“Briefly to recapitulate, bringing out salient features, Maine has given, since the Crusade, the idea of the temperance camp-meeting, which, though not original with us, has been rendered effective largely through the efforts of our own workers.  Connecticut influences elections, has availed itself of petitions and given us the best form on record.  New York has kept alive the visitation of saloons, and proved, what may we never forget, that this is always practicable, if conducted wisely.  In the relief and rescue branches of our work, the Empire State is perhaps without a rival.  The women of Pennsylvania have bearded the gubernatorial lion in his den, and the Hartranft veto had the added sin of women’s prayers and tears denied.  Maryland and the District of Columbia prove that the North must look to her laurels when the South is free to enter on our work.  As for Ohio, as Daniel Webster said of the old Bay State, ’There she stands; look at her!’—­foremost among leaders in the new Crusade.  Michigan is working bravely amid discouragements.  Illinois has given us the most promising phase of our juvenile work, and leads off in reform clubs.  Our best organized States are Ohio, Indiana, New York, Pennsylvania and Iowa.  By reason of their multiplied conventions of State, district and county, their numerous auxiliaries, their petitions and their juvenile work, Ohio and Indiana bear off the palm, and stand as the banner States of our Union up to this time, each of them having as many as two hundred and fifty auxiliaries.

“Our review develops the fact that of the forty-seven States and Territories forming the United States, twenty-two States have formed temperance unions auxiliary to the Woman’s National Union.  Of the twenty-five not yet organized, twelve are Southern States and eight are Territories; while of the remaining five, three are about to organize State unions, and have already flourishing local unions.  So, that, without exaggeration, we may say we have fairly entered into the land to possess it.  To bring about this vast result of organization, and to maintain it, there have been held (not to mention conventions of districts and counties, the name of which is legion,) forty-five State conventions of women, almost all within the last year.

“The number of written communications sent out during the year from our Western office to women in every State in the Union, is nearly five thousand.  This is exclusive of ‘documents,’ which have gone by the bushel from the Eastern and Western offices, and also of the incessant correspondence of our president.  Either president or secretary has spoken in nearly every State in which our organization exists.  During the summer months, conventions, camp-meetings and local auxiliaries in large numbers have been addressed by officers of our National and State Unions in all of the Eastern and Middle and in many of the Western States.  Noteworthy in our history for the year, is the monster petition circulated in nearly every State, presented to Congress on our behalf by Senator Morton, of Indiana, and defended in an eloquent speech before the Finance Committee by our president.”