The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-05-16
Yesterday Was Spent in Pleasure
Trips and Long Secret
Session
Women Delegates Make Important
Recommendations Regarding
Disabled Conductors.

Many moon will come and go before
people Of St. Paul will have an oppor-
tunity of enjoying a concert like the one
given at the Ryan hotel and the Mer
chants last night. The occasion is not
one to be remembered because of the
music furnished by SeibeTt's orchestra
though that in itself was enjoyable, but
because of the fact that the majority
of the conductors attending the present
convention were on hand to make things
lively, not to forget their wives and
daughters, all Of whom seemed happy
and carefree. The hallway on the sec
ond floor of the Ryan was decorated fr IN
one end to the other with large palms,
and the orchestra was concealed behind
these in the corner nearest the stair
way.
The ladies were dressed in their best,
likewise the men, and it seemed to be the
chief desire of everyone to make tn ngs
pleasant for those about them The
ladies had an opportunity Of telling Sc
crets to others to keep, because they
could not keep them themselves, and
the conductors had a chance to renew
old acquaintances and bring up old rem
iniscences. Dick would hail Harry and
ask him if he were still working on the
same road, and Harry would ask if Dick
were married yet. Receiving a negati. e
answer, Harry would proceed to give
fatherly advice. Thus the ball was kept
rolling. Now it was the convention, now
the trolley ride, then, perhaps, the music
would break off the conversation, whic h
would be resumed again when it was
over.
Grand Chief Conductor Clark was only
present at the hotel concerts for a short
while, as he. with other Shriners of the
Order Of Railway Conductors, had to at
tend a ceremonial session of the Osman
temple.
After the executive session in the
auditorium Mr. Clark and the other Off
GERS of the order were asked as to what
had been accomplished during the after
noon. This was the one matter about
which the men were unwilling to talk
Perhaps tho real news might have been
secured if some Of the conductors wives
had been told that the proceedings Of the
! meeting of the auditorium were great
secret, but this method was not resorted
to. The officers did admit however that
the Jurisprudence committee had made
many recommendations to the order, and
that many of these had been acted upon.
Just what these recommendations were
could not be aseertained. 1t is presumed
that some substantial consideration was
voted for the home for the disabled con-
ductors at Chicago; also, that num-
Der Of the recommendations made by the
committee related to the insurance feat
ures of the order 1t is known to a GER
tatnty that several changes were made
in the constitution of the order and
the bylaws were amended to do away
with certain obnoxious features In force
In the past.
One matter that will be given some
consideration before the convention f.
over and which may provoke pointe
discussion Is proposal to prohibit mem
bers Of the o. r. c.. from being mem
bers OF any other order of trainmen. It
is generally understood that this is a slap
at the Brotherhood of Railway Train
men. Several of the delegates now In the
city belong to both orders There Is an
other proposal that the bylaw prohibit
ing political discussion In the divisions
shall be changed to read partisan"
RANQUETTED THE sHRINERs.
Osman Temple, Mobiles Of the Mystia
Shrine held a ceremc niaI session in It's
hall last night in honor Of Noble E. e.
Clark, grand chief of the Order of Rail
way Conductors and other delegates who
are Shriners. 'rbirty-four candidates
hailing from Duluth st. Cloud, Mankato
Winona and St. Paul were Initiated
Music was furnished by Snelling's Or
chestra and the Metropolitan qUartette.
AT the close Of tie ceremonies ban
quet was held. Conductors to the num-
Der of one hundred and fifty were seated
at the board. Toasts were responded to
by E. e. Clark, Senator CIapp and a
number of others