The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-05-08

vice president. and as Mrs. AplingtoR
vas known as candidate on the Cow
ley ticket this determination ON the pars
of Mrs Smith was looked upon as an
evidence of unfriendliness to Mrs.
Lewis. Not until the morning of the
election it is said, did Mrs. Smith re.
nounce her intention Of keeping her
promise to Mrs. Arlington TO second her
nomination for vice president, and Mrs
Long IS known to have been the medl-
aIor who persuaded Mrs Smith to givS
II up and go home Thursday mOrninR,
and thus preserve peace and friendlinesz
in the Seventh district. Mrs. Long also
acted as mediator between the new
president and the retiring president.
Mrs. w. A Johnston, in the matter Oh
the appointment Of the new standing
committees of the federation Mrs
Lewis and her managers were prepared
to make fight in the convention to give
the new president the right TO name the.
women who viii serve on the standing
committees during her term of office
These have hitherto been named by the
retiring presidents. but the constitution
does not so provide. and the convent fion
could have voted to give Mrs Lewis the
authority. But this could only have.
been brought about after bitter
struggle, if at all. and Mrs Lewis and
her cOunSelOrs wisely agreed an the
solicitation of Mrs. Long. to avoid frjc.
ton and accept the nominations Of this
Old executive board. 1t was said that.
the retiring executive board agreed upoR
the appointment Of the new commit
tees fully six weeks ago. but subnaiffeh
10 compromise and conferred with the.
members Of the new board in the mat.
Ter OF the appointments. which were
made Thursday night.
Mrs Alice Haldelmann who made the
report OF the committee on state chart
ties and corrections of which she Is
chairman is a sister of Miss lane
A Cd9D1G "a Ir1Il
report was especially concerned with
the Girls Industrial Training school
at Beloit which is one of the charges
OF the federation. A number of the
elups ana district federations reported
contributions of books and pictures to
the Institution. Mrs. Haldermann also
went before the federation Thursday
afternoon with resolutions in memory
OF Mrs A. H. Thompson of Topeka
whose death last winter was such a
loss to the Kansas club interests.
A good deal has been heard at this
meeting about the s'Leavenworth
agreement" In fact it has been one
of the campaign arguments of the
Seventh district. Two years ago at the
annual meeting of the federation at
Leavenworth, the Seventh district sent
a large delegation to. support Mrs. Sal
lie F. Toler of Wichita for president.
Mrs. Toler's friends had been promised
the office for her at Junction City two
years before. But when they reached
Leavenwortn and found that it would
be impossible to defeat Mrs w. Al.
J Johnston, who had the support of the
First district beside that of her own.
the Fourth. it was agreed between their
leaders and the Third district delega-
ton that the Seventh district would
support Mrs. Florence COWleY of Col
uInhus for auditor if at IeavenwOrth
AIRS. CowleY's district, the Third, would
be for Mrs. Mrs. Ioler for president in
two years. Mrs. ToIer refused to ac-
cept the nomination this year. although
she was perslstentIy importuned by
the women of the district to repre-
sent them and the Chy1sCe fell upon Mrs.
Lewis of KinsIey, who was nominated
at the district federation meeting at
Great BEND last october. Shortly af-
terwards the Third district delegation
brought out Mrs Florence COwley Of
Columbus and when they were remind
ed of their promise to the Seventh at
Leavenworth they answered tnat the
agreement held only in case of the
nomination of Mrs. Toler and not of
anv other Seventh district woman. The
Seventh district insisted that the Ihlrd
was under a moral obligation to sup
port Mrs Lewis since she was Mrs.
Toler's choice for the office and feel
that the outcome of yesterday S eIecuon
justif1es their action.
Mrs. Lewis. the new president has
gone on record at the beginning OF her
administration on the matter of the
appointment of the new members CT
standing committees of the tedaraJlOp
Mrs. Lewis feels very strongly that each
executive board should be permitted %
name its own committee chairmen and
thus have every opportunity to do ef-
fective work in the performance of her
of7iciaf duties The constitution says
the committees shall be named by the
executive board but does not say
whether it shall be the incoming or out
going board. Hitherto the outgoing
b,,t the revision of the constitution next
year will probably provide for more
explicit bylaw on this subject. Mrs
Lewis has announced, however, that
when she retires from office two years
hence she viii not claim the privileg
of her predecessors but will leave the
appointment of the new committees to
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