The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-29
mimic War TN THE
ART ASSOCIATION.
SECRETARY MARTIN DEFINITELY
CONTRADICTS j. A.
STANTON.
THERE WAS NO PRIVATE DEAL
ARTISTS ENDORSES THE LATE
ELECTION.

There is wrath in art circles. The Ar
| Association, whose directors were elected
the other day, is discussing with no small
| amount of energy certain statements touch
ing the association management attributed
to John A. Stanton.
| The assertion that the Art Association
was close corporation was the prfncipa
source of dissatisfaction. Mr.. Stanton
said. according to the printed story, tina
he had made an application to the secre
tary of the association asking that h
might be permitted to make a nomination
The nomination Mr.. Stanton desired tx
make was that OF John Stafford for mem
bership to the board of directors. Mr.
| Stafford was not nominated. AS matter
OF fact, the nominating committee had be
fore it eleven names. Mr.. Stanton wa:
| one. The nominating committee con
| sisted of: Alexander G. Halves, ex-presi
dent of the Art Association; g. w. Beaver
and Russell j. Wilson. On the list of can.
| dldates the committee found Mr.. Stanton
name. 1t was considered, among the
others, but after reference to the bylaws
and constitution of the association it was
discovered that no employee of the associa-
ton could be elected as director, and in
stead of Mr.. Stanton's name that of Will
liam Keith was substituted
Secretary Martin, when seen yesterday,
said: ut is difficult for me to believe that
any application was made to me by Mr..
Stanton for the nomination of any candi-
date Of his choice. | can only say that I
absolutely fail to remember any such APP
plication, and if any such application had
been made, believe l would remember
it,
SIS it fact that due notification was
not CiUnn of tho alaafinp 81 NJ ~
was asked.
well, l have only this to say" replied
he, that the constitution requires that the
notification shall be posted in prominent
place, or duly published in a daily paper
no less than three times within the month
preceding the election. / paid the Ex-
aminer 50 %, and here is the receipt for
the due publication of the notice of the
election of directors of the Art Association
That satisfies one end of it. and it was not
necessary that any further notitica ton
should be made, but in addition to that
the notice that you see there was posted.
Is not that prominent place, In the secre-
tary' Officer" And Mr.. Martin pointed to
notice dated February 26, 1895, calling
upon the members of the Art Association
to attend the election of directors.
Two other artists, instructors and of
reputable position, were in the secretary s
room when he made this statement to the
reporter for the CALL, and they promptly
drew out of their pockets the tickets which
had been forwarded to them, three days
before the election, by the secretary of the
association. There are but two changes in
the board. Joseph B. Crockett takes the
place OF E. 5. Pillsbury and Henry J..
Croker takes William Babcock's place.
| The fight seems to be the result of some
what careless talk on the part of Mr.. Stan
| ton. When seen Mr.. Stanton said that SO
| far as his criticism of the election is
| concerned, it was made under misunder-
| standing.
II did discuss the matter of the election
| of the board of directors, but did not say
| that the gentlemen who composed the
board are no more fitted to conduct an art
institute in this city than l am to run a
bank. Such an assertion would be fool
lsh, because l know better. Whatever
criticism l made of the election of the
| board of directors was neither given nor
! meant for publication" Then Mr.. Stan
ton went out for sail on the bay.
| Chris Jorgenson, who is one of the cleo
| toral board, was seen at his studio and
said 81 cannot understand how any such
statement as has been attributed to Mr..
| Stanton could have been made. If there
| had been any desire on the part of any
| members of the Art Association to run an
opposition ticket to that which was elected,
| there was certainly plenty of time, and GER
talnIy due notice was given, because the
advertisement of the election was not only
printed in the Examiner, but the notifca-
| ton was pasted up on the mirror i'll the
secretary's room of the Mark Hopkins In
stitute of Art, and there is no chance that
l can understand which would permit any
one to fail to know in advance, not only
when the election was to be held, but just
exactly who were the candidates.
L. f. Latimer, who is also on the cleo
tOraI hoard of the association said. tsTf
there had been any strong desire on the
part of the mem bers of the Art Association
to elect Mr.. Stafford, there was plenty OF
time for such desire to have been made
evident Personally, | should have liked
to have seen Mr.. Stafford elected MEM
Der of the board of directors.
$50 far as James D. Phelan is concerned.
and the assertion that the board of direc-
tors keep the institute out of debt. the
windows cleaned and the steps hosed off.
| have nothing to say, except thatif gentle
men like Mr.. Phelan did not interest
themselves in the Art Association, it is
very doubtful if any of the complaining
| artists would do so. 1t is more than likely
that Mr.. Phelan considers his reelection
as director something of a nuisance, be-
cause that election makes a demand upon
his time which only public minded man
would meet with pleasure. There could
have been no lack of notification, nor could
tneTe nave Deeu any close pOlltlcS IN the
action of the electoral board. Everything
was open and aboveboard, and all the
legal notices were given"
Amedee Joullin said: II am not sur
prised because it is just that sort of action
which has unfortunately heretofore char
acterized certain clique in the Art Asso-
citation. 1t is manifestly impossible that
an employe of an association could be
upon the board of directors. Mr. Stanton
was candidate for election. The noni-
mating committee found that it was impos-
sible according to the constitution to pre-
sent Mr.. Stanton's name. AS matter of
fact Mr.. Stanton's name was taken off the
original list and Mr.. Keith's name was
substituted. The election was harmonious
and there was no definite objection made so
far as | can learn. 1t is very funny
thing that Mr.. Stanton should object to
the result of an election which he did not
even take the trouble to attend. If he had
feared that any OF his friends had not
not been properly represented he should
have himself made some personal effort.
The outside discussion of the action taken
by the Art Association is silly ANYBODY
can talk, but why do not some of the
DIRECTORS work.
There were many other expressions of a
more or less critical nature from the artists
of the CITY over the statement that tho rt