The Saint Paul globe., 1902-01-11
We ARE The PEOPLE!
10th FACTIONS OF wOMAN.s VET
ERAN RELIEF UNION CLAIM
VICTORY
TWO FULL SETS OF OFFICERS
Dinerent Versions OF the Ruction
Given by the Rival Roses
End Is Not in
Sight.

| eve are the people" said Mrs. G. NJ
| Rose, past president of the Woman S
| Veteran Relief union of St. Paul yester-
| day afternoon, 'fOr we have the recogni-
ton of the national union, we have legal
officers, we have the charter and the
records, and no one else has"
| On the other side Mrs. T. T. Eubank,
president OF the dissenters. said: 1--WE
are the people; We are the auxiliary and
| the only one to the John A. Logan, Reg
| iment No. 2, Union Veterans union, be-
| cause the men are all on our side, and
| have voted to recognize US as their aux
| iliary' So there are two separate
| WOmans relief corps in st. Paul. one a
| local and the other national organi-
cation.
Trouble has been brewing for some
time; ever since the organization of the
auxiliary in st. Paul there has never
| been absolute harmony among it's mem
bers; there being many petty jealousies,
which have finally led to an open divis-
ion. Fourteen women became decidedly
in arrears as to their dues and had al
most discontinued their attendance, when
the climax was reached Dec. 26, 1901
This was the regular date for the an
nual election Of officers, and from here
On the story has two sides. Mrs. G.
NJ Rose gives the following account Of
the trouble from that date;
Mrs. C. Nj. Roses story.
'Of course, that was the date for our
election, but Mrs. Ada b. Johnson, a
past commander of the auxiliary, and
grand counsellor of the national presi-
dent Mrs. Belle Morgan, was in the city,
and was going to hold a meeting in Min
neapolis that night. Wen, she wanted
US to go over and see her eXemplify the
work. She said we could postpone the
nd O11t Of went
over. While we were gone they got to-
gether, a lot Of them that hadn't paid
| their dues, and, without the officers be-
ing present, elected officers of their own.
! We didn't pay any attention to the cleo
ton, for, of course, it was Illegal and
was only a trick gotten up between those
Roses the c. A. Rose faction) and Mrs.
Johnson.
"Well, they had their election and lots
of good it did them. We sent for Mrs
Morgan right away to come and settle
the matter for, Of course, she's the
whole thing and things would have to
be as she said. And then, when she de-
clared the officers Illegal, last night at
the installation, Col. Rose told her to sit
down. And, being a lady, said Mrs. Nor
gan, L said nothing and sat down.
Il wonder who they think L am?' she
went on. Il rank higher than any of
them, and then the idea of their slap
ping me in the face, hguratively speak
ing, and going on with the installation
Another View Point.
The other side of the story as told by
the other Mrs. Rose is very different.
Mrs. Johnson was here to elevate and
better the union. and we didn't want to
have any trouble. we only wanted to be
recognized at the meetings. Paid our
dues? No, We wanted to, but the books
were never at the meetings, SO we could
not. But we were all going to the an
nual election on Dec. g.:
Mrs. Rose told Mrs. Johnson that she
would like to see her work in MinneapO-
lis and asked her if there was no way
in which she could postpone the election
so as to go over, and Mrs. Johnson told
! her if she went down and adjourned the
meeting in the regular way she could.
But she didn't do that she and four other
ladies went over, getting to Minneapolis
just as Mrs. Johnson was boarding the
here 80
Here Col Rose took up the story and
said: Il had invited Mrs Johnson to JOIN
us that night, and so she had shortened
| her work there, and when the ladies met
her in Minneapolis she invited them to
come back with her, but they WOuldn
| do IT. Meanwhile there were number
of ladies who had gone to the hall eX-
| pecting the election, so they elected
! treasurer pro tenn. and paid her their
| dues and elected their officers several days
| later al a meeting called by themselves.
| [ installed them last night, and they are
the recognized auxiliary of tR1 regLSento
Everybody seems to be greatly worked
| up about it, and both factions say that
| they will go right ahead with their work,
! eacn considering that they are it,
| The national president, Mrs. Morgan,
assisted by Mrs. Lange and Mrs. Hin
kle, Of Minneapolis. installed the follow
| ing officers yesterday afternoon: Presi-
!. dent Mrs j. L. L!ghtbourn; senior vice
| president Mrs. Anna Van Brunt; junior
! vice president Mrs. William Ransom;
| treasurer Mrs G. M. Rose: secretary,
| Mrs Mary Gordon; chaplain, Mrs Phoebe
! Boland; conductress, Mrs Ammo King
horn; inside guard. Mrs Trezyuling; out
| side guard, Mrs Rolph; flag bearers,
| Mrs. Burgess and Mrs. Albeck.
! The results Of the feud have so far
| been the suspension of Mrs. Johnson
| from her office of grand counsellor and
| the suspension of the fourteen deserters
| from the union. Mrs. Morgan leaves the
city tonight.