The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-09-17
OF W Gu.
The State Convention at Redwood
Falls Considers the Work Of
the Departments.
Removals From States Affect the
Membership, but the Work Con-
tinues Strong and Aggressive.

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From Staff Correspondent. &5z-s
Redwood Falls, Mimi, Sept. 17-Large
delega lions from Minneapolis and st: Paul
and the northern part Of the state arrived
yesterday afternoon Their arrival and
the program of welcoming addresses and
responses in the evening disposed of the
preliminaries Of the convention and this
morning the hard work of the session be-
gan. s. t.a =. . i
The welcomes were numerous and hear,
| ty and were given by Mayor H. M. Aune,
! for the city; Rev. G. w. Lutz, for the
schools; S. l.. Peterson, for the business
men; julius Schmahl and A.. M. Wells,
for the press; Miss Katie Stewart, for the
US; and Mrs. Coucheta Ferris Lutz, for
the w, c. T. U. The responses We're
made by Miss Lillian F. Stead and Miss
followed by an informal reception in
which the delegates met each other and
| the town people. .. - 80, ~;
Two important features of the opening
day were the address OF the president,
Mrs. Scovel, and the reports of the dis
| trict vice presidents. In her Introductory
4 remarks Mrs. Scovell paid high tribute
to the Redwood Falls union. Interviewing
| the work of the year, she assigned as. the
! frequent cause of loss of members the
II great exodus from the state Of people go
ing farther west or to Canada, sometimes
almost wiping out prosperous unions. Inc
presidents report dealt chiefly with the
departments Of work, summarizing their
growth, history and results. The hrst
4 year the Minnesota union agltated JuYe-
nile work, took up law enforcement, 4u1s-
I tributed temperance literature, circulated
! petitions and held public meetings Tor the
purpose Of creating temperance sentiment.
During early years were added Depart
rnents Of memorials and petitions, prison
reform, TEMPERANCE text books, press, res
cue, hygiene and heredity, state and
county fairs Friendly Inns and coffee
houses and lecture bureau :. E&
They have been r:arranged until the
union now has two branches ana tnlrtH-
civ dana r+rnents The wisdom sOf the
| founders Of the union was SHOWN ~ ele,i
! attention to juvenile work which mas al
wavs been prominent and has been carrlsc
on with signal success. The penal lnst1'
buttons have received much earnest atten-
ton and the first visit to the pen1tentlars
was made in 1879. Chapel services were
! held and the men were talked with per.
| sonallv. Prison Sunday, with It's annua
d;strihution Of flowers did not become
| permanent part Of the work until TlSs4
| I7or the purity department victory L wa:
| recorded in the abolition Of the deploraple
| system of state regulated vice, by 'oroer o.
| President Roosevelt, the circular empoo!
| ing the order Being quoted. Inc attettp
| to institute an official lnsec'loll = - os.t
| tutes in Minneapolis was recorded ane
| The Journa ais editorial attitude o.
| clean and vigorous protest was 1aVoraolS
| commented upon. In the oVerturnl1le u
} -noiitical corruption in Minneapolis the
sneaker saw strong lesson on purify ' dile
| municipal lines. * :-.,.~ .
4 't:'.. Physical FraiitIes. >:-at,* =
While noting that the department. o.
i health and heredity has always oeen any
directed the president raised a query ~
regard to the practice Of the, members
saving that in her journeys through 'ht
state she seldom found wellBsWo1niah any n
that the work languished IN many quar- :
ers owing to the physical frailties OF the
/ women interested. I'VE study physiology
and hygiene, dress reform and physlca
4 culture. all in the interest. Of health, bu1
the only thing, it seems to me- ina
u American women lack Is rest. 10 palance
j properly toll and rest is the propleml OF
I the present and in our intricate tclVlllza
tion II becomes constantly more or
problem
4 The, plan set in operation this year 81
q creating an organization fund of the
amount of money formerly put into or
sanitation work was Endorsed and MRS
Il Scovel recommended keeping at least hve
ii IL
N coming year. The passage OF a. sctentine
\ ltemperance instruction law in Georgia was
4 noted Special report on the enforcement
of the Minnesota law was invited 1or mex
I year. Medal contests were warmly ad-
:; | vocated as one of the best and easiest
ways, Of interesting outsiders, besides
training young people and raising money
| In legislative work the success In defeat
] ing the ,resubnlission of the anticantee1
1 bill in congress was set forth and Worl
| undertaken in conjunction with the Eq'la
! Suffrage association, of circulating pc
titions asking the next legislature to gran
/ presidential suffrage to the women O.
/ Minnesota. Another measure recon-
mended for legislative effort was tht
/ raising of the age Of consent to IL years
Mass meetings in the interest Of applet
christian citizenship were urged.
Reports Of District Vice Presidents. /
The reports of the district vice presi
dents act as the barometer Of the work fo
they give the details. Mrs. F. Inez Ran
dali reported two new unions at3CordoVs
! and Cleveland in the fourth district; Mrs
Clara L. Mcclure reported the fornna tioi
of two new districts by the withdrawal Q
: two counties from the eighth district
| Several districts have been similarl
g shorn, the redistricting plan adopted las
year permitting each county having. owe
fifty members to withdraw from the oil
organization and to form new districts il
d place of the old double system Of bot]
county and district unions. Mrs. Eliza
beth Bailey reported the membership, Q
the Hancock union as 108, a gain of fort
during the year. This union makes a spe
cial feature. Of mothers meetings and thi
i line of work has been adopted: by the dis
trict. s. Splendid medal contest work ha
been done in Clinton, seventeen havin
been held and one, a business mems con
test, was .untque. Two. were on anti
narcotic topics and three musical. TIL
series Melted $230.65. Both Clinton an
Hancock unions have conducted rest@an
Grading rooms. Mrs. NJ. Agnes Mullen re
4 ported a gain of fifty members In tn
thirteenth district The report of the Hen
4 nepin district by Mrs. Frances &Nea
! showed twenty unions with 4S8 member
1 and thirty-nine honorary members; f1v
Us and four, L. T. LIS. The union a
= Orono is new one and the Eighth War
; Union of Minneapolis is the banner or
: ganization having over 100 members I'h
report for the Ramsey district said tina
= the Ramsey organization did not indicat
n a lack Of interest nor activity in temper
& ance work but that owing to the larg
! Catholic. population much of the wor
= was done in the Catholic societies whic
Il carried it on. ably and that the unto
> maintained the most cordial relations wit
q them. st. Louis county's president Mrs
81 G. W. Smith. reported good work don
IA in school savings banks and the anti
: narcotic department: Reports were ais