New-York tribune., 1896-07-08
BROUGHTON NOT EXPELLED
THE DOCTOR WINS HOT FIGHT IN THE
BROOKLYN CHESS CLUB
EXCEPTION TAKEN TO ARTICLES WHICH WEhh
Published BY HIM-MANY MEMBERS
THREATEN TO RESIGN. BUT SAY
IT Is TOO EARLY TO
TALK OF A NEW

CLUB.
The BROOKLYN Chess Club had one OF the hVeiies'
sessions of its history last night Inc sa"e wa"
between Dr. l.. d. Broughton ana >. u. Ei"e'i' '".
each move was stubbornly fought. Inc room" VI
tho chess club in Montague-st. was cro"ueo aii'
,ho hon, added TO the intenseness or the strusse'
The meeting was special one. called oy fies'
,.h r. Narean who has since resighed anu
conplicated things. The charges aeas'
Rroughtol based on TWO a't'eleS
him one OF which appeared III Inc c''
I-nior,. IN June q and the other in Ihe New
,, ui,, on lime 90 In these articles Brough-
- oh,road E.Iwell who is not an officer, Win coh-
,rc,irg the affairs Of the club without so much as
savine EFF YOU please" to the Executive Commune.
That the feeling between the various a"'aso"''
was bitter and strong was shown py 'he "e' ''u'
excited manner in which all the speeches were nc
ry.rsd pilsbury and other prominent memoe''
had announced their intention oi e''e
unless Broughton was "ousted' ..,
Eormer President Marean nominated fio"ai"
WILLIAMS as chairman pro tenn and ne was e'e0'''
Herman Helms was made secretary 49,, ~ rraor,r.
the call for the special meeting ko'i'" -
r;dge then read these resolutions OF eNpuIS'o"'
pes,lved first That it Is the sense o. thls ciup ,
,hn. Er ID Broughton has been guilty 3l con, md
duct prejudcia to the interes's % % hn & &deprecated
' md That he Is hereby requested to resign % nis
membership and that S ,hrs nf Monday Nom Of JSy 1885
t rs, ,be club recommends, and 1t does nerTi ,,ee
that case recommend 10 the Executive
his expulsion. , rh., h,
a., r-,or seconded the resolutions Ihen ne
=, . ,oaa.b in which he asked who was respoh''-
h,e for discovering Pilsbury and getting MN III ~.
matches that had made the ciuo well N"o""
left the impression that he himSei "'S
In the same Socratlc method he inuni''si '''''' "
h,d souna the club in a hole In Wasmng'oh-s''
rd had made the present headquarters necessary
MR. EIwELL EXPLAINS HIS Ar'''' d.
He added. in explanation OF MS assre'9Ne '0''''
for the club. of which he Is not an oihcer
.When my plans have disclosed success ! nav
hroueh, them TO the cub and effaced myself as 10
,y honor in their execution. and no mousing spec'-
dcation shall be permitted falsely to TESTIFY IN 'nS
resnect As to the Executive Committee; with
Broughon and Dow and De Wiser ana no and "a Emo
no n,ye sincere respect but there is such diner-
ence in mental constitution between S s.,e' o"'
anger and strife result from conferences; ,hr
Mr. Ewe accused Emo of saying. Il wou.d ratne, ,i
lose the cup for the club WIN De ssse, - ~ u'a ,snaeJ
o 70 senl the latter TO Skaneateles for match re
charged that the night OF the rsou d n,,nnrss
the Newnes cable and Ewel had to r, TTrs,
it from him for President Marean to re'd' lur''-
aFor the Other two mentioned. self-respect iorSus
me to hold any intercourse waateve.; ;oard M
in the courts resently personal malce r,
on the part OF the chess editor or lhe o'a"ua''
Referng TO the letters at length Ewe said: IL
any man present thinks that such swindie shSdih h
60 ,hn repe aG not from he
the gentlemen think such fraud should be properly
hn sam hs s foosn S5 ns
William NJ De Wiser arose when Elweli sa,
10 ans sps that ns Sswnes sS
lfedly false statement" Elwell arose TO- rePiy s
Elwell's address made Elwell everything and the
Executive Committee nothing As TO his tEno 5, Try y
%i Ms To had fe TO expan % hai
Showalter was not then member OF the ciup Emo
.ffar .f.ftt thaf no
ferred a committee OF five
by this time some OF the members were so IN
ectonabe L1a arcles .r Mr.. De Wiser read them and
George Murry expressed the views OF others as
amount tor
Dr. Rroughon then took the floor. He read a de-
fence in which he maintalne that an officer had a
right to objec. when private member used the
name OF the club without getting permission from
articles he read several extracts from the press
abou, international mstches arransing for d the
mittee had learned first through the papers
A VICTORY FOR DR. BROUGHTON.
A vote was finally taken by ballot, a motion to
vote viva voce being defeated The substitute 10
appoint n special committee TO consider the charges
against Broughton was lost by a vote or 10 to IL
The original resolution calling on Broushton to re
sign or be dismissed was lost by vote OF u to ~
Thereupon Broughtons friends expressed their APP
Prova By appaudns dr. BrGashtGn 'aa yna, H
thanked his friends for Standing 5y num- y deter ,n.
meeting however he said dr ne had not '"s 'e'e'
Eiwel said the men with him and former Pres-
dent Marean would hold caucus IN qo REV. ,Ss aIy eIys
or not Their present temper was TO stick 10
Ss r e ms sns" s.a he Ssd
letter signed by II. y. Pillsbury. J. W Showater
p F. Burlle and John T. Barry, the hrst members
~ the international team. - the enect that they
would agree TO any action decided on In the caucus
Mr. Ewe said A; y; Hodges and E Hynss , the ,. two
abide the result OF the caucus. The treasures