The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-06-28
MRS. LOWE IS THE VICTOR
ELECTED PRESIDENT OF THE
FEDERATION AT DENVER

Candidate, Says She Did Not Have
Fair Play, and Will Withdraw
> From the OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
HenrOtin in Her Address Tells of
the Federation's Growth.
DENVER, June 27.-The Federation
of Womens clubs adjourned tonight
after electing officers, holding several
sessions, and hearing the report of the
president on the closing day. There
will be short session tomorrow, but
the work is practically over. The cleo
ton resulted in the election of Mrs.
Lowe, of Atlanta. Ca, the official
nominee.
The defeated candidate, Mrs. Breed,
said after the election, that she did
not have fair play. II don't care for
defeat" she maintained, but for the
insults given the Massachusetts dele
cation in the meeting by the press and
by the women of the West. Denver
women are beginning to come with
their apologies but it is too late.
am out of the federation
The election itself stirred the women
to state of fractional feeling. Miss
Alice French, of Iowa, fired the first
gun for Mrs. Lowe, with a plea for the
South, for non sectional reasons. Mrs.
Mumford, of Pennsylvania; Mrs. Lock-
wood, of Washington; Mrs. Loutal of
Texas, and Mrs. Hanger, of Arkansas,
followed with similar arguments. Mrs.
Jennings, of Utah, made an effective
speech for Mrs. Breed, whereupon,
amidst the highest tension, the speech
es were divided between the two can
d1dates. An effort was made to pre-
cipitate a vote after an unsuccessful
attempt to have Mrs. Lowe take the
floor RIM lu "a TO
such point that 1T was decided to
eject all visitors from the house. An
amendment permitted solitary man
the governor of Colorado-tO remain
After an hour of oratory the debate
was closed and the vote was taken
After the presidential ballots passed
into the hands of the tellers the excite
ment subsidized somewhat ana for two
hours the assemblage split fine parlia-
nlentary points. Then Mrs. Munford
as chairman of the committee on reso-
buttons. moved that the federation tele-
graph Speaker Reed at Washington,
urging the passage of Senator Hoars
bill to preserve bird life, which resolu-
ton was enthusiastically passed by the
bfrdless bonnet faction.
At this juncture it was decided that
any president serving two consecutive
terms, should be made an honorary
president Of the federation, which inno-
walton will make that honor possibly
on.y to Mrs. Henro.in.
Mrs. Marie Remick, of Chicago,
arose with resolution deprecating a
national policy of conquest which pre-
cipitated a flow of patriotism.
By this time it was 2 o'clock and the
ballots having been counted the re-
suits were presented to the audience,
breathless with suspense. The an
nouncement Of Mrs. loves election as
president, precipitated wild hurrah
which wos properly quelled by the pre-
ST ilg ff1cer.
The nlumber of ballots cast was STA
with 348 needed to elect Mrs. Lowe
received 425 votes; Mrs. Breed 234, with
a few scattering votes for Mrs. Hell
nuth, Of New York.
The other officers are: Vice presi-
dent, Mrs. Sarah Piatt, of Colorado; re-
cording secretary Mrs. Emma Fox. Of
Michigan; corresp nding secretary, Mrs
M. w. Kendrick Jr., of Pennsylvania;
treasurer Mrs. Philip Moore, of Mis-
souri,; auditor, Mrs. c. p. Barnes, of
Kentucky.
Following forty-five minutes inter
mission, the body ,reassembled to elect
the board of directors as follows: Mrs.
Marie Lockwood, District of Columbia;
Mrs. Charles Morris, Wisconsin,; Mrs
G. S. Kinney, Utah; Mrs. H. P. Phyle,
Connecticut; Mrs. A. F. Eastman, Cal
ifornia; Mrs. Francis Wood, Nebraska;
Mrs. William Todd Helmuth, New
York; Mrs. E. L. Buckwalter, Ohio;
Mrs. Harriet Windsor, Iowa.
Thereupon were precipitated the
mooted questions Of taxation and rep
resentation which detained the assem-
blage until o'clock. The outcome was
the taxation of clubs at the rate of
10 cents per capita, and state fedora
tions at the rate Of rs cents per club.
The motion to tax fraternal organiza-
tiCnS was referred to the committee.
AS to the representation, it was decided
clubs of fifty members or less shall be
allowed one DELEGATE who shall be
the president or her appointee. Clubs
between SO and 100 shall have two dele
gates, and for every additional 100
members each club shall be entitled to
one additional delegate.
The final session of the convention,
aside from business meetings tomor-
row, was held tonight in the Broadway
theater, which was packed to bid fare
well to the women, who, in four years,
had developed the general federation
from few scattering state declarations
to an organization of three dozen states
and 100000 women.
The affection which the club women
have for Mrs. Henrotin was evidenced
on every side as she read her address.
Mrs. Henrotin began her address by re-
captivating the growth of the general fed
Grafton and what that growth signifies as
translated into action on the various lines
of thought and work now represented in the
organization Continuing, she said:
The first two years Of my presidency most
of my thoughts and time were devoted to
encouraging, state federations; New Hamp-
Jersey, Pennsylvania, Minnesota, Ohio, Michi-
gan, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Colorado,
Missouri, Nebraska and the District of Co
lumbia organized state declarations auxiliary
to the general, and at the biennial of 1895
twenty state declarations were represented.
Clubs Joined the federation from the follow
Dakota. Oregon and South Dakota. Two
foreign clubs also sent reports-one from Eng
land and one from Australia.
During these two years tne welfare of
the Individual clubs was III nowise neglected.
Club extension was actively inaugurated in
many states and town and country clubs
We're established in many of the rural dis
tricts.
The number of clubs in each state bel
longE-S to the federation is:
Maine. 4; New Hampshire, Vermont 2;
Connecticut, 6; Rhode Island 8; Massachu-
sets, 81; New York 49, New Jersey, IL: Del
aware, I; Pennsylvania, %; Maryland, 8:
Louisiana jan o s. Ohio Ohio 81 Indiana, 10; Michi
Wisconsin, 3; Illinois, Go; Minnesota, 10:
North Dakota, 4; Iowa, SO; Missouri Is: AT
kansas s. kentucs s II Tennessee 8 Geor-
Carolina, l.: South Caroline, L. Alabama, 2;
Florida, 2; Kansas, 8; Colorado, II; Nebraska,
9; Utah, 8; New Mexico, 4: Oregon. Z; Wash
vada, 1; California, q; District of Columbia.
q Wyoming, 1.
The number of clubs embraced in each
state federation is as follows:
Maine Sc; New Hampshire 49, Conneeti
cut, AZ; Rhode Island, 10; Massachusetts. 123:
New Jersey, u: Delaware, IL; New York, 1876;
nois 1856; Michigan, 9S; Wisconsin, Sc; Mime
sofa, SO; North Dakota 70; Iowa ISL: Kansas
124; Arkansas, IS; Missouri, 80; Kentucky, s5;