The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-05-25
CLUBS
DEBAR MORMONS
IMPORTANT AMENDMENT IN IN
MISUNDERSTANDING MOTION.
Parliamentary Tactics We're on Trial
and Were the Cause OF Many Anus
ing Incidents-Mrs. j. @. Buchanan
of Minneapolis Was Appointed
Chairman OF Tellers for the Elec-

Correspondence Of Tho Journal
st. Louis, May 26.-With the election Of
officers and the business of the general
federation convention, parliamentary tao
tics are on trial. When substitute mo-
ton had been made. an amendment to the
amendment had been discovered, and the
previous question called. a delegate in the
rear Of the room asked upon What?"
An innocent appearing motion which
was unanimously carried, the president,
Mrs. Denison. announcing that there were
mo nos" effectually debars all those af-
the federation in the future, whether po-
lygamists or not. The clever phraseology
of the bylaws concealed the real purport
Of the amendment from most Of the vot-
ers.
This is something like the missing label
in the Nebraska building. which caused
an exhaustive hunt for honey. After look
Ing YEARLY thru the agricultural exhibits,
the honey was found among the minerals,
labeled Oxide of Honey and Iron" Well,
sweetness and irony make a peculiar
combination.
The voting strength Of the convention IL
96i. The wording Of this amendment
was that mo one Of its members affiliated
with any organization which tolerates
either by practice or teaching the vio-
latiou Of state laws may be admitted -
This does not expel any Mormon already
affiliated, but prevents such future apple
Giants from joining.
The only member, OF the Mormon church
who Is a delegate to the seventh biennial
is a teacher of literature in the Brigham
Young university.
At another time, blonde northern del
egate was with southern brunette, dis
paraging the practice of wire pulling. Az
ter emphatically denouncing the practice.
they both said, Now we must begin to
~>s,n u, >l~->A o. -
Lobbying in the foyers Of the Odeon,
committee rooms. state departments and
the corridors Of the large hotels, became
intensely active as the merits of the vari-
GUS candidates for office are presented by
their friends. Candidates who have posi-
lively declined nomination or reelection
have been persuaded to reconsider, and so
the excitement fuctuates at different
times. Minnesota has been honored by
the election Of Mrs. J. G. Buchanan. well
known for her parliamentary knowledge,
as chairman Of the tellers for election.
In a convention whose interests reach
from ocean to ocean. and from Mime
sofa to the gulf, 1t Is most natural that
there should be great number Of press
representatives among its members, who
seem quite up to their professional priv
leges in discovering points Of vital inter-
est.
The strain Of business is happily re-
lieved by the delightful receptions to
which the members are SO cordially In
v1ted. and the hospitality Of the beautiful
hostesses Of st. Louis, who have made
such elaborate preparations for our enter
tainment has been most highly appreci-
ated and will long remain delightful
| memory. It is hoped that they may not
share the fate of the hostess of the Texas
building who was obliged to carry hel
arm In a sling from partial paralysis or
the day following the Louisiana purchase
| day.
| The convention puts itself on record BY
unanimously declaring for the enactment
of state laws against the dissertation Of
the national flag, as well as for its ed.
forcement. -Martha-C. Wells.