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being used to repeal a law which is so beneficent in its require- 

 ments, and so necessary for the salvation of the people of Illinois 

 from the burdens and iniquities of the liquor traffic. 



Mrs. Hill does not pretend to send this petition referring to 

 Prof. Coe as an official W. C. T. U. document, but is sending it as 

 a representative and at the expense of Methodist people, and not 

 at the expense of the Cook County W. C. T. U. treasury. Per- 

 sonally, were I a Methodist, I would consider it a privilege to sign 

 my name to such a document, for the great Methodist church has 

 a world-wide reputation for its pronounced stand on the Temper- 

 ance question. 



It is to be regretted that a representative of its most famous 

 educational institution, in Miss Willard's own town of Evanston, 

 should have allowed his name to be used in connection with the 

 attack on our S. T. I. law, particularly in view of the fact that the 

 law does not affect him as an educator. 



As County Supt. of S. T. I. work, I rejoice that the battle is 

 reaching beyond the circle of the W. C. T. U., not only in Cook 

 County but all over the State of Illinois, and is enlisting the activi- 

 ties and influences of the religious denominations and temperance 

 people of the entire State. Urging your most earnest co-opera- 

 tion for the retention and preservation of the law, and with faith 

 for victory, I am, 



Hopefully yours in White Ribbon bonds, 



Marie C. Brehm, 

 Cook County Supt. of S. T.I. 



While such sentiments as the above are not shared by all mem- 

 bers of the W. C. T. U., it cannot be denied that the dissemination 

 of such literature has its prejudicial effect upon local unions 

 generally. 



The Illinois Watch Tower, published in the interest of the Illi- 

 nois W. C. T. U., in its issue of March, 1908, devotes much space 

 to a discussion of scientific temperance instruction and a com- 

 parison of the present law with the proposed bill. For anyone 

 who wishes to familiarize himself thoroughly with the nature of 

 the W. C. T. U. argument the reading of this issue of the Watch 

 Tower is recommended. 



It now appears that a petition has been circulated in Chicago 

 calling upon the Board of Education of that city to remove from 



