The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-11-25
sOROsIs REVENGED.
Elects the Chief Officers at the Con-
ventfon of WOmen's Clubs.

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The second days session of the first con-
vention OF the State Federation of Women's
clubs was held this morning at the Young
Momen's Christian Association building. in
BROOKLYN. The morning meeting was de-
voted to business and when the president.
Mrs. Jennie &. CrOly, called the assemblage
to order the large lecture room was filed
to Its utmost capacity. The session was
devoted TO the election OF officers and TO
the reports OF special committees on munic-
uon aHectins women and children and
other subjects OF an equally deep and in
teresting nature.
was Is unknown. Indeed, as TO the exact
object Of the convention there is a deal of
mystery. The majority of the delegates
representing the ninety and nine women's
clubs In New York are woman suffragists.
but this subject is tabooed in the conven-
ton. because representation in the fedora
ton Is allowed only TO nonsectarion and
nonpolitIcal clubs. One delegate expressed
the belief this morning that the federation
met to elect officers and another said ii
was to show the inferiority of man. The
one thing it has done thus far has been
TO snub Sorosis.
That society says hat the county dele
gates have been trying TO run things, and
they are determined not TO allow it. The
Sorosis delegates have considered that their
age Qhe age of the club should warrant
their conducting in their own way the fed
GRAFTON of which II calls itself the mother.
Therefore, their Indignation was great
when, yesterday. a rural delegate called the
society eSOllSliCdl anu TIE Ol1eT TuTdl Qefe-
gates completed their discontinue by run
ming in an anti-Sorosis nominating commit
tee.
This morning that anti-machine commit
tee reported Mrs. Hardin Walworth, OF Sar-
atoga. for president; Mrs. Jennie ID. Lozier.
OF Sorosis. for vice president. and the other
officers OF the past year to continue in their
places. When 19S women gather TO elect a
president there Is bound TO be a tiff Of some
sort, and. therefore. a lively time was ex-
pected to-day.
One of the members OF the Brooklyn
Woman's Club at the opening of the meet
ing disclosed a part of the object of the
convention. IL was shopping. This woman
explained that she had received many let
ters from rural delegates asking about the
stores in New York and Brooklyn. She
begged leave TO say that in Brooklyn there
were as many bargains obtainable as In the
city which adjoins Ii. For the sum OF 5
cents any delegate coula procure at the Of
hce a handbook on shopping. This mo-
mentous matter being disposed of the con-
vention proceeded to business.
The secretary called the roll and reported
1874 delegates present. There arose a dis
cussion as to whether alternates could
vote. Mrs. A NJ. Palmer asked the secre-
tary IL she knew who were present. and
that officer confessed that she had forgot
ten TO check off the names or those absent.
There was an election at hand. 20 this
was a matter OF Importance. II was, after
much discussion, decided that where a dele
gate represented more than one society she
was entitled to a vote for each society. and
the secretary was ordered TO call the roll
again.
A committee was appointed to keep check
on the secretary In order to further