The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-07-19
THE PICTURED ELITES.
A New Version OF the Lawn Party Row
Wholesale BlackbaIling.

A New Version OF the Lawn Party Row
Wholesale BiackbaIIing.
To the Editor of the Jersey Citg News:
With your term; ssioE, We the under
signed, member of the Elite ORA 4Iatc
Musical and Vocal Club OF Greenyille,
would like to put before the people OF
Jersey City and G~reenville the particulars
OF the recent dispute in our club.
The Lawn party business han all b cen
settled amlcably at a meeting held at
at Giebels Hall on Friday July z. The
following meeting a special Que WAS held
for the purpose of taking action
on the bylaws. We. the kick
organizers of the club everything they
asked for, ouly amending such D Irts as
we thought necessary, aud that only by
adding a clause which gave thu club the
right to accept or reject any action tuat
the Board OF Directors might take. Every
thing moved smoothly up to u by law
which related to compelling a member to
take part In any ENTERTAINMENT that a
committee might see h6 to call on him or
her to take paIGin. On his or her failure
to take such part, 1t was proposed he or
she should be compelled TO pay a fine.
This. we, the kickers, objected to,
as we thought by getting u
social element in the club, it would in
terest everybody in G~reenviIle, and we
didn't feel like being ordered to do any
thing of this sort especially when soma
OF tue Original seven" could only drum
out a time on their mandolIns aud
banjo's similar to after the Ball." aud
hen they were encored they had to ex-
clse themselves. Another reason for
Kicking" was because we were accept
ing lady members, but the majority were
objecting to their voting. This we set
tied, seemingly, by passing an article
giving the ladies the right to
vain n M thvf rnU11loF VannfiuP
July IA, 1898; but unfortunately we, the
minority, didn't preserve a copy of this
section of the bylaw, and when it was
read by our secretary at the uext meet
lug it had in fac been changed from the
next regular meeting into the first meet
ing in August. When this Section was
passed. the original seven ~(ulinus one.
our p~resident) neid a caucus III the ante
room OF the nall. aud wheu Dur meeting
was adjourned they called for a special
meeting. IL was held aud at this meet
ing the Original sevsp." minus one, re-
signed.
Their designations were accepted, bu #.
after rejecting how foolish they had
been, they reconsidered their reslgna-
tons and came back like the Prodigal
Son. but, unfortunately for them. were
not received in the same manner thai the
sou was. They claimed That IN u legal
SENSE the meeting at which they resigned
was Adt u NAho We &NO ~
Then these gentlemen started in to
blackbail every name that we. the minor
ity, proposed for membership. This led
10 3 great mRnyhard things being aid D u
both sides of tue house. We, the minor
ity. couldn't sit still and See ladies black
balled without an opportunity being
given to the proposers to Withdraw Their
namef, especially wheh these same ladies
have regulations that noHe can assall.
1t shows very plainly which side of the
house has the welfare of the club at
heart, when one OF the members said in
the meeting, loud enough for everyone
To hear.-
We'll blsckball anyone that youss
fellows PROPOSE"
Now we are perfectly willing to abide
by the adverse decision of the publc. ii
they chotss TO render one, but we d. most
heartily object to having it before our
side of the question is heard. We will
also say. in ccucluding, that the bylaws
will bsar out this statement of .onrs, Ii
they have not been already des .royed.
j. K. HUTCHINSON.
o.. j.. PRIOR.
CHAs. A. CUTBEART,
COMMITTEES,