Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-05-20
RIVAL NOMINEES
ARE SCATTERING
No General Ticket Placed in
Field by Opponents of
R.N.A. Slate.
SOME SURPRISES DEVELOP
Presentation of Names From Floor of
Convention Accompanied by
Demonstrations.

No complete opposition ticket was
placed in the field when the call for
the nominations for the % supreme
officers of the Royal Neighbors of
America was made toward the close Of
the session of the supreme camp yes
terday afternoon.
As the name of each raadlia.e was
presented there was waving If flags
and loud demonstration. With few
exceptions the present supreme Off
GERS and the candidates they favored
for the other positions Were the only
nominations made.
Mrs Myrtle Dade Schoessel of Rock
Island was nominated third in order
of the supreme board of managers.
She is among six, of whom five were
to be elected.
There were a few surprises when
the nominations were made. Princi-
pal among these was the withdrawal
of Mrs. Alice Stevenson of Broken
Bow, Neb., candidate for receiver.
Mrs. Betty Hubbel of Fowler, Colo,
however, not mentioned previously as
being in the race for this office, was
presented as a candidate Mrs. Alice
G. Nash of Minneapolis, Mimi, whose
candidacy has been announced for
some time past and who came to this
city with a strong delegation of work
ers from the north and the northwest,
was aSo nominated for this Office.
Has Two Rivals.
Mrs. Pearl Morgan of Elizabeth
town, KY, who has been supreme mar
shall for the last three years, is OPP
posed by two candidates. While the
Office is not among the principal ones,
yet the candidates for the position
worked hard last evening and this
morning in lining up votes. Mrs. Clara
Weisner of Sheridan. Wyo., and Mrs.
Mary Murray of Aberdeen, S. D.. were
named in opposition to the Kentucky
woman.
Mrs Mary Z. Arnholdt of Peoria,
who on Sunday evening arrived with
a corps OF workers to assist her in
her campaign for member of the
board of supreme auditors. was named
as candidate for that position. The |
of the three ladies having held |
the Offices for the last three years !
were dioo picochtcu' duOihS "dI MIN |
TO the fight for this Office, to which |
three were to be elected. The SUI
preme auditors now holding office are: !
Mrs. Ella Foster of Chandler, Okla. |
Mrs. Fannie B. Volz of Indianapolis. |
Ind, and Mrs. Luella Eslaman of |
Staunton, Ill.
Besides the office of the supreme re- /
ceiver. now held by Mrs. Carrie Frank
in of Albany, n. Y, and which. ac-
,ording to the constitution, is one
which cannot be filled by reelection of
he incumbent, the occupants of three
)ther offices will be changed as a re-
suit of the nominations yesterday aft
,rnoon.
Mrs. Betty Hubbell of Fowler. Colo.
vas not candidate TO succeed her
elf in the position OF supreme vice
'racle, having been nominated for the
'ffice of supreme receiver Mrs Ellie
;. Curry of Denver. Colo. WIS chosen
he lone candidate for supreme vice
racle. thus retaining for Colorado that
flee
Is Not Candidate.
Mrs. Mae Morgan of Wheeling. w.
"a, was named candidate for supreme
nner sentinel to succeed Mrs. May
Buchanan of Moscow. Idaho. Mrs.
.ulu Hawley of Santa Rosa. Cal, not {
cling candidate for reelection. Mrs.