The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-05-20
CLUBWOMEN ENJOY
POLITICAL CONTEST
State Federation Agitated Over
Question of Who Shall Be-
come Next President
Sacramento and Santa Barbara
Delegates Work Hard for
Meeting in 1910

tics, and yet more politics marked the
opening today of the annual state fed
GRAFTON OF women's clubs, but all of the
discussions as to future officers are as
vague and vacillating as the Monterey
sea fogs
At present it looks as though q land
slide would place Mrs. Hume again in
the presidents chair, and as if her few
opponents would be buried in the over
whelming avalanche.
The sensation of today seems to be
the announcement that Mrs. oliver G.
Bryant of Los Angeles would not per-
nit her name to be presented as cam
didate for the presidency, and the ru-
NOR that a dark horse for the office of
chief executive was TO be entered from
the Alameda district.
Mrs. Bryant's i'll health is given as
the reason for her withdrawal but
there are apparently wheels within
wheels. Even if Mrs. Bryant's health
permitted it is doubtful if her support
ers would have presented her name UNI
less the proposed change of the consti
tuition We're settled.
OBSTACLE IN CONSTITUTION
Los Angeles. it is said. wants to send
a state president from it's section to the
next biennial convention of the general
federation to be held in Cincinnati May
II, 1910. The state constitution, since
the change made in February, 1907,
provides that the California federation
shall meet during May so that there
would not be sufficient time to meet
and elect new president who would
go on to the biennial. Another change
of constitution providing that the state
federation shall convene one month be-
fore the biennial is to be voted on to-
morrow. and should this be passed the
president elected this year will give up
her office next April and her successor
will go to Cincinnati.
Should this proposed change be de-
feated. however. there would be an
other complicati ton to the detriment of
Mrs. Hume's candidacy for a second
year. She attended the biennial
year ago and should she be reelected
until next May she would have to go
again or no one would represent Cali
fornia because the two conventions
must occur almost simultaneously.
MRS. HUME MAY DECLINE
1t is said that if the proposed change
is defeated Mrs. Hume will decline the
nomination.
The situation is so complicated at
present that the proverbial Philadel-
phia lawyer could only await further
developments.
One rumor is that the southern Cali
fornia delegation is willing to forego
all claims to the presidency this year,
only STIMULATING that Mrs. 5. M. Davis,
who has been president of the south
ern district for the last year, be made
state vice president
The DISCONTINUED members who are
supposed to advocate another presi-
dent from the Alameda district, which
provided Mrs. Hume. are said to be
preparing to push the cause of Mrs.
George Z. Plummer, who has figured
during the last year as chairman of the
federation pin committee.
Whether Mrs. Plummer would accept
the nomination should it be offered
her is another doubtful question. her
amendment to be voted upon tomorrow
deals with the matter of voting for
state officers The new rule will do
away with all preliminaries if only
one ticket be presented and the secre-
tary Will cast the necessary ballot for
election.
OZARK HORSE" NEEDS SUPPORT
Nominations. others than those re-
sulting from the deliberations of that
committee must be presented with the
signatures of 25 indorsing delegates,
and the convention members will vote.
This tends to necessitate a substantial
following for a dark horse to secure
admission.
Another question which is causing
much agitation is that of the next
meeting place of the state federation
both Sacramento and Santa Barbara
coveting the honor and each having
many supporters.
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ton that ii is eight years since the
state capital has had the honor of en-
pertaining the clubwomen, but the adj
herents of Santa Barbara retort that
they have never had it. From present
indications it would seem that the
southern city will get the meeting par
ticularly as all the southern California
delegations are working for it. River
side had intended to extend an invi-
tation, but withdrew in favor of Santa
Barbara.
PRESIDENTS HOLD COUNCIL
The formal opening of the convention
this morning was preceded by the coun-
Gil of presidents, under the leadership
of Mrs. Robert Porter Hill. They dis
cussed How Federation Work in the
Districts Might be Magnified"
Among those participating in the dis
cussion and onerlng suggestions We're
Mrs B. F. Walton, Mrs Cora e. Jones
Mrs. f. D. Buss. Mrs. n. j. Waters. Mrs.
Lowell White, Mrs. Winston of Pacific
Grove. Nine. Tojetti and Mrs Kate A
Buckley. The consensus of opinion was
that there was need of better ac-
quaintance between the district officers
and the clubs and of more business
like attention to details of federation
work.
SPEECHES OF WELCOME
The call TO order of the entire con-
vention was followed by an invoca
ton by Rev. j. D. n. Williams After
this came the addresses of greeting
from Mrs. II. \. Yates of the Pacific
Grove club, Mrs. Davis of the Monterey
civic club. r. H. Wiley, city attorney
of Monterey, and w. H. Hill, acting
mayor of Pacific Grove, all of which
embodied the warmest hospitality.
Mrs. William Baurhyte, the state vice
president, responded. saying that she.
too, brought greetings from southern
California, where the sun had not shone
for two months, contrary to all tradi-
ton
Graceful little speeches were made
also by Mrs. ]. w. Orr. Mrs E. D.
Buss. Mrs. Robert Porter Hill and Mrs.
p Hume the latter of ubon, -