The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-02-18
IN WOMEN'S CLUBS
COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND
MEANS
MORE REVENUE IS NEEDED
Seems Inevitable That Color cues
ton Will Come Up at Los Ange-
les When Federated Clubs
Meet in May.

ALlHGSOld state FeQeratlOn OF
Women's clubs, has a. Inced the fol-
lowing women to serve on the uays and
means committees: Mrs. William f.
Graves, of st. Paul, chairman; Mrs
Lydia p. Williams and Mrs c. B. Elliott,
of Minneapolis; Mrs. c. A. Dibble and
Mrs. G. J. Hunt, ST Paul The appoint
ment of the committee was authorized
at the executive board meeting of the
federation which preceded the breakfast
last Wednesday. It's business will be to
devise some means OF increasing the
federatlonS revenues. The result of its
deliberations Of the committee will De
submitted in report at the next fedora
ton meeting. Mrs Graves suggested
. three methods at the executive board
meeting by which the revenues of the
federation might be increased, the pro
rata tax, the per capita tax and the pur-
chase of the Courant, the official organ
OF the federation, but the property of
private individuals. The per capita tax
and the pro rata tax plans have been
discussed before. The suggestion that
the federation purchase the Courant vas
new one, but it seems to have met
with general approval Of the club women.
Gov. Gage, of California, will be in
Los Angeles in May to welcome, on be-
half of the state, delegates to the con-
vention of the National Federation of
Women's clubs. The California fedora
ton of club women just closed it's bien-
NAL in San Francisco. An earnest effort
was made at that convention by leading
club women to have as little expression
of opinion as possible regarding the color
question as it is thought by many leaders
Of club life in California that any decided
expression of opinion from the women of
that state would be in the form of a
discourtesy, in view of the fact that the
he OF. 10 -
tainers at the time Of the national meet
ing. It Is understood that women from
other states will be permitted to speak
first, while those of California remain
neutral until the guests have expressed
their views. A matter much discussed
at the San Francisco biennial was that
of reorganization. The discussion was
opened by Mrs. W. w. Stillson, a prom
inent club ewomen Of Los Angeles. She
traced the upbuildirg of the general fed
Grafton, which now embraces thirty-eight
state organizations and about 700 indi-
vidual clubs, and explained that lie fed
Grafton had grown so large that reor-
ganization was necessary. She explained
| the two district plans of reorganizat ton
| that have been proposed-the one by
Massachusetts for reorganization by
states and the other by Georgia for re-
organization by individual Gibbs In op-
posing the Massachusetts plan one of the
speakers said: IF we cut out the indi-
vidual club we force it to seek enroll
ment in the state federation. This 7ould
inevitably result in a system CT concen-
tration that could not help the small
clubs. l object t the plan Of ~eorganiza-
ton by states because 1t will not be ac-
| cepted by the Southern clubs.
The report Of the proceedings Of the
| executive board in some of the papers
70 y
| standing in regard to Mrs. La Penotieres
attitude toward the forest reserve bin.
In ruling that the protest of the mem
| bers of the Magazine Club of Duluth
f! should stand the president of the fed
| GRAFTON merely insisted on parliament
! tary point, Inasmuch as the majority of
| the club women of the state are for the
| forest reserve bill 1t is not likely that
/ the federatfens president would be in
imical to such bill. Mrs. La Penoticre
| herself has made this explanation in re-
] gard to hers attitude: II desire to say
! that the action of the chairman of the
! forest reserve committee is not question
ed: by me, and that l stand ready to de-
fend or support Mrs. Bramhall at all
times and in all places"
| New York women are making a vigor-
Gus protest against the baggage inspec-
/ tion methods and regulations enforced at
! the portsof New York. Secretary Shaw
| receiveds his Office last Wednesday
! Mrs Joseph Hobson, Mrs. Richard H
TOWNSEND, Miss Mabel Beardman and
Miss Gwynl1, all Of New York. Mrs.
| Hobson, as spokeswoman, first read a
| number of letters from other women in
various parts of the country supporting
/ the remonstrances which they had to
| make against the alleged illiberal $500
limit and the unpleasant experiences
which all persons returning from abroad
! were necessarily forced to submit TO-
! The hearing, which lasted an hour and
! a half was closed by John A Kasson,
/ who summarized the principal objections
| to the existing regulations in brief APP
1 peal designed to impress the authorities
| with the Importance of correcting report
ed evils in the New York custom service
! Among other things it was alleged that
/ American women, who are accustomed
/ to coi1rt eouss treatment at the hands-of
| all other government officers have been
/ subjected to inso4ences and required to
| wait ten or twelve hours on the pier be-
fore getting a chance to make their de-
| claratfons 1t was also said that some Of
! the questions relating to the declarat tons
were unnecessarily inquisitoriaI One of
the protestants asserted that an examiner
N of baggage had been drinking before he
/ came to ask her to make declaration,
and that she had been overtaxed. In the
! course of the hearing other annoyances
were brought to the attention of Secre-
tary Shaw. The secretary said that he
would investigate all phases of the mat