, 1884-02-09
No sECIAxIaN.
The Ladies Relief seciesv In council Assem-
hicd Deeiare bya vese Of 6 20 Is tsas
Charity, while 10 Csvers . Multitude Of
sins. Knows ne sect

On Saturday afternoon the members of til
Ladies Relief Society me-. u decide upon the
NON, nsous question, which mas recently
created a schism IN their ranks, IS to the
name to be decided upon for the blilding
they propose 10 erect for charitable purpo.e e..
There were some who wished 70 identity this
institution vita the weri Pro ,;a1t, but
many others with more conservatism would
none Of it. and this meeting vas held 70 de
eide by vote VIII it shoUid be. Ths ladies
ASSERTED their new bern rights and would al
NIT OF no II p,rter, none Of tie IN lie persuasion
being pres MT Bat for all, taat the SrArEs-
MAN knows all about II, ior, sn'iciIs-iag
such 4 meeting, It had for several days seen
in connection with the meeting room trom
its office by new curious tel, ,phonic ar
rangement by which every word u;iesei.
even in the soitest whispers, were very DIS
tinct aud we're taken down by a styloau,o-
graphelectro ma.bihe, r,rJdtim as the woris
were uttered. Sometimes the words were
jun5Iec, but BY IN ingenious contrivance
they were afterwsri separated by our sas-
siety reporter. OF corIse all the little scan
dals We heard will be guard d as secret as
the grave, and as the reporter WAS bfieked
up In q wall and then filed in with ce
ment after he heard everything, only the
sassiety editor knows what was g)ing on and
he viii keep mum for the sake Of quiet
lIf, at home. The meeting opened rather
stormily and both sides came up smiling
appar, ntly determined to gam their cause.
There was evidea;ly larger amounl of re
eruits for the non-Sectarian enrDt than
the PrJtestants erle ted sni tie, resOrted
to tihbus;esing methods to delsy or postpone
the vote Outside matters were dleussed
which weIe laid over from previous meet
ing and number Of ladies left before votir Z
began. One prominent member announced
With the air Of a TIA ic queen that the meet
Ing would adjourn and a special meeting
held, but the conservatives they said Nay.
They knew they held tae ky OF the position
and were determined to Il ack 1t. With
rare good sense they Ill determined that the
matter had been 81 well discussed Ia the
STATESMAN and Union that any more WIS
unnecessary. The ballots were then s.
tributei and were wordtd Protestant"
and mon Protestant" instead Of ''Re,ief
Society" or Protestant Relief Society, IS
was intended. While tie ballots were being
distributed Mrs. A. II. Reynolds made last
appeal to the ladies in consi ierat:on Of her
undoubted faithful work since the society
organized. Mrs. J. Bauer then ma ie { W
ohservatiors aad expiaiuei why she h-d
opposed one who had really been the best
worker of ihpm all, and was called to order
by the PRESIDENT, when the lady excused
herself On the ground that she had only fol
low ed the example OF Mrs. Reynolds. Not
ing then proceeded and stood Is for Protes-
I n. and 63 for non-Protts ant. This settles
the tempest in a TEAPOT which fa' been
agitating our immunity for weeks past.
Nov, ladies'. G, to work with renewe"
vigor; l,ok after the 10 n, and future gener
atoms w.I rice up AM cali yon blessed. You
may lose few members bat you will gaia
many others. You have recently taxi the
responsibility Of taking charg, Of the unem-
ployed, and while there are many who WI
take advantage of your work wao are entirely
unwor hy, it is better tHat nine y n'ne un-
deserving should receive as -i';aace than that
one re lily deserving should 60 hungry t.
led. The STATESMAN does not counttnarce
the noYe, but since it has began 1t go on.
There is no excuse now that any one shall
plead the excuse Of want for stealing, and
we are sure the mistakes the society may
make viii be Of the head and not of the
heart
We only hope that the heat Of this con
test will not deprive us OF their annual
charity ball, which is looked forward to
with much pleasure by all our citizens, and
VIII be well patronizsd. And 10 conclude,
we hope that the defelted party will not act
ike lot of foolish men when defeated at
Political primary meeting, but show their
good sense and acquiesoe in the vii! Of the
majority and everything viii then be az
I,veIy az the ladies are themselves.