The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-05-09
open ARMS FOR THEN
LADIES' COMMITTEE TO RECEIVE
DELEGATES TO THE ROYAL
NEIGHBoRs, CONVENTION
WELCOMING THE VISITORS

Some Preliminary Work by the
Grand officers Was Done Yester-
day-Contests for the Offices Are
Getting Warmer-Part of the
Delegates Opposed to Any
Change, Others Want a New Deal.
The central committee of the Royal
| Neighbors which has charge of receiving
the various delegates to the supreme
camp, had its hands full yesterday, for
each train brought its quota of new ar
| rivals, eager to hunt up old friends who
had already arrived, and anxious to be
put In complete touch with all that has
| already been done for the success of the
convention, which opens at the state
capitol this morning.
Though a large number of delegates ar
rived yesterday. the majority will come
in on this mornings trains, for the bust
ness of the convention does not begin I'M
til this afternoon, though elaborate open
ing exercises are slated for this morn
! ing.
| The various rooms on the parlor flour
of the Ryan yesterday witnessed gather
/ ings of friends, political friends at any
| rate, who discussed various plans in mys-
| FERROUS whispers, made rough casts of the
situation in regard to the numerous can
didates, and pledged themselves anew
! for their particular favorite who aspires
to official honors. So far all attempts to
induce Mrs. Bamford. one of the st.
Paul candidates for supreme oracle, to
withdraw in favor of Mrs. Penny, her fell
| l.xr,
ing, and it is generally conceded now
that all three candidates will be in at
| the finish.
= DIVIDED SENTIMENT.
| Roughly estimated members of the
convention appear to be divided into two
parties, those who are in favor of re-
tanning the present ticket, and those who
want an entirely new regime. Many of
the-latter have no fault to find with the
present officers, but go on the principle
| that new people should have chance.
The party in favor Of the new officers, of
course, will split on the candidates for
supreme oracle, and the knowing ones
say this almost assures Mrs. Watts cleo
| ton.
Mrs. Penny, seen yesterday, said that
If 1t were apparent that Mrs Bambort
really--wa working to obtain the office
there would be no feeling. so far as she
| was. concerned, in the matter But" said
Mrs. Penny, Mrs. Bamford openly boasts
| that she has not the slightest objection
| to Mrs Watt having the Office but she
wants to keep it from her home rival"
Mrs. Penny asserted that even If she fail
ed to carry all her home camps, she still
stood good chance of being elected
A camp Of fifty members, or the major
portion thereof, is entitled to one vote,
| double the number, two votes, and so on.
St. Paul has five camps with votes as.
follows: Royal Oak, 8; Starlight, q; Har-
mony, 1; Prosperity, 1; Maple Leaf J.,
This gives st. Paul total of eight votes
to cast in the coming contest 's77y-S
RECoRDERsHIP CONTEST.
Next to the fight for supreme oracle
| that for supreme recorder obtains most
attention. Mrs. Winnie Fielder, the pres
ent incumbent, is in the field with two
opponents; Mrs. Anna Lester, of Wash
ington, ILL.,, and Mrs Thompson of Rock
ford, I'll. Mrs. Lester is Mrs. Fielder's
most formidable opponent. The former is
! the widow of a Modern Woodman, and it
] Is, a part of the ethical code of the latter.
society that widows of members shall re-.
/ ceive special consideration. Mrs. Lester
is a bright pretty brunette, and points
proudly to the fact that for several years
she has been teacher in the public
schools Of Illinois, so that no one can
question her education for the work
| When she first decided upon becoming a
| candidate for supreme recorder,
she said yesterday, she wrote letters
to the supreme officers of the ROYAL
Neighbors, and also to the members of
1 the beneficiary committee, which consists
| of ]. G. Johnson, Peabody, Kan; ]. w.
| White, Rock Falls, H.; c. w Halves,
Rock Island. ILL.,, announcing her inten-
ton, but few even deigned to notice her
| communication. She admitted that the
fight she was engaged in was an uphill
one, but she pluckily announced her in
! tent1on of staying in 1t till the last
| Inc candidate who succeeds in obtain
/ Ing the office Of supreme recorder must
live during her term at Peoria, Ill.
SUPREME PHYSICIAN.
| DR.. Jane Reid Keifer seeks the office
| Of supreme physician. At present there
are two supreme physicians, DIR. Franc
| NORTH, ROCK Falls, ILL.,, and DR.. Susan
| Snyder. of Council Bluffs, To- Dr. Morrill,
| is physician for Illinois, Michigan, Wis
ccnsin and North Dakota, while DR.. Sny-
der represents the remaining territory.
| Beth seek reelection
DR.. Keifer comes well equipped for the
fight, for she has testimonials from all
the leading physicians of her state in
regard to her fitness for the work There
is some talk of increasing the number of
supreme physicians to FIVE, as the work
is becoming too onerous to be accom-
plished by two. Such a change, however,
| is expected to meet with opposition.
ANOTHER PROPOSED CHANGE.
An important amendment to the consti-
tuition which members of the convention
will try to have passed will be In regard
to sending delegates to the national con-
yentions. Just now it is the rule for each
/ local camp to send delegate direct to
the national convention, there being no
district or state conventions. BY the
proposed amendment local camps will
be grouped into districts, after the Gus
tom of the Modern Woodmen. Each
camp will send a delegate to a district
convention. The districts in turn will
send representatives to the state conven-
ton, and the state convention to the ma
tfonal. The, present method of sending
delegates from local camps direct to the
national convention entails heavy bur-
of