The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-05-06
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iowa Division ConYen.
ton ct Mason city

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8 ton Ut Mason city \
The features u our Division ConvSn-
ton, held here on saturday, April Is, are
we'll related in the following extract,
from the local daily, The Globe Gazette.
: paper which has long rendered substan-
dal support to Post a: q
';U'or o time Saturday morning people
IN the downtown distriot were WONDER
Ing II ]. Pterpont Morgan and bis asso-
ciatcs had come to town. 95 About fifty
fine looking, city-groomed mon. some 1t
them accompanied by exceedingly hand
some and stylish women. were conspttu-
GUS In the streets and hotel Hobbies. There
was much conjecture a. TO the personnel
Of tho strangers, 5 TIL such " III Town
members Of tbs loc1l travelling mons bri-
gade e Henry stearna. George Bowen,
Sam Shilling. liam Biebes. chaA &c.
10 and Z host OF others laid their palms
on the backs of tho strangers ID 1 most
familiar manner and decorat eA them with
| Q beautiful white badge. con alning the
monogram .S r. r. "A. Delegate to tho
Iowa Division Convent ton Fsss The local
contingent OF commercial III missionaries
seemed to deem II q distinct honor to 40
cord liberal ana cordial atsntton 70 their
guests. "A 81 ;S II
I&'--Thd aggreSati ton, during shout three
hours Of strenuous activity, including tbs
local de1eg hon. In thu assembly.room Of
tho court-house, tran SActed the current
business Of tbs orsan1sat ton and 1egisla-
! tion incident thereto. In compliance with
an established custom 70 pass the STATE
Headquarters around among the towns
containing local posts and to such a.
make the strongest pledge In the matter,
5of aotiVo work on bohAN Of III orranisA-
ton. It was tranA cred from Durllngt
where Il has bssn locsted the past two
years, to Cedar RI d.. " A Ri
enthusiastic IN the matter OF soliedh ting
tho State headQuartersFand promised to
double tho membership Of their own post,
from about ono hundred to two hundred,
a. well ~ inaugurate q syvtsmatio en-
livening throughout the State Division,
which should result tn q material increase
during the nsxt year. Since Il ~ essen
clpal officers -of tbs State organization
located at or near the town selected 81
State headquarters, Il was loft to the rep,
resentativss nom Cedar Rapida In order
that they might organize With q view OF
doing tho most good, to present . slate
OF stats officials: State President G g.
Hutchins and Secretary =. g. Koonx
were both quite willing to step down and
out after their two years OF, In every
way. satisfactory service to the organi1a-
ton. III ~ u 85 Viii i38
III The following list lof state otic4als, a.
well - Delegates and altsrnates to the
Forthcoming National Convention ct ln-
much friction: President, ". q. Has
fkell, Cedar Rapids; vice-President, John
+, Rock, Waterloo; Second Vice. Presi-
dent. Jacob Frank Keokuk: Secretary
and Treasurer. Louis Roth, Cedar Rap
IDS; Board Of Directors: =. "a. Brese4, p,
a. Hughes. B. "A. Allan. w. j., Gilllspie,
al Of csdas Rapid. and sam = sh,las,
Railroad, Charles g. Hutchins BurlinG-
ton: Press. Charles Fl. Cello. Mason City.
Employment, b. b. Oliver, Waterloo: Ho-i
!. tel. p. s. Crull. Davenport: Legislative,
: n. r. Brown. Davenport; 64ok ana Re-
Y iet George b. Bowen, Mason Catyi Dele
gates Henry stearns and Thomas Dart
vey, Mason City; J.. c. Pike and r. G.
Gould, Rurlng ton: "a 8. Crull. Daven-
port: g. H, Bingham, Waterloo; John
Cosgrave, Keokuk Aiternates-Chnrle
H.IGelo, Mason CITY: w. J. Forrey, Ce-
dar Rapids: w, A. Paul. Burlington; a..
w. Grams, Davenport: e. b. Oliver. Wat
erloo, George West, Keokuk; g., p. Ttt1-
gerald, Oskalocsa.
Va close investigation and inquiry into
the financial and physical condition Of
the state organization reveals that AL
was in satisfactory condition. In dis
oussing tho various claims for accident to
members that have come up FOR conatd-
Grafton before the State Board Of Dlreo-
tors during the part year, all was satas-
factory, except that the delasates seemed
to be much dissatisfied over tho. treat
ment accorded tho lows Division IN con-
I,ection with one importa ut case from tbs
Davenport Post. Tho amount involved
in that claim was over 800. ana while,
the settlement o. made by the national
organization, was. according to the s1-l
}pjanat!on made by the Davenport score.
tary. fully satisfactory 70 that rost, -
well as to itsinjvrsd member, the dis,
the convention. was on account Of an.
evident slight administered TO the STATE
directors BY the national officials, sincs.
contrary to custom, the State otAcaals
were not consulted, nor was any report
Or explanation made to them by the ma.
tional organization, II was the sense OF
opinion that. while In th!s particular case
the termination was satisfactory, dam
gerous precedent had been established,
The ladies' Of the local Tourist Club,
consisting OF wives OF membsrv OF the
n. p. a., wto arc noted for their ability
as entertainers, during the convention
hours, Ia pleasing manner, entertained
the ladies who had sccornpa!e1 their hus-
bands to the convention. Tho tourists
rendered the visitors . drive about the
city. then repaired to the charming hosns
president OF Post a. whore cards were
the amusement ana dainty luncheon
Post 4 vas host to the delegates during
the hours Intervening from shout s;aQ F.