Evening star., 1896-10-16
THE BOYCOTT STILL ON
Ladies Of the D. v. L. Do Hot Approve Of
Reporters.
The Annual Election Was Held This
Morning, bat the Result Was
Kept O Secret.

This is the third and last day Of the con-
vention of the Ladies. Auxiliary to the U.
V. L., and 1t was not until this morning
that the convention actually got down to
business. 1t is true that at the meeting
Wednesday evening a number of reports
were read. but these were as nothing COM
pared with the real business Of the year,
the annual election Of officers.
The difficulties which have beset the local
auxiliary and the spirit of strife and en-
nifty engendered among Its members have
occupied the attention Of the national body
to the exclusion Of almost everything else
They have furnished almost the sole topic
OF conversation and discussion among the
delegates. e and apart from any question as
to the merits Of the fight itself, the ladies
are up IN arms against the sister or sisters
who first allowed the newspaper men to
learn that there was rift within the
laee; wded. For her. or them. they have only
WORDS or condemnation. Could they but
locate the leak. 1t is safe to say that some
one would be discharged from the body
with scant ceremony.
Maa An earnest effort was made yesterday by
MRS. Iuxbury, the national president to
nave the story suppressed, and she called
q the newspaper Offices with a demand
mat ma. no.nins at all be printed that did not
that she was the national president Of the
LADIES. Auxiliary. and that what she said
ought to go. For example. she insisted thar
Mxnatever The Star was going to print on
Thns ss''eee :, was was false in every particular.
Anus' IL came about that The Star re-
porter who called at Willard Hall where
the convention was in session this morninc
tvas', was decidedly persona non grata. The
IaDies taIan S IN the local organization have
taken up SO much of the time of the del.
esates tnat there was practically no session
last evening. A number of the nationaI
Marsbsige go5 nt together after the return from
fnr tha ah h' nan and discussed the program
noa tie balance OF the convention. But thia
morning the climax was reached when The
bailottng was begun. eA' '''o
Keeping 1t q Secret.
ihe election occupied several hours. and
was not without its exciting features. Sew
eraA nominations were made for each Of
hce' and as the election was by ballot. each
auxiliary voting in turn as its number WAS
caHeo oy Mrs. Tuxbury, a great deal of
tlme was necessarily consumed.
1t was well on toward the close of this
important event when The Star reporter
knocked gently upon the glass door which
Kept the rest of the world on the outside.
inere was great shaking of heads and
q waving OF arms, SO that any man less
dense might have understood that his pres
ence In that vicinity was out of order.
Finally one Of the delegates, who bore
upon her bosom badge inscribed with the
e.
What do you want?"
Il would like to learn the result of the
election"
1T is not over yet. but think you can
get 1t in q little while"
Just then large lady stuck her head out
OF the door and told the conductor that
she mustn't say word.
The national president says that not
bit of news is to be given out" said the
newcomer, gingerly.
oh, 1 didn't mean to speak Of the pro-
ceedfngs OF secret society as news
simply meant to print the names Of the Of
hcers. GERS 1 thought the ladies might like t."
Well. Mrs. Tuxbury says that you are
not to be told single thing of any sort,
SO you might just as well go away"
Mrs. Tuxbury has put all newspaper men
in force.
Those who were interested in the trouble
In the local auxiliary. and claim that the
national president had arbitrarily ruled out
day that they had triumphed by defeating
for re-election Mrs Tuxbury and all the
national officers who sided with her
Omcers Elected.
The new officers are as follows: Mrs.
Hattie M. Miller, national president, Mt
Gillead, Ohio; senior vice president, Sister
Mary Rose, Columbus, Ohio; junior vice
president. Mrs. Daugh, Reading, Pa; chap
lain, Mrs. Rankin. Buffalo. N. Y; treas
urer, Miss Lottie McCaffrey, Allegheny,
Pa; secretary, Miss Eva Gardner, Mt, Gil
lead, Ohio: inspector, Mrs. Msggie E. Fos-
ter, New Castle. Pa: I. and l. ofacer, Mrs.
G: w. Ford. Washington, D. c.; counsellor,
Mrs. NJ E. Tuxbury, Wilmington, Del, !:
advisory board. Mrs. E. P. Green, Column
bus. Ohio; Ellen G: Wogan. Wilmington.
Del; Mrs. c. Bogart, Brooklyn, NJ Y.
1t Is stated that during a portion Of this
mornings session the proceedings were of
a most exciting character. AS matter of
fact, however, the fun was started yester-
day. when Mrs. Ford of Washington intro
duced resolution that only one auxiliary
be allowed to the three encampments of the
U. V. L. in the District of Columbia
AS soon as the resolution was seconded
Mrs. Tuxbury called one Of her friends to
the chair from the floor and strongly advo-
Gated the passage Of the resolution. The
matter was not disposed of at the time, and
came up this morning unfinished bus
iness, when, upon vote being taken, it
was overwhelmingly defeated.
The reason given for Mrs. Fords action is
said to have been that some Of the men,
bers of No. 32 have been talking of starting
another auxiliary