Nebraska Newspapers

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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.
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