The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1901-06-14

head camp, this morning. The Woodmen
are meeting in St. Paul, and had it not
been for commendable restraint on the
part of the delegates, they would have
followed up their cheers for Minneapolis
with chorus of groans for the conven-
tion city.
The cheers followed an announcement
from the platform of the ball given by the
Minneapolis Woodmen and Royal Neigh
bors this evening. Reading Clerk Will
hanson read with emphasis and unction
''The ball will be free to all vis-
iting WOOdmen."
There was a burst of hurrahs. and a
delegate called out:
What's the matter with Minneapolis" ?"
laundering chorus answered:
"She's all right''
! Not aword about St. Paul but the ST.
| lence was a charity.
| Feeling among the delegates is very bit
ter against st. Paul in general, and the
| entertainment committee in particular
st. Pauls treatment of the visitors is
on every hand pronounced shabby. AS
| one delegate put it this morning:
| They claim to have raised ST., COO for our en-
tertainment, and they haven't done a thing
| for us but to raise hotel rates.
NO Emterta1 nment.
All day long the delegates sit and swell
| ter in the st. Paul auditorium, attending
| to the business Of the order.
| The members of the entertainment COM
| mittee are conspicuous by their absence,
| but they have representative on the
| floor in tall young man who peddles
| lemonade to the delegates at 5 cents a
| glass. A small water tank on the plat
| form IS always surrounded and is
emptted long before night. The delegates
| then go thirsty-or buy lemonade
! The only comforts provided in the con-
vention hall have been supplied by the
| delegates themselves.
Climax Yesterday.
But the climax of the i'll treatment came
| yesterday morning According to ar
rangement the head camp delegates met
| at O'Clock at the auditorium. and we're
to be conducted from there to join the pa
| rade. Two years ago at Kansas City, the
local committee provided carriages free
for all the delegates, who rode as di-
vision in the parade. But at o'clock
yesterday no carriages appeared, and not
| even member of the entertainment COM
mittee. There was no one to tell them
| where to go. The delegates did not know
! that st. Paul had neglected to mount the
| officers at Camp Northcott, and therefore
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were afraid Of missing it and began to
| melt away. The remnant soon organized
| itself into an indignation meeting.
| Murphy's Wrath.
E. E. Murphy of Kansas, reelected
| Wednesday to the board of directors, took
the platform and said: ''Neighbors, I un-
derstand that we are expected to walk in
this parade. 1t is just another instance
of St. ,Paul's shabby treatment. We have
only had decent and reputable treatment
once and that was when the Royal
Neighbors Minneapolis, took us over
there In special cars, gave US a banquet
at Minnehaha, and a moonlight ride tc
/ Harriet We have paid for everything
We got in St. Paul. We will have to hire
jcarriages or walk, and I propose that We
do neither one
There was no objection to this Some
wanted to go further and adopt resolu-
tions censuring the entertainment COM
mittee in round terms. 1t was even pro-
posed to adjourn the sessions the head
camp to-day and tomorrow to Mime
apolis. Cooler counsels prevailed, how
ever, and it was decided to stay out of
the parade, and to ignore the whole mat
ter A few delegates hired carriage and
went into the line, labelling themselves
"The Old Guard" but the rest watched
their neighbors from the sidewalk.
Head Camp Absent.
Hence it was that the head camp dele
gates were consciously absent from the
parade, and hence it was that the dele
gates cheered Minneapolis this morning.
DR.. A. M. Hutchinson, of Hutchinson
kansas, one of. the delegates, voiced the
indignation of his fellows this morning
in severe terms. He said:
VU1,aA nufohans0u SnuS
We were on the point OF getting out q
search warrant yesterday to find member OF
the entertainment committee. We waited
around here till IL o'clock to hear from
some one. A dozen of US were sitting In the
ante-room back Of the stage, when a police
man dropped in and ordered US out. We
went out, and we rather expected to have to
pay so cents for the privilege of standing on
the sidewalk. Murphy had to pay a bell
boy a quarter to get him a glass Of water
IN the night when he was sick
| 1t Is such contrast to our treatment a!
Kansas City. There each delegate had q
desk, and a pencil and tablet OF Iaper Ice
water and lemonade were passed around by
young girls, free, and the local committee
were continually hustling around to see what
they could do for our comfort.
The only bright spot in our stay here was
our reception in Minneapolis.
What have they done with the fund they
raised for entertainment? Kar sas City only
raised $9, 900 ard treated US royalty. Here II
seems to be a question of how much money
they can get out of US. We have no use for
St Paul.
A Dinner Proposed.
The delegates have been talking Of get
ting up a dinner Sunday at one of the
hotels Hearing OF this, the local COM
mittee now proposes to give one at an
other of the hotels, but the delegates do
not take kindly to the idea.
+ One Of the officers Of the camp said
this morning:
mo, don't care to go. I don't want
their cheese sandwich
ST. Paul Disappointed.
St. Paul business men are very much
disappointed at the size of the crowd
and this feeling may in part account for
the treatment handed out. Said one st.
Paul man yesterday to I h e Journal:
"They haven't had 10000 people In the
city, except Thursday. That crowd came
in on the morning train and went out
at night. They spent about 35 cents
apiece in ST. Paul. This convention
hasn't done the town any good.'
The delegates will doubtless agree with
the last sentiment Of the st. Paul man.
1t certainly has not done tRs town any
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