The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1895-07-13
Pacific Coast Towns Want the
Endeavorer Convention.
SEATTLE IS HUSTLING HARD
The Liberal Offer Of the Times. Herald
of Chicago Respectfully Refused
by the Trustees.

or Chicago Respectfully REFUSED
by the Trustees.
Boston, July 10.-The most important
proceedings in connection with the 14th
annual convention Of the Young Peo-
pies Society Of Christian Endeavor.
which formally opens tomorrow, was
the meeting of the trustees Of the or
gantzattOn today. The chief business
to be considered was the offer Of H. H.
KOhlsaat of the Chicago Times-Herald,
who had agreed to pay $1,000 a year for
three years towards the maintenance Of
the society's headquarters, on condition
that they be removed from Boston to
Chicago. After the committee had
passed adversely on the subject and re-
ported, the report Of the committee was
unanimously accepted and the head
quarters will not be removed from Bos-
ton at present.
The committee reported their appre-
citation Of the generosity of Mr.. Kohl
saat's offer, which they were pleased to
note indicated that the work Of the So
ciety,was thereby recognized as being of
a national and international character.
The work. however, is wholly one of
influence. It is not necessary that the
society should have large buildings or
incomes. The work is successfully car
ried on at nominal expense and the
principles of the organization forbid the
headquarters being more than bu-
reau Of informal ton, levying no taxes
and seeking no authority. Therefore,
they concluded it to be inexpedient to
- es III 0Hco
ing the decision Of the trustees was to-
night mailed to Mr.. Kohlsaat.
Besides the routine business and the
consideration Of the question Of the re-
moval to Chicago, the only matter Of
general interest was the presentation Of
the claims Of Los Angeles, Cal, for the
convention Of 1897. The delegates from
California who presented the claims Of
Los Angeles included Leonard Merrill,
state secretary of the society; Rev. A.
Nv. Ryder and Herbert Wylie, all Of Los
Angeles. Mr.. Merrill made the argu-
ment and urged as chief among his rea-
sons the fact that the city was the only
one on the Pacific coast that had three
railroads running into it; that it's eli
mate at this time of the year was SUI
perb and unfailing, and that the En-
deavorers there had already raised con-
siderable money in anticipation Of get
ting the convention, and that the bust
ness men Of the place had guaranteed
to subscribe enough to cover the ex-
penses Of the convention.
! Tomorrow the claims of Portland, Or,
San Francisco and Seattle will be pre-
sented, and the matter taken under
advisement. The trustees then accepted
an invitation from Mayor Curtiss of
Boston to go with other guests on trip
down the harbor on the city boats and
visit the public institutions of Boston.
The trustees will meet tomorrow to de-
eide the matter Of the 1897 convention,
and also to take action looking toward
the expansion Of the society into a
worlds organization.
SEATTLE rs HUSTLING.
Four cities on the Pacific coast are
going to put forth strenuous efforts be-
tian Endeavor Society for the 1897 con-
vention. Seattle was the last Of the
four cities to come in line for this honor,
the others having been Los Angeles.
San Francisco and Portland.
William III. Lewis, one of the dele
gates from Seattle, spoke warmly on
tn esubject last night. He said: "Our
Endeavorers have gone cheerfully over
all the states and are thoroughly con-
WINGED, not only that we can suitably
entertain the 1897 convention but that
Seattle is the place on the coast for it,"
Today is the first Of the six during which
Boston will be the scene Of the greatest
religious convention the world has ever
seen. The city was never more lavishly
decorated. BY noon 000 dalea,af as had