The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-07-03

functions. business sessions and liter
airy meetings. the fourth biennial of the
general federation of women's clubs
on Monday, the 9th. was formally adj
journed to meet again In 1900. The
election of officers for the next two
years was the special business of the
closing day. Never before in the MIS-
tory of the federation has the election
been attended with so much enthu-
siasm. personal animosities and wire
pulling. The New England women
came to the convention with well aid
plans. hoping to secure for their can
didate. Alice I've Breed. the then vice
president. the highest position the fed
Grafton has To bestow. Sarah s. Plat
of Denver was the candidate offered 10y
the Western women. But Mrs. Plat
absolutely refused to allow her name
to ppe when the decisive m
arrived. Instead she openly remarked
that she hoped to have the pleasure of
casting her vote for Mrs. w. b. Lowe
OF Atlanta, who had been mentioned by
some of her Southern friends.
Mrs. c. +. Barnes OF Louisville. Ky.
the southern woman who had come all
the way from her beautiful home TO
work against her own section. also ap-
peared as a candidate for the presi-
dency, not that she hoped 10 secure il,
but in order, say her indignant fellow
club women from the South, to take
votes from Mrs. Lowe. There were
dark hints of a combine with the Breed
forces; anyhow Mrs. G. p. Barnes was
out for office. as her name appeared for
every Office from the presidency down
before the nominating committee. The
nominating committee, however, did
not present her for any office. and
much TO the surprise OF every one she
was elected auditor.
AS early as 1880 Monday morning the
various state delegations met to patch
up difficulties i'm their own ranks and
with other state delegations from
whom they had differed since the OPEN
ing of the biennial meetings.
The Broadway theater was the scene
of action. The meeting was opened by
the reading Of the 103d psalm by Miss
Cole of Massachusetts. The minutes NJ
all the meetings Of the federation dur
ing the week were read by Mrs. G. Il.
Barnes. the recording secretary, and
with slight changes were adopted. Mrs.
Philip N. Moore of st. Louis. the cor
responding secretary. read the list Of
congratulations received from honorary
members, among whom were Lady
Aberdeen of Canada. Mrs. Barnett Of
Toynbee Hall. London; Madame va
Root Sarruf of Cairo. Egypt: Miss An
ma Swanich of Regents Park, London.
and Madame Isabelle Bogelot. Paris.
The chair appointed as parliament
airy committee Mrs. n. r. Shattuck of
Boston. Mrs. James A. Robert of Day
ton. Ohio, and Eta N. Osgood of Port
land. Me, and that these la
dies would occupy a o and would set
tie all parliamentary questions simply
to expedite matters. Mrs. T.. X. Noble
OF Connecticut, chairman of the nomi-
mating committee. presented the ticket
for election. Speeches for Mrs. w. ".
Lowe, candidate. came thick and fast.
Mrs. M. ID. Thatcher, president of Coll
orado state federation, spoke for Col
orado. and quite Unexpectedly from the
Eastern states came favorable speeches
for Mrs. Lowe. d
One week ago Mrs. Lowe was COM
paratively unknown, but the glowing
praises of her Southern friends. sup
plemented by the agreeable impression
received by all who met her. have
worked wonders.
Mrs. C. p. Barnes, i'm a very howery
little speech. nominated Alice Ives
Breed. She. pledged Mrs. Breed to the
following policy: Continuation of the
educational work so splendidly begun
by Mrs. Henrotin; the strengthening of
the state declarations. a foreign and in
ternational policy, great attention 10
work along Industrial lines. Mrs. Will
lam Tod Helmuth of New York Sec
onded the motion. Following. Miss
French Octave Thanet), representing
the Woman's club of Memphis, Tenn,
made an enthusiastic speech i'm favor
of Mrs. Lowe. Mary S. Lockwood, Dis
trict of Columbia, also spoke for Mrs.
Lowe. saying that New England was
s~plendidly organized and did not need
haln The nraGidanaU Ghnl1lA On IN tho
South. Mrs. Rotan of Texas tol of
the restitution of the clubs of Texas
and what al impetus il would give
them If they should attain the honor
of having a president selected from
their section. Mrs. Frederick Hanger
of Arkansas made one of her charac-
t~eristic little speeches. every word of
which could be heard over the house.
New York supported Mrs. Lowe, al
though the state president seconded
Mrs. Breeds nomination.
Mrs. Julia X. Dyer of Massachusetts,
declared a sense of justice brought her
to her feet. That Massachusetts,
brought a for candidate who
had shown what she could do. o one
who could only promise what she could
do. In concluding her speech Mrs.
Dyer made the very great mistake of
asserting IL was tacitly understood two
years ago that Mrs. Breed should have
the position of president at this bien-
NAL. 1t was then that chaos reigned.
Cries of No! No! from all over the
house. great excitement prevailed. but
just in time Mrs. Dyer was called by
the bell and an explosion prevented. A
convention under similar circum-
stances would doubtless have been
up by the confusion.
Utah was the only state delegation
to pledge its support TO Mrs. Breed
from the floor.
After the votes were cast and h
tellers busy at work. continuous mo-
tons to adjourn or to take a recess
were voted down. They would do
nothing but wait for the report. ina
ly all consented TO a nve-minute recess.
The moment the gavel fell every IA
rushed to their seats and the imm 7iiate
was good TO see. When a hand