Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-04-14

predomlnallng In the decorations The
committee Co whom credit Is due Tor
the pleasant event We're. w. II. Ward,
Minnie Ray Claire Cummings, T. S.
Musser II. i. Fry. Lydia sodner
The FIRST game Of golf will be played
10y the members OF the Country club az
the club grounds a week from today
Miss Terhune entertained the mem
bers OF the ID. a. n. on Thursday.
Miss Washaman Of Portland, Ore Is
visiting friends In the city.
There are prospects for a lively dis
agreement at the biennial convention OF
the General Federation Of Women 4
clubs, which will be held this summer
IN Milwaukee There will be q major,
Ivy and minority report from the
committee OF fifteen prominent club
women appointed by the national eX-
ecutive committee for drawing up plans
for reorganization The committee has
been IN session In Philadelphia. and
although delightful social relations were
maintained there was no compromise
for the two factions, and there Is no
doubt that when the two reports are
presented the unwieldy body represent
ing one-half million Of women viii have
hard nut 20 crack. Reorganization
is getting TO be considered something
OF an octopus and there Is q cry OF be-
ware, lest IL should take too much OF
the vitality Of the big organization.
Mrs. Rebecca ID. Lowe Of Georgia. the
national president Is opposed to re-
organization. With her stand seven Of
the committee, twelve OF which attend
ca all the meetings. The remaining
hVe said that II they were not 10 formu-
late some plan for reorganization why
were they called together and the
charge put upon them. In support OF
their position they showed that $4,000
women, through the official avenue OF
state federation. had voted for reor-
ganization, and that but $4,000 were
willing 70 allow things 10 remain as
they are. With these figures before
them. the minority have determined
upon a report IN conformity with the
wishes Of the majority OF club women
throughout the United States. There
was an effort to formulate a compro,
mise measure, but Mrs Lowe positively
refused 20 sign Il. which will necessl.
tate the filing Of two reports at the BIZ
enniai convention.
The majority report will recommend
no change from the present condition,
which makes the national organization
composed Of state declarations and in
dividual clubs. AS TO representation. Il
suggests that each club and society be-
longing 10 the general federation be
entitled TO one delegate and each state
federation TO five representatives As
10 dues II Is proposed that each club
and state federation without regard TO
numbers pay a certain sum directly 10
the general federation.
The minority report, on the other
hand viii recommend reorganization
into state declarations only, representa-
ton 20 be according 20 numbers belong.
ing 10 state federauons. and s cents per
capita dues 10 be paid through the state
treasurer into the fund of the general
federation The minority contention Is
that with the present system. there is
a duplication Of work OF representation
and Of taxation. while with reorganiza-
ton the machinery would be simple and
the outcome logical
Among those opposing the radical
measures which would shut out AN clubs
which have not come into the state fed
erations II IS said that the spirit Of the
clubs viii be lost when representation
Is through state organizations They
feel that by the time the wishes Of the
individual clubs reach the head office