The log cabin Democrat., 1911-03-16
". O. W. CONVENTION ENDS.
 AT HOT SPRINGS IN 1913

and instructions to the delegates elect ed to it from the Arkansas head camp. Several of the resolutions re- ported precipitated spirited debate, but all were adopted or rejected by decisive majorities.
 A resolution which brought out con- siderable oratory, but which was with drawn in the face of a clearly ad- verse sentiment, was reported with out recommendation by the committee. It provided for the erection on the a log cabin to be used as headquarters for Woodmen visiting the fair and to be built by voluntary contributions from camps over the state. Its adop- tion was moved by Sovereign Reed of Hot Springs, who withdrew the mo- tion after several speeches against it had been made.
 Another resolution voted down ov- erwhelmingly was one instructing the
 Arkansas delegates to favor the move
 ment to erect a home for aged and
 indigent Woodmen and orphans of
 Woodmen at Lyons, Ia., as a memorial
 to Sovereign Commander Joseph Gull | len Root, the founder of the order.
 Head Consul-elect w. H. Rector op-
 posed the proposition on account of
 the fact that it levied an assessment ! of 50 cents on each member of the
 order and J. G. Sain made an eloquent | appeal for it's passage.
 Other resolutions adopted during 1 the morning session were the follow
 ing: Providing that the number and
 name of the camp to which deceas- ed member belonged shall be carved on the monument erected at his grave;
 recommending a change of the basis of representation in the sovereign head camp, in order that it may be equally distributed; fixing the bonds of the head clerk and head banker at $500 each, the banker to give an ad- ditional bond covering the amount of the per capita tax; recommending that on the death of an insane mem- Der the amount of his dues paid by his camp shall be deducted from his 1 insurance policy and returned to the camp; recommending that the sover- py, Golnnofac lyiro tbai, compensation greater than $10 per diem and 10 cents mileage; authoriz- ing the head camp banker to draw warrants for the cost of printing for the head clerk and the incidental ex- penses of the head consul; adopting the biennial report of the head con- sul; commenting De E. Bradshaw on his election as sentry of the sovereign head camp and instructing the Ar kansas delegation to work for his re- election, adopted by rising vote; ap- proving and appreciating the services of State Manager Phillip Miller.
 The committee on per diem and mileage reported that each delegate to the head camp would be allowed $6 for each day he was in attendance and four cents for each mile travelled. This is by far the largest compensa- tion ever received by the delegates and is due to the larger per capita tax and growth in membership in- creasing the funds of the head camp Head Banker A. R. Stover has been busily engaged all day issuing checks to the delegates for their mileage and per diem, about 5000 having pre- viously been deposited in the Bank of Conway for this purpose.
 A delegation from the Woodmen Circle visited the convention ahll of the Woodmen of the World, and in- formed the head camp they had decid- ed to recommend Hot Springs as their choice of the next meeting place. Greetings to the auxiliary from the Woodmen were extended in a happy address by Otis T. Wingo, and an ap- proprlate response was made by Mrs. Lulu T. Markwell, grand guardian of the circle.
 Just prior to the noon adjournment the election of the alternate delegates to the sovereign head camp was taken up. K. H. Sanders of Little Rock was unanimously elected to the position of first alternate, and motion prevailed that the next five receiving the high est vote below that of those elected as regular delegates be chosen as a ter mates. This motion resulted in the election of the following as alternate delegates.
 The election of head managers was