Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1892-04-16
THE LADIES SPEAK OUT.
Mrs. BartIett's Withdrawal from the
Territorial Worlds Fair Commits
sion and What Santa Fe
Ladies Think of it.

The regular joint meeting of the Santa
Fe county Worlds fair committee and
advisory board was held on Monday
April IL. After the routine work was
disposed of Mrs. Bartlett, who was pres
ent, was asked to address the ladies', stat
ing the cause which had in her judgment
made necessary her resignation from her
territorial position. She responded to
this request with a concise and dignifed
statement CT the present situation and
the causes which have induced it.
At the outset of the work within the
territory Mrs. Bartlett requested the ter
ritorial board of commissioners to allow
the two lady commissioners to pursue
their work independently of eachs other.
The request was granted and the work
divided accordingly Mrs. Bartlett with
Characteristic energy, promptly formu'
lated the plan Of work aud organized her
committee. These committees, under
her intelligent and inspiring leadership,
zealOusiy addressed themselves to their
work, and steadfastly pursued it, undis.
mayed by its unsupported magnitude or
the various difficulties attending it. The
wisdom or folly of the original agree
ment, we do not pretend to difcues.
That agreement had been made, and re-
lying upon its stability, Mrs. Bartlett had
pushed her work to point which gave
promise of ultimate success. At this
| i,p in
Mlgu county, looking to the consolidation
of the two lines of work so far as the f.
nance committee was concerned.
This movement was successful. In
response to petition to that effect, the
board in session at Las Cruces, notwith-
standing its former pledge decided in favor
of one finance committee. Finding her
self seriously crippled in one county and
! wholly uncertain, in view of the precedent
J established, as to future Developments in
; other counties, Mrs. Bartlett had felt that
her only course was to tender to the board
her resignation. In this decision she was
fully sustained by her co-workers in this
, county. Both the advisory board and the
county committee resolved upon imme.
, tiate resignation. Having provided that
, the funds left in the treasury after meeting
such obligations as had been incurred
should be used for the SPECIAL exhibit from
Santa Fe county, both these organizations
proceeded to their final dissolution. Mrs
Palen, in behalf of the advisory board, of
. fered the following which was unani
mously adopted;
To Mrs. E. l.. Bartlett, Lady Commissioners
Learning with deep sorrow of your res
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visory board, hereby tender to YOU ou
resignation, and take this opportunity tt
express to you our regard and esteem, anC
to assure you that we feel that the terri
tory has met with an irreparable loss by
your ceasing to be at the head of its work
and to carry out the line of work you hat
laid out for the New Mexican exhibit a
the Columbian exposition in 49,
ELLEN . PALEN,
Vice President.
Mrs. Rvenburg then made motion
that the county auxiliary committee re
sign in a body. This was unanimousl,
carried, and Mrs. Rivenburg was instruct
ed to draw up for the committee a set O
resolutions, which are as follows:
lnasmuch as influences have beer
brought to bear whereby our worthy lady
commissioner, Mrs. Cora l.. Bartlett, hal
resigned her territorial position; be il
therefore
Resolved, That We deeply regret the
necessity of her resignation; that sale
resignation is a loss rrepsrable to the
territory of New Mexico as well as to the
county of Santa Fe; that we recognized
in Mrs. Bartlett woman particular,
fitted for this work, and as she had given
the subject careful study before entering
upon active duty;
Resolved, That we unanimously en-
dorse her systematzed methods of work
and the energy, economy and honesty
with which she perfeCts them.
Resolved further, That we deeply de.
plore the action OF the parties who have
caused this resignation, and have thereby
completely overthrow a work OF such
vast importance to the territory.
Copies of these two papers have been
sent to the territorial board.
Both organizations having now finally
declared themselves dissolved Mrs. Bart
lett proceeded to organize the ladies' who
had composed them into committees on
the special exhibit from Santa Fe comfy,
charge of which she still retains. For
this exhibit the recognized committee
will continue work independently of any
other body. The work of the general
exhibit will pass into other hands. Mrs.
Bartlett's labors within the territory are
well known, and her earnestness and
zeal have. been generally recognized.
What she has accomplished at Chicago