St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1896-02-28
MILFORD KICKED OUT
SUMMARY JUSTICE IS EXECUTED
by THE NEW YORK YACHT
CLUB.
GIVEN NO CHANCE TO RESIGN.
ONLY ONE VOTE IN FORTY CAST
AGAINST THE EXPULSION OF
DUNRAVEN.
RINGING PREAMBLE ADOPTED.
Charges Not Only Not Proven, but
Absolutely DisprOved, Says the
Committee.
GIVEN NO CHANCE TO RESIGN.


NEW YORK, Feb. 27.-The club
house of the New York Yacht club was
absolutely packed tonight with mem
bers and yacht owners who were
anxious to testify by their presence
that the Dunraven-Defender case
Should be settled once and for all. Up
to the time of meeting $3.50 o'clock
this evening, no direct apology or mott
fication of intended resignation had
ing a resignation was on it's way from
Lord Dunraven.
It was rumored that letter embody-
Ing a resignation was on it's way from
the doubly defeated owner of Valkyrie,
but it was not in evidence when the
meeting was called to order by Com
mOdore Brown.
AS soon as the meeting was called
to order by Commodore Brown, Capt.
Lewis Cass Ledyard requested that his
motion, calling for the resignation of
Lord Dunraven from the New York
Yacht club, which he proposed two
weeks ago, should be withdrawn. The
request was granted unanimously.
Capt. Ledyard then claimed that.
under chapter q of the bylaws of the
club, which reads as follows, I'm case
Of an occurrence injurious to the well
fare of the club the name or names
Of any member or members implicat-
ed therein may be removed from the
list of members by a vote of the
majority Of the yachts represented, at
any general or special meeting" Lord
Dunraven's acts should be summarily
dealt with. Capt. Ledyard then Of
fered the following preamble and re-
solution:
SCORES THE BRITISHER.
"The Earl of Dunraven, an honorary mem
Der of this club, has publicly charged foul play
pm the part of the Defender, in the recent races
tor the Americas cup, of such a nature as
necessarily duplicates the managing owners of
The vessel.
The charge has been investigated by COM
mission of the highest character, which has
proceeded judicially, and before which Lord
Dunrayen has appeared and given his own and
bther testimony, and has been heard in person
and by counsel. The commission has unani-
mously decided that the charge was false;
That it was not merely improved, but was af-
irmatively disproved by competent and uncon-
Trajectory evidence, leaving no possibility of
doubt.
The commission has also found that the
lacts upon which Lord Dunraven acted, accord
ing to his own statement, furnished no justif-
ration for making such a charge.
We deem it to be among the unquestioned
rules which regulate the course of gentlemen,
That when one finds he has been led by mis-
take to cast unjust imputations upon the char
Rcter of another, he should promptly make
such reparation remains in his power by
acknowledging his error, withdrawing the i'm
putations and expressing his regret Such
PREPARATION to Mr.. Isein and his associates,
the Earl of Dunraven, after full opportunity,
has failed to make.
1t further appears from the evidence, in
rluding Lard Dunraven's own admissions, that
at the time of the cup races he Intentionally
refrained from making the charge formally,
or making any protest, as REQUIRED by the
rules, because it was impossible for him to
verify the charge, and he unwilling to
take the responsibility of entertaining it,
:, 1t is not open to discussion that when gen.
tlemen are engaged in any sport, and one sus-
poets another of foul play, he is bound to
make the charge then, and in such form and
manner as to assume full responsibility there
FOR, or thereafter to remain silent.
1t further appears that in print and in pub
lie speech Lord Dunraven has sought to justify
the making of the charge by numerous mis-
representations of fact He has been forced
himself to admit the untruth of most of these,
yet he stubbornly refuses to retract the in
furious inferences drawn from them.
The representatives of this club enga ged in
the international yacht races with Lord Dun
raven as the representative of English yachts
men. upon the footing of mutual confidence
and honor He has requited their courtesy
and confidence by diStrust, suspicion I'M
founded imputations of fraud and refusal of
PREPARATION.
Lord Dunraven, by his course, has for
feited the. high esteem which led to his cleo
ton as an honorary member of this club.
Therefore,
Resolved. That the privileges of honorary
membership, heretofore extended to the Earl of
Dunraven, are hereby withdrawn, and that his
name be removed from the list of honorary
members of the club
PLAIN WORDS USED.
:. In introducing the above resolution,
Rear Commodore Ledyard said: cat
the last meeting of the club, intro
duced resolution which called upon
the Earl of Dunraven to resign his
honorary membership. 1 thought at
that time, and 1 think great many
members OF the club thought, that that
method of dealing with the situation
asking him to resign, instead of taking
more summary action against him
was more In accordance with the way
in which we had been dealing with this
matter up to that time. 1t seemed then
more consistent with the courtesies and
dlgnlfied and careful way in which all
this subject had been treated by the
New York Yacht club. I do not think
that there has ever been in the mind of
any member of this club, sir, an idea
that we should accept any resignation
by Lord Dunraven, unless it was ac-
conpanied by a full and complete apol-
ogy and a retraction of his charges.
I Rave seen in the press tonight a.
statement that he has signed I sup
pose, sir, from this circumstance that
the secretary has made no mention of
any such communication, that none
has been received by the club. I think
that the communications which we
have received since the last meeting
show that Lord Dunraven has not ac-
cepted the result of this inquiry. He
is still carping, still hedging. l think
this course has been such that it is due
to the dignity and self-respect Of this
club that action should be taken which
will leave no room for doubt as to the
attitude of the club. And with that
view, [ ask the unanimous consent of
the members of the club to withdraw
the resolutions which I offered at the