Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-07-10
elf-Explanatory Letters.
RJSMARcK N n Tn

EDITOR TRIBUNE: I send herewith a
copy of the charges preferred against
Mrs. Golf, and as the TRIBUNE pub
lished the resolution of the committee,
based on her charge against me, I pre-
sumo you may not object to publishing
my side of the case also.
By going into the press first with their
resolution, the committee has entitled
the public to a knowledge of all the later
steps in the matter, and if the revela-
tions are not complimentary to the VIC.
T. U. as a body, it is the truth and the
public has a right to know Of just what
material this great moral and education
al organization of christian women is
composed-with many honest and true
exceptions, of course.
Sincerely yours,
LINDA W. SLAUGHTER.
BISMARCK, N. D., July l, 1891.
Mrs. Margaret D. Bill, Secretary of Executive
committee, North Dakota W. G. T. U.
DEAR MADAM: In response to my re-
quest Of April 22d, of the executive COM
mittee for copies of the evidence upon
which their action in declaring me mot
a member of the W. G.. #. U. when
elected to Office was based, I am in
formed by Miss Addie w. Kinnear, state
president, that their action was based
upon Information furnished by Mrs.
O. S. Golf, the treasurer of the Bismarck
union, that I had not paid my dues to
the local union since 1885,"
Having appealed from the action of
the committee to the annual meeting,
the superior body from which all ap-
pointments are derived, it is manifestly
improper that I should offer evidence in
self defense until the convention of that
body.
I therefore write to thank the commit
tee for at last enlightenlng me as to the
basis of the action, and to lodge with
them complaints against my: %accuser,
which are not designed as information"
but formal charges which I am prepared
to substantiate, and of which a copy has
been served upon Mrs. Golf.
I assert that Mrs. o S. Golf as treas
urer of the Bismarck union has violated
her obligations to the w. G. T. o., both
state and looal,, in the following particu-
lars:
1. By refusing to give receipts to
members for dues paid and by neglect
ing to give credit therefor.
2. By falsely reporting to the state
treasurer that but four members had
paid dues for the year ending July,
1889.
3. By falsely reporting to the state
treasurer that but three members had
paid dues for the year ending July,
1890.
4. By taking the funds of the local
union to pay the expenses of herself and
the recording secretary as delegates to
the territorial convention in September,
1889, without the knowledge or consent
of any of the other members save the
first vice-president-and this when no
delegates had been elected by the local
union, when the territorial W. @. T. U.
constitution allotted but one delegate to
every twenty paying members, and when
she had reported but four as the total
membership of the Bismarck union.
5. By combining with the recording
secretary and the first vice-president to
exclude the other members from partici-
patton in the business and financial af-
fairs Of the local union. a".,i
6. By diverting the headquarters of
the local union from the purpose for
which the use of the building was grant
ed us by using it as a source of private
revenue and by bringing discredit and
reproach upon the W. @. T. U. by rent
ing beds in the headquarters building to
transient dodgers.
7. BY wrongfully claiming that there
we're but two members besides herself
wiz, the first vice-president and the re-
cording secretary remaining in the local
union in October, 1890, and by attempt
ing to transfer the possession Of the
headquarters building to one E. H. Will
son, to be used as a loan and mortgage
office.
Regretting that the action Of the COM