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4 h 3C3Jb51 aUZMSMiUa The Omaha Sunday Bee. PART III. PAGES 1Q TO 26. ft ESTABLISHED JUNK 10, 1871. OMAHA, SUNDAY MOKNIN'O, APRIL G, 1902. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS. CO-OPERATIVE HOME BUILDING Preparation! for the Annual Meeting of the Nebraska State League. PAST ACTIVITIES AND FUTURE PROSPECTS lorn of the Resalts of United Actloa Twulf Ir.rt' Life of One Amo olatlan Local Evldenc of Proaperlty. The eleventh annual convention of the Nebraska Bute Lenguo of Local Loan ant) Building Associations will be held at South Omaha April 29. Preparations for the meeting are well under war. South Omaha association men are determined to make the meeting a memorable one both In warmth of welcome and In local attend ance. The addresses and p&pera arranged for Insure a program of unusual Interest pot only to association men, but to home makers generally, and for this reaeon It la proposed to transform the convention lato general public meeting. Elmer E. Bryson, secretary of the league, In his official call urges every association In the state to send representatives to the meeting. Scarcely a third of the local as sociations In the state affiliate actively with the league, consequently the labor and ex pense of protecting the interests of co operative home builders are borne by the few, while the many loll on the back seat and garner a share of the fruits of aggres Btve energy and enterprise. Associations which are constantly on the firing line have Bot grown weary of the task undertaken ten years ago. On the contrary they are more closely allied and more watchful of the common welfare, and enter upon a "crap" now with the confidence born ef experience. New energy and lot of It would be welcomed, to more effectively prosecute the campaign upon which the league has entered. A Glance Backward. The work of the league In fostering le gitimate co-operation in home making has been Invaluable. At the time of Its organ ization In 1891 patrons of building and loan associations were without adequate protec tion for their Interests. The legislature of that year passed the Bentley act, providing for state supervision and defining the char acter and scope of building and loan asso ciations. The measure was a new depart ure in the state. It did not enforce Itself. Associations organized In other state found Nebraska a fertile field, and their ac tivity, stimulated with great profits, pre vented undue seal In making the law ef fective. Local associations were at last. In elf-defense, forced to get together and bring the necessary pressure to bear on the law-enforcing power. The effect of united effort waa soon apparent. In two years very foreign association was excluded from the state, thereby saving the people hun dreds of thousands of dollars which other wise would have been swallowed up In the subsequent wreck of national associations. The activity of the league In directing and Shaping the business method of associa tions is evident in the elimination of catch penny schemes. In vigilant and effective state supervision, and In the clearly marked official bounds beyond which associations re not permitted to go. In a word, the league has been an educational force, a means of protection, a promoter of safe methods and a consistent opponent of co operative shams. The present prosperous condition of state associations with their four and a quarter millions of assets 1 due In no small degree to the energy, talent and public spirit of the associations constitut ing the state league Bom Work Ahead. The most Important question up for con sideration at the coming convention Is what action shall be taken with reference to the home companies recently Incor porated In the state. According to the rulings of Attorney General Prout a home company organized in another state can not do business In Nebraska without com plying with the building and loan law and securing the ssnction of the banking de partment. A local corporation, doing pre cisely the same business. Is not subject to the building and loan law. These an parently Inconsistent rulings . are not prompted by state pride. They are due to the law Itself. The act of 1899, which replaced the Bentley act of 1891, omitted from the first section the comprehensive definition of a local building and loan as sociation contained In ths original act and re-enacted In Its entirety the original sec tion defining a foreign building and loan association. The loophole In the first sec tion is big enough for "a coach and four." while the other section Is airtight. As sociation men contend that the new home s tmpanles do essentially a building and loan business. Inasmuch as they "collect a fund from members to b loaned to mem bers," and, therefore, they should be sub ject to the regulations and supervision of the State Banking board. It la the purpose of the league to ask the next legislature to remedy the defects In the law so as to bring all concerns "collecting a fund from memters to be loaned to members" under tate supervision. Record f Twenty Year. Ths second oldest association In Ne braska, ths Equitable of Grand Island, celebrated Its twentieth birthday recently with Battering showing. The Equitable Is the offspring of ths parent association of North Platte, and, although several years younger, it has waxed robust and opulent to such a degree that Its fester parent to the west looks like a yearling bestde a eornfed steer. Both, however, are thor oughbreds, the difference In physique being due to the richer and more plentiful verdure In and abost Grand Island. During Its twenty years of life the Equitable collected and disbursed $1,451, &2.S1. at a total cost of $28,135.01, con stituting a notabls record of economy The success of the association In promot ing home ownership Is shown by the state ment that l.M loans were made for the purchase, building . or Improvement of homes In Grand Ialand. The aggregate amount of the loans was $957,278.26. Be Ides, there were earn oga to the amount of 251.144 C cred.ted to shareholders: $265,014 28 was paid to withdrawing share holders snd $184.(40 to non-borrowers cn matured shares. The total number ef Shares Issued was 14.S08, representing. It carried to maturity, $2.861.tuO. Secretary Brlalnger modestly speaks of the rtcord ai one to be proud of. It la one deserving of higher praise. Few associations In the tate can approach It, mi - . equal It. Throughout Us score ol with the vps and down of business ,t period, the association buffeted all kinds of Unas clal weather without serious loss, and now stands on Easy street , without a dollar's worth of real estate to remind It of other day. May Us tribe increase. Slajas ( Prosperity Omaha sad South Omaha associations furnish unmistakable evidence of Increas ing prosperity u both cities, Vita Color At the Los Angeles blenntsl the General Federation of Women's Clubs will be con fronted by a revival of the reorganization question supposed to have been settled at Milwaukee. It Is complicated with the ques'.lon of admlr.slon of colored women as members of the General Federation. If the position assumed by the women of New England Is endorsed the women of the south will leave the General Federation. While the published mlnutee of the pro ceedings of the Oeneral Federation of Women's Club" - "-Jinlal session held at Ml) . , are silent as the tomo -ter, an In cident occurred there whlcn . -own from what was apparently only an act of discre tion on the part of the president Into an issue that may disrupt the federation. The president declined to accept the credentials offered by a delegate from the New Era club of Boston, a colored woman repre senting an organization of colored women. Quite a little tempest was stirred up about this ro "', but it was smoothed over. The principal business before the Mil waukee convention was the consideration of the report of the committee on reorganiza tion appointed at the Denver session in 1898. Under Its charter, granted by the state of New Jersey and filed with the sec retary of state for New Jersey December 29, 1893, the Oeneral Federation consisted at that time of "an association composed of about 800 clubs, having an aggregate mem bership of about 40,000 Individuals from the United States and foreign countries. which said association Is known a 'The General Federation of Women's Clubs.'" Under this charter and under Its by-laws the Individual club I the basic unit of the general federation. In conformity with this provision the first article of the by-laws a amended at Milwaukee In 1900 reads: The General Federation shall consist of women's clubs, state federations, territorial federations, national societies and kindred organizations, the two latter to be admitted on the basis of Individual clubs." This section was reported by the majority of the reorganization committee. The minority re port contained this section: "The General Federation shall consist of state federations of women's clubs and territorial federa tions In states or territories where no state federations exist." On a motion to sub stitute the minority for the majority re port the vote stood: Ayes, 298; nays, 498. It was thus definitely settled at Milwaukee that - the unit of the General Federation should be the Individual club. a ft. i. iha altniirnment of the biennial the Msiasrhnaatta atat federation, began the agitation of the color question, taking as a pretext the action of the presiaent in ex (.luriinv th colored woman's club of Bos ton from participation la the Milwaukee convention, and coupling witn it tuouior nlan for ranrranlzatlon. It must bo Under- Stood that the New England states sup ported the minority report, tavoring iu state a the unit for the General Federation. Tii iniaetlnn of tha color line gave them a chance to renew the agitation after tho defeat and to push ahead again lor in adoption of their last plan. Georsria. which represents tne soutn in the controversy, took up the debate In op nsIHnn n Massachusetts and urged that the by-laws adopted at Milwaukee be amended by adding the following words to section 2: "Clubs desiring to Join the r.Atianl Federation of Women's Clubs must be composed of white women and must show that no sectarian or political test Is required for membership.". The Massachusetts plan was for adopting ;v minority report, defeated at Milwaukee, snd allowing each state federation to oon trni ita mpmherahlD. Under this nlan Mas sachusetts could admit clubs of colored women to membership In the state federa tion and Georgia could exclude them If it so desired. I'nrter the Massachusetts clan the only change in the situation would be that from the individual club to state federation as tho unit of the General Federation. At pres ent there is nothing In the charter or by laws of the General Federation wnlcn nK-iflcallv excludes colored women or which prevents a state federation from ad mitting colored clubs to membership. A a matter of fact, a number of stats federa tions have admitted colored clubsf and tney gain at least as direct representation In the general federation as they would have were the Massachusetts plan adopted, for the state officers are ex-offlclo delegates to the Oeneral Federation and tbe colored nmn tiav a voles In the election of the other delegates. This Is all they could have If the Massachusetts plan were mad tne law. Th nanra-1 clan waa slmDl In its di rectness. It solved the problem by Insert ing the word "white" Into tbe law. Much debate waa had over these amend ments and feeling began to rise, when a conference between Massachusetts and Georgia waa called for New York In Febru ,rv rnmmlttau from ths executive boards of the two federations got together and oent a day in fruitless argument, eacn trying to convince ths other of Its posi tion. Agreement appearing hopeless, ths committees drew up a compromise as fol lows: settled without reorganisation by the strict application ui ine aui-irni wi i a . -riKhts." Individual club membership In the General Federation to remain as It Is. After reaching home the Massachusetts associations th demand for money Is greater than ths supply; with tbe others the demand equals the supply. This satis factory condition U unusual at this season of the year. At this tims last year and for several years preceding associations carried larra cash balances. Even ss lata as June 30, 1901, with th building season wide open, the associations or ths two cities nao almost $100,000 in Idle money. New, with Increased receipts, th demand for oans keeps pacs with th supply. Th Increas la building loans Is marked, renters ar buying homes already built and many horns owners are expanding and improving. General Ho tee. Only one of the scor of bills Introduced In ths New York legislature affecting building and loan assoclstlons became a law. It is a supervisory measure. Ohio associations ar putting up a warm fight against tax measures pending in th legislature. ' . Th annual report of th banking depart ment 'of New York shows th assoclstlons of that stats have sssets amouatlng t 64.7J.4l. Dues and dividends credited to members of thirty-eight net local assocls tlons wss t-l.2Sl.Sld. and U members ot local asso-.tatlons $M..20. Th report lirtfe I boss ttat tb OirfaUiif expenses Line in the General Federation of Women's Basis of the Present Agitation and Attitude of the Several conferees derided that the compromise resolution did not exactly suit them, and o proposed this amendment: The executive board of eAch state federa tion shall constitute the membernhlp com mittee for the Oeneral Federation In that state, shall receive nil applications of Indi vidual clubs for membership in the General Federation from that state, and shall decide upon their admission. Each state federa tion shall be free to make Its own member ship rules, except that no sectarian or po litical test shall be required. This sharply draws the Issue. Georgia proposes: that each state federation may control Its own membership, and the Gen eral Federation shall retain control of Its membership. Massachusetts proposes that the state federation shall control both Us own and tbe General Federation member ship. While Georgia abated the word "white" in its original resolution it did so as explained in an Individual note: The Georgia Federation, In doing this, believes the question of membership by this plan bids fair to be solved fairly and satisfactorily to all parties, and In all Issues of the matter as well as In the Im- fortant question of representation st the tlennlal, so vital to the southern c'.ubs, the Georgia Federation believes that It will be safe In trusting that the fairness and cour tesv of the club women of the country will obviate the possibility of a contingency which would force the southern clubs to leave the national organisation, member ship In which they value most highly. When tbe Massachusetts amendment to the compromise was submitted to Georgia It was rejected. As a matter of fact. It met practically the same fate In Massachu setts. The executive board of the Massa chusetts Federation called the Board of Presidents together, and this body, by a vote of 60 to 10, rejected the amendment and endorsed the compromise. Then the executive committee decided that the Board of Presidents had not the power and re verted to Its original plan, demanding reor ganization of the General Federation, with the state as the unit. This is the situation: Georgia Is willing that state federations shall admit colored clubs, but asks that the General Federa tion be allowed to Judge of Its own mem bership. Massachusetts asks, first, that state federations be made the basis of membership In the General Federation; second, that state federations may send colored women to the General Federation. As all this debate has arisen since the last biennial, and the proposals have been made since the meeting of most of the state federations, a general discussion by the women has been Impossible. In fact, a great many club women are still In the dark as to the exact conditions and mean ing of tbe proposals. In order to obtain light on the question, the Woman's Club editor of The Bee has corresponded with the executive officers of the several state federations during the last month to ascer tain the position of the several states on the questions Involved. The appended symposium is made up from the answers received to letters of Inquiry. , ARKANSAS The Arkansas Federation in cludes no colored clubs and at Its last an nual meanSTresolutlons were adopted fa voring the admission to the General Federa tion of Women's Clubs of white women only. The federation has never favored the-reorganization plan, but will now support the substitute amendment drawn up by the re cent conference committee, "believing that the admission of colored clubs would only disrupt the General Federation of Women's Clubs, It will support any plausible measure that will keep It Intact," COLORADO The Colorado Federation In cludes one club of colored women, but, as the sentiment of tbe state 1 divided, no action has ever been taken regarding the admission of colored clubs to the General Federation of Women's Clubs. The Col orado Federation la opposed to reorganiza tion. DELAWARE The Delaware Federation includes no colored clubs and at a meeting of ths state executive committee, held March 11, the "Orange resolutions" were endorsed, which ask that no change be made in the constitution or by-laws of the General Fed eration of Women's Clubs at present, also that no subject referring to race or color be discussed at the Los Angeles biennial. So far as Delaware la concerned reorganiza tion would not affect Its clubs one way or the other, as all the clubs of the state be long to the General Federation through the state federation. "After hearing the dis cussion at Milwaukee, reorganisation seemed unfair to tbe individual clubs in the large states, and the entire delegation voted against It. In regard to the senti ment of the state. It would be safe to say that It would be with Georgia rather than with Massachusetts," Is ths language of the president FLORIDA The Florida Federation In cludes no colored clubs and at Its snnual meeting held In Crescent City, January 29 S0, 1902, the following resolution was passed: . Resolved, That the Florida State Federa tion of Women's Clubs disapproves of th sdmlsslon of Individual or federated club of colored women into the General Federa tion of Women's Clubs. GEORGIA Mrs. J. Lindsay Johnson states the attitude of the Georgia women In tbe following letter: ATLANTA. Ga., March 19. To the Edi tor of The Bee: The Inclosed letter I re ceived from our state president, Mrs. A. O. Granger. As I was the former president and represented the south on the reorgani sation committee she thought 1 would give of the national assoctatloss were EV4 per cent of tbelr accumulated capital snd of th local associations only nlns-tenths of 1 per cent. Ths cause of this disparity In ex pense Is that ths nationals are operated for the benefit of the officers, ths locals for the benefit of ths shareholders. PHILIPPINE BILL IS NEXT After that Is Disposed Of la th Senate the Nlearac) Canal BUI lias th Call. WASHINGTON, April 4. Ths republican steering committee of ths senate today de cided to recommend that the bill providing a form of government for the Philippine archipelsgo should be mad th unfinished business, which Is th plscs of preference on ths senate calendar after tbe disposal of ths Chines exclusion bill, and that ths Nicaragua canal bill should be next as signed to that position. Yrrdlct ( Harder Betarned. BT. LOUIS, April l.-A special to ths Poat-Ilspetch from Milan, Mo., aays: Tha jury in the caaa of the Slats against Prlvltt returned a verdict today of murder In th first degree for the kilUoa" ef Jutm W. Wain Uat ttova.trA you the desired points, which I take pleas ure In doing. Georgia Joined the General Federation of Woman's Clubs, that is, its clubs, when the general body was an association of In dividual clubs, before any state federations were formed. Seeing our body grow In beauty and usefulness every year under the original bylaws, Georgia wss the leader In the reorganization committee against re organization, and that It had Justice on Its side Is proved by Its view being taken by the majority of the committee and the ma jority report being carried In Milwaukee by an Immense majority of the delegates present. Georgia was for the Individual club be fore the color line controversy arose and will be for the Indlvdual club after that dscueslon has passed into hlstorv, because It Is right, fair and Just. They formed the association; the states found It was a good thing and followed suit and grew Into grand bodies of which we are all proud. Because strong It is no reason they shojld repudiate the originators of the association. In Georgia we understood the movement to be be a grand democratic, altruistic one. One of the grandest projects before us Is to bring the women of the country together as sisters, therefore we say, let the woman from the little country club feel the stimulus that comes from feeling she belongs to the great body of women of the country who are striving for better things. Let our General Federation of Womun's Clubs stand for the greatest good to the greatest number. The Massachusetts reorganization plan stands for centralization of power; Georgia Is against It, as It stands for dissemination of power. Reorganization failed last time and It will fall next time If It can ever be gotten out of the heads of the women that It Is a solution of the color line. It Is not a solu tion, but an emphasizing of It. And so Georgia has announced by pen and press since the day the Massachusetts plan was published. Those who stand as leaders of the people should make the rank and file ef club women understand, when they vote, to remember that If they vote for reor ganization they will vote to take forever all power and representation out of their own hands. With the color line erased will come the resignation of many federations, all the south, we will say. They gone, the clubs without power, it will all be vested In New England, as they have the numbers. And It Is the Individual club vote, with that of the south, which now holds the balance of power. Leaving out all color discussion, the Massachusetts reorganization plan passed, means the ruin of the broad democratic f lower of the association. I use democratic n Its broad, not political, sense. Pardon so long a letter, but I felt the question was Important enough for it to have copious answer. There Is much at stake. All should know the dangers ahead Cordially yours, ANNIE E. JOHNSON, State Editor for Georgia Federation of Woman's Clubs. IOWA The Iowa Federation includes no colored clubs, and, as, since the Milwaukee biennial, there has been a preponderance of sentiment among the clubs of the state to allow the matter to rest, no action was taken at the biennial state meeting held In Council Bluffs last May regarding the admission of colored clubs to ths General Federation. The Iowa delegation was among the first and strongest opponents to the drawing of tbe color, line at the Mil waukee biennial, tho following resolu tions being drawn up Immediately upon the announcement of the exclusion of ths colored delegates: Resolved, That as Iowa women, we deeply denlore the action of tha board of directors to the General Federation In ex cluding yesterday the colored delegate from Massachusetts; that as progressive club women, awake to every movement that Is calculated to advance the general good and raise the standard of women generally, we most earnestly urge a re consideration of this action to the end that the color line be not drawn. There was not a unanimous adoption of the resolutions, and the second day after they were drawn up the delegation recon sidered the matter and tabled the resolu tions In their own delegation. - Nothing has since been done regarding them. At th Milwaukee biennial the Iowa delegation voted eight for and twenty-five against reorganization. ILLINOIS The Illinois Federation In cludes no colored clubs, the colored club women of the state being federated In a state federation of colored women's clubs. While the Illinois Federation ha taken no action regarding the admission of colored clubs to the General Federation, the execu tive board has approved a plan as outlined to It whereby a committee of three or five from each state should pass upon ap plications from that stats for membership In the Oeneral Federation, that committee's majority recommendation to actually elect to membership. While at the Milwaukee biennial ths Illinois delegation voted 4 to 1 against reorganization, the present presi dent and state chairman of correspondence have endeavored to secure an expression trim tbe clubs of ths state tor or against reorganization, they both being friendly to it. Many of the clubs did not respond to the Inquiry at all, but. Judging from those replying, the officers feel Justified In as suming tbst Illinois now favors reorganiza tion. KENTUCKY The Kentucky Federation includes ao colored clubs and at its an nual meeting, held at Bowling Green, May 2, 1901, the following resolutions were adopted: Whereas, We hold the opinion that the question of admission of clubs of colored women to the General Federation Is one of vital Importance: snd Whereas, We believe the General Federa tion has hitherto wielded a most powerful Influence in wiping out sectional lines and through better knowledge of each other has brought the women of this country Into closer snd more fraternal relations; and Whereas, We of the south have the best means of Judging the negro race as a whole and not by occasional exceptions; and Whereas The result of unprejudiced ob servation leads to the conclusion that they are not fitted to add to the working power of the general federation: and Whereas, We also believe that such forc CLAYTON CLEARS "HIS SKIRTS Action Takes) by II I as la Aceerdaac with Iastractloas of Stat Department WASHINGTON, April 6. The authorita tive statement wss made today that United States Ambassador Clayton has explained fully and to ths satisfaction of both the president sad Secretary Hay all th charges that have besn msde against him In regard to th cases pending before th Mexican courts snd also concerning his own per sonal conduct In ths court cases to which reference bas been mads it is stated that Mr. Clayton acted under exact Instructloss from ths Department of Stats, showing great teal. Industry and ability In ths de fens of th rights ot Amerlcsn citizens. Mr. Clayton will return to his post at the City of Mexico after a brief holiday spent in Washington with his daughter. Mack las Reaches tattoa. WASHINGTON. April 5. A cablegram from Minister Powell, received st the Stats department today, announces tbs arrival st 6aa Domingo ot Machlas, which was ordered there from San Juas to protect Amsrlcaa Interests In cass they ar Uirtas4 by th revolutionary movemsat. States on the. Question. ing of the race development would be htichly Injurious to them, and that they should rather be encouraKed and helped to make an original and Independent Intel lectual and educational development: and Whereas. For these reasons we believe that admission of colored women to the General Federation would be an unwiws step, harmful both to the said clubs and to the Interests of the general federation; be It Resolved, That the Kentucky Federation of Women's Clubs protest against the ad mission of clubs of colored women to the general federation. MRS. OKORGK C. AVERY, President, MRS. PATTY B. SEMPLE. Louisville. MRS. C. P. BARN Eft. Ixiuisville, MRS. WILLIAM PERKINS. Covington MRS. CORNELIA 1U SII. Frankfort, Delegates to Hlxth Hiennlal of General Federation of Women's Clubs at Los Angeles, May, 1902 "The Kentucky Federation has always been in favor of reorganization on state lines." MAINE The Maine Federation of Wo men's Clubs Includes no colored clubs, but at the midwinter meeting of the state fed eration held January 21 at Dexter ths following resolutions were adopted as the final report of the committee on reorganiza tion: Resolved. That the Maine Federation of Women's Clubs hereby protest against the drawing of a color line In the General Fed eration of Women's Clubs as In direct con flict with the intent of the General Federa tion and the constitution of the United States. Resolved, That we reaffirm our belief ex pressed at the Louisville biennial In the reorganization of the Oeneral Federation with the state federation as the unit of membership. Resolved (article II, section 2, page Iff), January Club Woman), That each State Federation of Women's Clubs belonging to the General Federation shall be free to make Its own membership rulee except that no sectional or political tests shall be required for membership In Its body. Resolved, That we Invite the other New EnJ?.la ,nd "tate to co-operate with us In es tablishing New England headquarters at the Los Angeles biennial. Resolved, That we Instruct our delegates to the l.o Angeles biennial (1) to work and vote against the Introduction of any and all measures tending to establish a color line; 12) to work and vote for reorganiza tion of the Oeneral Federation of Women's C lubs with the state federation as the unit of membership. Maine had made no public avows! of Its position previous to the Milwaukee bien nial, as none had been needed, but since that time all the Individual clubs of the tate have withdrawn from the General Fed eration In carrying out the plan of making the state federation the basis of represen tation. MASSACHUSETTS Previous to the Mil waukee biennial the Massachusetts Federa tion adopted resolutions embodying reorgan ization and appointed a committee to work for the promotion of the plan according to the resolutions. The Massachusetts Federa tion Includes one club of colored women, tho New Era club of Boston, snd six or even clubs that Include one colored mem ber each. MINNESOTA At present the Minnesota Federation includes no colored clubs, but at the state meeting held at Owatonna In Oc tober an application for the admission of one colored club was received,. By a large majority it was decided to defer action regarding Its admission until after the Los Angeles blenaial, which would seem to in dicate the sentiment of the state on the color question. At the Milwaukee biennial the state president, Mrs. Lydla P. Wil liams, stood strongly for reorganization and had a majority of followers among the state federation delegates. Reorganization was unanimously opposed by the delegates of the Individual clubs. MICHIGAN There are no colored clubs federated in the Michigan Federation, but at the annual meeting held In the fall visit ing members from colored clubs sat in the convention as visitors. No action ha been taken regarding the admission of colored clubs to the General Federation. MISSOURI The Missouri Federation In cludes no colored clubs. At the annual meeting of tbe federation held at St. Joseph last fall resolutions were passed, suggested by the Wednesday club of St. Louis, to the effect that the color question be settled by the application of the principle of state rights, without reorganization, and it was upon this suggestion that the subsequent compromise plan was based. Previous to the Milwaukee biennial the Missouri Fed eration favored reorganization. NEBRASKA The Nebraska Federation in cludes two colored clubs, the North Omaha Woman's club and the Clenlan's Woman's club of South Omaha, the latter having been admitted within the last six weeks, but. It Is understood, not upon the unaslmous vote of the executive committee, owing to the probable action of the coming biennial on th color question. The Nebraska Federa tion has taken no action regarding the ad mission of colored clubs to the General Fed eration, but an Informal expression from representative of many of ths clubs of the state Indicates a wide variety of opinions, with a majority opposed to their admission. Nebraska wss the first ststs to take action against reorganization that would exclude the Individual clubs, such action being taken at the state meeting held at York In Oc. tober, previous to the Milwaukee meeting. At a meeting ths following spring tbs Omaha Woman's club took a directly ap posite stand. At that time, out of ths eighty clubs cf th state federation, only nineteen belonged to the General Federa tion. At tbe Milwaukee biennial twenty- DEMAND THE OLD BLUE LAWS lew York Saloon Keeper ( Retaliate for Being; Forced to Close Vp lasdsy, NEW YORK, April 6. Twenty-eight local bodies, representing ths 8,000 saloon keepers forming ths Liquor Dealers' association of New York City snd vicinity, at special meetings Just held, are stated to havs de cided to compel the police to enforce every blue law on the statute book next 8unday. Tbey propose that not only shall saloons bs closed on that day, but that every stors snd placs of business open contrary to law shall be shut up ss well. This movs is in retaliation fsr ths sudden action of ths police In enforcing the excise law against ths saloon men. Professor's Mental Condition Serlons. ST. PAUL, April . Prof. F. A. Colegrov of the State university of Washington, who cut his throat with a razor while enrout to the city on a delayed Great Northern train continues in a serious condition at the city hospital. His mental condition la alarming and he la violent at time. Hit wlf Is expected in St. Paul tomorrow from Hamilton. N. Y. It is proposed to kcey Mr. Culegrov at the hospital until he la la a conditWa to proceed to hi bom la ths U Clubs. three of the twenty-four delegates from the state feedration and Individual clubs voted against reorganization and six of the seven Omaha delegates voted tyr reorganization. NEW HAMPSHIRE The New Hampshire Federation Includes no colored clubs, and at Its annual meeting, May IS, 1901, the fol lowing resolutions were adopted regarding the color question: Whereas, The board of directors of the General Federation of Woman's Clubs, by Its action in withholding admission to membership frvtn the Woman's Era club of Hoston and by Its persistent refusal to consider applications of clubs for member ship In the General Federation unless they shall have stated whether or not there are colored women among the members, soems to have violated the spirit of the constitu tion, whose only rule of exclusion Is that every club applying for membership shall show that "no political or sectarian test Is required of Its members," and by such action has antagonized the avowed aim of the founders of the organization; and Whereas, The action of the board of di rectors of the General Federation of Woman's Clubs, In refusing the application of a club which was an Integral part of the Masfvichusetts Federation, was an un warranted discourtesy to a state which fur nishes a larger membership to the General Federation than any other. Resolved. That th New Hampshire Fed eration Is opposed to any color test In the ruies or admission to the ueneral Federa tion and believes that until the bylaws bv amendment shall prescribe other modes of procedure the rjle of courtesy and fair play requires that the test of eligibility to membership In a state federation In any state snouia apply to applications for mem bership In the Ueneral Federation from such state. Resolved, That the New Hampshire Fed eration believes that a reorganization of the ueneral Federation, eliminating lndb vldual clubs and making the state federa tlon the unit of organization, would nro. vide a solution of the question which now disturbs the harmony so vital to the per petuity of the General Federation and heartily approves the amendments to the bylaws proposed by the executive board of the Massachusetts Federation, adopted February. 1901. and resnectfullv netftlnna the board of directors of the General Fed eration of Woman's Clubs to give these amendments precedence over all others at the next biennial meeting, in order that the constitutional status of all individual clubs may be determined before other questions kio rauseu. Resolved. That a copy of these resolu tions be sent to the president and board of directors of the General Federation and to me presidents or otner state federations. At the Milwaukee biennial the New Hampshire delegation advocated a reor ganization of the General Federation to In clude only state federations In Its mem bership. OHIO The Ohio Federation Includes no colored clubs snd at a recent annual meet ing the following resolutions were adopted: Resolved, That we express our loyal de votion to thrt Oenpral tiVrieratlrtn nf Women's Clubs and our confidence that the wisdom and moderation which have di rected Its administration In the past will vuimui us luiure. Resolved. That wa Annrov mrmann t n tlon from Individual clubs and state federa tions at the biennial of the General Federa tion oi women s ciuds. Resolved. That we extend, our cnrrli.1 greetings to the National Federation of Colored Women's Clubs and assure them of our deep sympathy In their efforts to broaden and elevate the women of their I KCV. PENNSYLVANIA The Pennsylvania Fed eration Includes no colored clubs and the entlment of the state would seem to be indicated in the fact that It is still advo cating Its former nlan for state renresenta. tlon. At the last meeting of tbe federation it was agreed that the state federation "reaffirm Its action of 1899. still believing It tO be the best solution ta all aartlnnal difficulties." This sctlon was Mrs. Horace Brock's minority report, lost at the Mil waukee biennial, and advocates state set tlement of the color question. SOUTH DAKOTA Neither the South Dakota nor the Black Hills Federation nf Women's Clubs Includes colored clubs In its membership. At the annual meeting of the South Dakota Federation held at Hot Springs, June, 1901, the color question was voiea upon ana stood 19 to I against the admission of colored clubs to the General Federation. At the annual tneetlnir f tha Black Hills Federation at Rapid City in October, 1901, the colored clubs wre again voted out by a vote of 19 to 4. Pmvinn. to the Milwaukee biennial South Dakota bad had but one state meeting, that called ror tne organization of the state federation, and, as there had been but four individual clubs in the General Federation, tbe ques tion of reorganization of the General Fede ration had had little discussion. In mm.. quence the South Dakota delegation stood to t at tne -Milwaukee meeting. The Black Hills federation bas never onenlv ennald ered the Question of reorranlxatinn .nH delegates have been left to their Individual opinions. TEXAS Ths Texas Federation h&a (aVn no action regarding the admission of colored clubs to the General Federation, but at a recent meeting of the stats executive Doara tbe majority of Its members signed the Orange resolutions. The federation In cludes no colored clubs and "Is opposed most emphatically to admitting them." While no official action was taken regard ing reorganization m-evloua to the Milwau kee biennial, the majority of the member tavorea reorganization. WISCONSIN The Wisconsin Federation includes no colored cluha ttid ha no,,.. taken any action regarding the admission or colored clubs to the General Federation. In consequence no definite estimate can be made of the sentiment of the women re garding the Question. Tha farloraHnn . vored reorganization, but felt that It was not reaoy lor it at th Milwaukee blesnlal SUGAR TRUST BRINGS SUIT Action for $1,000,000 t Recover R. fnnd of Duty Paid tnder War Tax Act. NEW YORK, April 6. Dr. Herman C. H. Herold, collector of Internal revenue tor the Fifth district of New Jersey, has been served with a summons In suit for $1,900. 000 In ths New Jersey supreme court. Ths sctlon Is brought by tbs American Sugar Refining company, which sues to recover the amount paid to Collector Herold for taxes under the war tax act. It Is under stood the suit Is to test th constitu tionality of tbs law. No Approprlntloa for Embassy. WASHINGTON. April S. It Is said that congress will not bs asked for aa appro priation to defray ths sxpenses of ths United Ststes special embassy to the coro nation of King Edward. These expenses will be defrayed by t!j civilians of the psrty out of their own pockets, while the army and navy attaches will b ordered to London In th eours of duty and thus will havs to aspn4 upon their ordinary mil sag EQUITY ACTS FOR THE DEAD So Holds Judge Eejsor in Deciding Oonni- man Insurance Case. DECISION AGAINST COUNSMAN'S WIDOW Coart Bays that Law 'Will Accomplish for a Party that Which II Intends to Do When Death Interferes. After two days' Interment with the au thorities cited. Judge Keysor exsumed him self yesterday snd gave a decision for Arabella Counsman, the mother, and against Mary Counsman, the wits. In th rase Involving the $2,000 benefit due from the Modern Woodmen of America since the death of Ulysses G. Counsman, a member of the order. Under this ruling $1,500 would be paid to Counsman's son and $500 to his mother, but the rase Is to he appealed to the supreme court, the wife's attorney says. The case Is given its principal Interest by the circumstances attending It, rather than ths amouut Involved. Ita history, as . related by the Judge this morning, dates from June, 1900, when Mrs. Mary Couns man went to New York, ostensibly on a visit, but neither returned at the expected time nor wrote. Early In the spring ot 1901 Mr. Counsman was taken 111, waa re moved to his brother's nme snd finally ta that of his parents. He had written Mrs. Counsman several times before, It is told, and when his condition became serious his father, Jacob J. Counsman, wrote, telling tbe wife of the husband's atlckness and asking her to return. Applies for a Chang. The invalid at last concluded his wife had abandoned him and on May 28 he had the clerk of the Modern Woodmen of America called to his home and there re quested to have a sew certificate made out, providing that In the event of his death his father should take $1,500 to hold In trust for his (Ulysses') son snd tha remain ing $500 to go to his mother, Arabella, In stead of to bis wife, Mary, as provided In the old certificate. The clerk collected th proper fee and took the proper acknowl edgment and that afternoon he sent th papers to the grand secretary of the order at Rock Island, 111. The papers could not reach there until some time the next fore noon and Mr. Counsman died at ( a. m. The grand secretary returned the papers, saying that the certificate could not be approved sa prepared, because It provided for paying the money to tha grandfather, whereas It would be necessary to pay to the boy direct and then let th court appoint a guardian. It was, of course, for ever too late to secure the signature of th departed member to any new or altered certificate aad en this technicality waa hung the contest. Arabella and Mary Counsmsn both de manded the $500 of the fraternity and th fraternity, to relieve Itself of the responsi bility, took the matter Into court as Inter pleader. The attorney for Mary cited that provision of the Woodmen by-laws which stipulates that no change of beneficiary can becoms effective until th old certifi cate is canceled and a new on completed. He contended thst the new on had not been and could not be completed. Judge Keyaor's Opinion. The Judge conceded that the authorities cited on most of the points In the caa were quite evenly balanced, but he ac cepted as the best the opinion of Justic Brown of Michigan, who held that under such circumstances equity must accomplish for a party that which he desired to do and had started to do when death in terrupted. Specifically Judge Keysor said: "Such changs must be made according to the bylaws, but If a man desires to make the change and does all hs can. but dies before the change Is complete, equity will complete that change for him. As to ths change Itself, the court considers that Mr. Counsman was Justified In orderlna- It aa ha scted only after riving: his wife amnle opportunity to inform him of any Inten tion she had of returnlnng to him." Concerning this last remark. It Is th assertion of the attorney for Mrs. Couns man that che never received her husband's nor his father's letters. UNIFORM SUGAR DISCOUNTS Rcflner Reach Agreement oa Thl Point, bnt Not oa th Prloea. NEW YORK. April 6. By an agreement or contract which has Just been formally ratified all refiners throughout ths country will sell sugars on a uniform basis, accord ing to the Journal of Commerce. This does not mean they will name uniform prices, but that, whatever tbe price, the terms shall remain unchanged. In future, there fore, price of 6 cents for granulated sugsr will mean the same, whether quoted by th American company, the National company or the Arbuckles, and It will not be com plicated by any special or extrs discounts. During the last year or so there bas been considerable Irregularity so far ss discounts have been concerned and refiners bar charged tbelr rivals with making secret discounts while spparently maintaining list prices. The new terms will go into opera tion on all sugsr sold on and after April 15. They follow: List price, leas, 15 cents per hundred pounds, thirty days. Discount, 11 per cent, for cssh, seven daya. Extra dis count of 6 per cent to be paid at end ol sixty days to all who hav lived up tq agreement. KING IS OPPOSED TO THE SALE. Subordinates His Personal Dcslros, However, to th Good of th Btate. NEW YORK. April 6. King Chrlsttag opposed the transfer of th Danish Antilles to the United Str.tes, slso Crown Prlno Frederick snd his son, Prince Christian, says a Copenhagen dispatch to ths Herald. The entire royal family shrank from ths bsrs Idea of the cession. But th only person who really counts and hss direct InHuenc is tbs king. This monarch has ever subordinated his private desires snd sentiment to the policy of ths Interests of his country In tba present caa bs baa acted a he has always done. His feellnss are repugnant to the sale, but patriotism, th calls ot a politico-economic convenience snd the overwhelming vote of tbs Folk thing havs cause tbs king to side with tbe people. In spite of his personal senti ments and those of his sntlrs family, bs U for ths sal and has given his approval. Dr. Deuntzer, minister of foreign affairs, considers that tbs upper house scarcely will dare to wlps out the enormous majority of the lower house, but will try to ear It dignity by proposing a pleblsltum of th Inhabitants ot ths islands. This Dr. Deuntzer and his colleagues in th govsm- J tusnt might b willing to accept. , '71 ' 1