The National tribune., 1906-08-30


good results. for in May they sent dowr
12-foot dining table. 12 nice chair:
and a beautiful sideboard, all of COLDER
oak; also, IL teaspoons. four large ta'
blespoons and a door-plate bearing tbs
word Wisconsin
Through the efforts of Mrs. Crislel
the Department of Indiana donated 8
quantity of much-needed tableware"
The National Council of Women.
The delegate to the National Council
of Women. Mrs. Emma Stark Hampton
made, as she always does, clear. com
prehensive, concise report of her at
tendance on the executive session oi
that great organization in Toledo. o., in
April, which was attended by Past Ma
tional Presidents of the Woman's Re
lief Corps. Mrs. Flo Jamison Miller
Mrs. Kate Brownlee Sherwood and Mrs
Sarah D. Winans.
Mrs Sherwood was one of six named
on committee to draft suitable resolu-
hons on Miss Susan B. Anthony's death
and prepare general memorial service
For her.
Mrs Hampton was made Chairman
of the Auditing Committee.
Past National President Sarah d.
Winans was named on a committee to
Investigate the condition of women in
Panama. Mrs. Sherwood was made
Chairman of committee to draw up pc
tition to be sent the Russian Govern
ment protesting against the threatened
massacre of Jews at Easter.
Lunch.
In the midst of the discussions of the
color question luncheon was announced.
The lunch room was large enough to
accommodate the nearly 500 members
of the Convention entitled to seats. 1t
was in the basement of the church, and
was very handsomely decorated in yell
low and white, the long white draped
tables being made gay with flowers. In
the center of the room was a long table
for the National officers. Above their
heads was gigantic Relief Corps badge
worked out in electric lights. The menu
was appetizing and soon disposed of by
the hungry delegates. Mrs. Cora B.
Wright, Chairman of the Luncheon
Committee, had 40 assistants, and they
were as delightful a lot of ladies as ever
got together for such service, and Mrs.
Wright had her forces splendidly mar
Bhaled for the arduous duties so grace
tully performed.
Election of Officers.
election Of officers.
The nominees for National President
we're Mrs. Geraldine Frisbie, of Califor
mia; Mrs. Amanda Brown, of Illinois;
Mrs. Abbie A. Adams; Mrs. Carrie r.
Sparklin, of Missouri; Mrs. Kate E.
Jones, of New York; Mrs. Mary L. Gil
man, of Massachusetts,, and Mrs. Me-
lissa Caylor, of Indiana. Mrs. Adams,
Mrs Brown and Mrs. Caylor withdrew
their names. Two ballots were taken
with no election. Then Mrs. Gilman
and Mrs. Frisbie left the field to Mrs.
Eparklin and Mrs. Jones, with the result
that Mrs. Sparklin received 16 majority
out Of a total vote of 435, the whole vote
Of the Convention, and was declared
elected.
The nominations were all made with
flow Of oratory which would have
done Demosthenes proud, but almost
helped to defeat the object, because it
was hot, and the Convention really did
not want to go into election of officers
1T that late hour. All the nominees
were excellent women, as we'll fitted for
the Office sought, but their campaigns
were manipulated to a skillful finish.
Without much controversy or contest
Mrs. Orpha D. Bruce, of Florida, was
elected Senior Vice President. The 9TH
er officers elected were:
Junior Vice President, Helen Pack
ard, Oregon.
Secretary-Treasurer, Charlotte E.
Wright, Connecticut.
Chaplain. Hannah Maxon, Ohio
Members of the Executive Board,
Mary r. Morgan, Mary F. Simmonton,
Nebraska; Ida K. Martin, Minneapolis;
Henrietta Briscoe, Maryland; Mrs. H.
Merrith, Maine.
Andersonville Prison Board, life
member, Elizabeth A. Turner, Msssa-
rhusetts; Abbie Adams, Nebraska; Lo-
dusky ]. Taylor, South Dakota; D. Wi
mans, Allaseba Nj. Bliss.
The corps of officers elected Is a good |
one.
Many questions of importance came
before the Convention during the ses-
Bions, but they were impauently showed |
through with little or no discussion, the |
delegates being anxious to attend to
other matters.
The Color Line.
The recommendation of the National
President that hereafter no charters be |
Issued to colored Detached Corps was
almost unanimously voted down, the |
trend of discussion being that this was
a recommendation at war with our
principles as an organizations; that we |
had recognized the right of colored
Corps to form, and that we could not
consistently with OUT laws and code of
ethics withhold from deserving colored |
members the right to form Corps. Many
who opposed such recommendation |
declared that they knew of white Corps
where the disregard of rules and regu-
1ations was just about the limit, and
Mrs. Ball, of Potomac declared that
class distinction should not be called in |
the Woman's Relief Corps without her
protest. Another recommendation that |
for certain evasions of the rules colored
charters should be arbitrarily revoked |
was also voted down, as class distinc- |
ton, and because 1t was considered that |
the National President had the right |
under the Constitution of the Order TO |
revoke all charters as she saw fit.
Resolutions.
In the matter of resolutions very few |
were adopted, and those were of a |
minor character. Some one was still |
seeking to vent ill-timed spite on pa
triotic organizations, and desired to |
make 1t impossible for a member of the |
Woman's Relief Corps TO be a delegate
to any other convention meeting at the
same time and place as the Woman's
Relief Corps. This being class legisla- |
ton, was voted down as it was last year. |
The introducers of the Flag work are
still tnkering with X seven years after |
Its adoption, and all color bearers will |
hereafter lift the folds of the Flag |
when reciting their charges. A resolu- |
ton to that effect was presented, and |
Mrs Emma Il. Wallace, whose daugh- |
ter, Miss Katie Wallace, introduced the |
Flag work and exemplified It at Buffalo. |
made the statement that It was intend |
ed that this should be done from the
first. Last year II was decided in the
Denver Convention that the color bear
leave their ElapS in tho