St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-05-25
FIRST DAY OF THE COMMERCIAL,
TRAVELLERS, CONVENTION
A HAPPY ONE.
THE GUILD OUT IN FORCE.
BUSINESS MEETING ENLIVENED
BY FLATTERING REPORTS
OF OFFICERS.
RECEPTIONS AT THE WINDSOR.
Pleasure indebted Rules the
Hours Spent Around the
Board.

The first annual session of the grand
council of the United Commercial
travellers began yesterday morning at
central hall, corner of Sixth ind Sew
enth streets. Routine business of the
council was transacted during the day.
an informal reception was given at
the Windsor hotel by the wives OF
local members to the ladies attending
the convention, while last evening the
travellers listened to notable addresses
by j. {. Fenimore, the founder of the
order, and others.
The reception committee, consisting
or w. Fl. Blake. II. C. Penfield. T.
herman, G. c. Gilkey, w. c. Rice,
I, ~; Nople, W: II. Glen, j. NJ. Dresser,
Z. NJ Estey, II. ]. Schoiey. George H'
Brose and w. r. Mandigo. received at
the union depot the arriving, delegates
before night over three hundred had
appeared at headquarters. The many
VINO patronized the Windsor Were, there
cared for by j. Fl. Johnson, r. II.
Naughton, c. Faux, c. j. Hundt. q.
): Wiseman, Ed Hyde, ]. j. Cook. G.
+. Lincoln, II. p. Moore, L.. w. Ir-
vine, b. Fl. Nyhus and C. w. Smith.
Al IL a. m. the grand council was
called to order by Grand Counselor
Z. w. Rice. The other officers present
were: Grand junior counsellor, ]. II.
Jordan' Minneapolis; grand past coun-
sellor, II. ID. Morton, Duluth; grand
secretary, Lew w. Irvine. St. Paul;
grand treasurer, II. c.. Mooney. Du-
luth; grand conductor, Jere Palmer,
Grand Forks; grand page, 2. c. Cren-
SnaW, Fargo; grand sentinel, c. III.
Dixon, Minneapolis.
WELCOME AND RESPONSES.
After an invocation by Supreme
Chaplain s. A. Haines, e. Fl. Nyhus
welcomed the delegates in the name
of SANITY City council, of st. Paul.
Mayor Smith being out of town, Aid.
Frank Brady extended the freedom
of the city. He doubted if any one
would recognize in the fine body of
men before him the fagged-out drum
mers. with whom, when he himself
was one of them, he had often caught
freight trains at various unseemIy
hours.
general response was made by
III. d. Morgan, of Duluth.
Col j. c. Fenimore, the esteemed
father of. the order" next stated
that he was not only a travelling man
himself. but he had associated with
travelling men In parlor cars, on bob
tail freights," on steamboats, and ON
wagons. He had been with them in
flush times as well as when orders
were so scarce that the drummer was
afraid to look his expense account
in the face. Col. Fenimore likes the
girls He saw many of them present.
and was glad of it. He called on the
mother of the order" and Chaplain
Haines responded. The latters first
trip on the road was made from New
York to ST. Paul in 1856.
Grand Secretary Irvine read invi-
tation from the Commercial club ex-
tending the club courtesies, and from
the Union Depot company Offering
free baggage storage and other privi-
leges.
AT the afternoon session there was
first read the report of Grand Coun-
selor Rice The order had been grow
ing rapidly. Not only had a council
been recently organized at Winona,
but Sioux Falls. Owatonna and Man
kato would have organized councils
some weeks ago had the supreme
counselor been able to lend his pres
ence. There are now in this jurisdic-
ton subordinate councils at st. Paul,
Minneapolis, Duluth, Fargo, Grand
Forks and Winona, and the other
towns mentioned would secure separ-
ate councils as soon as possible. The
following recommendations closed Mr.
Rice's report: