The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-02-25
PROUD THEIR RETURN
PROMISE OF NEXT CoNvEN-
TION FOR ST. PAUL
OTHER CITIES WITHDREW
After the st. Paul Crowd Threw
Themselves, Their Literature and
Their Eloquence Intothe Fight,
1t Was Speedily Won for Minne-
sota,s Capital City And They
Brought Other Prizes, Too.

Two Chicago Great Western coaches
reached here yesterday morning from
Omaha bearing the main body Of the
Minnesota delegation that attended the
national buttermakers' convention at Lin
coin last week.
The Commercial club delegation, con-
.sisting of j. S. Moody, c. p. Slime and
j. w. Shepard, returns with ample as
surances that the next convention will be
held in st. Paul.
The butter men return, having won first
grand sweepstakes prize in the gathered
cream and separator butter contest, and
only missed securing the prize banner by
narrow margin Illinois had fifty-five
entries, and won the banner, while Minne-
sofa. with nearly 200 entries, came 50
close to winning the coveted prize that
It was almost a toss up between the two
states.
ILLINOIS left all the low scoring butter
home" said Assistant Commissioner B.
D. White yesterday. land with twenty
five entries less we could have won the
banner very easily
Secretary Slime and the Commercial
club hustlers stepped off the train wear
ing cowboy hats, decked with badges,
boutonnieres and other insignia of dis
.tinction. While at Lincoln the commit
tee distributed 1900 blue badges with Sill
Yer lettering, 81 Am for st. Paul" besides
5000 pamphlets, est. Paul at Glance
1.-THE selection of a meeting place for
the 1901 convention is left in the hands OF
the six officers, and two others who will
Nv he rnra X
acutiva committee said Secretary Slime.
"and four Of the officers are already
Dledged to,support st. Paul" George E.
Haskell of Lincoln, who was elected
president, is one of the most enthusiastic
of ST. Paufs friends in the convention,
and It is safe to assume that no one Will
be appointed on the committee who does
not at, once espouce st. Paul as the place
for the next annual gathering.
Immediately after arriving at Lincoln,
we opened headquarters at the Lindell
hotel At the time, Des Moines and Kan
sas CITY were In the field for the conven-
ton. We did some tall hustling the first
dav Pinned a couple thousand st. Paul
badges on the delegates and distributed
the reading matter. We called meet
ing of the Minnesota delegation, which
comprised about $50 of the delegates. Att
er organizing we elected committees, AND
every one went to Work TO iaIO tHe cou-
vention for ST. Paul.
..The next day the other towns in the
field withdrew, which left practically
smooth sailing for our delegation"
J. S. Moody, of the Minnesota Butter
and Cheese company, was not the least
enthusiastic member Of the delegation.
indeed it was his extensive acquaintance
among the creamery men that won for
St Paul the assurance of success. Mr..
Moody predicts that the convention next
year will bring to st. Paul in the neigh
borhood Of 10000 people. The Merchants
Dispatch Transportation company alone
had seventeen men at Lincoln, and every
big Easter commission house, as well as
the transportation companies, were well
represented Ex-President Boardman es-
timated that 5000 people were in Lin
coin from outside the state. The New
Workers had-a special train of seven Pull
man cars, and the people poured into
Lincoln from all directions.
In the future the buttermakers con-
vention will go to the larger cities, as:
the organization has grown SO rapidly
that the smaller towns are unable to take