The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-11-11

mained, however. latent nlfeeling.
This was not diminished by the ladies
acting upon the idea that supplies had
not been bought in an open market. They
ceased purchasing from a prominent
merchant connected with the Board OF
Trustees and gave the custom of the
Home to other business houses. In ad-
dition they abolished the custom OF
teaching children in the Home and be-
gan sending them to public schools,
where they thought they would get bet
ter educations. This move displeased a
lady who had been a teacher In the
Home and who was a. near relative Oh
the Board OF Trustees.
A short time ago the lady managers
received a letter from the Secretary OF
the Board of Trustees requesting them
to postpone their annual meeting until
they received a. further communication
from the trustees. Formerly the ladles
had been in the habit of acting independ-
antly. The further communicate ton
was received in the form of letter to
Mrs. Marcus Beach, President OF the
Board of Domestic Control and to Mrs
Augustus Creveling, its Secretary. These
letters conveyed the information that
Mrs. Solon Palmer. Mrs. Geo. H. White,
Mrs. w. H. Cummings Mrs. H. E.
Niese and Mrs. L N. Quimby had been
dropped from the Board of Domestic
Control and nine new names had been
added to the list A letter to Mrs. Grew
cling further instructed her to notify the
first set of ladies of their deposition and
the second of their appointment
Mrs Beach and Mrs. Creveling imme-
diately called meeting of the ofhcers
of the Ladies' Board. These are: Mrs.
G. w. Clerihew, First Vice President;
Mrs. Harry Mcbride, Second Vive Presi-
dent, and Mrs. w. H. Cummings, Treas
urer. They talked over the situation
and they resolved to call the meeting
for Friday night already alluded to-.
Their minds were made up to resign and
the object of the meeting will be to
appeal to the remaining ladies to join
in their action.
WHO WILL Re THERE.
AT the meeting next Friday five of
the ladies, slated for decapitation, will
be invited to be present, but no notice
will be taken of the nine new appoint
ments. These ladies who constitute the
board prior to October 81 last will be
present:-Mrs. Marcus Beach, Mrs Geo.
W. Clerfhew, Mrs. Harry Mcbride, Mrs.
Augustus Creveling, Mrs. w. H. Cum
mings, Mrs Solon Palmer, Mrs. George
Miller, Mrs. B. Illingworth, Mrs Wash
ington Belt, Mrs. N. w. Condict, Mrs.
James Fleming, Mrs. G.. R. Hitler, Mrs.
Edward Bennett, Mrs. Hudspeth Benson,
Mrs 1. N. Quinnby and Miss Josephine
Allison.
In addition to the notice of changes
made in the Ladies' Board the COM
munfcation of the trustees contained the
ukase that hereafter the meetings of
the Board of Lady Managers should
be held at the Home and not at mem
bers' houses.
The trustees of the Home are:-John A
Walker, William H. Turner, John H.
Carnes, George w. Conklin, Charles c.
Stimets, Elijah S. Cowles, Charles d.
Ridgeway, Washington Belt, E. w.
Kingsland, Jr. John ]. Voorhees,, Smith
D. Mackey, Oliver H. Perry, John ].
Toffey, James E. Hulshizer, M. Murray.
John S. McMasters, George T. Smith,
Joseph D. Bedle, William B. jenkins.
OF these, Messrs. John A. Walker was
absent at the recent meeting. and the
ladies acquit Mr.. c. c. Stimets of op-
position 10 pnem because ne mas dtIeilu-
ed few meetings. Messrs. o. H. Perry
and J H. Carnes are looked upon as
the head and front of the offending.
Their position is based on the historical
development of the institution and they
point to Article Ill of their constitution,
which gives the power to the trustees
to appoint at their November meeting
the Board of Domestic Control.
On the other hand, the ladies contend
that they have repeatedly filled vacancies
in their numbers caused by death or
resignation and the dropping Of these
five is illegal.
Mr.. John A. Walker of the Dixon
Crucible Company, one of the trustees,
was seen today by News representa-
tive, and he said respecting the trouble:
Really I don't know anything about
it. 1 have only returned from three
weeks tour in Colorado. What was
done by the Board of Trustees at their
last meeting I am utterly ignorant about.
They, however, have the right by their
constitution to appoint new members of
the Domestic Board of Control. There S
nothing Illegal in that