The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-05-10

| tive Stand Against the Propost-
| tom Which, 1T Is Understood, Has
the Favor of the Present Officers
| To-day VIII Be Busy One With
| the City's Guests.
| Woman may not, as has been charged
make good chess player, but the Royal
Neighbors are certainly having an inter
esting time Of it in the game Of politics
| they are at present engaged In. There
are ether offices to be competed for, there
are other candidates clamoring for at
| tention, but the Office of supreme oracle
Is most emphatically of supreme I'M
| portance.
A notice was sent out Monday to the
effect that there would be a meeting Of
the members of Royal Oak comp at Odd
| Fellows hall. 1t was generally under
stood that the meeting was for the pur-
| pose of supporting Mrs. Penny's candi-
dacy, but, unfortunately, the call did not
| specify the purpose of the meeting, and
while it claimed that Mrs. Penny was the
favorite of Royal Oak, here own camp,
any action they would have taken at the
| meeting would have been illegal, so the
meeting adjourned with nothing accom-
plished.
A number of the candidates most Sc
| verely criticised Mrs. Watt, the present
| supreme oracle, for her arbitrary method
of ignoring members who tried to get
| possession of the floor during the con-
vention yesterday afternoon. They claim
that she was manifestly partial and that
that partiality, so plainly disclosed would
undoubtedly injure her chance for re-
election. Some of the women pointed to
the fact that having appointed her own
political friends on the various commit
! tees was proof Of her biased judgment.
| They also stated that the very fact that
she deferred the appointment Of the COM
/ mittee on salaries pointed to some
i scheme What this might be-. no one
I ventured, or perhaps was unable, to ex-
press, for it must be confessed that the
majority of the women were beautifully
vague in regard to most of their charges
in things political. AS in all other things
that essentially feminine because must
stand for a multitude OF reasons. p
The Minnesota delegation met in one of
the parlors OF the Ryan last. evening.
Thirty delegates were present and the
Mrs Penny as candidate for supreme
| oracle.
| There was some talk yesterday after
| noon of getting the Minnesota delegation
! together and inducing it to indorse Mrs.
| Mary Daley of st. Paul. 1t was thought
that should another candidate from st.
Paul come forward, supported by ma
! jority of the Minnesota delegation, Mrs.
| Bamford would be willing to drop out.
| However, the majority present at the
meeting of the Minnesota delegates last
| evening were for Mrs. Penny and no one
else, and as 1t is not likely that there win
be any more caucusing, this practically
decides that Mrs Penny is to be candi-
! date until she is either elected or de-
feated Thursday.
Most of the men predict the election of
| Mrs. Watt. 'If Minnesota had but one
| candidate" said a gentleman who Is
why the honor would be hers, but
whether the candidacy u the ladies from
st. Paul is piece Of political engineer
ing on the part Of one or the other to
help out Mrs. Watt, or whether both can
| didates are in earnest about the fight, the
| fact remains that so far as any chance
Of election is concerned they are both out
of it."
| WANT HIGHER SALARIES.
1t is hinted that the present supreme
officers would like to have the salaries
| attached to their respective offices raised.
| The supreme recorder receives the high
est salary allowed supreme officer. She
receives S75 per month, and besides is al
lowed the services of four clerks.
| The supreme oracle receives $50 a
month, and her private secretary re-
1lrr Iyok& rI.4 90 I,
present supreme oracle, acts as her
mothers secretary. The supreme receiver
gets $25 per month.
The Illinois delegates met last evening
at the Ryan, and declared themselves op-
posed to raising of the supreme officers
salaries, or the raising of the per capita
tax. Each local camp pays per capita
tax of so cents yearly into the general
fund.
There has been some talk of throwing
open the order of Royal Neighbors to all
eligible women. AS 1t now stands only
the female relatives of the Modern Wood
men are eligible. OF course this throw
ing open the door to all who may be ell
gible otherwise would result in making
the Royal Neighbors an Independent or
ganization instead Of an auxiliary. The
majority of the delegates are opposed to
this, and the Illinois delegation emphat-
ically declared against it at their meeting
| laSL evening.
A resolution was introduced by Mrs
Mary Daley, of st. Paul, at the conven-
tion yesterday afternoon, providing fol
the printing of a synopsis of the proceed
ings of the convention to be ready a week
after the convention closes, and sent to
| all delegates who leave their addresses
| and quarter to defray expenses. This
| provision, which was passed yesterday
| will enable each delegate to get correct
| report to give to her local camp.
PROSPECTS FOR TODAY.
This morning there will be report of
supreme officers and committees This
afternoon will be taken UP with the NOM
nations and consideration of reports.
The parade and reception this evening
promises to be the biggest affair of this
kind ever seen in st. Paul. Six hundred
Minneapolis Modern Woodmen are ex-
pected over for the parade. They will
be accompanied by brass band.
REPORTS SUBMITTED.
The report of Mrs. Florence Brown,
supreme receiver, shows that the total
amount expended during the past two
years, or biennial period of the order,
was $1S9, 54S54 while the receipts from
all sources were $194,076.G. being $10,527.67
more than the expenditures, and leaving
balance in the treasury Of $21. 1883.
The report Of Myrtle =. Dade, supreme
beneficiary recorder, sets forth In clear
and concise manner the extraordinary