The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-07
Woman sWorId
NAMED MRS. M'LEAN
Fifth District Federation Meeting
Selects a Nominee for District
Vice President.
State Presidency Candidates Dis
cussed, but None Indorsed-
New Eligibility Bylaw.

The Minneapolis district of the Min
neapolis Federation of ea' Womens
clubs met yesterday at the residence
of Mrs. c. B. Elliott, district vice pres
with the meeting next week of state
federation in Mankato. The delegates
Z present We're those elected to repre-
sent their. clubs at the state meeting.
L After the meeting Of the state fed
Grafton, when certain features OF the
be settled, the new constitution
adopted last spring by the district will
be printed for the. guidance. of the
clubs. Attention was called to the fact
that the district dues for the current
year that became due at the time OF
this meeting are S I instead of IS cents,
as formerly. .>.t-.r- - 1900
Railroad arrangements for the state
federation meeting were announced.
The Minneapolis delegation Will leave
d in special car Tuesday morning, Oct.
10, at sos, on the Chicago, st. Paul q
Omaha railroad, Delegates must Sc
cure certificates with their tickets.
An announcement was made OF the
plan for purchasing a picture from the
current exhibition Of paintings by
American artists at the library, prefer
ably the painting by Douglas No!k,
THE Boy With the Arrow and the
8clubs willing to assist were asked to
make contributions and to notify Rob
ert Koehler, director of the Art School,
of their decision. -. -
Mrs. C.:B. Elliott, vice president Of
the district declining to be considered
for a second term, nominating COM
mittee was appointed to select a can
didate for the office. The commit
tee reported the name Of Mrs. w. B.
Mclean. Mrs. Richard Paul, whose
name had been suggested often in the
last few months, declined to allow her
name considered. Mrs: F., N. Stacy
will head the district delegation at
Mankato. The question of officers to
be elected by the state federation was,
canvassed informally but the meeting
showed no inclination to depart from
its custom Of refraining from Indoors
ing anyone for a state office, prefer
ring to leave it's delegates entirely I'M
toned in connection with the pres-
dency were Mrs. E. M. La Penotiere of
Minneapolis and Mrs w. E. /Bramhal
of st. Paul.
st. Paul District Meeting.
The st. Paul district meeting was
held on Saturday and Endorsed Mrs.
Bramhall for the presidency and Mrs.
w. M. Liggett for district vice presi-
dent after Mrs. c. A. Dibble had posi-
lively declined to be a candidate for
reelection. .~
The amendments proposed to the
constitution were presented to both
district meetings. The most i'm
portant of these are those transform
ing the present inefficient council into
ain executive board and creating a
small emergency committee, rendering
officers ineligible for a second term
and laying down certain requirements
for the district declarations. There is
little interest In and no contest over
any office except the presidency, and
the bylaw was proposed with the full
knowledge and consent of Mrs. La
Penotiere, whose belief in the value Of
rotation in office is well known. j.
The fact is that the amendment was
suggested by the growing restiveness
Of the women over this very question.
There has scarcely been an instance in
the whole history of the Minnesota