The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-06-28
MRS. LOWE IS PRESIDENT
Fractional Feeling Causes Most
Intense Excitement.
ALL VISITORS EXCLUDED
Had as ouch Fun as q Middle of the
Road Convention-Mrs. Henrotin
Delivers Her Review of the
Years Work.

Denver. June 27.-Amid most intense
excitement precipitated by the factional
feeling in the federation of women's
clubs prominently brought out in the
past "a hours. 1000 women packed the
Broadway theater to-day to proceed
with the election of officers. Probably
as a pacific measure. Miss Cole of Bos-
ton e the 103d psalm. which COM
mands people not to keep their anger
forever.
IN nominating committee presented
the oflcial ticket. headed by Mrs. Lowe
or Georgia. Mrs. Barnes, secretary.
followed, presenting the name of Mrs.
Breed OF Massachusetts. and Quilting her
policy. Miss Alice French of Iowa
nred the first gun for Mrs. Lowe, with a
plea for the South. for non-sectional
reasons. Mrs. Mumford of Pennsyl-
vania, Mrs. Lockwood of Washington,
Mrs. Toutal of Texas and Mrs. Haugher
OF Arkansas followed with similar ar
guments. Mrs. Jennings of Utah got
IN an effective speech for Mrs. Breed,
w~hereupon, amid the highest tension,
the speeches were divided between the
two candidates.
An effort was made to precipitate a
vote after an unsuccessful effort to
N@eS thS bOols IlIldlIy the COIluSlOH
arose to such a point that it was decid-
ed to eject all visitors from the house.
An amendment permitted a solitary
man. the governor of Colorado, to re-
main. After one hour of oratory the
debate was closed. Mrs. Henrotin reliev-
ing the tension with her good-natured
ruling.
Mrs. w. b. Lowe of Atlanta was
elected. The vote was: Mrs. Lowe,
425; Mrs. Alice Ives Breed. 234; Mrs. c.
P. Burns, 10; Mrs. William Tod Hell
muth, 2. Other officers were elected as
follows: Vice president. Mrs. Sarah
s. Platt of Denver; recording secretary,
Mrs. Charles E. Fox of Michigan; or
responding secretary, Mrs. c. w. Ken
drick, jr.. of Pennsylvania; treasurer,
Mrs. Phillip N. Moore of Missouri; aud
itor, Mrs. c. p. Burns of Kentucky.
After the presidential ballots passed
into the hands of the tellers the excite
ment subsided somewhat. and for two
whole hours the ~assemblage split fine
parliamentary points. Then Mrs. Num-
ford, as chairman of the committee on
resolutions. moved that the federation
telegraph Speaker Reed at Washington
urging the passage of Senator Hoar's
bill to preserve bird life. which resolu-
ton was enthusiastically passed by the
birdless bonnet faction of the fair fash
ionables.
Following a 40 minutes intermission
the body reassembled to elect the board
of directors, as follows: Mrs Mary
Lockwood, District of Columbia: Mrs.
Charles Morris, Wisconsin,. Mrs. C. S.
Kinney. Utah; Mrs. II. H. Pyle, Con-
necticut; Mrs. f.. A. Eastman, Califor-
mia: Mrs. Frances Wood. Nebraska.
Mrs. William Tod Helmuth. New York;
Mrs. f. L. Buckwalter, Ohio; Mrs. Har-
riet Windsor, Iowa.
Thereupon was precipitated the moot
ed questions of taxation and represent
tation, which detained the assemblage
until 5 o'clock. The outcome was the
taxation of the clubs at the rate Of 10
per capita and state declarations
at the rate of % cents per club. Two
literary sessions were held in the after
TIL election results seem to give sat
in most quarters and every
body is glad the tension is at an end.
Mrs. Henrotin automatically replied
that the voice of the majority always
pleased her. Mrs. Lowe modestly ex-
pressed her thanks for the honor to the
South and pledged the next two years
to the work of all sections of the coun-
try.
The defeated candidate. Mrs. Breed.
said after the election that she did not
fair play.
II don't care for defeat" she Main
tanned, but for the insults given the
Massauchetts delegations in the meet
by the press and by the women of
West. Denver women are begin
ming to come in to us with apologies.
it is too late. 1 am out of the fed
The final session of the convention
was held tonight in the Broadway
theater, which was packed TO bid fare
well to the woman who. in -four years,