The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-06-16

Park. Indianapolis VS.. Minneapolis.
Evening-Vaudeville and boxing
match at Empire Theater.
Evening-Eugene Cowles at Fair
Bank.
Four hundred and sixty-nine delegates OF
the Modern Woodmen of America, repre-
senting a membership of more than seven
hundred thousand. will begin this morning
the thirteenth biennial convention OF the
Head Camp in Tomlinson Hall.
This convention will be one of the most
important gatherings Of the Head Camp
during the past ten years. IL not equal in
Importance to any convention the order has
ever held.
question will be the biggest event of the
convention outside the election of officers,~
| which is always of more general personal
interest than any other thing on the pro-
gramme.
Unusual interest attaches to the thirteenth
biennial convention because the woodmen
are divided into two factions-the admin
istration faction. which has a plan on foot
TO increase the insurance rate, and which
is thought to be the most influential, and
the Johnson faction, which is lined up
against the administration faction in the
election. and is opposing the administration
plan of readjusting rates.
The first event of particular interest out
side the routine business will be the contest
between the two sets of delegates from
Kansas. Each delegation claims the right
to seats on the floor of the convention, and
neither has been issued credentials by Head
Clerk Hawes. Representatives OF both del
| egations were before the credentials COM
mittee yesterday afternoon and last night
presenting their claims to seats. Ii has not
| been announced what will be the outcome
of the hearing. But whatever the creden-
tials committee does 1t is expected that the
delegates who are not seated will take their
case to the convention for final settlement.
The election continued yesterday to be the
| absorbing topic Of interest. and last night
| all the state delegations held caucuses.
| Jointly or separately. Just what decision,
as whole, the delegations reached as TO
what candidates they will stand for has
| not been given out, but IL is thought Mr.
| Talbot, of Nebraska, who is the adminis-
| tration candidate for head consul. and Mr..
| Bort. OF Wisconsin, who Is the administrn-
| tion candidate for head banker, still lead
| the fight
| The order Of business for the opening ses-
sion of the convention includes the opcnIn,,
address of Head Clerk Halves. the reports
| of the head officials. and the appointment
| of standing committees. 1t could not be
| told last night whether the convention
| would get to the election to-day or not.
CROWDS OF wooDMEN.
In point of attendance IL is certain that
| indianapolis never entertained a larger
| convention than that of the woodmen. All
the hotels are full to overfowing with the
delegates and the visiting Woodmen and
every place one goes down town there can
be seen crowds OF the men wearing the
red. white and green. the woodmen colors
1t may be that the foods in Kansas and
Missouri. two States In which the order
has very large memberships, will tend
/ somewhat TO lessen the attendance. but IL
| now seems certain that before the end OF
the week there will be fully 5o.oo Wood
| men In indianapolis.
Al day yesterday Woodmen kept pouring
| into the Union Station in parties of twen-
| ty. fifty and 100 and in special trains. The
of the city this week and Indianap polls might
as well throw UP its hands and consent
When the convention is called TO order
| every one of the 469 delegates will be in
| his seat This statement was given out
| from the official headquarters of the con-
vention at the Hotel ClayDool late last
| night.
That E r. Talbot. OF Nebraska. the ad-
/ ministration candidate. will be elected by a
| large majority, ana tnat a ~. Bort, or
| Beloit, Wis. who Is the administration
| factions candidate for the Office OF head
| banker. the other most important position
1 in the Head Camp. outside the head clerk
| ship. to which Major Halves will be elected
! without opposition, now seems almost an
| assured fact.
| NEBRASKA JUBILANT
The Nebraska delegation so certain
of victory last night that when IL returned
to the lobby of the Hotel claypooi. after
being in caucus with other Western States,
IL gave a prediction celebration. Several
| States which were not I'm line with the ad-
| ministration candidates-or had not off,
cially announced the fact-fell into line
| last night and announced their intention Of
/ standing solidly for Talbot and Bort.
\ George NJ Snyder. OF Noblesvile. IND.
| quietly passed the word around last night
| at the Hotel Claypool that he will with
| draw from the for the head banker
| ship. in favor OF Mr.. Bort. This leaves the
| field practically clear for Bort. IL Is said
Mr.. Snyder realizes that there Is no
| chance OF defeating Mr.. Bort this year"
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