The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-24
MRS. E. B. MCGOWAN WINS
HER FIGHT FOR LEADERSHIP
CATHOLIC WOMEN
REFLECT PRESIDENT
Mrs. Mary E. CosteIIoe Loses
I'm Race for Head of
Association

After one of the bitterest fights in
the history of the order Mrs. E.. B.
MCGOWAN, of Buffalo, n. Y. was re-
elected president of the Ladies' Cath
Ollie Benevolent association at its ses-
sion in the Peoples church yesterday
afternoon.
Mrs. McGowan's victory over Mrs.
Mary E. Costelloe was decisive, and
to an extent the result is supposed to
foreshadow what will occur in the
contests for the other leading offices.
1t is commended that her election is an
Endorsement of the policy of the adj
ministration of the association, and
this claim was to an extent borne out
later in the session when Mrs. Mary
A. Flanagan was reelected first vice
president over her opponent, Mrs.
Maria Quinn.
All of the delegates in the conVen-
ton were interested in the outcome of
the election of supreme president, and
when the ballot was taken the an
nouncement of the result was awaited
with the greatest anxiety. For some
months the contest has waxed hot,
with the result that the delegates and
even the visitors had grown to regard
the outcome as the one great event of
the convention.
The announcement of the vote was
received in almost breathless silence
1t showed that Mrs. MCGOWAN had re-
ceiVed 40 votes. as compared with
297 for Mrs. Costelloe, giving Mrs.
MCGOWAN a majority of 173. The an
nouncement of the ballot was received
with applause.
Elect Vice President
Though the nominating speeches
and the balloting had consumed much
of the afternoon session it was de-
cided to take up the election of a first
vice president. This position was also
warmly contested many of the fea-
lures entering into the fight for SUI
preme president also being features
in this election. The result of the
ballot showed that though Mrs. Mary
A. Flanagan, of Cleveland, Ohio, the
first vice president for the past seven
years, had again been elected, she
went in by much more narrow mar
gin than did Mrs. MCGOWAN. Mrs.
Flanagan received 40S votes, as COM
pared with $40 for Mrs Maria Quinn
of Newark, giving Mrs. Flanagan a
majority of SO.
Mrs. MCGOWAN, who has been presi-
dent OF the organization for the fiji
teen years since its organization, and
has seen the society grow from MEM
bership of 1900 to about $4,000, held
an informal reception at the Ryan no.
tel last evening, receiving the congrat-
ulations of the members. All the bit
terness Of the contest was laid aside
and Mrs MCGOWAN warmly congratu-
lated upon the victory she had achiev-
ed in the face of a campaign that had
grown warmer as the election ap-
preached.
The position is worth the contest
made for it, the salary attached being
$4,000 d year, and the election good
for two years. Mrs. MCGOWAN took
her reelection modestly, saying that
she considered the result vindication
of the administration of affairs in the
past, for much of which she was re-
sponsible. The first vice president
does not receive salary.
There are several other positions
carrying with them good salaries, for
which there are contests, and on the
outcome of these the result of yester-
days election is supposed to have con-
siderable influence. Most important is
that for supreme recorder, a position