The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-12-07
IN EHALF OF THE INDIAN.
TIE NATIONAL INDIAN .assOCI1.
 TIOS's CONTENTION.

'"os VI tno seasions ot hcsterdny-
 he3uit Of the Busiress Meeting--rhe
 Annual Report of the Association's PreaI-
 de t.
 The first session of the annual meet Ing of the National Indian association was held at the United church yester- day morning and was attended by about 500 ladies. Mrs. Amelia s. Quin- ton of Philadelphia. the associate 6 president. was in the chair. Mrs. Clinton B. Fisk of New York read the scripture lesson and Mrs. W. k. Brooks of New York led in prayer.
 Marie E. Ives. president of the New Haven branch, gave an address of well come, and said the New Haven branch was proud that 1t could extend the greetings of hearty welcome and hoped that every session might be full of in- spiration and that the coming together should result in fresh courage and power to work.
 Response was made by Mrs. Van Brunt Bergen of Brooklyn, as Mrs. E. $. Savage of New York, who was to have responded, was absent on account of illness.
 A solo was then rendered by Miss Bushnell
 Mrs. Sara T. Kinney, president of the Connecticut branch of the associa- tion, in an appropriate speech present ed Mrs. Quinton with gavel cut from the famous Charter oak of Hartford and inscribed as follows:
 Presented to Mrs. Amelia S. Quin- ton, president of the Women's National Indian association, by the Connecticut Indian association, December 5, 1894"
 On the gavel was inscribed: Con- necticut's Charter Oak, 1674-1s56."
 The report of the treasurer, Miss Helen R. Foote of Philadelphia, showed total receipts for the. year of $12,145.S2 and expenditures of $9,- 1S714, leaving a balance of $2,958.6S. The receipts of the Indians Friend" the organ of the association, were $905.- 30. and the expenditures, $693.65, .leav- ing balance of $251.34.
 The report of the secretary, Mrs. Eliza Williams Jones, was in brief as follows:
 Tt has at times required prowess, energy and grit to keep the gains of other years, and all friends of Indians have now and then been put on the defensive. Proposed adverse legisla- tton has been prevented only by earn est action on the part of true friends of Indians. -s-' tsgs. u seFi,
 Eight new branches have. been gain ed in Rhode Island, two in Louisiana, one in eastern Pennsylvania, .onee in western Pennsylvania, one in New J sr- sey and one in Ohio. | i,.
 Tn no year Of its history has our journal, the Indians Friend, done so wide and important work as during the past year."
 Reports from the many associations throughout the country were read. The report of the Connecticut association was as follows: 'The Connecticut as- sociation has gained 75 new members. making the membership S35.. Earnest indefatigable work is shown in the $3,961.30 collected in behalf of the In- dian, S2,692.97 of which is devoted 10 the mission of the association at Fort Hall, Idaho. The usual meetings have been held, and barrels boxes and pack ages to the amount of $306. .05 have been borne to the Connecticut mission house in Idaho, to the Greenville. Cal, school and to the Navajos, comfort and glad ness, and four new life members and one contributor have been gained"
 The nominating committee then re- ported the following selection of off cers, who were elected: tas
 Honorary president, Mrs. M I.lp, Rambaut, New York; president, Mrs. A. s. Quinton, Pennsylvania; vice president, Mrs. w. R. Brooks. New Jersey; eastern vice president. Mrs. S T. Kinney. Connecticut; central vice president, Mrs. J. s. Hummer. New York; southern vice president. Mrs lE J. Ellis, Louisiana; southwestern vice president, Mrs. J. Bidwell, California :. corresponding secretary, Miss B. w. Jones, New Jersey; recording secretary. Mrs H. O. Wilbur, Pennnsylyania.. treasurer, Mrs. H. R. Foote, Pennsyl- vania; auditor of accounts, Mrs. C.. e Boughton, Pennsylvania: executive board, Mrs w. R. Brooks, New Jersey. Mrs. G. D. Boardman, Miss S. M. Tav. Tor, Mrs. J. T. Unger, Mrs. William Bucknell, Mrs. Russell Conwell. Mrs E. M. Wistar and Mrs. c. D. Minor of Philadelphia; Miss E. Lore, Delaware: Mrs. Q, c. Hine, New. Jersey; Mrs P s. Taggart, Mrs. Edward Elliott. Mrs A. Buckmore, Mrs. Clinton B. Fiske. Mrs. George Wood, Mrs. H. Green. Mrs. c. T. Cook, Mrs William Isaacs' Mrs. D. I. Reynolds, Mrs. o. F. ZolH- koffer, Mrs. J. c. Ba1win, Mrs. D. O. Mrs. Hugh O'Niel, Mrs. Collins, Mrs. William X H Laird. Miss s. A. shepley and Mrs. e. W. Van siclen of New York; Mrs. l., Abbott, Mrs. w. L. Burke, Mrs. E. A. Van Iderstine and Mrs. Van B. Bergen of Brooklyn ~ass.as K XXI.
 A paper entitled Good Cheers was then read by Mrs. Sara T. Kinney of .his city.
 The paper was a most interesting ,ne and listened to with the closest at .ention.
 At noon an adjournment was taken Or lunch. At 2 o'clock the reports Of he committee on obituaries, on state and on the missions of the ,ational committee were read and dis ,ussed.
 THE EVENING SESSION.