Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-01-08
A GENTLE SKIRMISH.
Some W. C. T. Q. Dissatisfaction De-
yeIOps Over the Day Nursery.
AREFUSAL TO RELEASE MANAGERS
The KOn-Psrtisan Members Are Expected
to Decline to Serve.
BIG REDUCTION IN THE MEMBERSHIP

There was an important meeting Of the
Sterrett Union. of the W. G. 7. o., at 202
North avenue, Allegheny, yesterday after
noon. Notices had been sent to all of the
members, asking them to be present, as a
request frsm the Board of Managers of the
Day Nursery, asking the union to release
them from further control Of the institution,
was to be considered. The attendance was.
consequently, very large. Miss s. E. Gem
nell presided. The prevailing dissensions
in the ranks of the organization arose to the
surface in the very beginning Of the exer-
cises. During the opening prayer, Miss
Gemmell's supplieation was. Lord bless
the national w. c. 7. o. Bless the State
and county organizations If division must
come, let there be no hard feelings or harsh
words. Let all work be for Thy glory and not
for personal honor"
A hymn entitled SIN Unity to Dwell" :" was
sung. after which letter from Mrs. N. w.
Stevenson. President of the Day Nursery
Board. was read, asking that action on the
boards request be postponed. as she could not
be present but motion by Mrs. Morton that
1t be settled at once was carried.
A resolution Dasseda at a meeting Of the board
on December 16, was read
Mrs. Barr moved that the request be refused.
ever Eeard Of Board of Managers asking to
be released from duty. She sometimes knew
of officers reslgning. The present manage
ment OF the nursery was giving satisfaction,
and she was opposed to releasing them. She
had no hard feelings toward anyone on the
board, no matter how others talked or felt
POLITICS cREPT IN.
Mrs. Sloan said she thought the whole
trouble was growing out Of the political phase
that had been allowed to creep into the w. @.
T. q. affairs, but that it is absurd for Chris
tian women to be influenced by political preju-
dices. Some of the managers came to the con-
clusion they could not work under the Sterrett
Union because OF its partisan affiliations.
Mrs. Sterrett said there was simply a mis-
apprehension on the part of the deep designing
people; that the Sterrett Union is not partisan,
and any who asserts that it is. is laboring under
a misunderstanding.
Mrs. Morton replied that no such question
should enter into the discussion. She had no
objection to any member now on the board
A resolution was adopted a year ago allow
ing member Of any union to be on the board,
and If the non-partisan women do leave the
Sterrett Union and join any other they would
still be eligible to do the work of the Day
Nursery. She had heard some say they thought
the work would progress more rapidly if taken
outside OF the stigma of the temperance work.
A vote was then taken on the motion, and was
unanimously passed. the members of the Day |
Nursery Board refraining from voting.
Miss Ettie l. Clark then asked Miss Gemmel1 |
to rule on the eligibility of membership on the |
board. The latter ruled that only persons be- |
longing to some union of the W. G. T. U. was |
eligible to serve on the board. Miss Clark then |
gave notice that at the next meeting she would |
present an amendment making any woman |
eligible that the Sterrett Union might deem |
proper to elect.