The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-01-11

The first business of the meeting OF the
| foFty-first convention of the delegate state
board OF agriculture was the hearing re-
| ports from regular and special committees,
but the members appeared so anxious to
get to the business of nominations that
only one report was submitted-that of
the committee on the revision of the pre-
MUM list for the state fair. The commit
tee thought that owing TO the opposing
attraction of the Columbian exposition it
would DO advisable TO reduce the amount
OF premiums. The report caused consid-
cradle discussion, notably from Mr.. Robert
Mitchell, who said that such suggestion
was entirely against the policy OF the state
board and that it would. if persisted in.
forever ruin Indiana's state fair. Mr.. /.
B. Mcdonald thought in the same wav,
aud strongly advised that the fair be held
in the same week az the G.. A. r. encamp-
ment. After a lengthy discussion the re-
port Was referred back.
Making Nominations
The nominations for members of the
state board were then in order and pro-
ceeded rapidly. They were as follows:
Fifth district 1.-THE counties Of Jefferson,
Switzerland, Ohio Dearborn. Franklin. Ripley
and Jennings)-V. h. Officer. the present me N
Der.
Sixth district (the counties of Bartholomew.
Decatur, Rush, Fayette, Union and Wayuel-
W. W. Hamilton, Oliver Smith and }. Z. Ste
vens.
Eighth district (NIsdison. Hancock, Haml-
ton, Henry and Shelbyl-E. III. Peed of Rush
county and c. Downing OF Hancock.
Ninth district tClay. Nigo, Parke, Vermillion
and FOuntain)-J. NJ. Sankey, the present men,
Der.
Tenth distric, (Putn.m, Morgan. Hendricks,
Montgomery, Boonel-J. n. Davidson of Mont
gODery.
Eleventh distrio delaware, Randolph, Jay,
Adams, Wells, Huntington and BleckfOrd) -
Il. SimOnton of Huntington add NJ. ). Clay
pool OF Delaware
Twelfth district Carroll, White. Benton,
Newton. TiDpecanoe, Warren, Jasper and Pu-
lsskil-J. NJ. Boggs aud b. a. McDona d.
Thirteenth district (Cl nton. Upton. Howard,
Grant. Wabash and Whitleyl-W. A. Mas.
The nominations made, the business of
the meeting practically ceased, for the
major part of the members left the room
and stood In the corridors in groups dis
cussing the nominations and the chances
OF the various candidates.
The Outlook for Woman.
AS soon as some sort of order was re-
stored and enough members could be
brought back into the room, q paper was
read by Mrs. Ida A. Harper on THE Out
look for Women" in which she pointed
out the advance that woman had made in
the practical business of life in the past
few years, and stated that the only two
things that man does not want her TO have
orr iFrra1 aDA -
pointed TO the fact that during the late
political campaign all the political parties
sent out women speakers, and as an evil
dence of the progress of women she
showed that there are about 5000 women
employed in the departments at Wash
ington. The average wages of women In
the United States Is at present only SOL
per week and they are yet generally de-
barred from entering the great labor or
ganizstiOns which are such a help TO the
men. Summing up, she said: Women
have every reason to feel encouraged
Thew form eight-tenths of the school
teachers of the country, three-fourths of
the church members. one-tenth of the
prison inmates. less than one-half of the
paupers. and much the smaller portion of
the idiots" She concluded by saying,
There are not superfiuous women in the
world, there are suDeriiuous men,"
The Reading Circle.
This ended the regular morning session
of the meeting, but the Farmers reading
circle came in and held meeting until l
o'clock. a number of papers were read
after the address of the president, II. s.
Bartholomew, who merely welcomed the
members. the first of them being THE At
titude of the Agricultural Press Tow ard
the Farmers Reading Circle" by J. B..
Conner, this city he was followed by q
paper on 1.-The Social Feature OF the Read
ing Circle" by Mrs. l.. ID. Worley, Elects
vile, and "Whst We Have Accomp-
lished," BY J. A. Mount OF Shannondale,
the last paper being The Relation OF the
Farmers Institute TO the Reading Cir
cle," by Prof w. c.. Lstta of Lafayette.
The tenor of the various papers seemed
to be that reading was the hope OF the
farmer of the future and that the only
way to keep the children on the farm was
to make the farm pleasant for them and
by system of reading. for which farmers
have more time than any professions al
man, the farm would be made more 10y
able to the Young people and they would
stay at their homes instead of leaving the
farm, as so many of them were doing at
the present day.
At times the noise and buzzing of the
lobbyists became so great that the reading
OF the papers was seriously interrupted,
and finally the president got tired OF
pounding away with his gavel without eff
feet and he shouted: eff there's any
electioneering to be done, you'd better get
outside and do it, and the hum subsidized
until the close of the morning session.
The Date OF the Fair.
When at 2 o'clock President II. NJ.
Boggs raped his gavel, calling the after
noon session to order, the various groups
Of lobbyists discussing the pros and cons,
the support and opposition of the various
candidates, were obliged to break up aud
make some show of hunting their seats,
but although "order" was repeatedly
called for, it only served TO increase the
confusion and intensity the excitement.
The first thing on the program was an adj
dress by Mrs X. +. Payne of Wabash.
which she was not present TO read. and IL
was decided to request her to furnish a
COPY of her paper to the secretary, so tn nc
IL could he entered upon the record. Mr..
]. w. McKinnester of Warsaw moved to
reconsider the action of the day before
naming the date of the state fair, and dur
ing the discussion that followed the fol-
lowing resolution was offered by Mr.. K.
Mitchell:
Where's. The G. A. R. encampment is TO be
held in Indianapolis Sept. g. 1898, and realizing
the great benefits 20 be gained by showing the
vast agricultural mineral and misunderstanding
wealth of the state,