The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-05-09
CONVENTION HEARS REPORTS
Secretary's Report Shows Post c Has
435 Members, While State Roster
Of 28 Posts Lists 6,638 Names

hHOChcTS OTSduILdIlOu. UuI d oOSiCy
of boosters and that Richmond people
were glad to welcome and meet them.
He said he was very sorry they had
to arrive in the city in the midst of
heavy. rain storm but explained that
the federal weather dopesters were
SO busy yesterday with the White
House wedding and the Mexican trou-
bles that the work had been left to
the local weather experts who had
made muddy mess" of the job.
SeideI Speaks.
George E. Seidel. president Of the
Richmond Commercial Club. was then
called upon and he also extended .
hearty greeting to the travellers.
He referred to the fact that Arnold
Bennetts the famous English writer,
had proclaimed that business was the
romance of America. and he said Ar
mold might have added that the trav-
cling men of this country were for
the most part responsible for this
great romance.
Mr.. Seidel then suggested a feder-
alton of the various organizations of
travelling men. He said the CONNER
cial bodies has formed such a national
federation and that it had been a
great power in securing desirable
legislation and other reforms. He
said a federation of travelling mems
organizations would be an equally
powerful agent for business and So
cial reforms and would have a men,
bership of between 100000 and
100000. He also made it plain that
by forming such a federation none of
the subordinate organizations would
lose it's identity.
In conclusion Mr. SeideI expressed
the hope that this progressive move
ment would originate in a convention
of very progressive men and in a very
progressive city "In fact" went on
Mr.. Seidel. I'VE are so progressive
here the Progressive party elected a
mayor last fall"
Progressive Cheers.
Judging from the storm of applause
which greeted this remark about nine
tenths of the men in the big hall are
ardent Bull Moosers. 1t was a
unique feature of the convention.
In response to the addresses of vel
come by Mayor Robbins and Mr.. Sci
del, President A. d. Gorrell of the In
diana division spoke.
NO city has ever extended us a
more cordial welcome" said Mr.. Cor
rell, and he was interrupted by ap
plause.
AT the national convention at Rich
mond. Va. we formed the impression
that that city was the most hospitable
in the country, but il has rival in
our own Richmond. Ind.
Richmond will be fully repaid for
the way it has received and entertain
ed for our members, who travel all
over the country, will sound its praises
wherever they go. This will go down
in history as the greatest convention
the Indiana division ever held"
President Gorrell then appointed the
various convention committees, and
while they were at work brief ad-
dresses were made by National Secre-
tary T. S. Logan, and W. o. Hudson.
national director.
Mr.. Hudson caused laugh when he
said the convention was so harmoni-
Gus that il had selected it's new Of
ficers a week before the convention
convened.
kilograms Read.
kilograms of greeting were them
read from the North Carolina, Virginia
and Missouri divisions.
w. ID. Chambers, secretary and trea-
Surer or the inolana DIVISION, MADE an
interesting report. He showed the to-
tai membership of the twenty-eight
posts on May 1, 1914, was 6.63S. Post
c. of Richmond. has a membership OF
435.
The receipts for the year were ssa.-
960.14, and disbursements. s74.945.33,
with a balance on hand April 1, $12.-
014.S1. Number of claims paid, 2S6;
amount of claims. $50, 1863
President A D. Gorrell. OF the In
diana division. submitted a brief but
interesting report. He thanked the
state officers for their work during
the year, and showed an increase of
1.036 in the membership.
1t cost the division s2,155.51 more to
held the convention in Richmond this
year than the one held at Peoria, Ill.
last year. the report shows. The presi-
dent made a number of visits to posts
during the years. There was $500 do
mated to the Homer T. Wilson fund.
One new post. BIB. of Goshen. was
organized. He concluded with the
statement that the division was in
very satisfactory condition.