The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-06-12
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Rev. R. S. Sidelinger, who spoke on the
question of admitting the large cities,
is the candidate of the Eastern states for
head chaplain, Endorsed at the caucus OF
the New England states Monday night.
J. G. Johnson Of Kansas, was the first
one to rise on the first section Of the
law committees report. That i5 to say,
he opened the ball on the most important
piece Of work this convention does-the
complete revision Of the laws of the So
ciety.
o. E. Aleshire, the champion of Chi
cago. rather made q hit with the dele
gates to the convention. He Is a genu-
inc Chicagoan, and for an hour held the
attention of the audience yesterday af-
ternoon, as he enforced in well worded
sentences his argument in fave e. the
admission of the large cities to the Wood
men jurisdiction.
Rev. J. I. Farley. of Panora, Iowa, is
one of the jolliest good fellows of the
convention. Mr.. Farley doesn't shrek
when he hears the word beer mentioned,
nor does he loathe the aroma of a good
cigar.
DR.. p. C. Palmer, the retiring head ply
slcan, for Missouri, is not high man with
the delegates from his home state. His
action in boiling the instruction of the
Missouri state camp, which was in favor
of Dr. John r. Boyd of Springfield. was
roundly denounced and several times DR.
Palmer suffered a. bad half hour with
some indignant MlsSourian.
The number of spectators at the con-
vention yesterday afternoon was only
about one-fourth Of those who attended
in the morning. The questions before
the convention were Of little interest;
there didn't promise to be any scraps, so
the public stayed away
During the course OF J. G. Johnson's
vigorous speech against the admission Of
large cities to theWoodman jurisdiction,
he expressed the opinion that 1t would
not even be wise to give the proposition
serious consideration. Somebody in the
| rear of the hail shouted, "Why?" John
1 son stopped In a puzzled way. Head Con-
! sui Northcott leaned over and whispered
| He asks you why" and Johnson's face
cleared, as he remarked, "Oh, l thought
he was calling time.
The Kansas delegation is conspicuous on
the floor of the convention with several
gigantic sunflowers,a raised on standards
in It's space on the foors
W. I. Klien, of Barry, Ill, has not yet
addressed the convention. He is GER
tain to do So however. and those who
know him claim that when he does speak
the windows Of the Auditorium will rattle
and the shingles will be loosened or the
roof He has a powerful deep bass voice
and a chest as broad as a large bass
drum.
One of j. g. Johnson's most effectuai
pleas against the admission Of Chicago to
the Jurisdiction, was his recital Of the
Unger- Deffenbach Life Insurance conspir-
acy in Chicago, whereby 1t was sought
to nulct the life insurance companies and
fraternal societies in the aggregated
amount of over $4,000. The case was re-
that the conspiracy was proved. seemed
to have great weight with the delegates
particularly after hearing the very art
full application Of it made by DIR. John
son.
One of the strongest arguments ex-
pressed by C. E. Whelan, IN his speech
advocating the admission of large cities
to the Woodmen jurisdiction, was his re-
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fraud. upon the society, originating in
small country towns, from which Mr..
Whelan argued that dishonesty was not
confined altogether to the large cities ana
that the society had just as much to fear
from fraudulent claims originating in
the country towns as in cities with pop-
ulations Of 100000 or over.
Geo. E. Scott. of Sioux City, Iowa, is
years was the stock reporter for the
Sioux City Tribune. He is chairman of
the convention committee on head off,
GERS reports
a general laugh in the Convention When
he remarked that he gathered from the
arguments advanced in favor Of admins
sion OF Chicago, that people made mig
healthful recreation; they should in fact
go from the mountains to the lie rye cities
I. G. Whitney. of Kansas City. Mo-.
was opposed to the admission of large
city of ST. Louis there were thousands of
men living along the river who followed
river occupations. got their feet wet reg
| ularly, and lived on the lunches set IN
| the groggeries along the river front
Matt McEniry, of Moline, H., Is an HI
bernian eddity who instructs as well as
amuses. He has a very fair brogue. an
abrupt style Of speech, sand q tendency
to explode, which is provoked to some ex-
tent by those who wish to have some en-
| Joyment.
DR.. M. H. Cleary, of Galena, Ill, speak
| ing professionally. demolished one after
another of the pet arguments advanced
| by Mr.. Aleshire In favor of the admission
of Chicago into the jurisdiction. His
sneech was an able one
T. H Duffy, the delegate from Dubu-
| que, Iowa. is one of the strong men of
| the convention. He Is a leading Demo-
cTat OF his home city, being city attor-
ney for the past four years.
DIR. ]. F. Meyers. Of Rock Island. In one