The morning times., 1895-11-06
NEW SECRETARY CHOSEN
Associated Charities Elects Geo.
S. Wilson to That Place.
MR.. EMERY MADE a DIRECTOR
His Friends Made a Determined Fight
for Him, but without AvuII-Com-
pIimented by All Speakers, but
Other Methods Must He Tried-Mr.
Wilson an Ohio Man and an Expert.

OtutT -hctuOuB hust nc ITleH VT.
Wilson an Ohio Man and IN Expert.
The Associated Charities solved its prob
lem last night by the election OF Mr.. l.. :.
Emery, its IorIner secretary, rs one of its
directors and Mr.. George =. Wilson, as its
general secretary. AIr. " iison present
secretary OF the Associated Charities of
Toiedn, Ohio, and was recommended by
President oiinan, OF Johns Hopkins; Prpf.
Eiy, OF WISCONSIN, aud Z. W. Ayers, general
secretary OF the Associated charities, vi
Cincinnati, Ohio.
THE meeting was the largest held in many
years. Among those present We're senator
hawicy, OIL Connecticut; Or. Gaiiiudet, Key.
Drs. Mackaye smith, Kent, wilson, New
man, Mckiin, Col HusmeT, Vice President
Baldwin, OF the Southern Railway; f.. l..
Siddcns, DR.. Z. NJ Gregory, OF the CIVIC
Center; DR.. Ramstiefi, Dr. Kelly, of the
Fourth Presbyterian Church, who rendered
the church room as the place of meeting;
Mrs. W. BaDson, Mr.. ). W. Woodward, Dr.
southern, and a large number OF other
ladies and gentlemen.
The special object of the meeting was he
election Of board of directors and gen
eral secretary.
ELECTION o F THE SECRETARY.
Mr. r. l.. Moore, chairman of the com
mittee of charities of the board of trade, was
called to the chair. Mr.. ID. ). Emery acted
as secretary.
The 1irst business was the reading OF the
annual reports of the secretary aud Of the
treasurer, Mr.. NJ. q. Emery. These will be
found condensed below and were antic.-
pated in the report OF the auditing committee
which was published yesterday in The
Times.
The election OF the secretary was the
only one that provo ked any debate. THE
meeting was composed Of two parties,
one which was in favor of having the
charities administered this year accord
ing 10 The methods In vogue in other
large cities, which was termed the scien-
tific method, and the other party, which
was in favor OF retaining Mr.. Emery
against any imported" secretary, as lie
was termed by Mr.. Emerys friends.
The debate was not acrimonious. all
the illusions to Mr. Emery being of the
most flattering nature, and the confidence
OF the society in him was evidenced by
its election OF him to the office III d.
rector. Several persons would have voted
FOR Mr.. Emery, as they stated, k-he were
willing 10 give his whole time to the office
of secretary.
The business OF the election was expe-
dited by the nomination of the following
committee on nominations: Mr.. ). W.
Woodward, DR.. Gallaudet, Miss Kate
Hosmer, Mrs. Babson, and Mr.. Voc r'Iee5.
This committee reported the .rl,j s.ug
nominations:
General secretary, George wilson;
directors, Mrs. DIR. Hood, DR.. GcJ:re A.
Little, Mr.. Johu Joy Edison, B. T. Janney,
Miss X. b. Hosmcr, Mrs. j. W. BabsOn,
Mr.. F. L. Moore, Mr.. W. +. Parsons. DIR.
NJ. ID. Peck, Rev. ]. II. Bradford. Mr.. l.
S. Emery. Miss F. p. spofford, Mrs. W. II.
Baldwin. Rev. Charles Alvin Smith, Mrs.
S. W. Woodward.
NIX. WILSON ELECTED.
Rev. DR.. bradford at once moved as an
amendment the substitution of the name
of MIR. Emery Tor that OF Mr.. Wilson.
THIS motion brought out the reasons for
tue committee in desiring a change. Mr..
Woodward, Rev. DR.. MchIDt, senator Ha W
ley, Dr. Galiaudet, and others argued for
a change on the ground that charities had
become a sociological problem, and that
ii needed an expert to zeal with IL. They
all expressed their confidence in Mr. Emery.
DR.. Bradford iDveighed against the in
portatioD of n man 10 do the work as
confession that Washington did not know
how to attend to its own business.
Dr. Parsons made the point that Mr..
Emery erred when he put himself in op-
position to the board OF directors 10y saying
that he would resign if certain amendments
proposed were passed by this meeting.
DR.. Bradford said that Mr.. Emery did
not desire TO have the power TO appoint
his own employees taken away from him,
and wanted TO know if Mr.. Woodward
would tolerate the appointment of his
employees by persons other than himself.
After some other debate of this kind,
the question was put on DR.. BradfOrd's
motion, and it was lost by vote Of 10
nays to % yeas, all those who had paid
up their 50 dues being qualified voters.
The report of the committee n nominations
was then adopted by vote of AZ TO l6.
ACTION ON AMENDMENTS DEFERRED.
The proposed amendments To the consti-
tuition were deferred for action at a suisse
queDt meeting.
The new board of directors will meet
tomorrow afternoon at $3.50 O'Clock at
the Associated Charities headquarters.
Mr.. Emery reported On the potato farm
plan, but this report has already been pub
lished in The Times.
Taken in connection with what was pub
lished in The Times yesterday, il is only
necessary to give the following termination
of the expenditures of the Associated
Charities for the year lS949o:
For groceries, orders averaging about
ST each, So, 457 50; for coal quarter ofa ton
to an order, So, 90 80; for rent, II families,
S31ST7: for shoes, S4l9.50; hauling wood,
which was contributed, 904 loads, delivered
to poor families, S4s1.OS; materials for
sewing by poor women, SS1.o0: paid poor
womenfur sewing, S34.31 for clothing, first
division, bill, $3.50; for employment fur
nished by the association, S424.25; trans
portatiun, SAT; aid in burial, families
SO. so: hauling supplies from Evening Star
office pound party, 81 40; clerk hire, S343;
rent of office, storage room and wood yard,
S44S.2o; compensation to general secre-
tary, 1925; for agent and rent in eleventh
division office, $S4.17: for fitting up
office Of sixth division, S11.20; seed and
fertilizing material, Langley, S9.7o; print
ing, stationery and postage, S124.59: mis-
cellaneous, S91.62; total, 11,02S.06-