The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-06-26
biennial is in Session.

is in Session.
The eleventh biennial convention Of
the General Federation of Women S
clubs was opened in San Francisco
yesterday and gives promise of being
the most animated gathering club
women OF III" United States have Yet
had. Following is an extract taken
from the first report of the big gather
ing sent out from the California city.
ana which will he of interest to North
i'akota club women in view of the fact
that 1t has four delegates in attend
ance, Mrs. \. G.. Young of Fargo. Mrs.
Frank White of Valley City. Mrs.
charles T.. Wolfe of Wahpeton, and
Mrs. Silver Serulnelrd OF Devils Lake.
With 5000 women present, 5000
OF them delegates from every rorne
of this colntr and from overseas.
the eleventh biennial convention of
the General Federation OF Women's
cluhs opened here today.
"Th" federation held It's frs: council
meeting. prior t" the formal opening
this evening. at the Palace hotel. with
Mrs. Philip North Moore. president of
the n%arj"nni ~.o.i"rati"p. presiding.
From the great wumcn's organiza-
tons. Xix" tn" :i0ro.is al New York, to
the iemnt">I sima}l-t"An cub of the
mtddi" W"Sl. Their" MAS hardly a wo-
man "r-aIizati"n i'll This ountrN
that Wts NOT represented by its presi-
'i"nt at this council FOR the first dis
~CllSslpl ~! campaign plans that are to
stir tn,. biennial Tho PENNSYLVANIA
plan and general revision Of the by
laws, ncW resolutions tn he Introduced.
endowment plans for the year where
tv the W"m"ns clubs will education-
ailN assist glrls all over this
;h,. Olson scion ,f tha faIar,t;o~
flower and badge, all came up at this
meeting for the approval of the wo-
mon who represent the federation club
m
a great meeting to formally
open the convention this evening. after
the Invocation by DR.. Luella Clay Car
son. president of Mills college. Mrs.
Moore will Introduce Mrs. f.. G.. Den
niston. president of the local biennial
board, as the presiding officer of the
evening. Mayor James Rolph will
welcome the great delegation in the
name Of San Francisco. Then in the
name Of the whole west, the Pacific
coast. north and south and the Pa
ciflc northwest. the brilliant assemb-
lase Will be welcomed over again.
Mrs. Sarah S. Platt Decker. the
noted Colorado slffragist, said today
that the Very fact that California. the
latest suffrage state, with its genuine
accomplishments behind il, is enter
tanning tho biennial. will turn the
tide in favor of the adoption of this
resolution almost by acclaim. Mrs.
Carrie chapman Gait. now in the
the resolution. cannot be present. 1t
is thought that either Mrs. Decker or
Miss S~ophonisba breckenridge. the
New York s%utfraEist. who is counting
on the Endorsement in next Years New
York suffrage fight. will appeal to the
5000 delegates for the Endorsement
this week.
The PENNSYLVANIA plan is the reor-
SANITATION of the federation into a
congress. the senate TO he composed of
state presidents. state secretaries and
convention delegates: and the house
tn he composed of delegated members
from every individual club, each body
to be presided over by a vice presi-
dent of the general federation. while
the president of the federation is the
general manager of the whole.
There is tremendous opposition to
this plan. especially by the western
wing. who consider IT olisarc1ic in
tendency. They say that the obscure
club will he virtually nonresident as
far as voice in the government OF the
federation goes.
The contest OVER this matter of
government has made even the cleo
ton of the next president a matter of
lesser Importance. Philip Carpenter.
the brilliant New Yorker. for eight
years a practicine attorney. president
of h New York women's LAWYERS
club and past president of the Sorosis
cluh will swing the powerful eastern
delegations i'm her favor, with a small
section of the west. including Cali
fornia. in the forecast. Mrs. Carpenter
was a Miles college girl. and for many
years a Californian. She has many
friends throughout this state.
Mrs. Percy V. Pennvbacker, the
popular Texas club woman. is likely to
rally the votes of the solid south and
the middle western clubs around her,
the politicians say. Mrs. Penny
hacker, A gifted woman the author of
the text books used in the public
schools of Texas, and one of the hard
est workers on the endowment plan of
me general federation. is considered
by many the logical president. The
fact that through Mrs. Pennybacker
the largest amount raised by any state
Tor endowment came from Texas, car
ries weight with many of the dele
gates.
These two leaders today laughed
over the rivalry which they have each
sworn will make no difference in their
long friendship"
Synod Aid Meeting.
The Ladies' Aid society of the
synod Lutheran church will be en-
tertained Thursday afternoon at 2:3o
T. II. Tharaldson will he hostess and
All members are invited