The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-04-11
WARNING WOMEN.
Mrs. Waite Again Charges
the Enemy.
THAT FINE CALIFORNIA ROOM.
The HustIing Lady Alternate Gets Exc
flibitors to Protest, but the Enemy
Holds the Fort.

The imbroglin in the California Lady
Board of Managers of the Worlds Fair is
still on. and the breach between Mrs.
Deane. one of the National Lady Commits
siouers, and her alternate, Mrs. Frona
Waite, continues to widen. Mrs. Waite.
however. is making lively fight for control
of the decoration of the California room OF
the Woman's building.
The trouble between these two ladies
dates way back. but it is only recently that
their differences eliminated into an open
declaration of war
What caused open hostility was the action
taken on March 10 by the State Commits
sion, which placed at the disposal of the
Board of Lady Managers the $500 which
was recently appropriated by the Legisla-
ture for the exhibit in the California
Women's room at the Worlds Fair.
After collecting the exhibit she started to
devise means of raising money to provide
for its transportation and arrangement at
the Worlds Fair. After hard work Mrs.
Waite managed to secure al appropriation
from the State Legislature Of $500, to be
used for the purpose Of taking the exhibit
to Chicago
During all this time the members of the
Board Of Lady Managers did nothing about
Mrs. Walte's enterprise, but after every
| thing had been accomplished on the part of
Mrs. Waite they managed 10 secure control
of the $500.
The contributors Of the exhibits to the
California room of the Woman's building
have little to say on the subject.
| Yesterday afternoon they held a meet
| ing, about fourteen of them being
| present. All of them were enthusias-
tically in favor Of Mrs Waite. and said
| they wanted her to have complete control
and supervision of the exhibit.
Mrs Waite recited the history of how
| she came to gather the exhibit under cir
! cular issued by Mrs Sarah Gale Cook. sec
| rotary of the National Board OF Lady Man
ayers. She had not acted under the au-
thority OF the California Lady Managers,
nor had even used their room.
She said that after the State Board had
| decided that she should not use the money
| appropriated to transport the exhibit, she
had telegLaphed to Mrs. Palmer. president
of the National Board at Chicago, and
asked her il they could take her exhibit
| from her. Mrs. Waite received the follow
ing telegram in answer:
JACKSON PARK. Chicago, March 27, 1898.
| To Mrs. Promo Waite 147 Jones street: The
| board expects you 10 install the decorations you
| nave offered for The California room WOmau's
building. BERTHA II. n. PALMER,
President Board Lady Man ayers.
The same day the following telegram was
also received:
CHICAGO, March 20. 1893.
To John DolJeer, 10 California street:
by Mrs. Waite. BERTHA II. n. PALMER,
President Board Lady Managers.
Mrs. Waite showed how all communica-
tons about the exhibit had passed between
the national board and herself as an ind
viduR, and that none had ever been ad-
dressed to the California Lady Board of
Managers, who took no Interest in the mat
ter at all.
Mrs. Waite next went on to show how she
had secured the appropriation at Sacra-
mento.
Yesterday Mrs. Waite read letters from
Senator MCGOWAN, who introduced the bill,
Assemblyman Matthews, Chairman of the
Ways and Means Committee, Ed Leake,
secretary of that committee. and Assembly,
man DuckwOrth, all stating that it was the
purpose and understanding of the legislators
that she was to use the money for the ex-
hibt she had collected.
In conclusion Mrs. Waite said that she
was credlbly Informed that NJ. II. de
Young had stated that he would spend
$1,000 II necessary 10 prevent her from
taking charge Of the California room in the
Woman's building. She also said that the
attempt was being made to destroy the
original plans as agreed upon.
When Mrs. Waite had stated her case Ju-
Illus LudoYici introduced the following res
| olutlon, which was unanimously adopted
and signed by those present 1t was:
Resolred, That we, the contributors to said
exhibit in said California room, respectively and
collectively request Tie State Commissioners 10
rescind their former d cislon and allow Mrs
Waiie 10 eceiye the warrants for the full amount
Considerable talk was INDUCED in re-
| gardlng the withdrawal of ali contributions
| If Mrs. Waite was not given sole charge and
| supervision. IF we cannot send them with
her in control we will not send any at ALL"
| was the sentiment.
After talking the thing over, however, it
| was resolved not to go quite as far as this
A resolution was presented by Mrs. E. p.
Bradley and adopted, stating:
at is our earnest wish that the exhibit
be sen; to Chicago under the sole super
vision OF Mrs. Waite, as originally in
| tended"
1t was resolved to send a dispatch con-
! tanning this resolution to Mrs. Palmer at
| Chicago.
Al the meeting it was stated that the
| Alameda Lady Board of Managers had
stood by Mrs. Waite and were going to sup
port her in her efforts 10 obtain her rights.