The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-27
WORK OF REVISION
w. c. IT. U. CONVENTION MAKES
CHANGES IN THE CON-
STITUTI0N
QUESTION OF DELEGATES
Conventions BecOminE Unwie1dy
Because of Large Number of
ReoresentatiVes-Ol Sys-
tenn Is Maintained.

After devotional exercises yesterday
morning. conducted by Mrs. Frances
Neal the greater part of the day was
utilized by the Woman's Christian TEN
perance Union convention in revising the
constitution. 1t was decided to retain
only the president and secretary OF the
board of superintendent, dropping all
the other members of the state executive
committee
The proposed clause to reduce the num-
Der of representatives On the ground that
the conventions were so large that they
were with difficulty accommodated in the
smaller cities. was not adopted, and the
original plan of sending all officers of the
district and local unions, which were able
to attend was unaltered; but it was stip-
u;ated that the privilege of sending all
ternates to the conventions be with
drawn.
The proceedings of the union were not
sufficiently explicit to the less expert
GEced members of the society, and their
animated discussions, due to misunder-
standings produced q few ripples in the
otherwise smooth manner in which the
work was conducted. A breezy discus
SIGN ensuod when the subject of placing
the spec al organization fund was intro
diced. BY a vote of SO to S. it was ruled
that the fund be placed in the hands Of
the state union rather than the district
union and it is anticipated that having
a definite fund for organization work will
yield more desirable results than letting
it out in dribIets among the various dis
trict union. The revision work was re.
sumed in the afternoon, after which the
treasurer and department superin-
tendents submitted their reports.
Last evening being devoted to young
peoples work. Miss R. Mosher, national
oil odd
Young People and Temperance" There
was a presentation of Loyal Temperance
Legion diplomas and banners. This
afternoon an organ solo will be given
by Russell Patterson, and Miss Kerr
viii sing. Papers will be read by Miss M.
Rosette Hendrix and Miss Ida Thompson,
of Duluth, and Mrs. P. Fuller, of Red
wood Falls
A unique contest in which young per-
sons in various parts of the state take
part will be held this evening 1t is q
diamond medal contest and all winners
in smaller contests that took place
previously. are entitled to enter the list
for the prize The contestants are:
Helen L. Warrington, Bessie McKeen,
Robert Crawford, Matte Volstad Daisy
Donaldson. and Bernice Gerie DR.. Muck
ey, Miss Kamrar and Miss Wright will
furnish solos and Miss EleanorLloyd who
received the medal last year. will speak.
Rev. McCumber, an army chaplain, Wis
iting at Fort Smelling, spoke last evening
of the WORK of the union, before the
meeting was adjourned. The Evange-
istic service on Ministry of Interces-
sion was conducted by Miss louise D.
HOLSTER.
During the noon intermssion meeting
of the Minneapolis district was held, and
other important discussions took place
Mrs. Addie B. Upham, of st. Paul, was
elected president by the board of super
1ntendents5, who also. elected Mrs. E. +.
Hendrix as secretary.