The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-10-09
FEDERATED CLUBS.
4 Storm Follows the Reading of
a Report.

The Federation of Improvement Clubs,
including in its jurisdiction the North Point,
Bueua Vista, Western Addition, Rincon
Hill, Pacific Heights and the Panhandle
Improvement clubs, held n meeting last
evening at the Palace Hotel, L. G. Parker in
the chair About forty-tiye persons were
present ana most of them delegates from the
affiliated clubs.
All were present at the appointed time,
for storm was brewing and about to burst
forth and oyerwhelm the club. Every one
wore a look of expectancy akin to eagerness
for the promised affray. Alter Secretary
Winants read his minutes long storm en-
sued about an alleged incorrect statement
concerning the Executive Committee To
facilitate matters. 1t was moved that the re-
port OF the Executive Committee he gone
over and received.
p. A. Doian asked for the reading Of what
he termed the Executive Committees bona
fide report.
The Chair called him to order. and stated
that the report to which lie referred was a
minority report at the best. and had
STUFFED signatures" But Doian refused 10
be seated.
ID. McDevitt demanded vote whether
the Chair should be sustained. The vote
resulted in II tor and against the persist
| ent committeeman.
j. H. Bartlett in strong speech referred
| to certain ungentenanly persons who, by
| their desire to disrupt the meeting, deserved
| to be mildly sat down upon. This is no
| political machine for Dolan to manipulate"
he added.
Pm Chairman of the Executive Commit
tee" retorted Dolan.
You are not! sit down." ordered the
Chairman.
You are not, you are not, and when you
stand up here and ask for your rights, l
want to tell you you have none. We ex-
PEELED you from the committee for several
| reasons" further explained McDeyitt.
But | am Chairman" insisted Dolan.
1.-The question before the house is pound
ing the table at each word is Dolan Chair
man, asked McDevitt
Yes" replied the pc rson most interested
in the question.
You tell Il faisehood; you tell false
hood, you are not, declared McDevltt with
decided emphasis.
AT this point the Sergeantat-Arms threat
ened to throw Dolan out bodily, which had
a quoting effect for the moment. and the
reading Uf the Executive Committees re-
port was taken up in the calm interim. The
following Is a transcript OF the Objection
able features OF that report:
Your Executive Committee reports that at the
meeting held on Saturday, September 9th, L.
A. Duan presiding. MIR. Parker moved that u
mass-rneeiiDg be called Tor Saturday, October
4tl. During the discussion the Chairman an.
| nounced that II the committee did not call the
maSS-lneeling lie would, ana accused Mr.. Miller
OF crooked work i'll the extension of Market
street.
Mr.. Miller then brought charges against
the Chairman, stating that he had ruled in
an arbitrary manner when he declared that
the debate on motion to hold masS-meet-
ing was out of order. The Chairman, the
report continued, wiekedly and maliciously
accused Il member ef the Executive Commit
tee of nsincerity in bis expressed desire TO
have Market street straight, which aceusa-
ton he knew to be false when he made it,
and further that tile Chairman OF the EX-
ecutiye Commute Threatened to violently
assault said member, and apparently would
have done so had it not have been for the
overwhelming opposition against him..
The report Of tile COMMITTEE further states
that on the LIST inst. a meeting was held at
which it was decided that the Chair of the
committee should be declared vacant. Mr..
Dolan, the Chairman who was by this un-
seated, was absent II. L. Duran was made
Chairman.
After the report of the minority was read,
NJ. U Brien moved that both reports be re-
ceiyed and the matter of the craftsmanship
OF tue Executive Committee be referred back
to the committee.
After a half hours storm. in which Cush-
ing and his parliamentary rules were lest
sight OF, an adjournment was had until
alter election day to allow the political ten
denotes Of the delegates from The various
clubs to cool down