The San Francisco call., 1896-02-28

which will leave no room for doubt as to
the attitude of the club And with that
view l shall ask the unanimous consent OF
the members of the club to withdraw the
resolution which | offered at the last meet
ing for the purpose of submitting In its
place another and different one, as follows:
1.-The Earl of Dunraven, an honorary
member of this club, has publicly charged
foul play on the part OF the Defender, in
the recent races for the America cup, OF
such nature as necessarily implicate the
managing owners of the vessel.
1.-The charges have been investigated
by committee of the highest character,
which proceeded iudicially, and before
which Lord Dunraven has appeared and
given his own and other testimony and
has been heard in person and by counsel.
The committee has unanimously decided
that the charge was false, that it was not
merely improved, but was affirmatively
disproved by competent and uncontra-
dicted evidence, leaving no possibility of
doubt
1--WE deem it TO be among the unques-
toned rules which regulate the inter
course of gentlemen that when one finds
that he has been led by mistake to cast
unjust imputations upon the character of
another, he should promptly make such
reparation as remains IN his power by ac-
knowledging his error, Withdrawing the
imputations and explaining his regret.
Such reparation to Mr.. Iselin and his
associates the Earl of Dunraven, after full
opportunity, has failed to make.
60 1t further appears from the evidence,
Including Lord Dunraven's own admis-
sions, 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 i'm
possible for him to verify the charges. and
he was unwilling to take the responsibility
OF maintaining it.
=" 1T further appears that in print and
in public speech Lord Dunraven has
sought to justify the making OF the charge
by: numerous MISREPRESENTATION of fact.
He has been forced himself to admit the
untruth of most of these, yet he stub
bornly refuses to retract the injurious in
ferences drawn from them.
The representatives of this club en-
gagged in the International yacht races
with Lord Dunraven as the representative
of English yachtsmen upon the footing of
Quilted their courtesy and confidence by
distrust and suspicion, unfounded imputa-
tiens of fraud and a refusal of reparation.
Lord Dunraven, by mis- course, has
forfeited the high esteem which led to his
election as an honorary member OF this
club; therefore,
'Resolred, That the privileges of hon
orary membership heretofore extended to
the Earl of Dunrayen are hereby with
drawn and that his name be removed from
the list of honorary members of the
club "
When Captain Ledyard concluded there
was great outburst of applause. Some
one called for the ayes and noes and they
were so ordered.
Great surprise was expressed when the
name OF Chester c. Monroe, owner of the
Orvia, was called, and he said NO
Mr.. Monroe's course was heartily con-
demned by the members. who generally
referred TO him in uncomplimentary terms.
Thus ended, so far as the New York
Yacht Club is concerned, this International
unpleasantness which has aroused so NJ uch
bad feeling on both sides and excited the
yachting public of two continents for six
months past.
The following are the letters received
from Lord Dunraven and considered by
the Yacht Club this evening:
LONDON, y Norfolk street, Park Lane,j
February -. (
To J. v S Oddie, ESQ, Secretqrs,-DEAg SIR.
In supplementing my cabegrnm and letter OF
February Il, l wish TO emphasize the fact that
my letters TO Messrs. Rives and Phelps were
written and dispatched before 1 had heard OF
the motion of Captain Ledyard.
Without commenting upon the grounds or
terms OF the motion to the justice OF which
do not agree, wish to say in view of the fact
that motion OF such nature has been made
and is matter of record. I do not desira TO
remain member of the club whatever may be
the result OF the motion. I, therefore, beg that
you will lay my resignation before the club,
course which will probably be approved by q
majority OF the members. 1 remain, yours
faithfully, DUNRAvEN.
On February II Lord Dunraven ad-
dressed a letter to Hon. E. J. Phelps as
follows:
Dear Ar. Phelps: The attitude of assisting
the inquiry as witness and not as prose
cutor, which, in the nature of the case had
to adopt and which I have consistently main
tained, prevents me from presuming to accept
or reject or TO criticise afirmatively or mega
lively.
cannot admit that there was mistake in
the observed facts, suggested by the en-
ployment OF calculations, which were accepted
by the committee, as mathema tically provid-
ing that we did not see the actual objects.
which We did see. The only time for absolute
proof or disproof of the complaint that the De-
fender did not sail the race on September 2
under her measured load water line length
must have been on the day of the race.
My conduct after the first race, and my atti-
tude toward the inquiry when l offered to go
to New York, and before the inquiry when I
was present in New York, all show my belief
in that proposition-a proposition which, in
my opinion, was self-evident and l think ad-
mitted the evidence by members of the CUP
committee.
Feeling as 1 do upon this point was unable
TO adopt toward the judgment OF your COM
Inittee the attitude which 1 should unhesi-
tatingly have taken had the inquiry been con-
Quoted at the proper time by the authority
Under which I sailed, to which I made COM
plaint and whose decision l was bound to ac-
cept. fully realized the difficulty of the stu
alton whicn had arisen, l think, largely
through mutual misunderstanding and on the
evidence before them most willingly accent
the main conclusions Of V0ur nom,nit+aa oDd