St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-05-09

president pro tenn. The cause of this
was revealed when the new chairman
announced that, grateful for past
Of IKE S dG sa ResT1S SsSy the the
comparative uselesSneSS of the female
bonnet in politics was disclosed when
the tellers collected the ballots on hymn
books, picked UP what blew off and
carried them to the front of the church.
Mrs. Gregg and Mrs. Getty had just
comfortably seated themselves in pew
to count the votes, when the chairman
pro TEN. said THAT won't do; you must
come upon the platform and count the
votes aloud" The tellers obeyed, and
the chairman further instructed them
In their duties, saying: "Mrs. Getty
will read the ballots and Mrs. Gregg
will mark them down and when she has
made four marks the next one must be
cross mark and she must say Tally
Now, ladies addressing the cOnvention),
this is parliamentary and pay atten-
tiOn."
The votes were counted very expedi-
tiOusly in this manner and Mrs. Frances
Neal was discovered to have thirty-five
and Mrs. Leavitt one.
Miss Henderson moved to make the
murmur of disapproval. 'sMrs. Leavitt
should make that notion" said a dele
gate. The parliamentary character of
this proposition was Immediately real
lied and Mrs. Leavitt made the
motion. 1t was carried. Mrs. Gross
and Mrs. Croker escorted the new
president to the chair. Mrs. Neal
declined to make a speech as
she was on the regular programme.
for one. Mrs. Gallinger was Instructed
to cast the ballot for Miss COnnor for
secretary, and performed the duty by
ascending the platform and announcing
II cast the ballot for Miss Conner for
secretary" Miss Conner acknowledged
the selection, but declared she thought
Mrs. ingalls, should have been chosen.
Mrs. Gould was reelected treasurer,
and then scene occurred that was
never seen in mems convention. Mrs.
Towers reappeared, took the chair and
conducted the convention to its close.
The committees next reported. That
Oh resolutions was Staunch i'll its sup
port of the third party, and the prom
ised fight in this question did not ma
terialiZe. as the resolutions were
unanimously adopted. They re-
solved in substance that the unions
should support more heartily the
evaugelistic work; that the educators of
the state should be urged to more and
more direct scientific temperance edu-
cation in the schools; that the cOnven-
ton recognized no dual code of morals
for men and women, and Endorsed the
White Shield and White Cross move
ments. The political resolution was as
follows:
Resolved That we stand Loyalty with the
national and state W. C. T. U. and pledge
our fealty to the only political party mat
stands for the home as against the saloon.
There were reports from other COM
mittees and some more essays, but the
chief work of the day was the election
of officers and the adoption of the reso-
lutions. At the morning session Mrs.
Hobart read paper strongly urging the
ladies to stand by the Prohibition
party, and Mrs. Towers one from the
opposite standpoint, in which she
claimed prohibition was dead as a
political issue. The sisters, however,
were with Mrs. Hobart, although Mrs.
Towers is better looking and has a
splendid voice for reading.