Los Angeles herald., 1891-09-15

There was considerable OF q meeting
yesterday afternoon at the chamber OF
commerce. About fifty ladies met, and
most OF them came armed with resolu-
tions. 1t was anticipated that there
would be fun when the rival elements
met in battle array. and no one on the
inside was disappointed. The recent
board of education session wasn't a
marker to the one yesterday. Gaffey,
the parliamentarian of the school board.
would have been outclassed in such COM
pany.
A HERALD reporter strolled into the
chamber soon after the appointed hour.
He was informed that no reporters were
allowed on the inside. The HERALD
scribe knew that the thousands of read
ers of this paper were anxious to hear
about the meeting, so he sent in a re-
quest with the boy at the cham
ber of commerce, asking to be
one without dress can get into
the meeting" This piece OF news clearly
showed that there was no such thing as
''man's rights"
Everybody who came out was
buttonholed" by the reporter. The
startling information was disclosed that
there were two lady reporters present.
A lady volunteered to see the president
in the interest OF the male reporter. The
question was put to the meeting, and it
was unanimously agreed to admit the
HERALD representative.
The reporter was the cynosure of all
eyes as he entered the room and took
seat Some of the ladies smiled and
others waved their fans a little more
energetically, but all looked anxious.
The meeting yesterday was special
one, called to finish up the business of
the annex, as they had voted to disband
at a previous meeting.
Mrs. Wells presided and there were
about fifty ladies present. There were
two distinct clques and the gulf be-
tween them was wide-very wi1e--a,s
anyone at the meeting can attest. The
minutes of the previous meeting were
ordered to be read. This had not pro-
ceeded very far when the first skirmish
of the battle developed. A motion was
made to strike out the latter part OF the
minutes. A spirited discussion fol-
lowed. Scathing speeches were made,
and, in this respect, it might be men
toned that the ladies excel in this style
of oratory. The nti-Dsbanders finally
captured the day, as the chair was not
sustained in overruling the motion that
the minutes touching on disbandment
be stricken out.
The next proposition to agitate the
ladies present was whether the annex
has or has not disbanded. Both sides
made an elegant showing, but nothing
definite was reached, although it
is repnrted that several ladies
spent the past week in reading up
Gushing and Roberts. A letter was
now read from the chamber of COM
merce to the effect that the ladies' an
mex was valuable adjunct to the cham
ber of commerce and that they desired
them to continue. This letter was in
answer to query submitted to that
body by several ladies.
''rhey didn't dare say anything else,"
said an irate member of the Disband
party. "They would not risk running
foul of some of the ladies of the annex"
There was another big fight over the
motion to adjourn. 1t was remarkable
how many ladies spoke in short space
of time. The meeting finally adjourned,
to meet next Monday, without transact
ing any particular business.
This pretty little fight has been brew
ing for some time, but the failure to
invite the annex on the Chino excur-
sion was the wedge on which the ele-
ment in favor of disbanding won the
day last week. Some of the ladies are
very plain spoken about the annex, and
claim that it has done no good ex-
cept to erect an orange court house
at the recent citrus carnival. They also
claim that the annex has been ignored
by the chamber of commerce, and that
no self-respecting woman can any longer
be member of an institution which is
hanging on to the coat tails of the men.
One lady said to the reporter II came
as one of the chief mourners and brought
some flowers, and was even ready to de-
liver a eulogy."
Mrs. Knight, Mrs. McComas. Mrs.
Hutchinson, Mrs. Cushman and Mrs.
Wells were the leaders in the movement
to disband. while the opposition was led
by Mrs. Wilder, assisted by Mrs. Hickey,
Mrs. Winslow, Mrs. Cicott, Mrs. Wilson
Mrs. Qualtenbush and others. There
will be some tall wire pulling done dur
ing this week.