The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-05-27
AFTERNOON SESSION.
A Constitution Drafted and a Spirit
communication to Mrs.
Whitney.


The afternoon session was opened with
the singing of Scatter Seeds of Kind
ness" Everybody sang with will, not
withstanding the intense heat of the day
kept the fans of the audience in continual
motion.
Mrs. R. Scott Briggs, an Oakland repre-
sentative, who has been actively engaged
in the cause of woman suffrage, both in
the East and on the Pacific Coast, was in
troduced by Mrs. May Drynan, acting
chairman for the session, and made q
speech on organization and the general
welfare and condition of the spiritual
cult. During her speech she paid an elo-
quent tribute to the president of the
National association. Harrison D. Barrett
with such man as he at the head of
the association" she said, chow can we
do anything else than climb higher up
the ladder of ethical principles and spiritu-
atty? l tell you, my dear friends, the
amount of time and fervor this man has
thrown into the cause ought to make US
feel proud of him, and rest assured that
the welfare of our religion is in the safest
of hands"
At the conclusion of her speech Mrs
Scott-Briggs invited Mrs. Kate Hoskins
VI LQt lnlHntdpOalS COclcCy
to address the representatives. The lady
accepted the invitation and made rather
lengthy address upon the advantages that
would result from organization, and the
disadvantages from living out in the cold,
hard world.
I'VE are going to organize" she stated,
land there is nothing that we must let
stand in the way. In the vocabulary of
Spiritualism there is no such word as
fail"
Next came Professor Mingo, a colored
medium well known in local spiritualistic
circles. The gentleman admitted, prior to
his argument for organization and better
treatment OF true mediums by the laws of
the land, that his record in the past had
been as black as the ace of spades, where
upon the audience howled their approval.
But there is one thing / deny" he
vehemently added, land that Is that dur
ing the two years | have been a medium
no man can cast the faintest shadow upon
my record in that direction"
Now came the event of the day. The
committee appointed 10 draft a constitu-
ton filed in slowly, solemn hush falling
upon the assemblage. William Yeaw of
San Francisco then stepped forward and
stated that the committee had agreed upon
a constitution, which would be read by
President Barrett.
Mr.. Barrett prefaced the reading wi tn a
short account of how they had arrived at
certain conclusions.
The document was of great length, com
prising twepty-three closely written pages.
The space taken up by the preamble.
which gave merely the principal reasons
for union, was considerable. Many parts
also were devoted simply to parliamentary
rules, laws concerning the officers duties
and financial propositions.
Those clauses of vital import are as fol-
lows:
Article 1.-The name of this association shall
be the California State Spiritualists' Associa-
ton, and 1t shall be incorporated by such title
under the laws of the State OF California.
Article 1.-THE objects of said association
snall De the organization of the various local
spirltualistic societies of the State of Califor-
MIA Tor the purpose of mutual aid and cooper
alton In benevolent, charitable, educational,
literary, musical, scientific, religious and mis-
slonary purposes germane to the phenomena,
science, philosophy and religion of spiritual
Ism; 10 own and hold real and personal prop
erty, 70 solicit and receive donations and be-
quests Tor the above-stated objects; to estab-
l1sh, foster and maintain ehildren's progress.
devise ways and means by which the interest
and welfare of spiritualism may be advanced
in said State.
Article VI, section 1.-The membership or pri.
mary units OF this association shall consist of
sill spiritualists' societies chartered by IN and
they shall send delegates to the annual con-
yentions upon the following basis namely
one delegate for each chartered society and Ia
additional delegate for each twenty members
or major fraction thereof
Article WILL section 1.-The board Of direct