The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1900-01-27

old sule each club was entitled to one
delegate besides the president. There
are SIX hundred and thirty five clubs
affiliated with the general federation,
taking away the extra deleeste and il
none OF these clubs have over fifty men,
bers the number Of delegates entitled to
seat in the biennial is reduced six hun
dred and thirty-five. Thus this ques.
tion is solving itself without dsbarring
any club that may wish to receive the
personal benefit derived from direct df-
filistion with the national organization.
Nebraeks had ten clubs belonging to
the G. F. W. G. at the time Of the Den /.
yer biennial, thus emitting her to twenty
elk votes, viz: twenty from the clubs,
five from the state federation and one
from the state chairman. At the Mil.
waukee biennial, according 10 article l..
section viii, of the amended constitu-
ton, Nebraska will still be entitled to
twenty six votes, as follows: Six from
the Omaha woman's club. five from the
Lincoln woman's club. eight frou the
smsIler's clubs and eeven from the state
federation. The amendment further
provides. that each club between fifty
and one hundred mep bers lie entitle to
representation by the president or her
appointee and one delegate and for each
additional one hundred members or
major fraction thereof it is entitled to
one more delegate. BY the same amend
ment there will be slight increase in
the representation from state fedora
tions. Each state federation, no mat
ter how small, will be entitled to five
delegates, one Of these the president CT
her sppointee.
Each state federation of over twenty
five clubs shall be entitled to one addi-
tionsl delegate for every twenty five
clubs or major fraction thereof. Thus
il Nebraska has eighty federated clubs
it will be emitted to seven delegates at
the Milwaukee biennial as compared
with five at Denver. thus making the
whole difference in representation from
Nebraska brought about by these
amendments, one less than We bad at
Denver. or course this difference is
more marked in the states where large
number Of clubs belong to the general
federation. In Massachusetts,. which
has sixty six clubs belonging directly to
the general federation the difference
will be much larger I've cannot accu-
rately estimate. as we have no means of
knowing how many clubs that state has
with a membership exceeding fifty. but
in Colorado, with something over one
hundred small clubs. the difference will
be much larger. Thus, on the whole,
the amendments to the constitution
made at Denver will much decrease the
number OF delegates at the next bier
NAL. This should be some isolation
to those who are worried about the un-
wieldiness of the bienpials.
Although the programs for the Mil
wsukee biennial will not be distributed
before spring, yet erough is already
known Of the details to insure its sue
cess, and to promise much that is novel
as well as interesting. Education. phil.
anthropy and Industrial conditions will
be emphasized and are given important
places on the program. The art COM
mittee has been given great prominence
and will occupy one afternoon and an
evening session. The local art commit
tee is to have loan exhibit in arts and
crafts. which will be more ambitious