St. Paul daily globe., 1895-09-05

caff in the preamble, where 1t Is de-
ctared that the association shall take
no political action. 1t was claimed
that the retention of this word would
prevent any efforts towards securing
suitable legislation. However, the
motion was voted down, and the pre-
amble remains unchanged. 1t was al
so agreed to give each local body as
many votes in the national conven-
ton as 1t had actual delegates in at
tendance and no more, thus abolish
Ing the old system of proxy voting. 1t
was decided to pay mileage to all del
egateS in attendance, instead of to no
more than three from any one asso-
citation.
The basis of representation will be
changed. Heretofore the limit was
five delegates from any one associa-
ton. Hereafter the committee sug-
geStS that 1t be one delegate for every
ntty members, or fraction of fifty. An
extensive report accompanied by dia-
grams, was presented in favor of
holding the national conventions at
some central city, and it was pointed
out that the expense for mileage will
be greater by $4,000 when the conven-
ton is held In st. Paul than if it was
assembled in Cleveland, O., the GEN.
traI point for present membership.
The committee. however, decided to
leave this matter to be acted upon by
the convention itself.
Inc committee on ways and means
TOOK no action of Importance
Inc COMMITTEES on mileage adopted a
hst OF accredited delegates, and ap-
poruoned the amount each man is en-
titled to.
The committee on ritual was very
{ busy all day, but it's proceedings are.
| of course, secret.
The committee on education decided
TO formulate plan of cooperation
with the Scranton school of technol-
ogy at Scranton, Pa
The auditing committee examined the
reports of the secretary and treasurer
ana found them both satisfactory.
Inc committee on appeals and griey-
ances will begin it's laborS TODAY.
me committee on licenses discussed
TWO plans-one to arrange for a sys-
tenn OF national licenses through the
cooperation of eight congressman and
two senators, who have promised their
assistance; the other to secure a. sys-
tenn OF state licenses. No conclusion
| was arrived at
! LADIES IN ATTENDANCE.
Among the ladies who accompany
delegates from the East are: Mrs. H.
| ID. Nagle. of New York, wife of the
national president; Mrs. G. w. Knowl-
| ton, of Boston, wife of the DEPUTY
| president of Massachusetts; Mrs. H. S.
| Bolton, of Washington, D. c.; Mrs.
| Orton, of Chicago, wife of Vice Presi-
dent Orton; Mrs. John Ferenbatch. of
| Cincinnati; Mrs. c. H. Read, of Brock
ton, Mass; Mrs. Joseph Dean, of Bos-
ton; Mrs. G. c. Bailey, of Portland,
/ Me-, wife Of the first delegate from
/ a Maine association; Mrs. James H.
Harris, Of Chicago; Mrs. James White,
OF New Haven, Conn. Mrs. Henry
Smith, Of Hartford, Conn; Mrs. Emile
/ Holson, of New York city; Mrs. Harry
Knowlton, of Detroit, Mich, wife of
the secretary treasurer of the life and
accident insurance branch
BANQUET AND BALL.
! Of Stationary Engineers took possess
sion of the Ryan hotel upon their ar
rival in the city, has that house pre-
sented such gala appearance as it
did last night, the special occasion be-
ing the convention ball, given by the
| local committee for the visitors. The
hundreds of engineers and their friends
who are spending the week in the city
! have been royalty entertained since
they arrived, and the arrangements for
/ the big reception last night were on
E, quite as elaborate scale as the many
| other things that have been planned
for the visitors.
! Great credit is due the members of
= the executive committee, " a Haw-
thorne, H. NJ. Germain, w.
E.. MeGinnnis,, Alex Nicou -Jr
and c. N. Ludlow, for the smooth
/ way in which their plans for last
! nights event were carried out. The
/ large dining hall was used for dane
! ing, and the floor committee, Messrs.
F. S. Knapp, T. F. Hayes, G. G. Grant
| and F. H. Bowman, had entire charge
I of the programme and the music.
/ About three hundred dancers assem-
I bled promptly at o'clock to take
1 part in the grand march. The dining
| room presented very gay appear
1 ance, with its hundreds Of brilliant
lights, it's beautiful floral decorations,
| tall palms, and hosts of gayly dressed
| women. The dance programme of
1 fourteen numbers was a very well Sc
leceted one, and the music furnished
| by the Metropolitan orchestra was all
| that could be desired.
All of the guests took part in the
| grand march, and then those who Gid
not care to indulge further on account
| of the heat, held a reception in the
| parlors, where lemonade and punch
| were served during the evening. A
| very dainty supper was arranged for
in the ordinary. and served at II
! o'clock, dancing being resumed after
| wards.
| During the afternoon the ladies' aux
iliary committee, Minnesota No. 7,con-
! sisting of Mrs. Frank Bowman, Mrs.
Sarah Mac Mrs. w. e. McGinnis, Mrs.
D. c. Morton, Mrs. E. E. Mcdonald,
| Mrs. Fred Hays, Mrs. George Grant
/ and Mrs. H. M. Germain, took the
| visiting ladies for trip over the st.
Paul & White Bear electric railroad to
| Wildwood, where lunch was served for
| the party. The little lake steamer was
! chartered for the afternoon, and a
trip around the lake was very much
/ enjoyed The ladies expressed them
selves as delighted with st. Paul S
! beautiful lake resort.
p EAST SEVENTH rs ALERT.