Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-09-20
The Proceedings Of the Meetings Yes.
terday Full of Interest.
THE ELECTION OF OFFICERS.
Resolutions OF Thanks Adopted and
Speeches OF Generalization Made.
THEIR FUTURE PROGRAMME.
A Visit 10 Fort Smelling, the Peniten-
tiary and the Sawdust City.
BcGmcsday 1z,raing Session.

The first business vas the announcement
ofthe committee on credentials that the
Credentials had been received for the sixth
dlstrIr5 aod TINS Flushing up their bust
ness, their report was accepted and they
were eisCEarfld
The subject Of Tuesday evenings se5-
sion came up il new garb, by the intro
ductiuu Of an amendatory resolution to
admi1 frst-cIass distributing clerks or
under supsriutendents of mails in the post
offices 70 the association, membership as a
subst tute for 4 resolution admitting the
whole posto1i: :e force to the samewhich had
been voted down. This amendment was dis
cussed at length, the objections being that
it would be suicidal to the social
status OF the organization, that
itwould break u the holding of its con-
ventions on account Of inability to secure
trans Portation TO Glegates from the
railways, etc. 1t wts 4f.-ed that the or
ganlzation, which VS. med at Chicago
ten years ago, theUga,t atd seen strug-
giles, was III good shape now, had grown
much stronger the prsseu- year, and now,
having freed Itself fro. 1T, it was better
to try the experiment II going another
year without bidding for memberships
from other branches of the postal service.
The Montgomery" resolution, as it was
called, was vigorously defended, but most
thoroughly assailed from the majority of
the association, and the roll being called,
it was decided to add no other branch of
the service to that of the railway postal by
vote of yeas, 4; gnays, So, which put the
subject thoroughly into the dead-letter
pouch and snapped the look.
The next bundle opened was the sub
Ject of admitting to the association the
weighers of Frtia mails who receive their
commissions from the superintendent of
the seuerat railway postal service, but are
not paid out o! the same fund But the
same objections as brought out by the pre-
ceedIng resolutions We're applied to this by
the majority, WHO having squared up with
the aid of their opposing brothers an asso-
citation debt OF 100000, felt like taking
into partnership other than men connected
with the genuine railway postal service,
and If it WIS iaXucy to be thus exclusive,
O pay for it, and IN the matter of adding
other branches of the service to the asso-
citation, to go the whole hog or nothiug,
and on coming 10 vote this attempt to in
crease the III m9mbership was filed away in
a pigeon hole.
The committee on constitution and by
laws hen made report of their delibera-
tions, which was adopted, the main fea-
lures of which we're that by the assess
ment Ot 81 member reserve fund OF
$4,000 vas to be placed in the treasury,
and constantly kept up TO that figure by
renewed assessment; that all claims
against the association should be paid by
check, and that all CORES ponding secreta
ries should be changed to "local" secreta-
ries, other such appointed when necessary,
and that these secretaries should remit
funds received and collected direct to the
treasurer, taking his receipt therefor.
Next in order was the Wilson resolution,
which brought all the delegates around the
distribution of ideas table, it being kind
of boatswsin call sHmmoning all hands on
deck. This Wilson resolution was to the
effect that the beneficiary sum on the de-
cease of member should be $4,000 instead
of an assessment of 81 member.
Wilson's resolution proved to be regu-
lar locomotive shrek of danger and all the
careful heads who had been present at the
Indianapolis convention and who were
alert for having affairs ticketed in the
right sdirection, appeared to punch that
''critter" off the rails. Messrs. jackson,
Miller, Dunn, and others gave it powerful
hdll ChiCl6C QlIs, WQll6 MSSSrS.
Wileo- w -~i1p q ,rrity, and others
manfully defended the fort. But it was of
no .sa, -u- eol.neuG of the majority
sticking to the text that if the association
promised money they we're not surs of,
that they would have to borrow, and that
it was not safe to incur debts without being
sure OF money in pocket to pay them or
means to do so, and the resolution was tied
aI i,,o l.
with - nays against II yeas, aud the So
mortuity assessment was thus thoroughly
decided upon for the future.
At this juucture, A. Talbot, of Delano.
MINI, a member out of active servi ,e and
the thirty seventh member of the original
association, offered the following resolu-
tion, which wos unanimously adopted:
Resolved, That We regard the past record
of the Mntuti Benefit association as so
honest and honorable that we may justly
and emineutly urge and invite all mem
bers of the railway mail service to become
members thereof Immediately who are not
now members of the assosiatlon.
This resolution passed with such
Unsn1mity, proved the entering wedge of
general amnesty with the railway postal
service, whose members were in the 1850
C16blOu, duA bhOSO WIZ Ao0 4OE"OELy
deserted il because of the dsfalea-
tion of it's treasurer, James,
or his expected defalcations, who thosgh
desiring to enter it since on Some tersss,
have ossR debarred by the membership
which held true and paid it out Of debt,
unless on their re-sntranea they cash
assumed and paid the amount which
legally stood against them on their retire
ment.
Ihi7 Ipissive of peace and forgiveness
wac prodnced il the private lock box in
the bTaIn of delegate B ,leonb in the shape
of resolution thai members thus drop
ped aad so long out ii the clld. should be
condoued their past dslinquenoes in dues
and behavior AID be admitted on the same
terms as new members. provided thew
passed satisfactory medical examination,
were under fifty years of age, and other
wise com piled with the bylaws.
Mr.. Miller arose and said that though