerful voice, under good control, and such a vast fund of fact, argfument and anecdote at command, that she is one of the readiest and most effective platform speakers of to-day. She soon became prominent in W. C. T. U. work. She is now President of Richmond County W. C. T. U. and Vice- President of the State org-anization. MRS. MARY T. BURT, President of New York State W. C. T. U., was born of English-American parentage at Cincinnati, Ohio. Her father, a cultured English gentleman, educat- ed for the clerical ranks of the Church of England, died in her early childhood. Her youth was spent at Auburn, where she enjoj-ed rare educational advantages, and where she married, in 1865, Mr. Edward Burt. Stirred by the Crusade move- ment, she g-ave an address in the vil- lag-e hall. Auburn, and was immediate- Iv made President of the W. C. T. U. Elected Recording Secret'v of the New York State W. C. T. U. at its first Convention at Sj'ra- cuse in 1874, she held the office seven years. Since 1874 she has held various important offices of the National W. C. T. U., and since 1882 has been President of New York State W. C. T. U. "Queenly in presence, courtly in speech, elegant in manners in private life, as well as dig-nified and inspir-t ing in public, she is well fitted to lead the more than twenty thousand consecrated women of the great Empire State. How she leads them is proven by their constantly increasing numbers, and far-reaching activities. She dates her awakening to the world's needs to the crusade fire of 1874, which swept her from her home of ease and elegance into the unceasing round of toil she has since known." She is a member of the Protestant Episcopal Church, and lives in the u|-)per part of New York City. LIONEL THOMAS CHANCEY, S. Sheriff Central Dis- trict of Newfoundland, was born at St. John's, Nfld., Oct. 2, 1828. His father, Lionel Chancey, did busi- ness in Harbor Grace several years, when he re- moved to St. John's, and soon after mar- ried Elizabeth, daughter of the late Thos. Knight. He has been, through life, an active mem- ber of the Congre- gational Church. He joined the first Total Abstinence Society in New- foimdland in 1843, under the leader- ship o f t h e late Archdeacon Bridge. He was initiated in Union Div., No. 2, S. of T., in March, 1 85 1, and has held every office in the Order in Sub. and Grand Divisions. Elected W. P. in July, 1853, and initiated in the G. D. Session held in Harbor Grace in that year; was elected G. W. P. in the year 1863, and re-elected next year. In that year he re-organized Harbor Grace Div., No. 16, and installed the late lamented and beloved Hon. John Munnas Worthy Patriarch of that Division. In 1881 he canvassed the north side of Water street in the interests of the Local Option measure then before the Legislature, a most trying- duty faithfully performed, though nearly every second house was a liquor shop. He was re- turning officer in the Permissive election of 1885. He is in strong sympathy with the Women's Christian Temperance Union, and advocates Woman's Suffrage. He is now G. W. P. and enjoys the confidence of all his associates. PROHIBIT ION LEADERS 97 REV. THO.MAS DkW ITT TAI,.MACiE, D.D., was born in Round Brook, \. J., 1H32. He studied law one year, after jfrad- uating- with honors from the University of the City of New York. Feeling called to preach, he jfradualed from the New H r u n s w i c k Seminary of The- olojfy. He served pastorates in Belle- ville, N. J., Syra- cuse, X. Y., and Philadelphia, and came to Brooklyn, where he preached for a quarter of a century to larjfer audiences than any other preacher of his time. In addi- tion to addressinif directly the larg^e congregfations that have throng^ed his ministry, his ser- mons are published every week in pa- pers all over the world. H e h a s found time to do an immense amount of teaching', writing', and lecturing', being in great and constant demand as a speaker on all public occasions. In 1892 he went to Russia and had an audience with the Czar. In 1894 he made a trip "around the world." He has edited several papers, written copiously and well for the press, and published many volimies. Among the books that li;ive come from his pen are : " Around the Tea Table," " Tlie Brook- lyn Tabernacle, ' (sermons), "The Marriage Ring," "F"rom Manger to Throne." He is Chaplain of the famous 23rd Regiment, of Brook- lyn. He has always been a total abstainer and most pronounceil Prohibitionist. He is, both in pulpit and on the platform, very outspoken in expressions of opinion on this subject. .MRS. L. M. .\. STEVENS, President of the Maine W. C. T. U., was born in Dover, Maine, in 1844. Her father's name was Nathaniel Ames, and her mother, Nancy Parson Ames. She was educated at Foxcraft Academy .'i n d West brook Seminary. She was married to M. Stevens, a business- man of Portland, Me., in 1865. She has been promin- I'utlv identified with ilie'W. C. T. U, since its begiiming. She is a firm advo- c.ite of Prohibition by law, and of its enforcement, and believes that wo- man's ballot should aid in both. She has been eighteen years President of the Maine Union. A re- c e n t biographical sketch declares: "As President of the Maine Union, she has a large and loving constituency; as As- sistant Recording Secretary of the National W. C. T. U., she has had abundant training for the position she now h<->!ds ; while her excellent practical and executive ability is constantly being more witlcly recognized. She was appointed one of the Woman's Com- mission for the Colimibian Exposition; also a member of the State Board of Charities and Corrections, while the Industrial Home for Women, which is the special work of the Maine Wonien's Christian Temperance Union, is largely of her founding and nur- ture. Mrs. Stevens' is an all-round personality, and the quiet force of her influence will be better understood in the days to come." ROBERT ALDF:R was born in Grenville County, Ontario, Aug. 24ih., 1840. His father, Wm. Alder, was born at New- c a s 1 1 e - o n - T y n e , E n g . , and his m other, P h ce b e .Scott, was born in (irenville County, Ont., and of Scotch descen t . H e w a s educated in the pub- lic schools, and for a few j'ears followed t h e p r o f e s s i o n o f teaching, and spent some years in busi- ness in Prescott, Ontario, but h :i s passed most of his days upon the farm. He is an earnest Methodist, a Re- former in poli til's, and a niiin having ;i large circle of \\ arm frienils on ac- i i>unt of his many ^filial qualities. At I lie age of 21 he i.iineil two of the U'.nling temperance i>i'g;inizalions of the country .-it that lime, the Sons of Temperance and the Ciood Templars. He h.is been for many years ;i member of tlu- (iranil Oivision of tiu* Sons of TemjH'rance, and has laboreil assiduously in connection with the IntlependenI Order of Clooil Teniplars. He has taken a deep interest in all those periodic agitations over the ten»|H'rance (juesiion through wliii'h Onlarii> has passed, and by his voice, his viite aiul his mom-y, in the Dunkin Act, Scott Act, and Plebiscite c.impaigiis, has .'liiletl the cause of Prohibition. He is a firn> be- lii'ver in the righteousness of Prohibition laws, and fullv expects 10 sff th.'n lin'.l ir.uinpl. NATHAN F. WOODBLRV was born in Sturbridge, Mass., Jan. 20, 1850. Removed to Auburn, Maine, in 1858. Attended iOmmon schools un- ! il II, and winter terms until 14, grad- uating at 17 in a commercial course. He secured a posi- tii>n in Lewiston in 1S67, and therealter •.ton .Mills fourteen years, then agent. Two years later the mills were closed, .md Mr. Woi>dbury '■ ■• ^vice been em- i by banks, 's Treasurer of ilie Maine Invest- ment Comjwny. He became speciallv in- terested in temper- ance wlien itt, hav- ing iH-en iilenlitied with all the \arious Pioliibition move- mciiis in M H i ne ; was delegate to R. W. Ct. 1.. Session at Saratoga in 1887. He is calUnl the "Father of the Prohibition Parly in Maine," but he dedaies Wm. P. Joy eiililleil to ih.tl honor, as he called the Coiuention of 1880 at Ellsworth. Mr. W. learned throii-.'. " 1 > .ng Issue" of the National Prohibition Party, and, wit Plummer. called a Convention at .Augusta in iSjb, but .- n was prevented by Republicans. .\l the 18 o Joy Convetiiiou .Mr. W. was Chairman of the State Conunittee, and for mam vean. ;«fter. He ivpre- senled Maine at the National t"il»>i encc in l^ d an ad- dress on "Prohibition in .Maine, wli.. .. ....- , n jwinpli- let. He has been a delegate to each Nation^»l Convention since. 98 PROHIBITION LEADERS WILLIAM ELGOOD SMALLFIELD, of Renfrew, Out., was born in Brooklyn, N. Y., Oct. 22nd, 1861. His father and mother are both 1*2 n g 11 s h , and re- mained so duringf a twelve years' resi- dence in the U. S. Tiiey removed to Hastings County, Canada, and after- wards to Renfrew, where his father I'slablished "The Renfrew Mercury" in 1871. At 13 W. E. left school and t-ntered his father's office. After finish- ing' his apprentice- ship he spent a j'ear or so in Toronto. Then he returned to Re n f r e w, and was taken into busi- ness partnership with his father be- fore he reached his majority. The citi- zens banqueted the new firm. In his newspaper work he took a strong inter- est in temperance matters. He joined the S. of T., took a promin- ent part in introducing the Scott Act in his county ; was Secy, of the County Association ; afterwards took an active part in enforc- ing the law. For this work "The Mercury" office was destroyed by the incendiary's torch. The temperance people insisted on sharing the loss, and presented the firm with $1,200.00. At differ- ent times he has published "The County Temperance Advocate" and the "Son of Temperance." Has been a Son for 15 years; also Co. and Dis. Deputy, and is now a Prov. Deputy. Is a R. T., and an advanced Prohibitionist in politics. He took a leading part in floating the Renfrew Temperance Hall. He is a Unitarian. MRS. M. AUGUSTA HOLMAN was born in Leominster, Mass., Dec. 25, 1851. Her parents were Wm. H. Yeaw, of Rhode Island, and Marj' E. Eollansbee, of Leominster. She was married in 1871 to Ira F. Holman, cabinetmaker by trade, and a Repub- lican in politics — always voting, hovv- ever, against the saloon. Educated in the excellent pub- lic schools of her native town, and in- doctrinated in tem- joerance and Prohi- bition principles by her mother, a woman of rare wit and intelligence, Mrs. Holman has alwaj's taken an .ictive part and a (.Icep interest in the temperance socie- ties. She is a P. W. Patriarch and a member of the Grand Division S. ofT.; a devoted W. C. T. U. worker, and an official for many years in various offices of the same. She is also a Past Officer of the Woman's Relief Corps, auxiliary to the G. A. R. She has been a member of the Grand Lodge I. O. G. T. She is a member of the local l^rohibition Club, and has served as delegate to the State Con. of the Pro. Party. She is of a cheerful disposition, though not strong physically, and a great lover of animals and of flowers. Active in all moral reforms, a zealous advocate of equal rights for the sexes, and a fearless Prohibitionist, Mrs. Holman has made her influence felt for good in her own locality and among her wide circle of friends. MISS MARIE C. BREHM, State Supt. of the W. C. T. U. Institutes, Illinois, and National Supt. of the Franchise Depart- ment, was born in Sandusky, Ohio, June, 1859. Her father's name was W^ m . Brehm and her mother's, Eliza- beth Rhode. She was educated in the public schools, and in addition received a ]>ractical business education, and had private instruction in the German lang- uage, vocal music, embroidery and painting. She is a Presbyterian. She is an active mem- ber of the Christian Endeavor Society and of the Scienti- fic Society of Mt. Carmel, 111. She was elected Presi- dent of the i6th District, Illinois, W. C.T. U. in Septem- ber, 1 89 1, and has been re-elected each year since. She served as Recording Secretary for the State one year. She has done much work on the platform and through the press, conducting medal contests on systems that involved the whole District, no less than 152 be- ing held in her District last year. She works, sings, writes and prays for the Prohibition Party, and yet her greatest work is in inspiring others. A friend declares : — " Perhaps what mostly impresses the listener in her addresses is her honesty, her fearlessness, her fair - mindedness, while those who know her well in private life will bear cheerful testimony to her truthfulness, to her tender heart, and withal to a sweet and gracious womanhood." REV. O. P. GIFF"ORD was born in Montague, Mass., April 15, 1847. When 18 years old he went to New York and entered a commercial house. He entered Brown University in 1870, where he graduated with distinction in 1874. The same year he entered the Baptist Theo- logical Seminary at Rochester, N. Y., and after his gradu- ation in 1877 he was ordained pastor of the First Baptist Church, Pittsfield, Mass, and con- tinued successfully in that office for two years. In 1879 he was transferred to the Warren Ave. Baptist Church, Boston, Mass. He soon made himself known in Boston as a fearless preacher of righteousness. On the resignation of Dr. Lorimer from the pastorate of the Immanuel Baptist Church, which he had established in Chicago, Mr. Gifford became pastor of the church thus left without a leader. He at once became a power for good far beyond the bounds of his own church. Mr. Stead, in his famous book, " If Christ Came to Chicago," makes frequent reference to Mr. Gifford as a terror to evil works and a praise to that which is good. He helped to organize the Civic Federation, of which he was Chairman of the Committee on Morals. In 1894 he left Chicago to take charge of the Delaware Avenue Baptist Church, Buffalo, N.Y. Formerly a Republican, in 1880 Mr. Gifford joined the Pro. Party, and has rendered it efficient service ever since. PROHIBITION LEADERS 99 GEORGP: W. CALDERWOOD was boni in Drake County, 0-, Sept. 17, 1848. His father, Judjfe A. K. Calderwood (de- ceased 1 8g I ), was one of the most jjrominent lawyers o f Western Ohio. ^^— ^^ I lis motlier Eleanor ^^^HHj^^ I ileceased 1851), ^^^■^jJP^J^H^B was a sister of John ^■f ^ K. and \V. H. m^M Matchett, noted fl^B ^^ ^m physicians of Gren- ff^% ^^^^ ^" ville, O. Georjfe attended school less than two years prior to the war. lie enlisted soon after his 13th year, and served till 1865. From 1865 to 1871 he was travellinjj correspondent of the "Cincinnati Ga- zette " and other papers. He studied law and was ad- mitted a partner of his father in 1871. lie had a lar^e practice, but quit the profession for prohibitory work, leaving' gS untried cases on the docket. In 187^ he published " Prohibition Facts," established before nomination of James Black for President. He has been in every Prohibi- tion " fij^^ht " since 1872. He travelled extensively as an organ- izer anci advocate of National Prohibition, edited the ".American Prohibitionist " and other Prohibition papers, and has been .1 con- slant cinitributor to the press on this subject. He owes his great i>ratoricaI powers to his father, who was a noted advocate. He is now eilitor of the Oakland "Daily Ree," and " Calderwood's Magazine," the latter extensively quoted by the "New York Voice" and other papers. He is married; has two sons and one daughter; resides in OaklantI, while his ofllice is in .San Fiancisco. MRS. ZELLA C. ROLISON HUNT, A.M., daughter of \Vm. .S. Rolison and Cornelia E. Eames, was born at West Avon, N.Y. Her father was of English de- scent, and her y-.^, » mother a sister of fli^K .^L-^ the distinguished ^^^K ^^^ "^^m- ~^ Rev. A. C. George, ^^^K j^^^ ^P^^Jn ^' ^' ^^^ ^^^ edu- M^^l^ ^B^ ^^'~^^S5mi' cated at Genesee ' ^^ -*^Wi^B* Wesleyan Seminary and College, Lima, N. V. , taking a classical course in the latter, and graduating at nine- teen, at a time when this and Oberlin were the only col- leges open to wo- men. She went forth from college halls with great ideas of living for the betterment of those around her. She joined the M. E. Church and thel.O. G.T. while attend- ing college, and went out to help other lodges not so prosperous as her own, reading "essays," as they were then call- ed. After graduation she taught successfully for three years. In 1870 she married Rev. W. W. Hunt, a .M. E. minister. When a schoolgirl she conunenced writing for the press, and has continu- ed ever since, her articles appearing both in daily and weekly newspapers. She has also been active in speaking at lemjH'rance Conventions for the G. T., and in talking on tem|XTance in Sunday Schools. For thirteen years she has been Supt. of S. S. on her husbands charges. She is at present working on many lines for the W.C.T. I'. She was for three years Supt. of Scientific Temperance Instruction for her county. She has three daughters. MRS. ANNIE ORCHARD RUTHERFORD, of Montreal, President of the Dominion W. C. T. U., was born in Gait, Ont. Her father, John Orchard, was a native of Cornwall, England, and her mother, Lucinda Montgomery, of .\ r m a g h , I reland . She spent the gre.'it- er p.nrl of her life until marriage in H rant ford, Ont. She w ii s ed u ca t eil a t Gait p u b 1 i c schools. Brant fort! Grjimmar School, nnil the Wesleyan I-' e m ;i 1 1- Coll e ge , 1 1 a m i 1 1 o n . S h e g.ive speci.'il atten- tion to music, .'ind heltl the position of .Tganist and choir- li-.iiler in several important churches. Shi> was ;i B.ind of 1 1 i>pe pu|Vi'l|u'iit il oUI enough to be t;ikiMi into tlu" .S. ot T. by her pjirents. She enlisted i n active temperance work under Mrs. Youmans in 1881; was elected Rec. .Secy, of Ont. W. C. T. I'., and held the office till i8qv She was Vice- Pres. of that body 1804 1895, and in 1895 was elected Dominion Presid<>nt. During her term as Rec. Secv. she was also Superintendent of the DepartnuMit of Scientific Instruction, and it was then that the Bill for Scientific Teniperance Instruction in schools w.is passed. .\\ the first Convention of the Dominion Union in 1885 she was sent as a represent.it ive of Onlarit\ .md was elected Rec. Seiy. , which position she held until elected Pies. Of her Miss Willard wrote, "It is pleasant to be one who .aunot be thought about save as a bringer of good cheer." THOMAS BARNARD FLINT, M. A.. LL. B., and M. P. for Yarmouth Co., N. .S., was born at Yarmouth, N. S., in 1847. He was educated principally at the \\"eslevan College, Sack ville, N. B. He graduated B. .A. in 1867, and M. \.. ill 1874, and LL. B. of Harvard Law SchiHil in 187'. He (■•racticed law since 1 873. He W.1S mar- ried in 1874 to Mar>" E., daughter of the late Thomas S. Dane. t>f ^'armouth. He was High Sheriff <>( N'armouth from I----; to 1887. and \--i..tant Clerk '.■'{ the House of .Assembly for \. S. from 1S87 to i8qo. In |v>litics he is a Liberal, and in church an Episco- palian. He was elected to the Do- minion Parliament i-ntl elec- tion of 1891, and sjHike at the session i^i th< fa\or of Mr. Jamiesons Prohibition resolution. In i.v,, '-■'sen by the P.irli.-niienlary Committee of the Domim. to move the Prohibition resolution v^i lh;»t year. He .>ng aiul very able address on that tK'casion, and also in 1^9^ (see part II. of this Vol.^ He wns President for ten yrnrs o\ Yar- mouth County Teni: and a member of the S«»ns of Temperan. of Gixxl Templars, and Temple of H«>nor. tii^ , 1. . .1 n . ..■ ^^^_ lotalism, the first leeliM.i: .in- ized at Beaver River in \ , _ ! as Parliamrntarv leader of the ProhibitioniMs of Canada. PROHIBITION LEADERS. REV. ABRAM D. TRAVELLER was born in what is now the city of Ottawa, Ont., Dec. 24, 1839. His parents were JuHen and Henrietta Trav- eller. After attend- ing- the public schools, he took a course at Albert Colleg-e, Belleville, Out., and also at Garrett Biblical Institute, Evans- ton. 111. He is pol- itically identified with the Prohibition Party, and took an active part, on the platform and in other ways, in se- curing Constitu- t i o n a 1 Prohibition in the State of South Dakota. He w^as converted when he was igyears of ajfe, and joined the Bay of Quinte (Ontario) Conference of the Methodist Episco- pal Church as a probationer for the ministry in the year 1863, was ordained to the deaconate by Bishop Smith in 1865, and as elder by Bishop Richardson in 1867. He labored successfully for a period of nineteen years in the Methodist Episcopal Church in Canada, and for thirteen years in the United States, six years in connection with the Rock River Conference, and seven in the South Dakota Conference. He spent eighteen years in the regu- lar pastorate, and filled the position of Presiding Elder for nine years. He is now Superintendent of the Chicago Home Mission- ary and Church Extension Society, which position he has occu- pied for the past five years, an evidence that he has discharged his duties satisfactorily to the Society and with benefit to the community. MRS. ANGIE F. NEWMAN was born at Montpelier, Vt., Dec. 4, 1838. She was educated at the Academy of her native town and in Law- rence University, Appleton, Wis. On Aug. 5, 1859, she married D . N e w - man, of Beaver Dam, Wis. She removed to Lincoln, Neb., in 1871, for climatic reasons. Her liusband, a dry goods merchant, was killed in a rail- way accident Sept. 3, 1893. From 1 87 1 to 1879 she served as Western Secy, of the Woman's For. Miss. Soc. She was editorial contrib- utor for many years to "The. Heathen Woman's Friend" and other journals. She has taken an official and import- ant part in the cru- , sade against Mor- monism by lectures, arguments and memorials. Has been State Supt. of Jail and Prison Mission Work for fifteen years in Nebraska. She was the first woman ever elected to the General Conference of the M. E. Church at its Quadrennial Session in New York city. She has been a member of the National Conference of Charities, and has held the office of Nat. Supt. of Mormon Work in the Nat. W. C. T. U. She is known as a writer of verse, and author of several works, but much of her life has been lost by long periods of invalidism and as a victim of three serious accidents. She has always advocated absolute Prohibition in the home, in medicine, and in politics. She is a sister of the Hon. John M. Thurston, U. S. Senator from Nebraska MRS. NELLIE M. GOLDEN, of Syracuse, N. Y., was born Sept. 6, 1844, in Eaton, Madison County, N. Y. Later the family removed to 1 Hamilton, in the I same county, where slie obtained a fair I' ducat ion, which she completed at Onondaga Valley, Onondaga County. She had the advan- tage of the influence of Christian par- ents, from whom she inherited a tal- ent for vocal and instrumental music. Whatever of poetry, grace of manner, and pathos Mrs.. Ciolden possesses she inherits from lier mother, Lucy Sweet, daughter of Robert Sweet, of I'ompey Hill. In the year 1888 she joined .the Ladies' Aid of Pilgrim Chapel, Syracuse, and has held almost all the offices therein, be- ing at present its Vice-President. In the same year she began writing sketches on temperance and other subjects, to be used as readings at socials and other public entertainments. In 1891 she became connected with the Women's Christian Temperance Union, and in the same year united with the I. O. G. T. In this Order she has held prominent offices. Mrs. Golden is a woman of method and untiring energy, a pleasant companion and a con- vincing speaker. She is thoroughly devoted to the temperance cause. She believes with all her heart in the prohibition of the liquor traffic, and fully expects to see its final triumph. She manifests her faith by working assiduously in its behalf. PROF. D. F. SPICER, educator and reformer, was born near Richmond, O., Aug. 14, i860. His parents, David W. Spicer and Kezia r j Ross, were of Eng- ^ •{ 11 sh- Welsh-Scotch descent. They set- lied in Union Co., (.")hio, at an early (.1 a y , and exper- ienced all the hard- ships of a pioneer life. Young Spicer was educated at the nistrict Schools, Marysville Public Scliools, National Pen Art Hall and Business College, Marietta College, and the National Normal University. 1 le joined the Pres- byterian Church at the age of 13, and began teaching at the age of 20. He taught District Schools six j'ears, also taught pen- 1 nianship in Marietta College, Harmar Public Schools, and to private classes. He was at one time Presi- dent of the Marion Normal University. He is a member of the Knights of Pythias, National Fraternal Union, American Protec- tive Association, U. O. D., Y. M. C. A., and Christian Endeavor. He has been a Prohibitionist since i8S'8. He was elected County Chairman in 1892, and did grand work for the party. He was a candidate on the county ticket in 1892 and 1893. In 1895 he was nominated for Clerk of Supreme Court of his State, and received 289 votes more than the candidate for Governor. Prof. Spicer is an earnest and impressive speaker, and an avowed enemy of the three great powers, Rumism, Romanism and Greedism, that are undermining the blood-bought freedom of our country. P R O H I B rr I O N LEADERS REV. GEORGE WELLS FISHER, Chaplain of the National Division of the Sons of Temper.ince, was born in Newark, Not- tinjfhamshire, Eng., July 26th, 1847. His jxirents were John .ind Mary Fisher. I le was educated at I I ujf ill's Academy, N»-wark, Eiijf. He he long's to and serves the Method- i'-l Church, and is it'cognized a s a n able preacher, and .1 suceessful jilat- foiin spi-aker. In politics he holds the great issue to be " Prohibition " o r "license," and so stands ready to sink all minor questions lor the sake of the dominant issue, b\ voting for any jiart\ giving I'rtihibition. He believes in giv- ing equal suffrage to women, especial- ly upon this and other moral issues. While belonging to various temperance societies, he has been most actively identified with the Sons of Temperance, holding the oHice of Grand Worthy Patriarch, and Chaplain of the National Division, to which oflTice he was elected at the Jubilee Session, New "S'ork, in which cele- bration he took part. He also attended the Session in Chicago, and preached the official sermon, which was published in the minutes of the session. On other special occasions he has preached discourses in favor of Prohibition, which have met with much favor, and been printed and distributed widely by request. On the platform he has for many years been heard with pleasure and profit in favor of outlawing the saloon. REV. JOHN PHALEN, of the Nova Scotia Methodist Con- ference, is the second son of Lawrence and Sarah A. Phalen, and was born in Mill 1 Village, N. S., Mar. I 2ist, 1861. Con- verted at 14, he united with the Methodist Church, and at 19, feeling called of God to the ministry, he found himself for a time hindered in secur- ing the necessary I'ducation. In 1885 he was accepted as a candidate, and, after passing the necessary examina- tion, was admitted to the Nova Scotia Conference. He spent one year at Mt. .Allison Acad- emy, and three years at the Uni- versity of Mt. Alli- son College. In June, 1889, he was appointed to North Kingston, Ayles- ford, N. S. He united with the Sons of Temperance at 18, and has been actively connected with the Order since. On leaving his ch.arge he was honored by the Division with a valuable present and an adntir- able address. He was appointed G. W. P. at Sheet Harbor, N.S., and also at .Musquodoboit, which oftiie he still holds. In the great Plebiscite campaign he labored assiduously and with great suc- cess in indoctrinating the electorate in the duties of Christian citizenship. On election dav he never left the polls, making a personal canvass with grand results. He boasts of never having tasted intoxicants. In politics he is an Independent, and an un- compromising Prohibitionist. REV. JOHN A. B. WILSON, D.D., is one of the most inter- sting and romantic figures on the .American pulpit and platform to-day. Born Sept. 24, 1848, in Milton, Sussex Co., Del., of English, Welsh and Irish blood. In the pulpit before 20, with an unbroken career of rapid pro- motion, magnetic leadership and mar- velous usefulness in every pastorate. He was appointed, by Bishop Simpson, Presiding Elder, and for nine years he w.-is known as t h e p h e n o m e n a 1 Presiding Elder of Methodism. In 18.S7 Dickinson College conferred upon him the degree of Doc- tor o( Divinity. In 1802, Dr. Wilson was tr.'insferred to N e w \ o r k , a n d stationed at Eigh- teenth Street Ch., where he became, perhaps, the besl-kiunvu .Mi-lhoilisi cleigyman in the city. He went to Los .Angeles, Cal., at the unanimous request of the officers ot the First M. K. Church of that city, and entered .'it once upon ilu' lempi-rance work with his usual vigor. Mr. Wilson cist his first b.dlol with the Pri>hibitioiiisls in 187J, ami has suppoileil that ticket at every election since. He organized the Prohibition Party in Delaware, and was its storm center on the Peninsula of Delaware, Marylanil and \'irginia for many years. Standing nearly six feet high, broad shouldered, broad chested, a rich bari- lone voice, a strong, fearless thinker, writer and speaker, in the |>rime of life, he commands a large hearing wherever known. REV. JAMES PARKS MILLS, M. A., was bom at Nor- walk, Ohio, Dec. 16, iS^q. He has in his veins Scotch-Irish, English-Scotch, German and Welsh blood. He joined the G. T. the first meeting held after attaining eligible ige, and the S. of r. at the earliest opportunity, and li.'is ever since con- tinued in fraternal lo-operation. At the age of 17 he i-ntered college preparatory studies at Baldwin I'niver- ^ity, and graduated 11 the Classical ^ ourse in i86q. He I nteriHl the Federal \rmy soon after : lie Civil War was > ! e c I a r e d , and il until De- ;. 1865. re- ic frne to his i.-:;il<.-: .iM> o princi- pii--. I \c h;is been an earnest advocate of Prohibition all his life, ;iiui ]i>mi>i iiu- I'minmuon Party when, .1 ft i-; Mid .•imeiulment c.imp.iign in his Slate, the p.irt\ to w id previi'usly belonged refused to heed the ni.ijority \>-.. , — . .. (or that anu'iulment. In i8J<6 he was chosen I">is. Sec. of the .Nat. Reform .Association, and in iKSt) Dis. Sec. of the American Sab- b;ith I'nion which he held three years, winning golden opinions from the press and pc'oph-. In .'«ll his rvform work he constantly opposed the saloon .1^ " : to comb;it. In lS<>i) he K. Church, and is now |v.t- .. , » ... ..... .....^hc was a sHCce!»sful educator as Princi|>al of Conference Seminarj-. PROHIBITION LEADERS. REV. PETER WRIGHT, B.D., now of Portage La Prairie, Man., is a well-known and successful Presbyterian minister and zealous temperance worker. He was born in Berwick- shire, Scotl'd, Oct. 15, 1839, and when about 20 years of ag'e came to Can- ada, and located on a farm near C o - bourg', where he re- mained two years. Farming', however, he felt convinced, was not his life work. He was a diligent student, and after attending Victoria College one session he en- gaged in teaching, in which he was suc- cessful, for about six years. During that time he was Principal of the High Schools at Norwood and Chat- ham, Ont. He then took a theological course at Knox College, Toronto, graduating from it in 1870. He was duly licensed and ordained a Presbyterian minister, and has had pastoral charges of leading churches at IngersoU, Quebec, Montreal, Stafford and Portage la Prairie, in all of which excel- lent results have followed his labors. While in Montreal he also rendered good service as lecturer in classics and mathematics in the Presbyterian College in that city. P'or twenty years he has been an earnest advocate of the Prohibition movement in the pul- pit, through the press, and on the platform. He was Convener of the Gen. Assembly's Com. on Temperance for five years, when he went West. Since then he has occupied a similar position in the Manitoba Synod ever since. MRS. PHEBE EMMA RUTTAN, of Manitou, Manitoba, President of the Manitoba Provincial Women's Christian Temper- ance Union, was born in 1851 in the town of Picton, Co. of Prince Edward, Province of Ont. She has an honor- able ancestrj', being a daughter of R. A. Xorman, and a granddaughter of Rev. William E. Norman, and on hei mother's side the daughter of Phebe Eliza Hill Norman, and granddaughter of Silas Hill. Her education was ob- tained principally at the public school in her native town of Picton, although at a subsequent period s!ie attended the Weslevan F"eniale College in Hamil- ton, Ont., and like- wise took a course at the Normal School for the train- nig of teachers in the city of Toronto. S!ie became a member of the Methodist Church when she was in her sixteenth year, and has since been identified witli that religious body. In the year 1889 she was elected President of the W. C. T. U. in the town of Mani- tou, Man., which was then just organized. In the year 1894, at the Convention of the Provincial W. C. T. U. of Manitoba, in Carberry, she was elected to the highest office in the gift of the Society, that of Provincial President, and at the annual meeting in Neepawa the following year, the satisfactory manner in which she had discharged her duties was attested by her re-election to the office. MRS. \\\ H. WOODS was a daughter of Rev. MacKnight W'illiamson, and born near Carlisle, Pa. Her father had four brothers, Presby- terian ministers, ;dl of whom were suc- cessful pastors. He, liimself, preached over fifty years, liv- ing and dving a Prohibitionist. He foimded an acad- enij- at Academic, Pa., where she was educated until her 15th year, when the family removed to Ohio, and she, with two sisters, entered the Young Ladies' Seminary at Steu- benville, where she was graduated. In 1855 Frances T. Williamson was married to her cousin, William Harris Woods, of Lewistown, Pa., a son of Rev. James S. Woods, D. D., and grandson of Rev. John Witherspoon. D.D., LL.D., who was sixth President of Princeton College, and a signer of the Declaration of Inde- pendence. They have in their possession a clock brought from Scotland by Dr.'Witherspoon in 1768, which still strikes the hours and keeps good time. Having been well grounded in temperance principles bv her father, and receiving an inspiration from her second mother, who was an Ohio Crusader, it was natural for her to join the W. C. T. U. She was elected Local President at Huntingdon, Pa., in 1878, and State Treas. in 1882, which office she still holds, having been elected for the fourteenth year at Harrisburg, Oct., 1S95. She is also President of the Women's Christian Temperance Union of Huntingdon County. ISAIAH HORTON, son of Isaiah Horton and Charlotte Chatfield Horton, was born at Springwater, Livingston County, New York, August 27th, 1831. He was educated in the Dis- trict School. Very early in life he espoused the tem- perance cause. One of the first resolu- tions he ever re- members to have made was that if he lived to be a man, there would be one man in the world that would never taste intoxi- cating liquors, and he has faithfully carried out that resolution. In 1872, when he saw there was no use in ex- jiecting much tem- perance work from the Republican Partv, he resolved to trv to help or- ganize a political jiarty that would do Prohibition w o r k. He has a family of five children, three sons and two daughteis, whom he has so trained and instructed in total abstinence and Prohibition principles that are all total abstainers, and four are radical Prohibitionists. He has always voted at every election and town meeting since he was 21, and since 1872 has voted straight Prohibition. His temperance work has been done in the immediate vicinit\' where lie has lived, and he is known tliere as the unflinching and consistent advocate of the Prohibition cause. He has always fought the liquor traffic with every weapon he could grasp. He is sometimes called the Father of Prohibition iti his localitv. PROHIBITION LEADERS 103 G. R. M ALONE, Prohibition advocatt-, of Lansing, Mich., was born at Columbus, Ohio, July 27, 1851. When quite younj^ he went to live with an uncle in Stark County, where h e worked on the farm and attended school until he was 16 ; a ft e r w>h i c li ^h e tauj^-ht winters and attended the Hijfh School, and the Ag'- liciiltural College at Lansing, Michi- gan, after which he was for twi> years Su]it. i>f Schools at C "■ r a n d Ledge, Mich., and for two years more Coimty School Kxaminer tor Mecosta Co. He --ludied law, and in iSSi was admitted 10 the Bar at Big Ka)iids, Michigan, ■^ where he practiced till 1888, when he li«.-c;ime associate I'tlitor of the "Cen- ter," the leading l'rohit)ition jiaper of the State, located at Lansing. For the |5;ist six vears he nas devoted almost his entire time to Pro. platform work, and rinks .among the leading "broad gauge" speakers of the parly. He is also acknowledged to be one of the party's leading " vote-making " s|)eakers. He was the party candidate for Sec- retary of State in 1892, and has for years been a member of the State Central Committee. He was married to Miss Fannv At- kins in 1875. They have one child, Bt-rtha K., now in the grad- uating class of the Lansing High School. .Mrs. .Malone is also a temperance worker, being President of Lansing Central Women's Christian Tetnperance L^nion. The family are all members of the Methodist Kpiscojial Church. GEORGE \V. HAWXHURST, Grand Secretary of Vir- ginia, is the oldest son of the Hon. Job Hawxhurst, of Fair- fax County, the first Cirand Chief Tem- plar of the State. Brother Hawxhurst joined the Order at Fairfax, C. H., June 13, 1867, and at once became an .ictive Good Tem- plar. He was elect- ed Grand Secretary of the Grand Lodge of X'irginia at the Staunton session, .Nov., 1872, and has iield the office ever •since, re-elected (with one excep- tion) by acclama- tion. Bro. Hawx- hurst is noted for liis promptness, his .ibility for the rapid despatch of busi- ness, for the accur- .•icy and complete- ness of his rejxirts, tor his untiring energy and effec- tive leadership in supervising and directing the work of the Order in the State, and for his persistency in having everything done when it ought to be done. He is a member of the Int. Sup. I-odge, and represented the Grand Lodge in the sessions at I-ouisville, Kentucky, and Portland, .Maine, and also attended the sessions held at Washington, D.C, Richmond, Va., and Saratogpa Springs, \.\'. He was four years Secretary of the State Board of Education at Richmond, \'a., and four years Chief Deputy L'nited States Marshal. He was married in November, 1890, to Miss Sarah L. Lefevre, of Fairfax, a most estimable lady. They have one daughter, an interesting and talented young lady, and [iresent Assistant Grand Secretary of the State. REV. JOSHUA DYKE, B. D., pastor of the Methodist Church, at Moosomin, N. W. T., was born at Wednesfield, Wo 1 V e r h a m p t o n , Staffordshire, Eng. , Sept. 15, 1849. His parents, John and •Mary Dyke, were among the early converts of Method- ism, taking a prom- inent share in fouiul- ing several churches in that part of Eng- land. .Mr. Dyke was ctinverted and mined the clnu'ch of his parents when 10 \ cars of age. After the usual course in I lie public schools, he spt'ut foiM" years in preparation for the Methodist min- istry, which he en- tered in 1870. The British Confereme transt"erred him I*' Ontario in 1872. His principal I'h.'irges in Onl;irio were Lon- don , C h a t h a m , Bowman ville ; and in the Manitoba anil North- West Conferenc*', Calgary, Winnipeg, Fort William, \irden and .Moosomin, at which place he also oc»'upies llu- position of Chairman of the District. From early boyhooil he has Iven a pU-ilgeil abstainer, taking a di'ep interi'sl in the Temperance l\«'form., In l^nljiiii) he was a prt>minenl memlier of the Sons of 'l"emper;ince, ami the British (now Royal) Templars. Both in Ontario and the North-West, through the press and on the platform, he has taken an active part in Prohibition work. Hi' has been twice married; first. May 24, 1875, to Miss Bella P.irk, of Loiulon ; seciMid, to Miss Sophia Fox, B.E., daughter of the late John Fox, of Chatham. Onl.. by whom he has two sons and two daughters living. RH:V. JOHN SCANLON, Methodist minister and temper- ance reformer, was born in West Gwilliambury, County of Simcoe, Ont.. .April 10, 1839. His parents were >Lirk Scanion and Ann Thorpe. He received his educa- tion in the public schools, particular- ly at Bradford, Ont. His nnnisterial edu- cation he received by private study. .NIr. Scanion is a de- voted minister, a clear expositor of {(ospel inith. and an effective and in- ri^ive platfom> ad- \ .'> lie of tem|H*r- aiuc and Prohibi- tion. He is iden- tified, and has been lor son>e years, with the Independent Order of (.i o o d Templan* and the Ro\;«l Templars, li.i\'n.^ -.■■\>>1 as W vM I'm V. iuft Tem- plar. In politics Mr. Scanion is an Independent, helieving thnt Ihef^lind pa riv "spirit of to-day is one of the greatest hindrances t' .'rm, and that every true Christian ciii/en sh» the good and oppose the evil in every jvirtx . .. .. .'.trtv were in the fiekl Mr. Scanion wouKI not vote for the pres»*nt license parlies. He has taken a very active jwrl in the camjwigns for local Prohibition under the Dunkin .Vet in Con»pion County, ^ue.. and under the Si-olt Acl in CnHion Coiiniv. Ottawa City, and in Brockville, «N»> in ihe grc > the Province of C>nlario, s|H'aking \er\ >nd doing a large anu^unl of effeclive ..1 i,..iii,.. nuicit effective work in enforcing law. I04 PROHIBITION LEADERS DAVID W. GAGE was born in Madison, Lake Co., Ohio, September 26, 1825, his parents being James Gag-e and Charlana Turney. He was educated at district school, Pamesville, Ohio, Academy, and Twinsburg-, Ohio, Institute. He is a Baptist, a S. of T., a R. T. of T., and a pronounced Prohibitionist. Reared a Whig, at 21 he voted the Anti-Slavery ticket, the Free Soil Part)'. He became a Re- publican in 1856, and a Prohibitionist in 1869. From 1882 to 1887 he was the Ohio State Organ- izer of the Prohi- bition Part}', visit- ing and organizing every county, and by incessant labors on the platform and through the press raising the party membership from 5,000 to 35,000, and leaving the party in thorough organization. He was then en- gaged by the National Bureau, but owing to his excessive labors and a partial break-down of health had to cancel that en- gagement. He then re-opened his law office in Cleveland, where he had practiced from 1854 to 1868. He joined the S. of T. in 1848, and held the office of G. W. P., and was a member of the Nat. Divisions at Halifax, New Haven, Montreal and Wilmington. He began temperance work in 1842, and has continued in harness ever since, being an early associate and friend of Jay Odell, Geo. P. Burwell, G. K. Stewart, and other stalwarts of the early heroic days of the Prohibition Party. MRS. HULDAH S. ROCKWELL, Supt. of Legislation and Petition Dept., both of Ontario and Dominion W. C. T. U., was born Nov. 22, 1854, in Picton, Ont. Her father was the Rev. Daniel McMullen, now deceased, and her mother, Eliza Conger, of U. E. Loyalist parentage. She was educated in the Common and Grannnar Schools of Picton, and the Ladies' College, Hamilton. She was brought up a strict Methodist, but i s extremely tolerant in her views. Mrs. Rockwell was in- doctrinated in Pro- hibition principles by Mrs. Youmans. She was Secretary of the Picton W. C. T . U . , of which Mrs. Youmans was President. She travelled with Mrs. Youmans through Prince Edward Co., holding Dunkin Act meetings — the two being called Moody and Sankey, as Mrs. Rockwell sang effectively. She is a R. T. of T., and has belonged to the S. of T. She married in 1877 Mr. John Rockwell, and removed to Kingston, vs-here she labored earnestly in Scott Act campaigns, and was appointed Supt. of Legislation, Franchise and Petitions for the Ontario W. C. T. U. She began at once to stir up the women voters of Ontario to make use of tlie suf- frage and to elect better men to municipal councils. Several Bills for extending the franchise of women have been introduced into the Legislature at her instigation. Through her influence the names of 70,000 Canadian women were added to the Polyglot Petition. REV. GEORGE C. HADDOCK, one of the first martyrs to the cause of Prohibition, was born in Watertown, N. Y., Jan. 23, 1832, a descendant, on his mother's side, of the famous preacher, Lorenzo Dow. He was edu- cated at the Black River Institute, and in i860 began his career as a M. E. minister in the Wis- consin Conference. Always outspoken in his denunciations of the liquor traffic, he was, while Pre- siding Elder of the Fon du Lac District, brutally assaulted by three armed men, saloon sympa- thizers. In 1884 he left the Republican Party and became one of the most efficient workers of the Prohibition Party. Stationed in Sioux City, Iowa, in 1885, a city with 20,000 people, fifteen churches, and 100 saloons running in defiance of the State Prohibitory law, he lectured, raised funds, signed peti- tions for prosecutions, and fulminated from his pulpit, and in every way boldly opposed the liquor interests. Of course he incurred the bitter hatred of saloon men, and of all who sympathize with saloon interests, and on the evening of August 3rd, 1866, while riding back to Sioux City from the neighboring town of Green- ville, he was set upon by a crowd of brewers, saloon-keepers and roughs, and was shot, and died almost instantly. His assailants were tried and acquitted. How much influence the great brewers of the West exerted to secure this verdict it is im- possible to state. ^" : ALFRED H. CLEAVES, author, and foreman in numerous machine shops of Illinois, was born Sept. 7th, 1848, in Boston, Mass. His ances- tors were of old N'w England stock, his mother's family running back to the Eaton members ot the Mayflower com- pany, her fore- fathers being of- ficers in the wars with Great Britain. His father was an Abolitionist, a Lib- erty and Free Soil partisan, and a Fre- mont and Lincoln dyed - in - the - wool follower until the fall of Babylon in the slavery strug- gle. Mr. Cleaves has resided in Aurora, 111., since 1883, and has been a member of the Aurora City Coun- cil three times, as a radical Prohibition- ist, among high and low license members. Of late years the Prohibitionists have put a city ticket in the field. He was married in 1874 to Miss Mary- Henderson, of Springfield, 111., and has six children living, one son and five daughters, having lost two sons. Believing in the duties of sobriety, righteousness, and godliness, he has decided that drunkenness, being a great national vice, should be counter- acted by temperance in personal conduct; that the saloon busi- ness, being a great national crime, should be removed through the political action of a National Prohibition Part)-; and that license voting, being a sin against God, can be reached only by theocratic law, or the withdrawal of Christian fellowship from individual Chris- tians or Church organizations that consent to such disorderly walk. PROHIBITION LEADERS. 105 DR. MITCHELL DOWNING was born near Poiighkeepsie, N. Y., his present home, in 1842. He spent his boyhood and early manhood with his parents on the farm near Pleasant Valley, altendinjf the old America S e m i n a r y . He studied dentistry II nder Dr. J . A . Jellhon, tiien the most |Hipiilar and Mieci'ssful dentist in l\>nji;'hkeepsie, .'ind In I. 63 opened an odice tor himself" and j^radiialls built lip a larjje practice, lie is well-known .is an active Chris- lian worker and temperance advo- cate. He w a s a pioneer in the V. M. C. A. movement of his .State, and one of its zealous supporters in his own city. He was I'resident for many years of Duchess Co. Sunday .School .Association. He was a Re|>iiiilican until i!^72, when, like many others, his eyes were opened to tiie corruption of the party and its subserviency to the liquor interest. He took exception to the notorious " Raster Resolution" and joined the Prohibition Party, in which he soon became one of the recognized State leaders. Dr. Downinj^' enjoys in a lartje dej^ree tiie confidence and g'ood will of the citizens of Pou)^hkee|?sii', and has occupied positions of honor and influence in the community in which he resides. He has been for several years a Director of the First National Bank, of Poujchkeepsie, N. Y. He has been for ten years a member of the Prohibition State Committee. SARAH E. KINNEY STEBBINS was born in Oberlin, O., June 15, 1839, and inherited a pioneer's spirit. Her great-^'rand- f a t h e I- , T h o m a s Porter, and her jf rand fat her, Dr. Darius Matthews, were amonjjf the most influential pio- neers in X'ermonl. History records of Dr. Matthews "th;it he conducted .1 larj^e farm with- out the use of spirit- uous liquv'>rs." Her parents, Daniel B. Kinney and Betsy Matltiews, moved to Oberlin, Ohio, in 1S35. the s e c o n tl sprinjf of its exist- ence. Nearly fifty y ears of earnest, self-denyinjf efforts were spent theri-, and their influeiu-e was c.irried to the trrowiiik;- country iH'yonil by two sons .'ind five d.'iun'hters. In 1S61 Sarjih was i;radu.itetl, and was mariiiil to Mr. }l. P. Stebbins, of tin- t l.iss oi 59, on Octob»T jj, 1862. In 1S64 tiiey moveil to 1 li.iw.itha, Kan.. ti> start its first paper, "The l'ni<>n Sentini'l, " .-ind in iS()6 ihevnioveil lit .Atchison. In the first years of the Prohibition struj^^j^le .Mrs. Stebbins took an active and self-ilenyin^ part. The temperance cause has alwavs received her sympathy anil help, ami for some vt*ars she has been Secretary of the \V. C. T. l'., the .Supt. of Prison Work, and is Supt. of the Evan>;^elistic Department. Ihe family consists of four sons and threi- daughters. They are nu'inbers of the Conj^'re^a- tional Ciiurch. .Mis. .Stebbins' sisters iiavt', like herself, all Iven eariu-st workers in the cause of temperance anil Prohibition. MRS. .ANNIE RENTON PARKER, of Toronto, the worthy help-meet of Rev. Dr. W. R. Parker, has taken a very active interest in the tem- perance and Wo- man's Franchise movement from early jjirlhood. She was born in one of the most pictur- esque sections of the historic city of Quebec, the daujfh- ter of Thomas Ren- ton and .Annie Jef- frey. Her father was a wholesale if rain and flour dealer, a man of decided literary taste, a constant student of the com- mercial and jjoliti- cal history i>f the day, and a very fre- quent contributor to the press. He fre- quently expressed the wish that .Annie had been a boy, entertaininjf the conviction that to boys belonged the higher privileges of education, the franchise, and of a free choice of their life-work, while ^iils were hedg'ed around with limitations that dwarfed their enerjjfies. This tended to early decide her mind that equal privilejjes, rij^hts and opportunities for ^irls and boys alike was the only just st.'indard for Christian civilization. She im- bibed an interest in the temperance movement in her home, and early becjmie ;i contributor to the "Witness," the "Transcript" and " Dominion Majjazine, " under the nam lie f>/unie oi ".Annie .Apton." She became an ardent W. C. T. I', and Woman's Franchise worker. She has been Dom. W.C.T. L'. Supt. of Franchise and V. \*. of Dom. Enf. Asso. several terms. In 1863 she married Rev. W. R. Parker. H. CLAY B.ASCOM was born at Crown Point Centre in 1844. He attended the public sch<»ols, and while yet in his teens became locally con- spicuous as <•» de- I bater and lyceum I writer. While still a youth he com- menced public speakinjf, and the e xte niporaneous faculties then mani- fested were t h e presag'e of convic- tions that have kept •Mr. Bascom con- stantly before the public as a lemj>er- ance speaker and writer for thirty years. Converted at fourteen, he jjas Ihhmi prominently c o n n e c t e d with Methodism as class- leader, S. S. Siipi., and la\ He att\. Edward I Institute. eil ;is tui.' ' years theie. *.'>ti^- inally .-i Republican, in the early seventies Mr. Ha^'^com w.-t* nomi- nated for School Conunissioner. .-mil becauu' iluis '1 the inner workinj^s oi the Ri-publicoi m.i> l\:iu-. to contribute corruption linul'. he "■'' ' • pemlently in)til his comieclion \\li or 1881, since which he has been >!■ . " ^ venti«in anil each annu.-tl N. Y. Stale <. oii\«-iiiioii. Vot t\\nt\\ vears he h.is been a m«Mnber o\' the St.Me Fy.-ciitivc Comn»iH«««*, and since 188S has represoiUeil New N'. ^ bition t."onuniltee. In iS.S^ he was tin- Ciovernor of Ni'w York, luakinii; sixty .«iivm,^^. ^ .■, »■.,,-, m- creasinjf the vole over last Presidential year, fn>m 25,50610 30,867. io6 PROHIBITION LEADERS. REV. DANIEL VanNORMAN LUCAS was born in the County of Halton, Ont. He is the son of Capt. John Lucas, of tlie Hahon miHtia, and conies of U. E. LoyaUst stock. He beg- an his minis- terial work as a Wesleyan preacher in i860 and went as ;i niissionarj' to B. C. in 1862. After returning from the far West, lie served iiis denomination as a pastor in country and city work for several years. He assisted as a mem- ber of the General Conference in the formation of that complete union of all the Methodist bodies in Canada. When a pastor in Montreal he was asked to accept a position as Secre- tary of the Dom. Alliance of Quebec. He served in that capacity for three years, when he received a very pressing invitation to visit Austra- lia, where he rendered great service in advancing the Prohibition cause. The Antipodean press generally has spoken in the highest terms of his efforts. Mr. Lucas, who holds the degrees of M. A. and D.D., and is also a Fellow of The Royal Colonial Institute of London, is a man of intellectual gifts, rather above the average, and of considerable literary attainment and extensive knowledge, as the result of careful reading and study and travel. He is a thorough I'rohibitionist, and may well be counted among the fore- most in the great temperance field. Dr. Lucas is the author of several useful works. MRS. E. ADELIA LUCAS is the wife of the Rev. D. V. Lucas, D. D., whose portrait and sketch are also on this page. She was born at L ' O r i g n a 1 , near Ottawa, Ontario. Mrs. Lucas is the daughter of the Rev. Joseph Reyn- olds, for many years a very useful W'esleyan minister. She was educated at Wesleyan Ladies' College, Hamilton, and was married to Mr. Lucas in 1865. She accompanied her husband around the world in 1887- 1888, and took part with him in relig- ious and temper- ance services in their long journey in America, Aus- tralia, Asia, Africa and Europe. Very few ladies have ever enjoyed so great an opportunity to wit- ness the condition of and labor for the benefit of mankind. Mrs. Lucas, who has had official connection with the Women's Christian Temperance Union ever since its introduction into Canada, as Superintendent of a Department in Provincial and Dominion Unions and President of Toronto Dis- trict, rendered valuable assistance in the organization of the Unions in Australia. She is a lady of indefatigable industry ; most conscientious in all she does, and carries in her heart every hour a deep sympathj' v^'ith her race, and especially for those of her own sex who suffer through the iniquities of the liquor traffic. Like her husband, she is an intense and active Prohibitionist. MRS. SARAH ELIZABETH BABCOCK, physician and electrician, of Bradshaw, Neb., was born Feb. 28, 1858, in Meigs Co., Ohio. Her parents were An- drew Jackson and Phoebe Oliver. She was educated at Stockton and North Warren. She is a member of the Bap- tist Church, the Prohibition Party, King's Daughters, W. C. T. U., V. P. S. C. E., and the W.R.C., also Chair- man of the Blue Ribbon Club at Germantown, Neb., having been unan- imously elected in 1891. She has held offices of trust in all the societies with which she is con- nected. She is one of the original Cru- saders of Ohio, and, being an ardent lover of justice and right, has worked faithfully as a leader in Local, County, and District W. C. T. U. work. She is ever ready with pen to do press work, and has always answered the call of duty in platform or other work. She taught for five years in public schools, connnencing at the age of 16, and gave all her extra time to nursing and care of the sick, her soul being in this humane work. She has been very successful as teacher, nurse, physician and electrician. Of an ancestry noted tor firmness and tact, Scotch and American, she has been a close student and is a self-made woman. She went to Nebraska in 1 87 1, and was married in 1875 to Andrew Jackson Babcock. They have no children, but adopted and raised to maturity an orphan boy. SAMUEL RANTON, of St. Thomas, Ont., was born in the Township of Darlington, County of Durhain, Ont., March 18, 1849. His parents were John Ranton and Jane English, both from the north of Ireland. He was educate'd at the public schools in the Township of Biddulph, County of Middlesex, and by private study. He taught public school for several years. He edited and pub- lished "The Cru- sade," a temper- ance monthly, in 1881-2. Afterdoing a variety of news- paper work he be- came city editor and reporter of the "St. Thomas Daily Times" from March, 1890, to July, 1895. He has been suc- cessively a member of the British Amer- ican Order of G. T. (joining at sixteen), the United Temperance Association, and the R. T. of T. He has also been a "Son" and a G. T. He was Grand Secy, of the B. A. O. G. T. in 1875; Secy, of the Provincial Lodge, U. T. A., 1879 to 1883; was from 1891 to 1896 continuoush'. Secy, of Elgin District Council, R. T. of T., and is now District Councilor; was a repre- sentative to Gd. Council in 1895 and 1896, and a representative to the Dom. Council in 1896. He has spoken frequently on temperance and Prohibition. He is politically an Independent Conservative, with strong Prohibition tendencies. He has been a Methodist local preacher for some years. He was married in 1879 to Emily A. Leitch, and has four sons and three daughters. PROHIBITION LEADERS. 107 ARTHUR WASHBURN", of Newton Center, Mass., was born in the town of Middleboro, Mass., Oct. 10, 1866. His father, Hiram Washburn, and his mother, Hannah W. Wes- ton, were natives of the same place. His father havinjj passed away when he was but 3 years old, his early years and his first year of training' were spent with his uncle, David Weston, D. D., then Prof, at Madison Univers- ity. His uncle dy- ing when he was 10 years old he re- turned again to his relatives in Middle- l)oro, and he also lived for some time with his mother in Halifax, Mass. He studied with Rev. H. W. Coftin, at Worcester .Acad- emy, Plymouth, for a time, until forced to leave by ill health. He is an active member of the Baptist Church and deeply interested in all temperance work. He has always voted for Prohibition and aided in every possible way. He soon after his first vote began writing for the press, and attracted some attention b)' his articles. After his removal to Newton Center he was chosen Chaplain of the Sons of Tem- perance. Soon after he was publicly installed as Worthy Patriari-h. His .lim has always been to hold up a strong ]>ure manhood as the chief thing to attain. He has served in various organizations, and striven in other ways to promote temperance work. He has for some time been more or less actively engaged in missionary work. LETTA D. HORNER was born in Redfield, in Dallas Co., Iowa, Oct. 22, 1879, near which town she has always lived. Her jiarents, Oliver and Nancy Homer, are 'f New England ancestry, coming in early childhood from their native Eastern States to Iowa. Her early I 'ducat ion was ob- tained in the coun- t ly school. Com- pleting that course i>f study she attend- I'd the Dexter Nor- mal School, after A Iiich she attended lie Highl.ind Park Normal College, Mes Moines, la., and then took a course at the Iowa State Normal School. She is of Ou;iker parentage, laving a *' birth- I ighl membership " in that church. The principles of the Prohibition Party were impressed deeply upon her minil ;is she re;id with increasing interest each successive campaign against the liquor traffic since she was ten years of age. Her temperance work began in 1892, as she was a charter meniber of the W. C. T. U. which was organized at that time in Redfield. She became Secretary of the Local Union in 1894, ;md the following year was chosen Secretary of t!ie District in which she belongs. .At the organization of the State Junior Pro. League she was elected Treas. In these Local, District and State offices Miss Homer has a large New York in 1S59, subsequently -M-ttling in I'ennsvi- vania. He joined the Wyoming Con- t e r e n c e of the Methodist Episco- ivil Church in 1887. A in >ls. , .. .. .. the C o n I e r e n c e five \ ears' theological ou r se . In ten t-ars he became 1 he most widely known preaclier in I li e Conference. He was m;irri«'ii in 1887 to .Miss Abbie S. Faulkner, of Hancock, N. V., and lias four chil- d r e n . He has .ilways voted with t h e Prohibi lion Party. In 1894 1895 he was asso- ciate editor of (he " Pennsylvania .Methodist." Less than 35 years of age, he has reiulered great service to the lause of reform. Many of his ser- mi>ns .tnd sjH'eches have been widely published ' '' "'" /\e ^■l>ur Dogs To-Day, ■' anil his gn-al s|H'ccIi, " to the Churclies. '■ .\t the Wyoming Conlercncc. ihI anil ctmrageous attitude, .ind his addn-ss to Misliop Vmit.ws on Prohibition dix-trine in the Methodist t. hurcii, ai;. i.t,-,! n.iiuMial attt*ntion. .Since then he has chosi-n to K' a "i' large," believing that "the siiloon can m-vcr l>e license. n," and that mor.'tlity applied to soci;d, econonnc, and imuisuiai issues, is universiUly and eternally right. PROHIBITION LEADERS REV. CLARENCE T. WILSON, A.B., son of Rev. John A. B. Wilson and Mary Jefferson Wilson, was born in Milton, Sus- sex Co., Del., April 24, 1872. He is the ninth generation of the family born within twelve miles of the old home- stead. Mr. Wilson was converted, and joined the church of his choice in the aristocratic old town of Princess Anne, Md., at the ag-eof II years. His first sermon was pi-eached at the Concord Camp meeting, in Caro- line County, Md., before he was 16, and created a deep impression. Soon he was stationed at Rising Sun, Del., and had great suc- cess, though doing double work — of a pastoral charge and keeping up a course of academic studies. He received his education at St. John's College, An- napolis, Md.; was admitted to the Wilmington Conference (M. E.) before he was 19 years old ; was Secretary of the Delaware State Central Committee of the Prohibition Party, and stumped the State for Fisk. In 1892 he was transferred to the New York East Conference, and ordained Deacon by Bishop Newman, and Elder by Bishop F"owler — the youngest man ever ordained in the Methodist Church. He was stationed at Rising Sun, at Seaford, Del., and at Sea Cliff, N. Y. Everywhere vigorous temperance work was done and success achieved. He is spoken of by N. Y. papers as " The Southern Summerfield." Resides in Los Angeles, Cal. MRS. ELIZA BUCKLEY INGALLS was born in St. Louis Co., Missouri. Her father, an Englishman, came to this country in his youth. He married Jane Boyle in Philadelphia, and renu)ved to a farm in St. Louis County, where three boys and the subject of our sketch w-ere born. The com- panion of her broth- ers, she grew to womanhood with- out feeling any dif- ference because of sex, and has always been a staunch equal suffragist. When only 14 years of age she joined the I. O. G. T., and has since been deeply interested in temperance work. She believes in the prohibition of liquor, tobacco and opium traffics. She was the Secy, of the first W. C. T. U. organized in St. Louis, and has always been an active member. For years she was head of the Narcotic Dept. in the National W. C. T. U., and President of the St. Louis Union, also Chairman of the Finance Committee of the Missouri W. C. T. U. In 1880 she became the wife of F. H. Ingalls, a successful merchant and devoted husband, who is in full sympathy with her work, and gives liberal financial aid. The beautiful home over which this woman presides is always open to all good (rauses, and the unfortunate is sure to receive a welcome and substantial help. Having no children, she has given time and monej' freely for the furtherance of all charitable work. MISS ELIZABETH UPHAM YATES, one of the most attractive and pleasing of that vast army of orators inspired and led to the front by — the W. C. T. U. movement, is a native of Maine and a graduate of the Boston School of Expression, of the principles of which she may be justly regarded as a living exponent. For her present platform work in connection with the Franchise Dept. as Nat. Lec- turer, Miss Yates lias had years ot diligent training, stud}' and travel. She spent several years in China, and has given to the world a most gra- phic description of Oriental life in her interesting book entitled "Glimpses into Chinese Homes." She is deeply interested in all reforms, but gives especial attention to those bearing on woman's interests in the home, school, society and Church. She is keenly alive to the progress of women in all lands, but speaks and labors with especial interest in all depart- ments of woman's work for total abstinence, equal suffrage and Prohibition. As a speaker she excels in many ways, having a fine clear and pleasant voice, distinct enunciation and natural manner, and is deservedly popular. She was appointed delegate from Maine to the World's Women's Christian Temperance Union in London in 1895. She was a prominent speaker and worker at the National Women's Christian Temperance Union at Baltimore in October last. REV. BURTON G. ROCKWOOD, President and founder of the National Junior Prohibition League, was born at Brasher Falls, N. Y., June 3, 1872. His father, Harvey A. Rock- wood, and his mother, Amelia M. Lang, were of Eng- lish descent. At the age of 17 young Rockwood entered the school-teaching profession at Rut- land, Illinois, and taught three con- secutive terms o f school, one at Rut- land, 111., one at Lee, Ind., and an- other near Monti- vello, Ind. His edu- cation was received at Purdue Univers- ity and the North- ern Indiana Normal School. During his school life young Rockwood devel- oped his oratorical ability, and in the campaign of 1892 made himself felt in behalf of the Prohibition Party, and was elected President of the Indiana Junior Prohibition Leagues. In 1893 he was admitted to the ministry of the M. E. Church, and accepted a charge in the North-West Indiana Conference. After four months' labor in this field he tendered his resignation to again go on the stump in behalf of the Prohibition Party. In March, 1894, he con- ceived the idea of a National Junior Prohibition League, and at the Indiana Junior Prohibition Convention perfected that organiza- tion. Since then he has been in the field all the time, and has suc- ceeded in enlisting over 15,000 young people in behalf of the Pro- hibition Party in eighteen States. He is a thrilling speaker, and has received the title of "The Young John B. Gough of America." PROHIBITION LEADERS. 109 WILLIAM KLEINLE, Treasurer of the Executive Commit- tee, Prohibition Party, State of Maryland, was born in Baltimore, May 27th, 1845, his parents coming from Germany early in life. He only received a common school education, and com- nu'iiced his business life when 14 years old. He is in the firm of Rennons, K 1 e i n 1 e Hi. Co., brush manufactur- ers, which is one of the larjfest and most prog'ressive concerns of the kind in the cinmtry. W'liik" inheriliiij<' the Democratic faith he nearly always scratched this ticket, and his tem- perance proclivities were so stroiij^ that shortly after his majority he, with others in his ward, |)ut up a temper- ance candidate (who I'anie within a few votes of being- elected) lonjjf before tlie Prohibition Party was in the field. He naturally took his place in the Prohibition Party at liie fii-st o|>i)ort unity, which w;is duiinj; the campaig-n of St. John and Daniel. He is a vestryman of the Prott-stant F^piscopal Church, and belonjfs to various charitable, humanitarian and religious societies. He was one of the orijjinal directors of the famous Glydon P;irk Camp, and its Treasurer for a number of years. He was President of the "Issue" and the Morris Printinjf Company, which published the "Advocate." He has been nominated to various offices by the Prohibition Party, amonjif which was the nmyoralty of his city — Baltimore. JOHN S. F. PENTELOW, Grand Secretary of the Sons of Temperance of Western New York, was bom in Northampton- shire, Eng-., June 16, '859, and removed to New York State when only 9 years old. He early be- came interested in temperance and temperance socie- ties, and joined the Sons of Temper- ance at L7, and has continued his con- nection with the Order unbroken to the present time. He has organized a goodl\ number of Divisions of the S. <.^f T. He was elect- ed Grand Scribe in 1893, and re-elected in 1894 and 1895. In 1895 he was i-Iected Secretary of I lie L'nion Temper- nice Commiitee of Buffalo, where he 1 esides. This or- igan i z a t i o n e m - braces the most active workers of Builalo, out of all the orders, and by its broad basis of operations, and the zeal and enerj^- which characterizes its membership, has becttme a power for the promotion of temperance and Prohibition princ'ples. It has, perh.'ips it is s.'ife to say, more political significance and influence than all the secret organizations combined. Through this organ- ization Mr. Pentelow is exerting a wide and beneficent influence. He is an active member of the Independent Order of Oddfellows. He belongs to and actively serves the .Methodist Episcopal Church, but his life-work is to further the temperance cause in every way that he finds possible, both by voting and speaking ill its behalf. GREEN CLAY S.MITH, the second Presidential candidate of the Prohibition Party, was born in Richmond, Ky.. July 2nd, iH^2. He attended ■^ihool ill Rii'hmoiid, I lien Center College in Danville, Ky., until his 15th year, w h e n h e v o 1 11 11 - 1 1'ered i n Capt . j.inies Stone's com- |i;uiy of Cavalry, Col. H u m p hrey Marshall's regi- ment, ami served in the Mexican war i>ne year. On his return he entered Traiisylvania I'ni- \ersily, Lexington, nul .'ifter gradu.-it- iiig took the law course in the s;inie institution in two years. He prac- ticed with his father t'oi- several years in K i c h in o 11 il , K v . I li; w;is married to Miss Lena Duke, il.uighter of Jjinuvs K. Duke. He re- moved to Covington, Ky., and entered on his profession witiv great success, being elected to the Legislature just at the begin- ning of tli<' civil troubles. He si-rvi-d in the l'nion Army ;ind was made Brigailier-General under G«mi. Rosecranz. He w.is elected to Congress while in the field in 1S64, ami look his seat December 1st, 1864; was elected to the 39th Congress, and after his term was appointed Governor of Montana. Reluming to Kentucky he entered the ministry of the Baptist Church, and served the Metro- politan Baptist Church, Washington, D. C, until his death, June 29tli, 1805. .Always a strong temjierance man, he was elected Chief of S. of T. and I. O. G.' T. in his native Stale. In 1876 he was unanimously nominated for President by the Prohibit'n Party. REV. .ALO.XZO A. .Ml.NEK, a promiiu'iii reformer and divine, son of Benajah .Ames and -Amanda (Care\) .Miner, was born .Aug. 17, 1814, — ~7J^^^aS:i in I empster. N. H.. 1 . .mil died m Boston, June 15111, 1895. From his 16th to his -•olh year he laughl in scluwis, and was .issociat ed with I a ni e s Garvin, 1834 35, in the joint I- o n d II c t o f t !i e Cavendish, Yt., Academy, and fn in '■'35 '^ '^'39 was at the head of the I'nity (N. H.)So'en- lific and Military Academy, In 1839 he was ordained to the ministry of the I'ni versa list Church. He was t wenly- four yea 1 s on I he Sl;ile Bcwtid of Education. Ho was a membi'r of the .\meric.in .Acad- i-tin- <>f PoltMcnl .ind -^ the N. E. Historic Genealogical Society, and of ^n- miltee of the .American Peace S*H-iety. He litimnu i... i.^sion civic oration Jiil>' 4, 1855; received the vlegiee o( A. M. fr«>ni Tufts College, i8(>i ; S. f . I), from Harvard. i8 President <»f Hm- TemiH-rance Alliance, he preaclietl ilie el. Legislature in 18S4, which he h.»iulle»l si> - election semu>ns. l"omiect«"il with ilie I'c .'mti-.i ^.m fi>uiul;ition, he was the |Kiity »-;>iuliil;ile fo\ C.iniM chuselts in 1878, and for Mayor of Boston in iS*)}. work cxtondod over KAy years in all New Enicland State 1 1., n. • om -••tf* the itt>d .>■ >v i .MM its 101 ,ld in 1880, and when the Republi- can Party turned ajjfainst the homes of the U. S. in 1884 in favor of the saloon, he came out tor the Prohibition Party. Was a dele- g-ate to the Nat. Con. at Pittsburg-, bearing a special message from John P. St. John, and moving an important resolution. Has been a prominent worker in I. O. G. T. and in K. and L. of H., — now Protector of Par- thenia Lodge, No. 53 ; a member of Joppa Lodge, No. 29, F. & A. M. Was Secy, of the Prohibition Com. of Chemung Co. five years. He is a broad-gauge Prohibitionist, favoring direct legis- lation, public ownership of railroads, telegraphs, etc., and en- forced arbitration in labor troubles. He was Prohibition candi- date for the Assembly in Passaic Co. in 1894, and has done good work for the Party, being a forcible writer and a clear, logical and convincing speaker. He married Miss Carrie E. Peters, of Pine City, N. Y., in 1872, and they have a happy family of five boys and two girls. MRS. L. A. L THAYER was born Oct. 3, 1848, in Craw- ford Co., Pa., her father being James R. Irons, of Jersey-Dutch descent, and her mother, Rachel Brooks, a school teacher of English descent. She grew up on the farm and received her educa- tion in the public schools and in Linesville school. She was married to Charles F. Thayer, Aug. 19, 1867, and settled in Linesville, afterwards remov- i n g t o Shermans- ville, where slie or- ganized and active- ly sustained a W. C.T.U. and a Band of Hope, which changed the moral tone of the place. Removing to Atlan- tic, her present home, she was in- strumental in or- ganizing another W. C. T. U., which has had a successful career. At the W. C.T.U. Convention for Crawford County, in 1893, she was chosen Supt. of Hygiene and Heredity. In this woik she has met with marked success. Mrs. Thayer is a strong believer in pure air and sunshine and pure water, and has found in her home management no need for drugs or alcoholics. She looks forward to the day when a better understanding of the laws of nature will prevent most of the physical diseases of to-day, or assist in their speedy removal by natural re- medies within the reach of all. She has a family of ten healthy children — her two daughters being prize-winners in the Demorest medal contests. GERTRUDE M. SINGLETON is the daughter of Gov. Beriah Magoffin, of Kentucky, and Anna Shelby, the grand- daughter of the first and sixth Governor of that State, Isaac Shelby, who was .also a Revolutionary hero. At the close of the Civil War she m a r ri e d W' m . F. Singleton, a mem- ber of Stonewall Jackson's brigade, and they became residents of Illi- nois in 1866. They worked together for fifteen years build- ing up the "Total Abstinence L i f e Association," which was wrecked in 1893 by the failure of the East Tenn. Land Company — a Prohibition enter- prise in which its surplus was invest- ed. The f a i 1 u r e carried away also the private' fortune o'f the Singletons, who feel that they have sacrificed their all for the temperance cause inasmuch as the Land Comjiany was organized to illustrate the benefits of a Prohibition conimunitv. The Com])anv has been re- organized, and its town, "Harriman" with its Temp. University, is gaining ground. Mrs. Singleton has been a prominent*^W.C.T.U. worker, having filled Local, County and District':Presidencies, and was for a time National Superintendent of Temp.'Hospital Work. She also did nuich campaign work witli her husband in Indiana and Illinois, securing- Prohibition in their own county and the best scientific temperance instruction in their district to be found in Illinois at the time. CHARLES F. MERRILL was born in Rockville, Conn., June 15, 1852. He is the son of the Rev. Charles A. and Sarah A. Merrill, and inherits his love for temper- ance from his father. Mr. Mer- rill graduated at Wesleyan Univerj sity, Middleton, Conn., in 1874, B.A. and M.A. He was for seventeen vears Principal of High Schools and Supt. of Schools in Mass., Conn., N. Y., and N. J., and State In- stitute Lecturer and Conductor. He is a prominent Mason and member of the Sons of Veterans. In 1867 he joined the Good Templars and was the Grand Councilor of the Grand Lodge of Mass. and is a mem- ber of the Interna- tional Sup. Lodge of that Order. He is also a P.G.W^.T. of the Grand Temple of Honor and Temperance of Conn., and is now the Grand Chief of the Grand Council of Select Templars of that^'State. He was the first Templar to be the presiding officer of the three Grand bodies of that Order at the same time. He is a member of the Supreme Council of that Order. Mr. Merrill stands among the most eloquent advocates in the ranks of Templars to- day, having advocated the annihilation of the liquor traffic in all the'leading cities of New England. He has more calls than his"^time will allow him to accept. He is an Episcopalian. Mr. Merrill'^is married, and has a family of seven children, four girls and three young temperance orators. PROHIBITION LEADERS. REV. THOMAS BONE was born in Scotland, Jan. i, 1825, and came to Canada Oct. 8, 1852. He put his hand to the tem- perance plough in November, 1839, and has never taken it off. On May 24, 1868, he entered on mission work of the Upper Canada Tract Society on the Welland C.inal, and has been thus eii- g'ajced ever since. In contact most of the year with sailors, Mr. Bone has had the oppor- tunity of witness- ing:, as have but few others, the havoc wrouj^ht by drink ainonj^' the brave i;ids who face un- f1 i n c h i n g 1 y the .iMg'ry deep, but are loo often and ti>o easily led into the whirlpool of intem- perance. His best days have been j^iven to their evan- g-elization, visiting the boats as they pass through the canal, privately interviewing the captains and sailors, holding wherever opportunity is given gospel meetings, and being instrumental, in hundreds of cases, in leading men who have tew sjjiritual advantages and many temp- tations to a life of total abstinence and of faith upon the Son of God. Mr. Bone holds very strong convictions on the subject of J'rohibition, believing that tiie man who signs a petition for license or supports a Party favoring the license system, becomes thereby responsible for the inevitable results of the traflic. The distribution of tracts on temperance and religion forms a verv important part of his work. % "f, ::m -rff^' ^Ku^ ' t^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^l 1 .'\MBROSE F. GROW was bom December 21st, 1825, at Clyde, Wayne Co., N.Y., his father, Elias Grow, being a native of Vermont, and his mother, Hulday Dryer, of Massa- chusetts. He was educated in the common schools of Illinois and N e w York, and at the t"lyde New York Academy. He was married to Amanda F. Wismer at Be- loit. Wise, Nov. sih, 1854. He was tonnerly a member of the Congrega- tional Church, but withdrew in 1892 by reason of the Church's attitude on the liquor ques- tion. He was an Abolitionist, then a Freesoiler, then a Republic.in up to 1-^84, and then a IVohibitionist — an evolution through which many others have passed. He has been the Prohibition Party candidate for several offices. He commenced writing for the temperance cause in 1846 through " Thi- Old Oaken Bucket,' published in Wisconsin. He has written a large number of total abstinence and Prohibition articles which have appeared in the Prohibition press — including a number of beautiful poems. Among his best poems may be mentioned "Mount Rainier" and "The .Angel's Mission — King Alcohol Dethroned." Mr. Grow is a cleiir, incisive and effective writer, and has chosen and well occupied this field of temjH'rance work in preference to the platform, on which he has seldoni appeared. He is a man of strong convictions in regard to Christian duty. Wn.LIAM COATES, watchmaker, jeweler and opiinMii, ol Brockville, Ont., was born near the historic old "blue church" of Barbara Heck fame, three miles west of Prcscott, Ont., July 21, 1834. His parents were Thomas and Eliza- beth Coates. He was educated in the public schools of that locality, and brought up in the Methodist faith, and in Reform prin- ciples in politit's. He has been identi- fied nearly all his lifetime with tem- perance organizfi- tions, having oc- cu|)ii>d nearly every ollice in coimection with the Division in the Sons of Temper- ance,, and almost ivery office, includ- ing the highest, in the Lodge of I. O. G. T. Mr.'Coalos is widely known and highly respected for his unflinching temperance principles throughout Eastern Ontario, and in his own town enjoys the con- lulence of all classes of the community. He is one of the very lew temperance men who are willing to so antagonize the liquor mterests as to suffer in business for his principles. His work for the advancement of temperance and Prohibition principles has been of an unobtrusive character, yet very |>ractical, persistent .ind successful. His influence has been fi-ll in his own conununity through the large number of jjublic meetings he has organized, the vast amount of temperance literature he has circulated, the rigid and fearless enforcement of law, and in other equally practical ways. COL. ROSWELL S. CHEVES was bom on a cotton planta- tion in Crawford Co., Ga., Feb. 2;^, 1844. He entered the Con- federate service in 1861, and was a prisoner of war at Point Lookout, M d . , when Lee surrendered. He moved til Kentucky in 1866, and for twenty years taught school and prac- tised law. He owned and edited the Mt. Sterling " Democrat " for many years. In 18S0 he was elected G. C. T. ofthel.O. G. T., and ser\'ed in that office six years. For twelve years he was regu- larly elected repre- sentative to the K. W. Cirand Lodge. In 1880 he became a convert to the Prohibition Party; attended the Con- ference in Chicago in 18S2 that re-organized the Parly, and has been since that date an active worker and party org.inizer in n>any Northeni and Southern Slates. He h.is done much effective work in the cam- paigns for constitutional ameiuinients in Maine, Ohio, Teimessee, New Hampshire, .Mass.»ch>isetts. Connecticut and Penns\ Ivania. He aided in organizing the party in Kentucky and other Stales, and participati'd in all the N.ilion.il c;iuip.tic'>s. He w.'»s Prohi- bition P.irly c.iiulidate for t «>ni;n-->- m iS.)j iiom the Fir-I f>islricl of Tennessee. In iXX'j he removed ii> New York city. Cnder his management Prohibition P.irk bi> imc a pr»>s|i«'rous enterprise. In iHtit) he joined the Christi.m denomination, and is an Elder in the church in t'nicoi, Teim., where he now lives. PROHIBITION LEADERS. LUMEN BENSON SEARLE was born Nov. 20, 1839, in Dela- ware Co., N. Y. His father, Lumen Searle, was of New England descent, and traced his genealogy back to John (Sir Earle), in the reign of King John of England. His mother, Susan- na Dudden, was of English and Hol- land L^utch descent. Educated at Rox- bury Academy, he began teaching at 16 in Illinois; was Prof. of Mathematics in Henry Street Gram- mar School, New York City, Principal of Public Schools in P.alo, 111., and closed twenty-five years of leaching with a five- year term in Chat- tanooga, Tenn. .\ member of the Pres- byterian C h u re h , he claims to have never belonged to any political party, but that the Repub- lican Party, before the fall, in the days of Greely and Lin- coln, belonged to him. Always independent, however, in politics, he joined the Prohibition Party in 1887. In 1888 he represented Fisk and Brooks on tlie electorate ticket, and made his first speeches for that party. He was Chairman of the Third Con- gressional District in 1890. He also stumped the same district in 1892 in the interests of the Party, .-ind won most flattering notices from the press for his forcible, original, and logical presen- tation of the cause. An earnest Sunday School worker, he is the author of many charts and designs to illustrate and impress the truth. His latest, "The Ways of Life and Death," is one of the best pictorifU representations of intemperance extant. REV. D. LUCAS HUFF, lecturer and preacher for over forty years in Canada and the United States, is of Dutch ancestry on his father's side, ' and of Dulch-Eng- : lish on his mother's side. His father, Paul Huff, was the eldest son of Solo- mon Huff, of Huff's Island, Bay of Ouinte, on whose tarm was erected tlie first Methodist Church in Canada. 1 le signed his first temperance pledge at 9, and has kept it sacredly over 50 \- e a r s . At 17 he became a S. of T. in old Refuge Divis- ion , No. 215, at Florence, Ont. He gave his first tem- perance address at Louisville, Ont., be- fore he was 18. He was at one time an active organizer with the British American Order of Good Templars, also with the I. O. G. T. and the S. of T., hav- ing organized several hundreds of lodges and divisions. He has lectured extensively in Michigan, Pennsylvania, New York, and other States, and has been a Third Party Prohibitionist twenty years. He entered the regular ministry of the Wesleyan Method- ist body in 1861, and travelled until 1864, when, through loss of voice, he gave up the work. Having recovered his voice, he has now for many years been holding Gospel Tem]3erance meet- ings of a highly interesting and instructive character, assisted by his two daughters, Misses Maud V. and Winnifred. He is an excellent platform speaker and an uncompromising Pro- hibitionist. PROF. JAMES WILBER HOLTON, song evangelist, was born April 21st, 1854, at Bellevue, Ohio. His parents, J. H. H o 1 1 o n a n d R e - becc'i Bebout, were graduates of Ober- lin. Educated in Oberlin College and Cons e r V a t o r y o f Music ; also the L'ni- versity of Michigan and Atlanta Medi- i-al College, gradu- ating from the latter in I'Syo, winning ;i prize gold m /dal. .\h;indoii:iig medi- rine for music, he 1 egan leaching in Litchfield, Minn., in iS!^4. Successfully billed the pos'tions I it Director of Music ill Amity College, Iowa, in 18F6; Con- cord State Normal School, W. Va., in I ''91, and American Temperance L'ni- versity, Harriman, Tenn., in 1893. Was local editor of "The Exponent," Prohibition paper at Oberlin, Ohio, in 1888 and 1889. Is widely known as a Prohibition and gospel singer and composer, many of his best solos being written by himself. Was leader of the Gate City Quartet, which accomoanied Dr. John A. Brooks through Nebraska in 1887. Remaining there, he sang with the most prominent Prohibition speakers in the State. Re- turning to Ohio in 1888 he organized the Fisk Quartet, and later the ladies' White Rose Quartet. In 1890 he was on I. R. B. Arnold's Floating Chapel, doing gospel work along the Ohio river. Is now engaged with the well-known Clarion Combination as Musical Director and Soloist. Was married in 1891 to Alice H. Renck, and has one daughter. He resides in Oberlin, Ohio. JOHN G. ZOOK, Secretary of the Prohibition Party of Lan- caster County, Penn., and a member of the State Executive Com- mittee, was born on a farm in Man- hemi Township, Lancaster Co., Pa., of German parents, and traces his par- entage to Switzer- land and German} . His father's name was John, and his mother was a Cath- arine G e i b. He attended the com- mon school, and afterwards gradu- ated at the Millers- ville Normal School in 1S75, and taught school six years. In 1879, in connec- tion with E . Z . Ernst, his brother- in-law, no w o f Olatlie, Kansas, he c o m m e n c e d the publication of a literary journal called the "Sun- beam," at Lititz. In 1881 this was changed into "The Lititz Express," a weekly, which he stiU publishes. He conducts a book and stationery store with a 'cycle department. From 1888 to 1890 he was School Director, elected on the Rejiublican ticket. Took an active part in the amendment camjiaign ; had his eyes opened on the liquor question, and was soon known as a Prohibitionist. In 1890 Lititz had its first local ticket, and though he could have had the Repub- lican nomination for School Director he chose to go on the Prohi- bition ticket and be defeated. He began the publication of "The Prohibitionist," a bright and able paper, in 1890. He is a mem- ber of the Moravian Church. He was married in June, 1879, to Alice Carey Wolfe, of Marietta ; has two sons ;ind three daughters. PROHIBITION LEADERS. "3 REW ALSTIN PO'ITKK, .Methodist minister at Hagers- ville, Out., son of Richard Potter and Ann Austin, was born in Banbury, Oxford- shire, Eng., Xov. 26lh, 1H43. When he was about three years of ajje, his parents emigrated to America and set- tied in Rochester, N. V. In i«53they remi>ved toCanada, living' first in Co- bourg- and then in Leskard, Clarke t o w n sli i p . His father's death left him to his own re- sources when still quite a lad. In 1.S63 h e r e t u r n e d t o Rochester, where lie enlisteil in the Sixteenth New N'oik Cavalry. Dur- \i\ir iiis service he was twice promoted lor bravery, and be- fore his discharjfe was Eirst .Serg^eant of his Company. The war over, he returned to Canada. .M'ler tt-aching school for some time, he en- tered Victoria College in iSb^f, to prepare for the Methodist ministry, which he entered in 1870. In 1S75 he married Miss Susan C. Garralt, of Hillii'r, Prince P3dward County. He has always been an ardent temjierance worker, having been actively engaged, with Mrs. \'oumans anil others, in the Dunkin .^ct cami>aign of 1S75, in I'rince Eilward County, and eight years later in the Scott .Act campaign in Bruce. On the platform and in the ])ulpit he has bt-en a fi-arless and constant advocate of Prohibi- tii>n. lie also has published a successful temperance story, "Erom Wealth to Poverty," anti has jinother nearly com]ileted. MRS. SARAH J. EOSTER was born in Princeton, Illinois, March 24, 1847, the youngest of six children, of the family of Elijah and Sylvia Childs Smith, who emigrated from Massachusetts with the Hampshire Colony Congrega- tional Church, set- tling in Princeton, 111., in 1831. Her parents were emin- ent for their humble piety, and their children were all early in life gather- ed into the Church of Christ, Sarah at 12 years of age. She early developed a natural ability for literarj' woik, and astonished her friends with articles written for religious journals ere she had scarcelj- e n - tered her "leen.s." In 1878 she left her parental home for Saline Co., Neb., and was soon after married to Johnston I-"osler, residing near Goldrinsey, Xeb. She has one child, Julia Elizabeth, now a promising young lady of 17 years. Soon after the organization of the W. C. T. U. in Tobias, Mrs. Eoster was chosen Supt. of Press Work, and for several years was editor of a temperance department and frequent contributor to the press. Was twice elected Supi. of the Juvenile Work of the W. C. T. U. in the Eifth District. Removing to Eair- mont, EillmoreCo., she resunied her editorial wi>rk for temperance. In 1893 she was elected County Superintendent of Press Work, also Corresponding and Recording Secretary of Eairniont Tem- perance Union, which office she still holds. MARY MrKAV SCOTT, editor of the "Woman's Journal," was born .Aug. 17th, 1S51, at Bjtown, now Ottawa city. Her father, .Alexander Scott, was a busi- ness man who will- ingly gave his ser- vices to the city for a number of years as .Alderman. Her mother, .Alison Mc- Kay, belonged to a well-known pioneer family. The sub- ject of oiu' sketch, w h o s e cliildhot>d was that of a romp- ing girl, w;is edu- cated in the private schools of Miss .A. M . Harmon a n tl Prof. \. B. Web- ster, Oltaw.n, and Miss Annie M. Mc- I n t o sh , of Bute House, Montreal. Miss Scott was in- iei-ested in church .1 n d philanthropic \V4>rk, ;inil in iSS.? joined the W. C. T v., and was given the office of Press Supt. Being especi.illy inteicstcd in \oung Women's Work, she was chosen first Supt. of V. W. C. T. V . for Ontario, and after- wards Dominion Supt. She has had charge of the Literature De- partment for foui- \eais, but was again appointed Dominion Supt. of Young Wi>men's Work in 1895. .She has been connected with the " Woman's Journal, " organ of the W. C. T. V. of Canada, since 18S4, and in 1880 bought it out from its former proprietor. Mrs. Chisholm, now .Mrs. (Hon.) Cieorge E. Eo.ster nail Sket»-hes " - ' '' ' ' • ■• ••. -^ .» . .. .^. . Thum- nail Sketihes, " |>i.blished by the W. T. P. A. of Chicago, says: " Miss Scott is r young woman iSf great enterprise and s|x-cinl journalistic tale it, and a While Ribbon leailer ot nnicli influence." ROBERT COLLISON SCOTT, of Hamilton, Ont., was born in Oxford Township, Kent Countv, Ont., May 22nd. 1849. His parents are Erederick Scott, who came from Beverly, Yorkshire, Eng., to Ontario fifl\' years ago, and ^^t-- ^V M.nria Colli son, bom in Essex Co., Ont. His father has always been a straight temper- :t n c e m an, and never tasted stmng ilrink nor used to- bacco. His parents were both Melhixl- isls, as he is. He has held many offices in the Ciotxl Templars and the Royal Templars of Temperance, with the forn»er of which he has b**en connected for the 1 >a st t h i rt y yea rs , and with the latter lor several years. Ho has taken an active |>art in all Prohibition mo\en»enls, namely, the Dunkin .Act and Scott .Act c.imp.nigns, and in a bitter fight to b;inish the licensed liquor traffic from the vill.ige of Highgale. which now is, and ever since the .Scott .Act c.inte in fot\v in Kent, has been clear of the liquor traf- fic, except ;i few weeks before the l.iw touM be got to act in .sto|>- ping it. Mr. Scott has not held many public offices. He has been so closelv held to his private business that he h.is not allowed liint.self to take |Vtrt in public affairs beyond those touching Prohibition. In politics he has for years hold it to be his duty to vole Prohibition fir>t. 114 PROHIBITION LEADERS JAMES PARSONS SMITH, of Hamilton, Out., the noted Royal Templar evangelist, was born in Bristol, England, Sept. 28, 1855. He came to Canada when a youth, fell into bad company and be- came addicted to drink. In 1885 he was snatched like a brand from the burning during special religious services in Emerald Street Metliodist Church, and has been a consistent m ember of that church ever since. He united with the Royal T e m p 1 a r s , and his natural talents in speech and song marked him at once as a worker in the mis- sionary work of that Order. In company with Mr. Charles Irish he en- tered the field as "The Emeralds" Revival Team, and their work was richly blessed. As the chief of this team, with a number of changes of partners, Mr. Smith has travelled from Atlantic to Pacific, holding hundreds of missions, securing thousands of pledges, and leading many to the Great Physician. He combines, in a very unusual degree, platform, musical and organizing ability. He is very attractive, and invari- ably draws large audiences, although outspoken and often scathing in his condemnation of compromise with wrong, but bis powerful denunciation of wrong is softened by pathetic and touching appeals. He is a very strong Independent Prohibitionist. He is a licensed local preacher of the Methodist Church. He was married in 1886 to Anna A. Reader, and has a family of two boys. DORA V. WHEELOCK was born in Calais, Vt., Aug. 26, 1847. She was the daughter of Rev. Bennett Palmer and Velina Snow Palmer. The father died in 1851, and the mother re- m o v e d with her familv of four child- ren to Berlin, Wis., in 1855. This sturdy, Christian New England mother did heroic work in bringing her family to man- hood and woman- hood. The subject of this sketch gradu- ated from the Berlin High School when 1 8 years of age, and the same year was married to Mr. O. N. Wheelock. In 1873 they removed to Beatrice, Neb., and have both been connected with the Prohibition move- ment from its begin- ning. Mrs. Wheelock has served in the ranks of the W. C. T. U. as Local President for ten years, County President, State Press Superintendent, and for the past three years as State Correspond- ing Secretary. She has been State Reporter for the " Union Signal " for the past five years. She is very ready with her pen, contributing occasionally to various publications. She writes sometimes for children, having contributed to "St. Nicholas" and "The Youth's Companion." In 1889 she was elected a member of the Board of Education of Beatrice, and served three years. Her family of three children are grown, two of them being married. Among her children and grandchildren, with home-making, writing and State work, she leads a busy life. She has been an active worker in the M. E. Church all her life. MRS. ANNA PARSONS SMITH, a prominent W. C. T. U. worker of Hamilton, Out., wife of the temperance evangelist, Rev. J. . Parsons Smith, was born in Hamil- ton, Ontario. Her father was an Eng- lishman, and her mother a Canadian. She received her education in the Hamilton schools, and in early life sliowed a marked interi-st in religious subjects, joining the Churc'.i and engag- ing in religious sei- vices ;ind in various lines of Christian work. Mrs. Smith is tho oughly con- versant with the Holy Scriptures, and tliis fact can be traced to her early con sec i-a t i o n to gootl work in read- ing the Bible daily while yet a child to a blind man. The knowledge of God's Word thus acquired has been a source of great consolation to her- self and others, and a mighty instrumentality for good in her evan- gelistic work in association with her inisband. In connection with the W. C. T. U. she has served as Corresponding Secretary and as Superintendent of Hygiene of the Hamilton W. C. T. U. She was married to J. Parsons Smith, the temperance evangelist, at her father's home in Hamilton, April 26th, 1886, by the Rev. John Kay and Rev. J. H. White, Methodist ministers. In addition to her official service in connection with the W. C. T. U. work it may be mentioned that Mrs. Smith is a very successful teacher of phys- ical culture. She has travelled with her husband in evangelistic work in England and Canada, rendering effective service. REV. S. D. CHOWN, of Carlton St. Methodist Church, Toronto, one of the most noted and successful Prohibition work- ers of Ontario, was born in Kingston, Ont., April 1 1, 1853. His father, Samuel C ho w n , w as an eminent temperance reformer ;iiid phil- anthropist, of King- ston, and at his death was mourned b \- Catholics and Protestants alike. His mother was S a r a h Gardiner. He was educated a t the Kingston Collegiate Institute ;ind \'^ictoria Coll- ege, taking highest rank in the mental and moral sciences and theology. He was converted at 15 and e n t e r e d the ministr\- at 21, and has occupied pro- minent charges in Maitland, Kempt- ville, Spencerville, Almonte, Montreal, and Toronto. He has been identified actively with the S. of T., I. O. G.T., R.T. of T., and the Legislative Com. of the Dom. Alliance. He edited and published the "Grenville War Notes" during the first great Scott Act campaign. He frequenth' met and routed the Anti-Scott Act orators. He was noted far and wide in these days as a clear, logical and convincing Prohibition orator. He suc- ceeded Judge McDougall as President of the Scott Act Associa- tion for Leeds and Grenville, and led with brilliant success the campaign in Eastern Ontario. He secured rigid enforcement of the law, and his life was frequently thieatened, but escaped un- harmed. His wife (nee Susie E. Hammond) is of English descent. PROHIBITION LEADERS. "5 JOHN AULD LAWSON, Manager Post Office Money Order Department, Charlottetown, P. E. I., was born Julv 23, 1842, at Covehead, P. E. I., and belong's to one of its oldest Scot- tish families. Wil- liam David, his father, married Isa- bella, daughter of John .-\uld, of Cove- head, also of Scotch extraction. Johti A., t li e youngest of three brothers, re- ceived a good Eng- lish education in the Common and Nor- mal Schools, and b e g a n t eaclii i\^ scliool at 21, which he followed three years. Then for five years he fol- lowed m e r c a n t i 1 e pursuits at Mount .Stewart, accejiting liis pivsent jiosition untler the Dominion C I o V e r n m e n t i n 1871. In 1864 Mr. Lawson joined the I. O. G. T., and has since been an energetic member. He was Grand Secretary from 1872 to 1884, inclusive. In 188^5 he was elected G. C. T., and re-elected in 1886. In 1888 he became an active member of the Sons of Temperance, and, in 1894, leader of the Loyal Crusaders. He is a Mason, and for six or sevi'n suc- cessive years was Secretary of X'ictoria Lodge, Charlottetown. Politically a Prohibitionist, although originally a Liberal. In re- ligious matters Mr. Lawson has taken an active interest, being an elder in the Presbyterian Church. He was married in 1865 to Sophi.-i, daughter of Charles Coffin, of Savage Harbor. His family consists of two boys and seven girls. He is of a kind and gener- ous disposition, quiet habits, and a favorite with all who know him. KATHRIX TRVPHOSA?ALLEMAN STRAW, daughter of Benjamin and Anna Murray Alleman, was bom in Dauphin Co., Penn., Sept. 30th, 1848. She received a public and Normal School education, and commenced teaching public ^^^^|^B|^^^^ school at the age l^^^R^^^^H^^L At 9 ^^ ^^^^^R Church. She had _ ^^^^^K the heritage of a flk Ih^ ^^^^V Puritan ^^^ ^Kf ^"'^ '*^*^ benefit of ^^ 1^^ careful home train- ing. She has a deep interest in the training of child- hood, which has held her to juvenile temperance work for ten years. She lived among the hills of Pennsyl- V a n i a until 1 876, when she married John H. Straw, a Christian gentle- man and a voting Prohibitionist. She then removed to .North .Maiuhesier, Ind., where she has since resided. At the Age of 18 she began to work in the Red Ribbon .Movement and in 18S3 in the W. C. T. C She has, since its organization in 1886, been State Secretary of the Loval Temperance Legion Branch. She has organized Local and Countv Unions, and last year fonned a State Legion, composed only of Legioners who have graduated in the L. T. L. Course and hold diplomas. She led to success, in 1S91, the work of raising monev bv the L. T. L. girls of Indian- apolis for the erection of the first public fountain in .America in honor of Miss Willard. She has her State work well in hand. She has a son and a daughter, the latter Vice-Pres. of the State L. T. L. MRS. LYDIA GERTRUDE SOBIESKI was born in Salem, 111., Jan. ^ 1S51. She is the youngest daughter of R. F. Lemen and Marv P. Lemen. WALTER B. HILL, was bom at 1851, of Puritan and "Cracker" stock. 1 Her mother w.'is an educator of great renown, the first woman who filled the chair in a col- lege Shurlliff Col- lege -in 1834. Her lather was the son o f R e v . Jos e p h Lemen and t h e grandson of Rev. J as. Lemen, the man t h r o u g h w h o s e 1.1 bor the lei-ritorv of Illinois came into the Union as a free Stale, whose six -^oiis were Baptist 111 i n i s t e r s , and wlu>'~e influence w.'ts lill Ihroiighout the I'litiri" West. For ,iver one lumdred \ ears has the family labored in the cause of Christ. Her t'.itlu'r .'ind mother were bi>lli ardent Abolitii>nists, 'ajn'd labored as earnestly for the ovi-throw of slavery as tliev do now for the overthrow of the liquor traffic. Mrs. Sobieski was edu- cated in Almira College. Greenville, 111., graduating in 1876. She is a Baptist. In 1879 she was married to l\ot\. John Sobieski, the well-known temperance orator. In her youth she joined all move- ments for the ;iilvaiu«'menl of the lenlperance cause. In June, 1884, she w.-.s appointed Supt. of the W.C.T.l'. work among the Polish iH'ople. and later Supt. of the Slavic department of the Foreign Work for the W.C.T.l'. Since Mav. 1895, she has devoted her entire time to lecturing for the Prohibition cause and the circulation of Prohibition literature. -I Talbotton, Ga., Sept. g, His father, Barnard Hill, came from Har\'- ard, Mass., to Geor- gia in 1825. His mother, Mary Clay Birch, was a de- scendant of Henry Clay. He gradu- ated at the Uni- versity of Georgia (.-Vthens) in 1870, and from the law school in 1871. His interest in Prohibi- tion was first arous- ed from hearing Miss Willard. His father had been very prominent in the Washingtonian M o V e m e n t . A D e m o c rat until 1888, he then united with the Prvihibition Party, serving a«» Elector for State-«l- Large in iS.'^S and 1802. He is bv pro- (.ieorgia in 1873 and 1882; has been Presidei B«r .Association. He is a Methodist, and was a n vien. Conference .'it Richmond, \"a., in i88(>, and at .Memplns in 1894, and a delegate to the Ecumenii;d c'onferenee at Washington in 1890. He is a cv'ntributor ti* \ tions. An article fVom his \>c\ Tont Without a Cabin," sets Iv , .. , An article by him in "Christian on ". Anarchy, Sf»- cialism ami the l-.»bor Moven>eiit, - us views on the lab»>r question. He was marrieil Oct. a, iS^w, it» Miss Sallie P. Barker, of Macon, nv>w \'ice-President of the Georgia W. C. T. V. ii6 PROHIBITION LEADERS. JAMES H. BRONSOX was born in Amsterdam, N. Y., in Dec. 1826. His mother descended from the Holland Dutch, and his father came from Connecticut and settled in the Mohawk X'allc}' in 1802. James H. was early in life enlisted in temper- ance work, taking an active part in local meeting's, and thus receiving his temperance educa- tion and training. He entered Union College in 1846, and completing his course graduated in 1848, ranking among the best students of his class. He engaged in manufacturing in 1856, and retired in 1889. During all his business career he has been an un- swerving advocate of temperance and Prohibition. His services in behalf of the cause won tor him in increasing measure the esteem and good-will of the friends of temperance. He was nominated for States Comptroller in i86g, when Hon. Gerrit Smith ran for Gov- ernor. In 1872 he was chosen Corresponding Secy, of the N. Y. State Temperance Society, and in 1876 was nominated for Lieut. - Governor of the State of New York by the Prohibition Party. In 1891 he was elected President of the N. Y. State Temperance Society, a position he has filled with ability and fidelity, and which he still holds. He has from early life been among the most .ig- gressive temperance men in the State, and enjoj's in a large measure the confidence and respect of all friends of our reform. MARY E. MONASMITH, Supt. of Prison and Flower Mis- sion work. Sixth District Kansas \V. C. T. U., was born near Danville, 111., April 24, 1846. Her par- ents, George W. and Mary A. Nor- ris, were natives of Ohio. They re- moved to Iow"a dur- ing her childhood, and she was edu- cated at Central University, Pel la, Iowa. She taught for some years in the ]iublic schools, and at 18 united with the BajJtisl Church, and later became identified with the Methodist. In 1878 she became a resident of Jewell County, Kan. Al- ways a firm be- liever in total ab- stinence, in 1879 she joined the I. O. G. T., working in that Societ)' for a nimiber of years. She joined the W. C. T. U. in 1886, and held various offices in the Local Union ; was County Supt. of Sabbath Observance for six 3'ears, member of District Executive Committee, District Supt. of Prison and Flower Mission work for ten years, which position she still holds. She was a delegate to the first Prohibition Convention held in Jewell Co. Her temperance work has largely consisted in numerous articles for the press, contributing to the "Jewell County Republican," and " Mankato Review," and other papers, writing essays for conventions and public meetings, in all of which she has advocated the Prohibition Part)- and woman suffrage. She has been urged to take the platform, but declined on account of her health. MRS. EMMA A. WHEELER traces her lineage back to Penegrine White, the first child born in the colony brought in the Mayflower, A . D . 1620. Her maternal grandfather, Beth- nel Church, de- scended from sturdy pious ances- try, was a man of great force of char- acter, a temperance man and abolition- ist. Her mother, Lydia Church, in- herited and be- queathed these charac t erist i c s . Lydia married Har- rison Hunter, of Rockford, Mich., where they went to reside, and where Emma w^as born. She was educated mostly in the public schools of Grand Rapids, Michigan, where she after- wards became a teacher. She mar- r i e d Julian M . Wheeler, a native of that city. At 15 Emma became a Christian, and united with the Baptist Church. In 1884 she, her husband, and mother be- came members of the Church of Christ. Her mother died in 1889, having lived an earnest Christian life. Mrs. Wheeler united with the W. C. T. U. in 1874, serving locally as Secretary and Presi- dent, then Rec. Sec. of the Fifth District, then Cor. Sec. of Mich., which office she held from 1884 to 1892. She was closely associated with Mrs. Mary T. Lathrap, and to her wise counsel and assist- ance Mrs. Wheeler attributes much of her success in the temper- ance work, as well as to the earnest sj'mpathy of her mother and husband. Mrs, Wheeler resides at Paris, Ont. ANDREW J. SMITH was born at Spafford, Onondaga Co., N. Y., April 20, 1 841. He is of English descent, and traces his family back to the early settlement of this country. When .'ihout 17 years old he, with nothing but a good constitution and ;i few clot lies, left the parental roof for the f a r West. At the break- ing out of the war of the rebellion he was in Texas, and enlisted in Co. B, Third U. S. Infan- try, servi ng t w o years and f o u r months, being dis- chai-ged on account of promotion ; serv- ing in Washington, D.C., until October, 1865, he took his final discharge. He came to Wisconsin in April, 1865, set- tling at Amherst the same fall, where he has since lived. In 1878 he was admitted to the Bar, and has practiced his chosen profession since. In 1886 he was the nominee of the Prohibi- tionists for Congress in the Ninth District. As early as 1878 he united with the Temple of Honor, and in 1885 was elected Grand Worthy Templar of the State, holding office three years, and has since held the office of G. W. R. in that Order. In 1887 he purchased the " Western Templar of Honor," a monthi)- publication in the interests of the Order of Templars of Honor and temjierance. He has always been a consistent advocate with pen and voice in the cause of throttling the rum power. PROHIBITION LEADER? 117 REV. ALEXAXDP:R GULICK van AKEN, Grand Scribe of the Sons of Temperance of New Jersey, was born at Rhode Hall, New Jersey, January 17th, 1852. His parents, John \'an Aken and Jane Ciar- retson Gulick, moved ^^^^^^^^ to New Brimswick, ^^^HPH^^^ .New Jersey, while he F ^^^ was a mere lad, and ^^^B liiere, with his only L IK^^k brother and sister, he ^^ ^^^^ ^3PH received his educa- ^^ ^^^™^ *^ ■•'y tion. I'reparin^ at the Grammar School lie entered Rut^er's Collejfe in September, 1H69, and jifraduated in 1S73, and from tlie Xt'w Mriinswick Tiieo- lojj^ical Sen»in;iry of the Reformed Church in May, 1876, receiv- i n jf his dejf ree o f M. C. at that time. After teaching one ye;ir in the tlrammar School ; also supply- ing the jJiilpit of the Bloomin j<-dale Re- formed Church, New \'ork city, for several years, dei-linint;- ti> receive a call 10 be- come the rejjular pastor, a throat jitTection induced him to re- tire from active ministerial service. On J;inuary 26lh, 1887, he was elected Grand Worthy I'atriarch ci\' the Sons of Temper- ance of New Jersey, and re-elected in 1888, i88g and 1890, then positively refusing' to .'iccept .'i re-nomina(ion. This was the lonjfest tenure of office as Grand Worthy Patriarch in the 53 years of the history of the Order in New Jersey. Durinjc this time the membership doubled and attained a prosperity and influence so marked as to elicit general comment. In January, 1893, he was inilucctl to beciiine Gi-aiul Scribe, and still holds that ortue. MRS. MAGGIE (HENHKIX; nK\ EM'ORT was born January nth, 1855, in Des .Moines, Iowa. Her parents settled at that place when Des Moines was only a Government Post, they being among- the — ^ earliest settlers in Central Iowa. Her father, H. G. Hendrix, was a strong Prohibi- tionist, and assisted in organizing the first Independent Order of Good Templars Lodge at Des Moines, Iowa. When 15 years of age she became a member of this Society. She was educated at Des Moines, and at the age of 18 she became a teacher, which profes- sion she followed for a period of six years. In 1877 she became an active member of the Women's Christian Temperance Cnion work, and was Super- intendent of the Band of Hope work in the town where she taught for two years. • In the year 1880 she was married to G. P. Devenport, and moved to North-West .Nebraska in 1S88, where she became an earnest worker in the Women's Christian Temperance L'nion and L. T. L- work, ser\- ing several years as County President of the Women's Chris- tian Temperance L'nion, and District SujX'rintendent of L. T. L. work. Slie moved to Casper, Wyoming, in the fall of 1895, and has been actively engaged in the temjH'rance work at that place, she being the first President and Superintendent of L. T. L. work in the County. .-\t the age o\' 18 she was converted and joined the Methodist Episcopal Church, and has alw-- - ' ■ 'tithful worker in both Chin-ch and Sunday School. MRS. EMMA A. CRANMER was born near Madison. Wisconsin, antl is the daughter oi' Dr. and .Mrs. J. L. Powers, who now reside at Rein beck, Iowa. She w;is educated .it Cornell College, Knva, and received her first teacher's certificate when but tourleen \'eai-s of rige, and taught her first school at fif- teen. Later she was Principal of I he sciiools of Rein- l>i'i-k. She has iov many years been an indefatigable worker fo r the Woman's Christian Temperance l'nion .uul the cause of e i| u a I suf f r.nge. During the last twelve years she has ri'siiied in South Hakota. When Mrs. Helen M. B.irki-r, now N;it- ional Treasurer, left the State ft>ur \ears ■ igo, her mantle fell upon Mrs. Crannter, .and she becante .Si.-ite President, a posi- tii>n she held until the last Stale Convention, wlien she declined a re-election. She was then eleiteii Honorary Presiilent. She was made a Nation.il Lecturer and Organi/er ;il the reient Balti- more Convention o( the National W. C. T. I', Siime vears Mrs. Cranmer has averaged a speech every i>iher day, and she has travelled abi>ut 10,000 miles annually. .\s .-i spi'aker she is mag- netic, forceful and eloquent, and her services are much in demand. Concerning her address before the .National Council o\' Women last winter, the "Washington Post," among other things, said : "It was as graceful a piece <.^{ feminine or.jtory as could well be imagined. " Her husband, Hon. .S. H. Cranmer, a leading Prohi- bitionist, ably seconds his wife's efl'orts. WESLEY CARL BATES is a son of Eli Bates, of CarrolL Ohi,., '"-I.- R..'i. H;iiv -- •<• \;.K.>i.u u.t..s, Nelsonville, Ohio, I wife Eunice Peve), son Nicholds Bates, oi Exeter, Rhtxle Island, (wife Susan- nah Withers), son of Silas Bates, of Exeter, Rhode Island, (wife Susan- nah Cordiner), who enlisted in Mav, 1781, for three years' ser\ice in the Thirtieth Bat- tali. ■■n ,if the State ' ' K .■,;> Isl.tnd, in l"i.<\ ui.Mice PL-»nra- tion s froi^ps. He was Kmt Mav 1 iih, i86t). In 1S.S7 8 he beg.»n teaching. his class m Cam>II High School: grad- uated with high honors from C C. C. College, of Col- umbus, Ohio. A student ii! •'• • '■•• office of Pugh & Pugh, I. olun^bus, Ohio, he jv^sscd ih. tion of Jimior Year of Law School ot Cincinn.ir! i",-' . above requiremenis. Ho was Libr:irian of ,ted ln»n« the L.iw Sduvil of the O. S. C in June. iSo- ..,> ndmif- teil to the B.ir in M.irch pre\ii>u-.. \\ Chairman of the I'roliibition P.irt\. lu- u .against the rum curse lor l\\i» \c.u^. *. law at Columbus, O.. in Vtv\.-.. i8q.?. by himsell. he the most successful young law>ers t>f tho city. 11. the run) |H>wer opjH>sition. Manied April \, iJvjs. lo .Mary Florence .McDonnell, Columbus, O. Is a Presbylerian, a farmer, a lawyer, eloquent sjieaker, lucid writer, patriot, antl Prv>hibition- ist, never having voleil any other ticket. ii8 PROHIBITION LEADERS HON. W. H. SOMERS was born in North Carolina, and removed in early life to Urbana, 111., in 1842. He attended schools for several winters, and then went to the M. E. Seminar)' at Dan- ville, where he ob- tained considerable knowledge of class- ics and the higher branches. He mar- ried Hattie L. Mead in August, 1856, at Urbana, who died in Beatrice, Neb., in 1876, leaving three children. He was married aga.n in Liiuoln, Neb., n 1878, to Miss Sacie S. Hawley, a native of Ohic>. He was elected Circuit Clerk, as a Repub- lican, in 1856, un- der the banner of " Free pi ess, fiee speech, and f r c e soil." He was re- elected in i860 on the ticket headed by Abraham Lin- coln. He also ser\ ed a?^ Supervisor from Urbana. He studied and practiced law for a time, and then engaged in banking, and removed, in 1872, to Beatrice, Neb., where lie resided fourteen years. Here he was appointed Receiver of the United States land office under Garfield. He was elected to the Nebraska Legis- lature, and served a term. In 1886 he removed to San Diego, County, California, where he engaged in fruit growing. He has been an active temperance worker all his adult life. He was a candidate on the Prohibition ticket for the Assembly to represent San Diego Co., and in 1895, Pro. candidate for Congress in the Seventh Congressional District, receiving the full party vote. REBECCA G. PHILLIPS, S. J. T. of Arizona, second daughter of Jonathan and Sarah Stephens, was born Jany. 13, 1848, near West Chester, Pa. Her father was a great scholar and teacher for forty years, and her mother a pro- found Christian, and from both of these she inherited a love of study and an ardent spirit of benevolence. She finished her educa- tion at Ivy Institute, and began teaching at 15. She was b;iiitized and joined the Baptist Church when 16 years of Jige. She is a mem- ber of the L. B. Society, the I. O. G. T., and L. R. C. of G. A., and Cor. Secy, of the Wom. S u ffrage A s s o c i «'i- tion, Territorial Supt. of the Y. W. C. T. U., District Supt. of the Juvenile Dept. of Maricapa Co. A. T. She is hIm) a trustee of the Normal School, and a member of the Board of Education of the Territor- ial Normal School. She is said to have marked and exceptional endowment in argument, and to be a very able and eloquent advo- cate of Prohibition. A friend declares "her voice and influence on all questions involving social or moral ethics has always been on the side of right, justice and equality." As a suffragist she is earnest and energetic ; as .'in advocate of temperance she is enthusiastic and successful, and as a re- former her position is advanced, and her work commands uni- versal respect and admiration. MRS. JESSIE BROWN-HILTON, National W. C. T. U. Secy. Mothers' Meetings, was born in Chicago, 111., June 19, 1854. She is the daughter of the Hon. Andrew J. Brown, one of the early settlers and leading lawyers of Chicago, and spent the early years of her life in that city. In 1876 she was the fiist lady classical graduate of North- western LIniversity. In 1878 she married Rev. Theophilus B. Hilton, D. D., a clergyman in the Methodist Episco- p.'il Church, and at one time a. member of the Illinois State Central Executive Committee of the Prohibition Party. Associated with him in his active ministerial life in Illinois, Nebraska and Salt Lake Citv, ' Utah, she laid the foundation o f a n earnest spiritual character, entering into the sympathies and aspirations of all classes of people. On the death of her husband she came to think deeply and prayerfully of the women with bur- dened hearts, and of the need of earnest women organized to demand the overthrow of the liquor traffic. Her experience with her own four children opened her eyes to the necessit)' of organized mother-love to protest, educate and inspire the children. With these thoughts and with the gospel of helpfulness she has entered the lecture field of the W.C.T.U., and through Mothers' Meetings arouses a deeper and more enlarged view of life, with its vast possibilities and opportunities. She resides at Evanston, 111. ' REV. JOSIAH B. McAFEE was born Aug. 8, 1830, at Mc- Afeetown, near Port Royal, Juanita County, Pa. He received his early education ^ in the district school near his home, and at the age of 19 became teacher of the same school. He attended Penn- sylvania College at Gettysburg, and had charge of the old a c a d e m )■ at Clearspring during the year 1854. In 1850 he united with t h e Luther a n C h u r c h at Port R o y a 1 , and w a s o r d a i n e d minis- ter at Frederick City, Md., in Octo- ber, 1856. From 1865 to 1867 he was private secretary to Governor Craw- ford, of Kansas, and from 1867 to i86g was Adjutant- General of Kansas, with the rank of Colonel. In 1870 he was Mayor of Topeka, and began the first official work under- taken in the State for the suppression of liquor selling and gambling. No liquor licenses were granted at Topeka while he was Mayor. He was three times elected a member of the Kansas House of Representatives since 1878. In 1868 the F"aculty of Wittenberg College conferred upon him the degree of Master of Arts. In eight months he delivered sixty-four lectures and sermons in favor of Prohibition in most of the principal cities and towns of the State, the appointments for his meetings being made by the State Temperance Union. Mr. McAfee claimed the privilege of paying his own expenses while travelling. PROHIBITION LEADERS 119 ADONIKAM JUDSOX GORDON, D.U., was born in New Hampton, New Hampshire, April igth, 1836, and died in Boston the second day of February, 1H95. He was a jjradnate of" Blown University. He spent tliree years at the New- Ion Theolojjieal Seminary. In i86_^ he was married to .MaMa Hale, of Pro- vidence, R. I. For five years he was (List or of the Bap- 'ivt C'hiMi'ii, Jama- ica Plains, N. H.. .'ifte.' which he re- moved to Boston, will' re, for over 24 ye.irs, he was the popular pastor of the C 1 a re n d o n St. Baptist Church. D/. Ciordon was a man of rare devo- tion, first to Christ and his cause, and tlien to humanitv. He was especialh interested in secur- injC three things: fir-.t, tlu- deeper sjiiritual li.'e of believers; next, the spread of the missionary spirit, and the advancement of the tem|Jerance leform. He was editor of a monthly majjfazine, " Tlie Watchword," as- sistant editor of " The Missionary Review of the V\'orld," and wrote several hot)ks, amontj them : " In Christ," " Ministi-y of Healinji'," " Grace and Glory," " Kcce V'enit," " 'I'he Two-fold Life," "The First Thinj;: in the World," "The Holy Spirit in Mis- sions." He was a leadinjj;' advocate of the Proliibition Party, both by voice and pen. He was a man widely known and much loved for benevolence and many valuable services to the cause of pliilanthro|ihy and i-eform. MRS. LOL'ISE S. ROUNDS, for nine years leadei of the Illiiu)is W. C. T. U., was born near Og'densbur^, N. V., ot New Eng'land par- entage. Her pa- ternal grandmother bore the name of ."Mden — in direct line from John A\- den, of .Mayflower fame. She spent her early years ujKjn the farm, at- tending the publii' schiwls, and finish- ing her education in Gouverneur Wes- ley a n Seminarv. after which she be- gan te.iching. She taught f o r n i n c years with conspic- uous success. She was ci>nverted at 12, and joined the Presbyterian Church, subse- quently joining the Methodist, in which her brother is a prominent minister. — In 1865 she mar- ried F"reentan S. Rounds, then a successful business man of Chicago. The reverses of 1874 swept away his means, and so affected his health that he went into a decline, and died in 1883. Her temperance work began in March, 1874, when, with 50 other women, she |x*titioned the Chicago City Council for the Sunday closing of saloons. Leaving the Council Chamber, after presenting their petition, these women were attacked by a mob of saloon sympathizers, but escapi»d bodily harm. In 1886 she was elected President of the Illinois W. C. T. L'. .\lwaj's holding Prohibition principles, she gave in her adherence to the Party in 1884, and since has been an active worker for its principles ami candidates. MRS. SALLIK F. CHAPIN is of Huguenot lineage, her people coming to South Cari>lina shortly afU'r the revocation of the edict of Nantes. She was born at C h a r 1 e s t o n , a n d married in earlv life a husband who s\n- pathiscd with her fully. 1 n fact her husband was as great an enthusiast as herself in bene- volent work, being on- of the founders of the Charleston \. .M. C. A., and t'oremosi in 4>ther reform movements. Mrs. Cli.'ipin began her lemperaiu e anil L'hurch work early in life. She has lieen Pres. of the Ladies" Auxiliary of the V. M. C. A., and was, iluring the war. ;it the hejiil of ;i Soliliers' Relief Society. Mr. Ch;i- pin's sudden ileal ii almost killed his wife, who, for over a year, did not go outside her own door. Miss Willard w.is al this time seeking the most av.iil.ibli- Southern woman to introiluce the W. C. T. I', in the South, and was strongly .idvised to secure .Mrs. Chapin. .Acconlingly slu- wrote to her. .isking her to arrange for speakers and enteri.iinmenl tor the part v in Charleston and other cities. Mrs. C'hapin was ilismayed. Public speaking by women w.is a new thing in the South. She, however, received and entertaim-tl the parly, aiul the opening meeting was pronounced a "grand success. " Since then she has li-avelleil often twenty thousand miles per vear in W. C. T. I', work, Jind numbers m.inv thous.mds upon her pleilge roll. She w.is for ten years Supt. of W. C. T. I', work in the South. ^ \n. JOSEPH F. HESS was born in Buffalo, N. V'., July 16, 1851. He was of German parentage, and was one of a family of twelve children. He wasted his time at school, ran awa\ at 18, and froni thai time his course was downward, swift and sure. There were periods ot reformation, but they were soon over, and each step brought him lower. From 18 to 34 hi- I i f e was one o t almost incredible >%'ickedness. His chief oci was sale, and pri/i ^ In 1885 "JiH" was living in RiH-hester. N. \'., with his wife and three children. He ^ ■' ! time 111. of a K'l: 7, - One e v e n i n g, a f 1 e r n long debauch, he slrayetl into a tem- per.ince meeting . .iiuim lev! by the iaie r. ,V. iiiuiiuk. 1 ' ' brought I'oiuiction lo his soul, .ind .'i resol- broken. " I ilrink no ntore."' The remainiiij., . .., life were noted l"or liis deep consecration to liinl and 1 ance reforni, ami f"or llv.* large nu'.isure of success whi» i .i his work. .\t I Jie tinu* of hiv ,>n he could not rc.td or write, and his langu.'ii;e was r«>«>m sinng. Me became ;i cle.ir thinker, a i- ' ' on the lentp.MMnii- .'ince speakers. 11» ..■. home. Clareiulon, N. V., Oct. 4, lt(9J. 120 PROHIBITION LEADERS. REV. C. C. BATEMAN, B.A., M.A., a Cliaplain of the Reg-ular United States Army, was born in Michigan, May i6, 1857. In 1 87 1 he removed with his father's family to the Pacific coast, and gradu- ated B.A. from Cal- ifornia College in 1878. He was sub- sequently ordained as a minister of the Baptist Church. He began making' pub- lic temperance ad- dresses \ery early in his ministry, and joined thel.O.G.T., ;ind lectm-ed in its interests through- out the entire Pa- cific Coast. For more than ten years he waged war upon the liquor traffic wherever his lot was ca.>t. The Cali- fornia State Prohi- bition • Convention nominated him for Congress in 1884. Two years there- after he " found " Miss Jessie A. Ackerman, and was instrumental in starting that famous woman upon her phenomenal career as a writer, speaker and traveller in the interest of the World's W. C. T. U. In 1889 he removed to Oregon, where he became Secre- tary of the Grand Lodge, I. O. G. T., and President of the State Temperance Alliance. In 1890 President Harrison appointed him a Chaplain in the United States army. He inaugurated a vigorous campaign against strong drink and gambling among the troops. He established a temperance newspaper, which was suppressed because of its attacks upon the canteen system. A delegate to the ■World's Congress, 1893, and a paper from him appears in Vol. I., "Temp, in All Nations," proceedings of tlie World's Con. of Temp. REV. JOHN ELLIS LANCELEY, a prominent minister ot the Methodist Church in Canada, was born in Cheshire, Eng. , Jan. 10, 1848. His father, Joim Lanceley, was a lay preacher ot considerable abil- ity. He is indebted also, l^y inheritance, to his m o t h e r , wiiose maiden name was Jane Walker, for some fine men- tal and social quali- fies. Tile Collegiate at Cobourg, Vic- toria University, the telegr.aph office, iind the bank in turn gave him facilities for a good all- round education, which he tin-ned to good account. He entered the ministry at 22, and has since filled some of the most important pul- pits of his denomin- ation. Mr. Lance- ley's quick sym- pathy, originality of thought, irrepress- ible humor and facility of language, very early made him exceed- ingly popular on the platform, and probably there is no Canadian pastor who is in such constant demand as a lecturer on both sides of the international boundary. His lectures for the most part are thoughtful, and decidedly original contributions to the ethical and social problems of the day, and the temperance question finds in him an earnest and broad-minded advocate. A volume, published in i8gi, and entitled "The V'irgin Mary and Other Sermons," contains some gems of sermonic literature, many of which have been repub- lished in leading homelitic magazines and newspapers in Canada and the U. S., to the press of which he is a constant contributor. DR. JOHN A. BROOKS was born in Mason County, Ky., in 1836. He graduated at Bethany College in 1856 with honors, receiving the de- gree' of A.M. In 1858 he was elected to the Presidency of Flemingsbiirg College, an ante- bellum institution. He began to preach the gospel in his native county in 1857, with most re- markable success, and became the pastor also at Flem- ingsburg in 1858, and continued in this field for a num- ber of years. In the m e a n t i m e he was married in 1859 to Miss Sue Robert- son, of Bath Co., Ky., who is known as the ideal pastor's wife. He brought into the church nearly 10,000 con- verts. In his youth he was one of the most eminent evan- gelists in America. He stands to-day in the very front rank of the ministry of his Church. He has also become most distin- guished in the temperance work, canvassing Missouri in the in- terest of Prohibition against the earnest efforts of Senator Vest. In 1884 he was nominated for Governor in that State by the Pro- hibitionists. In )888 he was nominated at Indianapolis for Vice- President of the United States on the Cold Water ticket, and made one of the ablest campaigns ever made in the cause of Prohibition. He made a great impression upon the public spirit, and in all his temperance work has been upheld by the Councils of his Church. W. JENNINGS DEMOREST was born June 10, 1822, in New York citv, and received most of his education in the public schools. At 20 he began a dry goods business. In i860 he entered upon the editorial and pub- lishing business, is- suing soon after the " New York Illus- trated News," and also "Young Amer- ica," and tliese he merged, in 1864, in "Demorest's Fami- ly Magazine." He travelled much and wrote extensively against the evils of intemperance, dis- tributing nearly fifty million pages of tracts on that ques- tion. He was active in the Washing- tonian movement, a n d o n e o f the foimders of the Sons of Temperance. Actively identifying himself with the Prohibition Party in 1884, he was tireless in his effoits to promote its principles. He established the National Prohibition Bureau for speakers and literature, organized the Nat. Constitutional League, through whicli he was jiressing a suit up to the Supreme Court to establish the nnconstitutionality of a license for the liquor traffic, when his death occurred, April 9, 1895. He published a monthly called "The Constitution." He served the party as its candidate for Mayor of New York, and for Lieutenant-Governor of the State. An interesting feature of Mr. Demorest's work for Prohibition is the Medal Contest work, for the education of the youth, and the creation of a healthy Prohibition sentiment. PROHIBITION LEADERS. RE\'. 1^. F. ALSTIX, B. A., H. D., I'rincipal of Alma Ladies Colleg'e, St. Thomas, Onl., was born Sept. 21, 1H30, in the Towii- •-hip of Brijj^hlon, t.")nt. His parents, H. F. .Austin and Mary .\nii McGuire, were of Enjflish- Irish extraction, but L" a n a d i a n b i r t !i . After a course in I lie Brijchton Gram- m a r S e h o o 1 h e lau^ht school four \ears, then entered the .Metliodist miii- i-^lrv, after wliic!) lie attended Albert r ni versit y, Belle- ville, j^radiiatinjj B. A. in 1877, and B.D. iti 1S81. He filled I'.istorates at Co- liouric, I'rescott and Ottawa, and after his second ap]Hiint- m e n t to 1 1 a w a M e t r o |5 o I i t a n Church was electeil President of Alma C'ollej(^e in 1 88 1 , which position he has since filled. He has been a life-lonj^f Prohibitionist, having^ been prominently con- nected with the United Temperance .Association, afterwards the British Templars, now the R. T. of T., and for two years co-editor of their paper, "The Temperance Union," with the Hon. Get>. K. Foster, now Minister of Finance for the Dominion. He was one of the New Party leaders in i88q i8go, and has spoken frequently in the princijial cities at Ontario foi- Prohibition "with a I'artv behind it." He edited "The M. E. Pulpit" in 1879; published "Sins of the Times" (sermons) in 1880; "The Gospel to the Poor vs. Pew Rents" in 1884; "The Jesuits" in i88g (5 editions, 25,000), and the same year, "Woman ; her Character, Culture and Callintf." .MISS HELEN POTTER, "Dramatic Reader and Imper- sonator" and temperance reformer, was born in Central New York, Dec. 7, 1837. Her father, Asa Ames Potter, was from the R. I. branch of that fam- ily, wherein are so many literary men and divines; her mother, L u c y Champion, was of Enjrlish descent, a woman of g-eneroiis and stronj^^ly relig- ious nature. F"rom the former she in- herited individual- ity ; fi om the latter, enthusiasm and a fine voice; from both, extraordinary health and vitality. •Miss Potter is pre- eminently a friend and advocate for the weak a n ti oppressed every- where, includin>; the helpless dumb animals.. Thirty y ears ago she travelled n/orte where duty called. Then it was unpcipular for woman's voice to be heard in public places. She spoke wherever it seemed necessary or advisable. Mrs. Stanton, and Miss .Anthony, and John B. Gough, recognizing the fact that, through the years of her Lyceum work, she reached thousands of people who could not be reached direct^- upon the subjects of temper- ance and franchise, di-clared: "You have done as much for our cause as any one of our number." Through the Lyceum, hun- dreds of short Pro. lectures and Woman's F'ranchise speeches have been given by her to amusement-loving jH-ople. She was Dele- gate from .Mass. to the World's W. C. T. U.. in London in i8q^. MRS. ELIZA ALICE McMASTER, County President W. C. T. U., was born April 27th, tS^q, in Crews, Devonshire, l-ngland. Her par- ents were Edward l")liyers and Maria Chamberlain. She was educated at C heir ton Ph i t z Payne and Tiverton Seminaries, Devon- shire, England. She i-ame to Canada with her parents in 1S56, ;ind settled in Sidney township. She taught in the public schools four \ c.irs, and was mar- ri.-d to J. R. Mc- Masti-r in 1864. riiey have two pri>mising boys total abstalnei-s. S h e be I i> n ge d to the Episcopal C'Jiurch, but was .on V e r t e d, a n il joined the .Method- ist Church ;»t t weiit\' \ i-ars i>f age. This she consitlers the most important event of her life. She is a Conservative in her political prefer- ences, but not a partisan in any sense, but wi>uld support any party arriving at true reform, and especially any party advo- cating total I'rohibition. She is actively identified with the W. M. S., the R. T. of T., and the W. C. l'. U. She now holds the presidency of the Local Union in Campbellford, Onl., her home, antl also in her County. She is one of the gn-at host of noble workers raised up lor God and Home and every land h\ that devoted and eloipienl woman, Mrs. L. Ymimans. Mrs. Mc Mas- ter, while a life-long friend of temper;uue, has only been an active worker in the cause for the last ten or twelve years. RE\'. W. DEMPSTER CHASE, M.A., was bom in Water- lowii, N. ^'. His jiarents were Rev. Squire Chase and Lydia Belding Chasi". He is a Meihi^ist. His lather was one of the leading minis- ters in the old Black River Conference in New ^■ork Stale, an'd became a Mis- sionary to Africa, and finally was Superintendent of the Siberia .Mission. Rev. Oempsier Chase was fortun- ate in having as his prep.iratorj si-luxtl I"a 1 i e v S e iiri n .1 r %• , Fulton. N. V. His Alma .M.iter is Wes- leyan Unixersity, Conn., where he was graduated .iniong "the honor men" of his cla.ss. Soon after his g r n d u a I i i> n h e M'l \ed as Chapl.i-n in the l."i\il W ,ir. ' ' - ministry ■4' en sta- tioned at llirkimer, Itoverneur. Iilloii, *. .iiii''i 1 , .; :i the cities i>f W.iterti>wn, Syracuse and I'lica, .mil i>. n.'w th, ivisii»r of the F'irst .M. E. Church in the city of t.>gilenslMiiL '' . i> . Movement was at its height he was p,isi.>t ni self to the platform with s|Hvial purpose. II. identified with the G. T. In liH-al b;tllles he has helpini to do some "hard p»>unding " for KH'al Pit>hihittt>ti. He does not believe in license in any fonu. He Ix'li. ^ will come in his way, or anolhei's, and pr:i\ ,, the blessed day up the sky siH>n. For the iiuiuis .um v:'.iiiii.ties of F'alley Sein'v lie edited "History and Reunion of Falley St<«Minary." 122 PROHIBITION LEADERS. THEOBALD MATHEW, better known, however, as "Father" Mathew, was born near Cashel, Ireland, Oct. lo, 1790, and died in Queens- town, Dec. 8, 1856. He was educated for the ]5riesthood in the Roman Catho- hc Church, spending some time at the celebrated May- n 00th College, which he entered in 1807, and complet- ing his studies at Dublin. He was ordained in 1814, and began mission work in Kilkemiy and Cork, joining the Capuchins while 1 a b o r i n g at the foiMiier place. It was at Cork that he becanie deeply in- terested in temper- a n c e w o r k , and assisted in organ- izing the Cork Total Abstinence Society, which started out in 1838 with a niem- ^ bership of sixty. He then began his wonderful career of lecturing and organizing, travelling through Great Britain and Ireland and the United States, wonderful success attending him. He obtained over a million and a half signatures to his pledge in Ireland alone, the year 1840 being the most remarkable in the work. Between 1835 and 1841 there was a falling off of between five and six million gallons in the consumption of spirits in Ireland — a startling proof of the need and success of his mission. Over 600,000 signed the pledge in America. While V^ice-Pres. of the United Kingdom Alli- ance in 1853 he said: "The principle of Prohibition seems to me the only safe and certain remedy for the evils of intemperance." 4#^'' 1 ^^ ^^M ^- ^^L } w^ -#^- WENDELL PHILLIPS, the peerless orator, was born in Boston, Nov. 29, 181 1, the eighth child of parents conspicuous for wealth, refine- ment and social position. His father was first Mayor of lioston, and Wen- tlt'll graduated from llarvard, near the liead of his class in I S3 1, and from the law school three years later, begin- ning practice at the Suffolk Co. Bar. He might, with the ad- \antages at hand, have aspired to almost any public honor, but while yet a young man cast in his lot with I lie despised Abo- litionists led by W'm. Lloyd Garri- son, then publishing the "Liberator." His maiden speech as an anti-slavery orator was made November, 1834, in Faneuil Hall, Bos- ton, at a public meeting called to consider the assassination of Rev. Elijah Lovejoy. The address moved the audience to thun- derous applause. On account of this speech he was ostracised by the New England aristocracy. He persisted, through obloquy and misrepresentations, for four years, until the war brought emancipation. He was a zealous advocate of woman suffrage, labor reform, and temperance. In 1870 he was nominated for Gov. of Mass. by the Labor Reform and Prohibition parties of Mass. In his letter of acceptance he declared, "The only bul- wark against the evils of intemperance is Prohibition ; this can only be secured by means of a distinct political organization." REV. EUGENE W. VAN DEVENTER, D.D., was bom in Cass County, Mich., and educated in Western schools and on life's battlefield. He entered the ministry of the Methodist Church in 1872, and has occupied some prominent pulpits, and at present is the Superintendent of the Nevada Mis- sion M. v.. Church. Early in his minis- try he saw the need of earnest, aggres- sive temperance work. During the campaign for Pro- hibition in the State of Kansas, he labored incessantly on the rostrum and through the press. He is well known personally in Kan- sas, California, and Nevada as a tem- perance worker and lecturer. Many thousands of his lec- tures, "Thieves in the Temple, Turn the Rascals Out," " Mischief Workers and Evil Counselors in the City," were published and freely circulated in Nebraska, the Da- kotas, California, and Pennsylvania. He expects to be present at the grand jubilee when the saloon will be " counted out," and the home "counted in" in the politics of the American nation. Then wife, babies, and the fireside will be of greater value than revenue. His Prohibition creed is, " If the saloon traffic in in- toxicants is a wide-spread and ever-growing evil, injurious to both the health and morals of the people, then, according to the highest authority in our nation, we have no right to continue it. No Legislature can bargain away the public health, or public morals." HENRY VESEY COLCLOUGH, Secy, of the Prohibition Party of the Twenty-fifth District, New York, was born in 1845 in Wexford, Ireland. His family still hold the Monastery of riiitern and estate connected there- wilh, granted to Sir Anthony Colclough liy Queen Elizabeth. The subject of this sketcli was edu- laled in the public scliools and Trinity College, Dublin. In religious belief Mr. Colclough is a Uni- larian. He came out to America dur- ing the great anti- Rent agitation of Pjirn 11 and others. He pursued the study of law in Washington, D. C, graduating in the required course and being admitted to the Bar in 1882. In favor of temperance and open to convic- tion, he still had doubts about the correctness and practicabilit}' of Prohibition legislation until he witnessed the surprising effects of this principle in Montgomery Co., Maryland. After investigat- ing the workings of Local Prohibition in this county, and satisfving himself that full\- ninety per cent, of all the crime had been de- stroyed by its influence, he adopted and has since become a pub- lic advocate of Prohibition. He subsequently removed to New York city. He was nominated for Judge by the Prohibition Partv in 1895. He was married in 1870 to Catherine Forstall, of Edin- burgh, Scotland. She died in 1888. He has one son, who believes in and intends to woik and vote for Pi-ohibition and hopes to see its universal triumph. PROHIBIT ION LEADERS 123 r J0SP:PH B. RUCKER was born at Georgetown Ky., Nov. 16, 1842. Educated in that town, he began the printinjj business at 16. He served in the Confederate army thrt)ug'h tlie Civil War, under Cien.S. B. Buckner. I'eaff restored, he ri'tu rued to the print injc office. He published succes- sively tile Georg-e- town "Times, tlie L'arroihon " Dcnio- c rat , W a r s a w ".News," and the Central Kiniuckv "News." In 1^75 he began the is- sue of the Si>nu'r- set ' ' Repoiter, " which grew in pat- ron a j; e an J 1 n - lluence till his death in ihyj. In ifS66 he Miatrii'd .Miss .-\nnie Hamilton, of Lex- ington. He had. It is said, the m'lille- lU'ss and sympathy ot a woman, and the courage and en- durance of a man of iron. .A man of prayer and faith, he was a consistent church meniber for 25 years. The last ten years of his life he was an ardent Prohibitionist. For years before his death he was the most conspicious and successful foe of tlu- aggressive and alarming saloon influi'iici' in Somerset. On the night of Sept. 19, 1892, while walking home from his ofhce, he was assassinated by a saloon-keeper, who shot him from a dark alley. The citizens of Somerset, regarding him as a martyr, erected a handsome monument over his grave to perpetuate the memory of his public services. His faithful wife and three children still live^in their home in Somerset. ESTHER I'L'C.H, one of the prominent leaders of the \V. C. T. U., conies of radical ancestry. Her father was of the original Friends who i-ame t o Pennsylvania w i t h Penn. H e r mother, of Hugui-- not line, who .niter- wards came inti> the Friends' com- numiiin in the \'al- Icy of the James, in \'trgitii;i. Ilerf.ilh- cr publislu'd " The I'hilanlhropisi," ihe f a r I y anli-slaver\- paper in tlu' Miss- I'-sippi X'alley in Ihe I liirlii's, anti was vc- w.irded with soi'ial ostracism anil the ilcstruclion of Iks printing office .'ind I'ropert y by mob \ loli net'. Miss Pugh \\ a s cil ui'a t eil ;il liomi' by hei- nu>lh- ' I'l-. .She entered the I ligh School at i_?, j l>eg.- n leaching at i(), and after her lather's removal io Waynesville, *.">hio, still taught occ.isionally, but devoteil most of her altenlit>n to Church work. When the W. C. T. C Praying Bands crystalli/.eil into permanent organizations, her services were in great demand in nuany official positions. The family re- moving to Cincinnati in 1875, she prosecuted the \V". C. T. I', w'ork with energy and success in that city. She was Treasurer of the Nat. VV. C. T. U. from 1877 to i8t^.v She served nine years as National Treasurer, without sal.irv. She edited Ihe national organ, "Our Union," in 1878-79, anil was its publisher in 1880-1. For two vears she w.as in the fieltl as organi/er tor Ihe Ohio Women's Christian Temperance I'nion, and for two years Corresponding Secretary. She is a strong Parly Prohibitionist. m r'A \. MRS. MARTH.A C. COLLINS was born near St. Marys, Ohio, Jan. 21, 1839. Her parents, Aaron and Mary Cox, were Quakers, of strong 'empe ranee and anti-slavery pro- clivities. She was educated in the pub- lic schools of New X'ienna, O. After several years of successful leaching she was married in 1859 to John D. Collins, and as- sumed the duties of a farmer's wife. In I ^'62 her husband answered his country's call, and marchi d with Shei - man to ti.e sea, leaving her and I heir child with her .iged parents, where ->he assisted in all I he out-door work of a faim, suflering the hardships and jirivations ot a sol- tlier's wife. When a — little girl her lather toi>k her to a Wash- i' gtonian meeting, where she lirsl signed the pledge. In religion she is a Presbyterian. Has been identified with the I. O. G. T., Sons of Temperance, Missionary Societies of her Church, W. R. C. and W. C. T. L'. In the last she was for six years County President, has been County and District Superintendent of sev- eral important lines of work; for Ihe past six years State Supt. of Work among railroad emj)K'>yees in Illinois W. C. T. C She is a pioneer in the Prohibition Party. Has twice represented her Dis- trict in Stale Prohibition, National and Worlds W. C. T. U. Con- ventions. Being an earnest, persistent woman, she has accom- plished much for the cause she loves — temperance and Prohibition. GEORGE R. SCOTT, widely known as of the New York " Witness," was born in the heart to the l'i\>inl-)iiu>ii l';iii\. " ' Prohibition vote. He h;»s lijul and catho fraternizes with all CInisti.uis in every n reform. H'- ii.. m B.n UuU-.-. In York. one of the editors town of Foulsham, Norfolk Co., Eng., in 1836. He a t - tended the public schools until 13, when he began to learn the printer's trade. In 1848 he came to .\merica, and located in the cit\ of Broi>klyn. In r856 he took an en- thusiastic part in the Freemont cam- paign, and four ve;»rs later voted lor .-Xbraham Lin- coln. He cast his last Republican \ole for Gen. Gar- field, being some- what in doubt as to whether he was do- ing the IhvsI thing he knew for his I- o u n t r y . \V hen John P. St. John was nomin.iicil lor Ihe PM-sid>-.,.N by Ihe r -"is. in i."^^ > his ; Ihe twts linns as well. He has of (he ProhibiliiHi actively assisted in !- -iiu! fn-ely |H>litical of New t24 fROHIBITlO.N LEADERS. LAMBERTIS B. LOGAN, Chairman of the Prohibition State_FIxecutive Committee of Ohio, was born on September 20th, 1850, in Cleveland, Ohio. His father, John Logman, of Scotland, and his mother. Rose Otis, of Ireland, came to Ohio in early youth. Lambertis was edu- cated in the district schools, at Himiis- ton Institute, and at Notre Dame, Ind. Admitted to prac- tice in the Courts of Ohio, May, 1873, he soon became deeply interested in the total abstinence movement and was made .Secretar\- of State Org-anization, doinsf successful re- vival wtirk for four years. He served as Secretar)' of the g'reat Local 0]ition Conveiitions of his .State from 1879 to 1882. He has since taken part in all Stale and National Conventions. In 1889 he was nominated for Lieutenant-Governor of his State. Since 1892 he has been Chairman of the State Executive Committee of Ohio. In 1888 and 1889 we find him publishing- varit>us daily, weekly and monthly papers at Young-stown, Ohio, and since 1885, an im- portant nionthl}', "American Fish, F"ish Culture, and Fishinjj;'." He is a member of the Knig-hts of Maccabees, I. O. G. T., Temple of Honor, and Sons of Temperance. He was married October 15th, 1S79, to Miss Anna Miller, Canal Dover, Ohio, and has two sons and one daug^hter. He has done g^rand work for Prohibition in manv ways, but excels as an able, eloquent, and effective speaker. PROF. SAMUEL DICKIE, educator and temperance advo- cate, was born in the County of Oxford, Ontario, June 6th, 1851. Later the famih re- moved to Lansing-, Michig-an, where young- Dickie at- tended the public schools, until he en-- tered Albion Col- leg-e, from which he received the deg-ree ofM.Sini872. He was Superintendent of Schools at Hast- ing-s until 1877, then, until 1888, Professor of Astronomy and Physics at his Alma Mater. He attained g-reat popularity as .'I teacher. When he reached his major- ity he affiliated with the Prohibition Party, with which he has since voted on all National and State issues. Dur- ing- the session of the National Prohi- bition Convention in Pittsburg-, in 1884, he occupied the chair, and two years later he was his party's candidate for Governor in Michig-an, polling- a third more votes than St. John received as Presidential Candidate two jears previous. His conduct of the campaig-n of 1887 on the question of placing- the Prohibition clause in the Michigan Constitution, fixed the eyes of the Prohibitionists of the nation upon him, and he was elected Chairman of the National Commit- tee. For five years he had his headquarters in New York City, but in 1893 he removed them to Albion. Professor Dickie is a man of method and untiring- enerj^y, a pleasant companion, a strong- and convincing- speaker, and thorougfhly devoted to the cause he has espoused. WM. DANIEL was born in Somerset Co., Md., Jan. 24, 1826, and g-raduated from Dickinson Colleg-e in 1848. He practiced law fi-om 1851 to 1 858 in his native county, and has since prac- ticed in Baltimore. He was elected twice to re|iresent his countv in the House of Delegfates and once in the Senate ot the Mary- land Leg-islatiire, and since his le- moval to Baltimore (1863) was elected a member of the State Constitutional Con- vention from Balti- more, taking- a l^rominent part in the measures for tlie emancipation ot tlie slaves. He was c o n v e r t e d a n d united with the M. E. Cluu-ch in 1848, and h a s occupied m my prominent |30sitions. He was first a Whig:, then a Republican, and since a Prohibitionist. When first a member of the State Leg-is- lature he took a prominent part in an agfitation for State Prohibi- tion, and in 1858, when in the Senate, had enacted a string-ent Prohibition law for his native district — the first law of the kind in the State. This law is still in force. He took a prominent part in organizing State Temperance Alliance of Md. and was Pres. twelve years. He soon after became State Chairman of the Pro- hibition Party and served three years. In 1884 he was candidate of the Prohibition Party for the Vice-Presidency, having ex-Gov. St. John as colleague. He is also founder and president of the famous Glyndon Park Prohibition Camp Ground. C. H. SHEPHERD, editor and pubhsher of the "Anti- Tobacco Gem," was born in Dover, N. H., Jan. 31, 1837. His parents, Ezra Shep- herd, of Deerfield, N. H., and Lj'dia I'rench, of New- market, N. H., were of English descent. He is an Adventist in relig- ion, and an active ^.'hristian Endeav- urer. In politics he i-^ Republican, but w lien the question is involved always \iites "no license." I 1 1' was postmaster in the village (Merlin, N. H.) where he now lives under the adminis- tration of Abraham Lincoln. In 1882, while reading a temperance news- paper, he became convinced that more attention should be given to the tobacco plague as a twin evil to the drink curse, and this led to his beginning the "Anti-Tobacco Gem," which lias now an extensive circulation over all parts of the Union and various parts of Canada. The "Gem" has been instrumental in instructing- and warning vast numbers of youth against the pernicious tobacco habit, and encouraging instances have come to light where its short and pointed articles and direct appeals have been instrumental in reforming men addicted to strong drink. Mr. Shepherd finds in these indications of useful- ness a reward for his self-denying labors in behalf of the "Gem" and of moral reform. His wife is an active reform worker, and a sympathetic helper in his crusade against tobacco and rum. PROHIBITION LEADERS 125 MICHAEL JOSEPH FANNING was born in tlie villaj^e of Garry Duff, Ireland, Sept. 6, 1849, but left Ireland in infancy with his parents, who r" settled for a time at ' F"ort Erie, Ontario, ' then at Milan, Ohio. _ where he attended ^^01P^^^^^^ si-lu>ol for a time. J^T^ ^\ H <■ learned the ^^K \ machinist trade at Hf \ Norwalk, Ohio. ^Bl _ ^^ On the 23rd of r^^ ^tjt^k ^^H June, 1S80, he f ^^^^ ^^^ married in Jackson, .Mich., where he now resides. .Mrs. Fanninj; symp.-i- tliizes cordially with her husband's work lor Prohibition. They have four children. .As a boy he was a member of a children's tem- pi-r.'ince society in .Milan, and has since been identified with manv of the Onlers. In 1883 and 1886 he was Reprt'sent.alive to the R. \V. G. L. of I. O. G. T. from the Grand Lodtfe of Michigan. He left the Democratic Party in 1875 and joined the Prohibitionists. He was their candidate for Slate Auditor in Ohio in 1879. In 1882 he was present in Chicig'*) as a representative from .Michig-an at the Conference at which the union of the Pri>hibition Party and the Home Protection Party was efl'ected. He was .Michijjfan DelejJfate to the National Pro- hibition Con\ention at Pittsburjc in 1884. He has tjiven his whole time for some years to the |)latform work oi the P.'irty, and is in constant demand as a speaker and orjcanizer. He is Chair- man of the Michig'an Central Committee of the Prohibition Party. DR. JA.MES BRITTON CRANFIL was born in Parker Co., Texas, in i8^g. Reared on the farm, he enjoyed a few months in public school each j yearduriiij^^.i period i>f his you t h. H e I spent two vears as a ^fl|^ cowbo}-, with his ^9ti-- books tied to the saddle that hemij<'ht study all his spai-e time. ,-\ teacher in Crawford at ii), he here nii't, the fol- io winj; year, .Miss Ollie Allen, and m;ir- ried her. Soon af- ter he bejj;in his medical studies, suc- cessfully complet- ini;-, then bevr.m the pr.ictic^ i.'i'i his pri>- fession. In 1881 he bejjan publishinjj a small p.-iper, the " Elfori," and the following- vear the "W'eekly.Xilvance." In tlu'l.iller heopen- ly espouseil I'ii>hi- bition,and m.ule the paper a felt |H>wer 'liroughoul the State. .\n anient Democrat, he introduced a ilution against the liquor tr.i Hie in the Democr.it Convention ii Houston, anil it was promptly t.tbletl. Later, in i88(>. being convinceil there was no hopi> of seeming Prohibition through his party, he left it and proceeded to org.ini/.e the Prohibition Parly in Texas. In .August, 1886, he called tlu> lirst Prohibition Party Convention of Texas. It nuM September jtli, and nominated ii Slate ticket, whiih polled io,on. Her g^irlhood w.is spent in the i!ien backwoods of W'i scon sin. She ii>mmenced teach- Migat 15. Her :net hods in the ^chi-Hil-rooni were 'T-iginal, and won ~'.iccess. When 17 -lie removed, with ler people, to Kan- sas. Here she re- mained until 1890, t. 'iking part in the heroic struggles for a Prohibitory law and its enforce- ment. She soon became well known. For twelve years she has been a self- sacrificing worker in the W. C. T. U., advancing rapidly from Local, County, District, and State Lecturer to that oi National Organizer, which office she has held for five years, and is now also serving her si-cond term as President of East W.'ishington. .She was married when 21 to \. C. Cox. and in 1890 removed with him ami only living daughter to Newberg, Oregon. She has worked from the platform and press for the Prohibition Party in Kansas, Oregon and Washington, but withal, c.irries the spirit of the Master, aiul is successful in evangelistic and revival work. Her home is with hei- husband and daughter, in Ellensburg, Wash. WILLIA.M HENRY ELDRIDGE. A. H.. editor of "The Temiier.'ince Herald," was born in East Middlebury, Vt., July 23, 1S73. His parents I were Geo. H. Eld- I ridge and Lizzie j u dge. H e was cilucated in Middle- bury High School anil Middlebury College, from which le graduated in lime, 1895. He is in jibstainer from \ outh. and very . arly becanie active 11 temperance work, being elected ' K^ the highest oflice ' > local G. T. when but 14 -- of ag^e. He was one of t h e ounders of the Miildleburv College Trohibition Club and its first Vice- Pres. In Sep., 1894, lie tk charge of I he " Ten»|HM'ance Herald, 'the monlh- — 1 ly org^nn of the Ver- mont Grand Linlge, I. O. G. T., and by wi>rking l.ilc .11 lughl after colU-ge study- hours, made it the most |H>piilai' .-ind intluenii.1l in ii^ hi>.tor}'. In his senior year in college he organized the -sccoiul i.iigest nuntber ofG. r. lodges of any Deputy. His first vole u.is cast for Pro- hibition. He is ,1 member of the Int. Sup. I.otlge. I. O. It. T.; has been a meniber of the N'ermonl (irand Ltulge four years, of which he was Grand .Messengi-r fwi> \e;irs, and iv »>ow Grand Marshal. He is a memln'r of 1 1 > iniily of Delta Kap|>.i F.psilon. He is 1 ' T., and at the age ol jj is one of the \oiiiim--i 1. m, ........ . - ... ii.,. I'nited States. He lesidesat East Middleburv, Vi L^ 126 PROHIBITION LEADERS. SAM W. SMALL, A. M., D. D., was born in Knoxville, Tenn., July 3rd, 1851, of Scotch and Eng-lish ancestrj-. As far back as can be traced the family is noted for Total Abstinence princi- ples. After good preliminary school- ing-, and strict relig- ious training from his Methodist moth- er and Presbyterian grandfather, he en- ' tered Emory and Henry College in S. W. V'a., gradu- ating well up in his classes. He was for a time express messenger bet ween New Orle;ins and Mobile. He then removed to Nash- ville and studied law, and practiced for some time with great success. He soon became dissi- pated and lost manj' opportunities of advancement. In 1875 he removed to Georgia and took a position on "The Atlanta Constitution," re- maining six years, and attaining 'considerable popularity by his contributions under the soubriquet "Old Si." By this time he was a confirmed drunkard. But in Sept., 1885, he attended a meeting held by the Rev. Sam Jones in Cartersville, Ga., and was converted. He immediately began evangelistic, temperance and Prohibition work. Was a member of the Nat. Pro. Con. of 1888; one of its Executive, and the Party's candidate for State Senator from the Atlanta District in 1888, and for Congress in 1892. He led the great campaign in Norfolk, Va., which rescued the city from rum rule in May, 1894. Married Miss Anne L Arnold in -1873. \yiLLARD O. WYLIE, Grand Chief Templar of the Mass. LO.G.T., was born at Newburyport, Mass., Dec. 25, 1862 ; re- moving to Beverly, Mass., in early youth, his present home. He joined the I. O. G. T. in 1882, was elected G. C. in 1890, G.C.T. unanimously in 1894, an d re-elected i n ih'95. In 1 89 1 he was elected alter- nate representative to the Sup. Lodge session of the G. T. at Edinburgh, Scot- land. lniS93hewas Chairman of the Mass. delegation to the Des Moines ses- sion, and in 1895 Chairman of the delegation to the Boston, Mass., ses- s i o n . A t D e s Moines he secured the selection of Bos- ton as the next Con- vention seat, serv- ing as Chairman of the Mass. Reception Committee with so much ability as to win manv laurels. Good Templary has made Mr. Wylie the powerful advocate that he is of the great temperance i-eform. It gave him that great boon, a good wife, and, notwithstanding his great activity, there are fewer pleasanter homes than that made b\' these two, with their little girls, Mildred and Edith. He is a Prohibitionist in politics, having been a candidate for numerous local honors, and in 1895 was nominated on the State ticket for Secretary of State. He is a member of the S. ot T. and Royal Arcanum, Vice-Pres. of the Mass. Total Abstinence Soc, and Director 'of the Mass. Mutual Aid Association. He is a live young Prohibitionist. JAMES BRUTON GAMBRELL, D. D., was born in Ander- son Co., S. C, Aug. 21, 1841, but was reared from 18 months old in Mississippi. He was educated in the public schools, fin- ishing at the Uni- versity of Missis- sippi. He saw four years' service in the Confederate Army, returning as Capl. of Scout s. Con- verted at 15, he joined the Baptist Church. At 22 he was married to Miss Mary T. Corbell, of Virgin ia. He en- tei'ed the Baptist ministry in 1868. After several years in the pastorate he was chosen to edit "The B.iptist Record," the organ of the Mississippi Baptists. He con- tinued this work fif- teen years. In this organ he opened the great fight for Prohibition in Miss, by a series of five articles on "The MatcEless Evil. " While editor he was active as a Prohibition speaker; signed the first call for a Convention in Miss.; was Chairman of the State Executive Com- mittee, and aided his son, Rhoderick Dhu, in starting "The Sword and Shield." He was rather independent in politics, but aided the Democrats when they put up good men. The anti-sumptuary plank settled it ; he openly declared for the Prohibition Party and has stood by it ever since. He stands high in the Councils of his Church, being prominently connected with its educational and evangelistic work, and is now President of Mercer University. The degree of D. D. was given him by Furman University, S. C. W. SCOTT LITTLE, G. C. T. of the I. O. G. T. of Mis- souri, was born in Hancock Co., 111., on Nov. 16, 1850, and spent his early life in Adams Co. His father, Joseph Lit- tle, was originally from Washington County, Pa. His mother, whose maiden name was Mary White, was from Tennessee. He is, in the main, .1 self-made man. He removed from Camppoint, 111., to La Plata, Mo., in 1868, where he now resides. A member of tie G. T. since 14, he has been an active worker. He has long been re- garded as one of the substantial and reliable men of his city. He was one of the first men in Missouri to espouse the cause of Prohi- bition, being fully identified with every movement for its jiromotion. His name, as elector, was on the first Prohibition ticket placed in the Slate, that of John P. St. John. He was also an elector on the Bidwell ticket in 1892, and in 1894 his name was placed on the Prohibition ticket for Con- gress, being the first candidate ever offered in that Congressional District. He took an active part in Local Option campaigns in this State. He is also an active member of the K. of P. Order. In 1889 he was elected Grand Chief Templar of Missouri, and is now serving his seventh year, to the credit and entire satisfaction of the Good Templars. He was the founder and chief editor of the official organ, the "Grand Lodge Visitor." PROHIBITION LEADERS. 127 DR. J. HOWARD YARNALL, ion Park avenue, New York, an ardent Prohibition worker, was born at P'd^mont, Dele- ware County, Pa., June 23, 1852, of (Juaker parents. His father was a public speaker in the S o c i e t y o f I-'riends for many \t'ars. He is also himself a believer of the same line of Christian failh, and a member of the Society. He was a iX r a d u a t e of the friends' Seminary at West Town, Pa. He left the farm when a yountj man of 2^ years and be- ti'.'in tiie stiidv of medicine in Phila- ilelphia. He jjrad- uated from a New ^'o^k medical col- lejje in 1883, and has since practiced .'It his profession. He is a practical I'rohibitionist and has very little faith in any elector's F'rohibition professions who will not voice tliem bv his vote on election days. He was a member of the Republican Party, but lost faith in it because of its weakness and waverinjf reg'ardinjc the g'reat reform. He cast his first Prohibition ballot for Hon. John St. John, as President in 1H84, and since has been an earnest advocate for Prohibition, with a Party behind it with full sympathy in its tiioroiig'h enforcement. He is convinceil that anything short of that will never be successful ill abolisliinij the di-ink lr;ilfic. FREDERICK FREEMAN WHEELER was born in Osh- kosh. Wis., Feb 25, 1859. When five years old the family re- mo\ed to \"ineland, N. J. He entered upon, but did not complete, the High School course. Re- movinjif later to Al- bany, he entered ihe furniture busi- ness, and became i>ne of the foremost nv n of the city. He has been Secre- tary of the Alfany Chamber of Com- merce since its lorm.'ition. As one i>f the orjianizers of the South End Hank of .Albany, manaj. er of the Al- ba n y Te r m i n a I Warehouse Con;- p a n y , Associate Director of the Na- tional L.fe Assix-ia- lion of Hartford, t^'onn., and as one of the Citizens' Committee of Fifty lo purify elections in .\lbany, he has had a large part in the commercial and civic life of .Albany. He has been twice married and has four children. His record as a Prohibitionist is an enviable one. His maiden vote was cast for Neal Dow in 1S80 — his being the only Prohibi- tion vote in the County. He has never voted any other ticket. He joined the I. O. G. T. at 13, and has filled imjxirt.-int county offices. He was elected in .Ma\-, 1884, a member of the Execu- tive of the New York Slate Prohibition Committee, and in De- cember was elected its Chairman, filling this office four years. At the present time he is the oldest member of the State Execu- tive Committee. REV. A. D. FAIRBANKS, of Montrose, Colorado, has been for many years an active temperance and Prohibition worker, both in the Eastern States and in the West, where he now If si lies. He was I'orn in Newark, C'aledonia Co., Ver- mont, Feb. 22, 1836. I le was educated in the schools of that li>cality, a n tl of M.irnstead, Prov- ince of Q u e b e c . W h i 1 e a 1 1 e n d i n g school in the lat- ter place he was licensed to exhort ;inil preach in the Methodist Church. In 1S64 he became pastor of a M. E. Chtu-ch in his native State. In i.S6h he joi ncd I h e F ree Maplists and took cli;irge of a church at I. o r il' s Hill, Kfl'ingham. For many )cars he i\'- m.'iined in the p;is- loral work in con- nection with various churches of that denomination in the .State, md saw much fruit of his ministry in the conversion of many. He .ilso took .in active interest in tin- tem|HM;incc movement, .iiul suc- ceeil«-d in building up a l.irge number of pUdgeil woik«Ts, though very strongly opposed in this work in some lot-.ilities. He was twice married; first to p:ii/.abeth Walker, of C.mada, who died two years later, and then to Aimette J. Taplin, of Is.isburgh, \'l., a popular teacher, who has nobly helpeil him in all his work. .Some years ;igo, on account of his wife's ill-he.dth, they moved to Colorado, l-'or foinleen years he has been a pronounced Prohibitionist, and has voted, worked, spoken and written for that Party. BENJAMIN TURNER HOBBS was born June 4, 1853, ne;ir Jackson, Miss., of X'irginiaii parent.Tge. He attended private schiHils, afterw.Trds ' l^ublic schools, in Jackson. He be- gan the printing business in 1872 in the office of the " Newton Weekly Ledger." After five \ears he became foreman in the of- fice of Ihe "Baptist l\ecv>rd,"al Clinton, Miss. In 1883 he be- •^an the publication .>ftlie "Brookhaven Leader," which he h.is edited to the present, since i8qi .IS the "Mivsissippi Lender. " He boasts thai the " Leader " is the only paper publislied in Miss- issippi wliose col- umns never con- t.inu'd a liquor ad- \ ,1 ti-emeni in «nv He has nU Ihhmi it' Pn>hi- sj in prinoi- I in was ilH he In iM(>4 pie. He was a member ol the Inst I'l iMiitniL^n v, on Mississippi in i8fio, and of every one since. For lei a nuMnber of the Stale I'ro. Kxe. Com.. ■•• ' '^■ .Secy. Since the esiabiisluneni of tlie •• 1 become .•» fixed jHilicy in sixty counties ot left the Democratic Party and joined the Prohibitionists. he was elected Chairnian of the Slate F\-« bilion Party, a jiosition h. platfornt work. He is a '■ School .Superintendent at l.i .-^.m..., , ... i..- wife and tWO children — a son and daughter. l"4'>m. of the Prohi- ble 1.1V 128 PROHIBITION LEADERS. REV. DANIEL H. TUTTLE was born June 29, 1857. His parents were R. M. Tiittle and Mary Cochran Tiittle. He was educated at Town r ■ Creek Acadeni}', Trinity Collegfe, N. C. He received liis theological trainings ^|fc|^^^ at Vanderbilt Uni- ^^^^^Hm|^^ versity, Nashville, JPI^^^^I^^^k Tenii. Heisarejiu- ^^HHfe lar minister of the ^^^^^k North Carolina fc... ^^^^^^m Conference of the P ^JJlKk. ^w^Sm xMethodist Episco- ] * * p.al Church, South. As to political pre- ferences and p -A r- ties, he is a Prohi- bitionist first, last and always. He is a member of the I. O. G. T., holding- t he ofHce of Wort hy C h i e f Tem pla r at Hickory, N. C. He was elected Presi- dent of the N. C. State Temper- ance Association, Aug. 15, 1894, in the State Conven- tion at Greensboro. He studied law in 1879, and was licensed to practice in June, 1880, by the^Supreme Court of North Carolina. He located at Hickory, N. C, as partner with Col. Clinton A. Cilley. In 1881, when the question of Prohibition was submitted to the voters of his State, he made his reputation as a Prohibition speaker and leader. Since he began his ministei-ial labor in 1883 he has foug!it the liquor traffic from tlie pulpit, on the platform, and through the press most earnestly and successfully. He has be instrumental in distributing tens of thousands of temperance and Prohibition tracts and papers. He now edits "The Christian Citizen" at Raleigh, N. C, organ of the St. Tem. Asso., and the W.C.T.U. REV. EDWARD BARRASS, M.A., D.D., was born at an English colliery village, owned by Lord Londonderry, July 22, 1821. His father was a mining agent, for which position the son was intend- ed, receiving such an education as woiiki qualify him ior its duties. On attaining the age of twelve he went into the mines daily, lui- t 1 he was called into the ni'nistrv of the Prinr.tive Meth- odist Church. This was in 1841. In 1853 lie came to Canada. While 3'et a boy he signed the Total Abstinence pledge, and also was connected with the Order of Recha- bites. On coming to Canada he iden- tified himself with the Sons of Tem- perance, and as his ministerial duties prevented him stav- iiig^more^than three years at any place, he became identified with other tem]5erance organizations where he resided. He often at- tended the Grand Lodge of Templars, and has travelled thousands of miles in the interest of temperance. More than once he has been appointed on delegations to Government, respecting temper- ance legislation. In 1885 he attended the Centennial Convention at Philadelphia, which was tlie largest representative gathering of temperance workers which he luis ever witnessed. He has used his pen very freely in contribviting to periodical literature. He is also the author of two or three small volumes, one of which is " Distinguished Men," but it has long been out of print. REV. WILLIAM D. MASSON, son of the Rev. James Masson, was born in the township of Elizabethtown, near Brock- ville, on July i8th, ih'6o. He is a life- long total .abstainer, find has been con- nected with temper- ance societies for over twenty years, and an active work- er most of this time. In the w i n t e r o f i8^'7 he became one of the " Hamilton Helpers" R o y Ji 1 Templar evangel- ists, working i fi New York State wit'i them for over six months. He afterwards co-oper- ated for a time with the "Life Boat Crew," find in the spring of i f-88 be- came one of the original members of "The Crusaders," working with that team in New Bruns- wick, Quebec and Ontario. He and his companions were instrumental in adding hundreds to the established Councils, arousing deeper interest in total abstinence principles and Prohibition, and forming over thirty new Councils, with about 2,000 members, and pledging thousands of others to total fibstinence. He took an active part in the Plebiscite cam- paign, and was Secretary of the township in which he lived. In the winter of 1893-4 he resolved to devote himself to the work ot the Methodist ministry, and after passing his pi-eliminary examin- ation he entered the work in June, 1894. He was stationed that year at Stevensville, and at the next Conference was transferred to Otterville, where he now resides. JAMES BLYTHE WOOTAN, State Deputy of the Inde- pendent Order of Good Temjilars for California, was born July 7, 1873, at Tulla- homa, Tenn. His parents were John T. Woontan and Mary Ellen Wootan (nee Smith). He was educated at the |)uhlic schools of St. Louis, Mo., and also in Ashley, Illinois, and completed his course of studies in Traner, Cal. His active temperance .'ind Prohibition la- bors have been largel}', though not exclusively, con- fined to the I. O. G. T., of the constitu- tion and practical working of w h i c h Order lie has been a warm admirer, and of which he has been f o r a good m any y e a rs a n active and influen- tial member, and f o r some t i m e a state official. In his political views Mr. Wootan may be described as a political Prohibitionist — believing as he does that the supreme question now before the electorate of America is the outlawing of the traffic in intoxicants, and that the plain duty of every Christian patriot is to elect men to office, and as representatives in the Legis- lature, who will destroy the power of the saloon and protect the interests of the home. He enjoys in a large measure the confi- dence of his brother Templars, as is evidenced by his high posi- tion of State Deputy, which he has acceptably filled, under the leadership of Grand Chief Templar Kanause, Grand Chief Templar Woodward, and which he is still holding under G. C. T. Webb. PROHIBITION LEADERS 129 REV. WILLIAM SMITH GRIFFIN, D.D., of Toronto, was born in the villag-e of Waterdown, Ont., Oct., 10, 1826. His ^___^ ■ parents were Eben- ~T ~j ezer E. Griffin and I ' I Eliza Kent. He was educated at Vic- toria College, and ordained into the ministry of the Wes- 1 ey a n Methodist Church in June, 1 853. His minis- terial record has l>een highly s u c - cessful. Since 1869 lie has been a Chair- m a n o f District, three times Presi- dent of Conference, and a delegate to I'very General Con- ference since 1874. H e received t h e honorary degree of n.D. from his Alma M a t e r — Victoria I'niversity. He is a Reformer in poli- tics, and is loyal to Party and Church. Fearless in the ex- pression of his principles, sagacious in his dealings with men in organization or person, he is a strong man in legislation and in admiiiistr.ition. Asa platform speaker he is able and popular; with abundant wit and strong logic, he is an unwelcome antagonist. His work as a temperance advocate has been as extended as his ministry, especially in the great Local Option contests in Ontario was his championship of Prohibition felt in various counties where his eloquent and jiowerful a]ipeals were made. He is now Gen. Treasurer of the Superanuation Fund of the Methodist Church. He is out of the regular ministry but continues speaking in jiulpit and on platform for every good cause with old-time vigor and unfailing devotion. THOMAS CHARLES RICHMOND was born of Protestant parents in Helturbet, I'rovince of Ulster, Ireland, Nov. 30, 1848, coming to America with his parents when 12 years of age. He studied in private schools, and graduated from the Law Department of the University of Wisconsin, and later studied law in the Boston Law Si-hool. He was formerly a Repiib- lii-an in politics, and is a Liberal in re- ligion. He enlisted as a volunteer when 16 years old, and served in the Union Army until the close of the war. He be- came idiMitified with the I'r o h i b i t i o n Party in 1S82, and was the Party's can- didate for member of Congress from Wisconsin in 1SS6, .iiui again in 1888, and candid.'ite for Ciovernoi in (he year 1892. He has been, since the year 1882, recognized as one of the ablest, nu)st eloquent and successful pl.-itform speakers of the IVohibition Parly. A volume, entitled "The Issue of 1888," containing several of his addresses, was published in 1888, and had an extensive circulation throughout the Western States. He was Chairman for seven ye.irs i»f the State Central Prohibition Committee, ami during all this time, in addition to the details of oftice business, he was almost constantly in the field, lecturing, attending conferences, etc., working day and night. Mr. Richmond lives in M.ulison, Wis., and is .i lawveV of large anil increasing practice. LEPHA ELIZA BAILEY, author and lecturer, was bom in Battle Creek, Mich., Jan. 21, 1844. She was the youngest of a family of nine chil- dren of Thomas and .Aurora Dunton, the former Scotch, the latter a native of Vermont. Both parents possessed sterling traits of character. She composed little poems for the press when she could only print, in imitation, her efforts. Her education was com- pleted in her native city. At 14 she began to teach a country school, and every leisure hour she industriously filled by studying. Her life has ever been one of hard- ships and care, and most perseveringly has she conquered every obstacle. At the age of 30 she found leisure to de^ vote herself to the platform in refi'irm work. She is a member of the M. ¥.. Church. For twenty years past she has been almost constantly speaking throughout the U. S., under the auspices of the W. C. T. U. or Prohibition Party. She has served as Secy., in her own city, the G. T., W. C. T. U., and other local societies. She has corresponded largely for the press, and written many sketches for books and magazines. Her time is filled to over- flowing with her duties. Mrs. Bailey has a family of two, a son and a daughter. Her home is .-it Prohibition P;irk, West New Brighton, Staten Island, where intellectual crowds gatln-r fverv summer, and the saloon casts no withering blight. HOR.ACE W.ATERS, Prohibition writer and agitator, was born in Jefferson, Me., Nov. i, 1812, and died in N. Y. city, April 22, 1893. His father was English, and his mother of Scotch-Irish de- scent. His father's early death left him the sole support of the household, and he was comj>elled to work verj' hard on the farm. He was educated in the public scluH'tls, and the .\ ca d e n> y in Richmond, Me. He Ix'gan clerking in a general store in Hallowell, and in two years was made .1 p.irtner, remain- ing until 1837, then rehiovitig to Bos- ti>n. where he mar- ried, in 1840, Miss Elizabeth .Ann, daughter of James Leeds, of IVook- line, M.jss. He be- g.iii selling pianos for ;i Moston finii, and in 1849, st;irted the m.-inufacture of pianos and organs, which he continued until his death. He was a pioneer in the publication of Sunday School Hynni Books, his "Sir >o| Bell" reach- ing a circulalii»n of half .1 million. He w of mercantile integrity, even generosity, and widely kiu-vM. i.'i ms lH>nevolence». He was .ictive in anti-sl;iver\- aiul lempt'r;uu-c ini-<\ements. He belj>ed to organize the LiIht.-jI Party in 1S40. When the Prohi- bition P.irty was organized Mr. Waters boc«me one of its staunches! and most eflicient ndvtH*ales. He wnMe (1882) *' A Third Party Needed. " He did much giHxl work on the platform in all parts of the country. I30 PROHIBITION LEADERS. FREDERICK BUTLER HOLMES, editor of the "National Templar Blade," and National Secretary of the Templars of Tem- perance, was born June 28, 1835, in Louisville, Ky. His father descended from Edward Wins- low, who came to this country on the Mayflower. His m o t h e r , M a r t h a Hutler, was a lineal descendant of J as. Butler, Duke of Or- inond, born in Lon- don in 1610, whose ancient family dates back to the time of Henry H. In 1836 his p.'irents went to Pittsburg-, Pa., where he received a public school and academic educa- tion. At 15 he en- tered a banking- house and became an exjjert in prac- tical finance. In 1856 he married Mf'iry S. Leonard, yt)ung'est daughter of VVillard Leonard, one of the oldest and most respected families in Pittsburg. They have two sons and a daughter, all married, and eight g-randchildren. He held positions of trust, from bank teller to cashier. In 1876 he moved to Philadelphia, Pa., and was chief teller of the Centennial National Branch Bank, at "the Ex- position held that year. Since then he has been identified with the Pennsylvania Railroad, and later with Mr. A. J. Cassatt, as his personal book-keeper, and finally eng-aged in the real estate busi- ness. He is a pung-ent writer, a fluent speaker, a music com- poser and musician; is a Presbyterian and a radical Prohibition- ist, living: at Lansdowne, Delaware County, Pa. SIMEON B. CHASE was born in Gibson, Penn., in 1828, of hardy New England stock. At 14 he became a successful com- mon school teacher, and in 1851 was graduated from Hamilton College with honors. He then studied law, and while doing- so established, with a partner, the "Mon- roe Democra t. " He was a member, in 1855, of the first Republican Con- vention in the LI. S., and in 1857 Chair- man of the first in P e n n s y 1 V a n i .'i . About this time he look a strong stand against licensiiig- the liquor traffic, which blighted his brilliant political prospects. He was elected to the Legislature, in which he took a leading position. From 1858 he be- came the guiding star of the S. of T. and the G. T.; was Rig^ht Worthy Grand Templar continuously for five yeai's, and presiding officer of either State or National Lodge for nearly a quarter of a century. His eloquent voice has been heard, and he has been recog-nized as a Prohibition leader on both sides of the Atlantic. He has written many popular works on temperance. In 1872 he was Chairman of the first Nat. Pro. Con., and has twice been Prohibition candi- date for Governor, and once for Sup. Judg-e of the State. He is a Presbyterian, and has been twice commissioner to the General Assembly, and has received the valuable assistance of his talented wife, Fannie D. Chase, a leading- spirit in the W. C. T. U. JOHN LAMB SIFLY was born in Charleston, S. C, June loth, 1839. A few years later his parents moved to Orange- burg-, where he grew up to man- hood. In i860 he completed his edu- cational course at Cokesbury Insti- tute; entered, in December, the South Carolina Con- ference of the Meth.Epis. Church, South, and married Miss Sue F. Towns- end, daughter of Rev. Joel W. Towns- en d , the same year. He has five children. He has been on the effec- tive list of the Con- ference for thirty- five years. Always earnest in his advo- cacy of total abstin- ence from all that can intoxicate, he found cong-enial characters in the Independent Order of Good Templars, and labored with them for the betterment of humanity. In 1887 he was made Grand Chaplain of the Order in the State. Possessed of a most lovable disposition — great gentleness being- his most marked characteristic— he soon won the esteem and affection of his co-laborers. At the Grand Lodge session of 1891 he passed up to the chair of Grand Councilor, where he served with marked ability, renderings excellent service during the three years of the hottest temperance agitation the State has ever known, and was elected Grand Chief Templar in 1894. South Carolina can boast of few men so consecrated to the tem- perance cause as the subject of this sketch. SIDNEY B. WELDON, of Tolu, Ky., a well-known and zealous prohibition worker, was born in Crittenden County, Ky., Jan. 20, 1 84 1. He was educated in the public schools of his native county ; was married to Susan King, of Pope Co., 111., Oct. 23, 1862. His parents were W^illiam and Mary R. W'eldon, natives of South Carolina. His occupation has been that of a farm- er and merchant. His social and busi- ness standing have been excellent. He is a member ot the Baptist Church. For man}' years he has taken a deep inter- est in the temper- ance and Prohibi- tion movements, and has done well his share in advanc- ing these great re- ___^^______ forms. He is a S. of T., a G. T., and a member of the Masonic fraternity. He was in early life con- nected with the Deni. party, and voted that ticket until 1884, when he cast his first Prohibition party vote for the Hon. J. W. St. John for President. He has been active and prominent in the Prohibi- tion ranks ever since. For four years he was Co. Pres. of the Party for Crittenden Co., during which time the Party vote was larg^ely increased. He was a deleg-ate to the Nat. Pro. Con. at Cincinnati in 1 892, and was the Party nominee for Com. of Ag-ri- culture for Kentucky in 1895. His faith is strong in the complete and glorious success of the great Pro. movement, not only in his native State, but throug-hout the entire nation. He will do well his share of the work as a citizen. PROHIBIT ION LEADERS. 13' RE\'. JOHN A. LUCV, of Cyjfiiet. Stale of Ohio, was born in the town of Thoiold, in the Province of Ontario, on the 19th of Septem- ber, in the year 1851, his parents being A n t h o n y Lucy and Elizabeth Ramsey. He re- ceived his educa- tion* at Dunnville, in the Province of Ontario, and at Cleveland, Ohio. He is a member •ind a minister of the Molhochst Kjiis- cop;il Church, and is poHlically identi- fied with the Pro- hibition Parly. Hi- has not held any public office, and is n o 1 ail) hi t ious in thai direction, be- ing content with being a worker in the ranks of iiis Chun-h and Party without honors. Hi- has been an earnest and constant advo- cate in his puljiit of straight Proliibition, and he h.'is also done considerable pl;it- form work for the Third or Prohibition Party in Henry ;uh1 Wood Counties, in the State of Ohio. His pulpit utterances have not, however, been in favor of the claims of any particular political parly, but h.-ive rather been on general lines for the prohibition of the liquor traffic. He has persistently pressed the claims of thai great legal reform for the Municipality, for the State, and for the Nation, and continues to do so with unabated /e;il. Mr. Lucy is stimulated in his efforts by ;i strong belief in the ultimate ti-iumph of the cause of Pi'ohibition. AN.NA DOWNEY, A.M., S.T.B., Supt. Evangehstic Dept. of linois W. C. T. L'., was bom in Greencastle, Ind., in 1855. Her father was Chas. G. r~ Downey, a gradu- ate of XVesley L'ni- V e r s i t y , Middle- town. Conn., and for 16 years Prof, of Math, at As bury University, Green- castle, Ind. Her mother was Hester M. Downey, for years (after her husband's decease) P r e c e p t r e s. s of Zenia Female Col- lege, and especially gi f t e d , both as teacher and on the platform. Miss Downey won her A.H. from De Pauw University in 1877, her A. M. in 1880, and in 1892 the S. T. B. from De Pauw Theo. School. She is a Meth. ; was Prof, of .Math, in la. Wes- ley Univ'y, 1882-3; teacher of Greek at De Pauw University, 1884-5 ! |K«stor of the M. E. Church, Ke- wanee. 111. FVom 1887 to 1896 she engaged in evangelistic work under the auspices of the Church and the W. C. T. L'., preaching and lectui ing constantly, averaging 275 addresses yearly. She is now National Evangelist of the W'.C.T. V. .A recent jjaper says: " Her youthful freshness, her clear eye, with .■> •■•■■• •' ••• ■• •• '•■•h can melt into convincing pathos or brighten w r - monious thought, holds her audience spellboii I h. She possesses a voice of great strength and sweetness. She is the author of one of the most helpful books of Bible readings that the press has issued, entitled " Heavenly Places in Christ Jesus." MR.S. M. ELLA ALDRICH-GLEASON, National Lecturer for I he W. C. T. U., is a spe.-iker of great power. She was born in Lowell, Mass. Her father, Wel- ' lington A 1 d r i c h , preceded her as a lecturer, and she may have inherited from him her fluent speech a n d ener- getic style; but her ]>ower to reach hearts and move them to action she gets from h e r m other, L y d i a W'alerhouse, a near r e 1 a t i v e of I h e pojiiilar Rev. J. F. W'alerhouse Ware, o f C a m b r i d g e. Mrs. Gleason was e d u c a t eil in the public schools o f Boston, graduating from the Roxbiu'v High School at i<). She is a Baptist, and w :i s licenst'il to preach by th.il denomination in 1892. She is a woman of m.irked ability, ■'^lic is C liairnian of the Nominating Connnitlee of InilependenI Women N'olers ot BosU>n. She has held for eleven years the position of Pies, in llu- local W. C. T. I'. She is State .Supt. of Narcotics. She is .in active nu-mber of the Nat. Chris. Ass. and Chris. Workers. .As a lecturer she is verv popular. In her husband, William H. Gleason, a prominent mem- ber and liberal supporter of the Third Parly, she has a warm sup- porter in all of her good work. Both of thent have given lin»e, money and strength in advocating the principles of that Party. Mrs. (;ieason is still young, the happv mother of three childrei), one of whom h.is preceded her \o the Belter L.md. THOMAS COATES, ESQ., of Prescott. belongs to a family that stands high in the Councils of Canadian Methodism. He was b<->ni in Yorkshire, Eng., Jany 25th, 1832. His parents, Thomas and Eliza- beth Coates, came in the same year to Canada. The\- were Methodist^ and have long sim juissed ti-> their re- ward. He joined the S. of T. in old Xo. 15 Division about 1855. and afterwards unites with the I.O. G. T. never relinquishing his coiuiection with the S. of T. He labored actively in connection with both Orders for a number of years, h.il (i.i.-,-s hU ■, ■ tlii\ni ing and altr;iclive feature of ne.irly .'ill ■ enlerlaiiunenis in their kH'ality. loi;. both sides of the St. l.;«wrence the praises of total and the gosjx'l of Pr»>hibilion. A song K>«>k of greai ; the joint prixluclion of Mr. Coates and his brother, some years ago by the .MelluHlisi HtH>k Concern, a- a large sjihv '' ■ 'is m.'irrieil in i*-' ■ • ■ ' -.mce- in,-. mem Barnell.