The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-07-22
MRS. Rdor 400 AaGREssIvn.

VI SoAu1dtiou OF ali veterans OF M1nAe-
sofa regiments who attend the reunion.
MRS. moor Y4o AGGRESSIVE.
Loosins HersGrkp ON the Various
W. q, II. US.
"Well it's horddre than expected. :.
remarked q w. G. r. U. woman yester-
day when she learned that the Hamline
union had given up the rescue work.
And this seemed the sentiment Of the
entire band of women connected with
the local uniors.h How much the local
unions are responsible for this move
on the part of the Hamline women, If
they are responsible at all 1t Is hard
TO say. Certain.fit Is that since the
Hamline unien first took up the work
there has been an under current of Ill
| Ieenng among all the unions which
even the best efforts Of the more gem
| erous or the women have been unable
70 conceal. Whether this feeling was
/ directed at the former president Mrs.
/ .. V. Root. or to the union as a whole
II was not possible to determine as it
| was only voiced lin snatches at times
OF tnoughtlessness, by some of the more
talkatlye members. But 1t has cropped
| out at local meetings and those on the
| INSIDE nave long predicted rupture,
ana 1t has come. At a meeting last
week, Mrs. Root resigned her office as
president Of the Harnline union on ac-
count or her duties in connection with
| the rescue work, and at a called meet
ing held at Hamline Monday, the union
decided" to return the rescue work to
the citizens league. The alleged reason
Is that the union has not the funds to
carry on the work.
MRS Rich, the present president Of
the union, was seen yesterday at her
nome at sHamline and said that there
was no trouble at all in connection
with the rescue work. The union simply
felt that 1T could not spare the funds
necessary toward the furthering of
It's interests. The members felt that
they should work along the lines for
which they had organized rather than
undertake work they could not do JUS
tice to. So far as the financial side of
the work is concerned it would seem
that the dollar a month promised by
each union toward the rescue league,
Is all there is to. 1T. However, this may
not be so.
At the meeting Of Somerset union
yesterday, the matter was not ment-
Toned at all until the arrival of a re-
porter and then to all questions on the
subject, the, women protested entire
ignorance. And all agreed that 1t was
matter the HamEne union should set
tie alone and THAT any action the local
unions should take in the matter would
only injure the, cause.
The Willard W. c. T. U. also met
yesterday AFTERNOON but took no act
ion in the matter of the rescue league
work. One of the members was asked
what the trouble was between Mrs.
Root and the VIC. T. US and she re-
| Piled that there was no particular
trouble, and what there was, they
didn't want the newspapers to mention.
HAS the Hamline w. G. T.. U: .replid
lated Mrs Roet?"2 she was asked
ooh no, the Hamline w. C. T.ssU.
has not repudiated her; but they have
simply drawn out Of the work. The
trouble with Mrs Root is that she Is
too bossys You know in what sense we
use that word. Mrs. Root is too arb1-
trary and none of the unions like the
Way9in1 which she says and. does some
things. She lis too ,outspoken. We do not
1ikeathatt Still, we think she sis sincere
and that she can accomplish good. But
unless we can get her to temper, down
q little Il suppose something will have
to be done. Of course she was ambit
ious to become district president so that
she could unite the state work and the
local work. But she was defeated for
that in a way Il do not think was
just fair. However, she has the sup
port of the city unions, I think, If she
when, she. has things to say and peo-
pie to talk about, If she will do SO with
little more consideration than she
has shown up to this time everything
will go along nicely Fri
The Christian Citizens league, of
which w. l., Wilson is president, does
not intend to take up the work as
1eagueJl but thinks it too Important; to
drop altogether and has appointed w.
l. Wilson and Gil. Cofley on a com
mittee to form a, COMMITTEES to- see what
can be done toward keeping the rescue
league up The Hamline union took the
work up March, l15,l and uca.rriednit to
July 20 In that length of time S134.92
passed into the treasury of the league
and of that the Hamline union con-
trfbuted $712S leaving a balance Of
$685. "a which came from the town peo-
pie mostly from the churches. The lea
que Is at present in debt $40 for rent,
which will be paid in very few days
by the Hamline women. Aside from this
the league does not owe one cent of
money Since March the league has
handled aboutn24 cases, out OF winch
only three ofIothe women have been
known to go back to their lives. The
home is in excellent condition, and Its
greatest reconnnfe ndation is the fact
that those whip have once been In It's
shelter are glad ITO come back, again
The cash running expenses 4for. the
month averageiIabout $35. s9eS
Mrs. Root wts seen last evening, but
had little to say about the matter. She
says that the Hanlline union has done
noble work for the league Beyond
this she would not commit herself;
The trouble lit seems began during
the recent district election, and mas
been brewing tiafnong certain Of the
members Of the unions ever since 1t
seems to be a matter of pure Jealousy
among a few of the members of the
city unions Mrs. Roots work has been
hard and well done and her
services have been given gratis.
The Somerst union held a large meet
ing yesterday at the home OF Mrs.
TeepIe. on Central Park Place. Three
packages of papers have been received
from the Church Standard Publishing
company, Cincinnati, as temperance
literature The Flower mission day VIII
be observed in August some time. The
cigarette law will soon be ready to
distrfbute Mrs c. B. Teepfe was APP
nointed to assist Mrs L. ]. Hill the new
state Superintendent of State Fair
work. New. members taken in were
Mrs. Addie Bixby UphaIn. Mrs. Eliza
beth Naefie and F. n. Sickles. The St
Paul Commons request for. the loan OF
sheets during the encampment was
granted. The delegates for the prison
Sunday work, were appointed as fol-
lows: Mrs H W. Phillips. and Mrs.
Upham. This committee will meet Sat
uriay next at Qufnby b Abbott's, and
make up 80 bouquets to take to Still
water Sunday The work of the mat
ron at the depot, Mrs. MITCHELL was
kt~,r f- srr.c r.