The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-10-16
Special to The Globe.

Special to The Globe.
ALBERT LEA, Mimi, Oct. 15.-The
advisability of roll of honor on which
shall be transcribed the names of
these Minnesota club women who have
won some degree of fame in literature,
art, science or crafts was debated at
this mornings session of the Mime
sofa State Federation of Women's
clubs. Mrs. c. N Akers made the
suggestion in her report as chairman
of the reciprocity bureau.
In the discussion which followed,
Prof. Maria L. Sanford, of the state
university, suggested that, inasmuch
:. as great care would have to be taken
In the selection of those deserving
such an honor, she thought the fed
Grafton should not hastily adopt a re-
port that would commit it to such an
that the roll of honor was simply sug-
gested, and the chair ruled that the
adoption of the report as whole
would In no way commit the federation
to the institution of roll of honor.
The matter was placed in the hands of
a special committee to be considered
and again presented to the federation
next year. The greater part of the
morning session was taken up with a
&;Scussion of the report presented by
1Irs. M. B. Lewis, of Minneapolis.
chairman of the committee on amend
ments to the constitution and bylaws.
Object to Legal Phraseolosy.
The consideration of the report
was the occasion of an amusing tilt
between Prof. Sanford and Mrs. Lydia
P. Williams, honorary president of the
federation. Prof Sanford, who is a
teacher of literature at the state uni
versity, thought that In the wording
of the amendments literary elegance
was sacrificed to legal phraseology.
She insisted that, simply because law
yers were in the habit of reiterating
statements in their legal papers was
no reason why club women should fol-
low their example. She would have
the superfluous "therefores" and
"thuses" and all meaningless reitera-
lions cut out. The matter was warm
ly debated, the federation finally de-
Gliding to follow Blackstone. All the
amendments to the articles and by
laws proposed in the report were
adopted.
The most important of these reduces
the size of the executive board from
1877 to seventeen members Hereafter
this board will consist only of the gen.
eral officers of the federation. The
presidents of individual clubs, hitherto
members of the board, will hereafter,
with the officers, compose a council
simply. Another amendment passed
was that which provides for the refer
ence of all applications by clubs for
membership in the federation to the
committee on membership appointed
by the executive board, for its action
that such action be in writing, and
that a unanimous vote Of the commit
tee shall be required to elect; that in
case the committee fails to agree, the
application shall be referred to the
whole board, and that the written vote
of two-thirds of the members present
shall be necessary to elect to men,
bership.
No Chance for CoIored Women.
Although this amendment destroys
any chance Of the Adelphi, or any
other club composed of colored women
may have had of becoming a part of
the state federation, the amendment
was passed without protest. The con-
stitution was amended to permit auXil-
iaries Of national and state organiza-
tons whose purpose and scope are in
harmony with the provisions for adj
nittance of clubs, to become members
of the federation. This amendment will
admit to the federation societies like
the State Consumers league, the State
Horticultural society, etc
The report prepared by Mrs. Will
liars Ely Bramhalt, of st. Paul. chair
man of the forest reserve committee,
was read by Mrs. Lydia P. Williams,
Mrs. Bramhalt not being present. The
report provoked storm of APPLAUSE,
for it revived the plucky fight made by
Mrs. Bramhalt and her committee to
keep reserved for park purposes GER
tain portions of the Leech Lake reser-
vauon, the victory of which fight was
assured by the recent passage in con-
gress Of the amended Morris bill Mrs
e. J. Newcomb, of Minneapolis; Mrs.
Russell r. Dorr, of ST. Paul, and other
club women eulogiZed from the floor
MIS-. Bramhalt's work, and the fedora
ton passed vote of thanks
81 wish certain individuals who be-
ieve that club women get together
simply to display gowns could have
been present this morning to hear that
report" said Mrs. Dorr. IT am sure"
she added, pointedly, "all club women
understand to whom I REFER
It's just as well, perhaps, they dc
not interposed Mrs. Lapenotiere
quickly. ut would be a case of cruelty
to animals. They would suffer when
they learned how they had misjudg-
ed u.s.
Other reports were given by Miss K.
Maudo Clum, who took the place of
Mrs. A. B. Underwood, chairman of the
state fair meetings; Mrs. E. J. New
comb, on the federation pin, and Mrs.
William E. Graves, on printing.
Increasing the Revenue.
The council will tomorrow present,
through the chairman of the finance
committee, the following compromise
plan for increasing the federation rev.
eDue. All clubs will hereafter pay an
admission fee of $3.50. Clubs of TWEEN
tV members or under will pay So an
nual dues. Clubs having membership
of 20 to 100 to pay per capita tax of
10 cents. Clubs having a membership
of 100 or over will pay $40 annual dues,
the representation to remain the same
for clubs having a membership of 100
or less, but to be increased to three
delegates IL the membership is over
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