New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-02-16
RIVAL SOCIETIES HEARD.
REPRESENTATIVES, OF COLONIAL DAASe
BEFORE THE SENATE COMMITTEE
ON THE LIBRARY.

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Baltimore and Washington society was well fept~
scented to-day before the Senate Committee on the
Library. at a hearing given TO the representatives
OF rival societies OF Colonial Danes on bills intro
duced by Senators Hale. Of Maine. and Lodge %
Massachusetts, respectively. to incorporate the DO
cie;y OF Colonial Danes OF America and the Ma
tional Society CT Colonial Danes OF America Inc
line was sharply drawn in the committee room. the
representatives Of the two organizations occupying
opposite sides Of the apartment. The Society or
Colonial DANES which, because OF It's ORIGIN u
called the New-York Society. was represented ny
Mrs j. Lyon Gardiner. Of GARDENERS Island ~ T..
first vice president Miss Jane J. Boudinot OF New-
Jersey: Mrs Paul Dana. of New-York: Mrs. George
Mcclellan and Miss Elise willing Balch. OF Phi'a-
delph,a Mrs. Henry p. Keyser. Mrs. II. irvine
Keyser. Mrs. William Glmor. Mrs Charles sea-
grave Mrs. William r. Wilson and Mrs. Tunstah
Smith. OF Baltimore: Mrs Sydney Price. OF Della
ware. and Miss Emily Tuckerman and Miss Susan
Palfrey Lee OF Washington. The National Society.
which started In Philadelphia. was represented ~
Mrs Howard Townsend OF New-York. its presi.
dent: Mrs f. d. Gillespie. Mrs. Charles C. Harm.
son. Mrs A. j. Cassatt, Mrs John +. Winsor and
Mrs. John Sanders. OF Philadelphia: Mrs. William
Reed OF Maryland: Miss Mary Dickinson. OF New
Jersey: Mrs. F. Ensor Chadwick. Of New-York;
Mrs. Joseph Brigham. OF Rhode Island: Miss A. z.
Johnston. OF Delaware. and Mrs. william H.
Browne Of Washington.
Skipwith Wilmer. of Baltimore opened the argu-
ment for the New-York Society, and asserted that
that organization was entitled 10 use the name
Colonial Danes OF America" by priority OF incor-
poration the Pennsylvania Society being at first .
branch thereof and afterward Withdrawing from the
parent society and forming separate one.
Replying to Senator Voorhees,. Mr.. Wilmer said
that the purpose and aims OF the two societies were
similar, and the only objection he had 10 the In
corporation Of both the OF their name by
the Philadelphia Society.
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by John c. Johnson. counsel for the National So
ciety. setting forth its wider scope and aims, being
composed OF delegates from societies Incorporated
in cases by special acts OF Legislatures.
whereas the other organization was local in char
New-York, and its members were mentioned I'm its
charter as all being citizens OF that State.
Representative Franklin Bartlett OF New-York
made a legal argument in favor OF the NewYork
Society's right 10 the name citing various decisions
Of courts In similar cases and asserting that any
the appropriation OF their name. He appealed to
the committee not 10 take from them their eve
lamb their distinctive name.
Asa Bird Gardiner. OF New-YOrk. for the National
Society. also confined his argument largely 10 the
legal side OF the question. particularly 10 the laws
ncorpora ted in furtherance OF his assertion that II
was local In scope and not National
In response TO Senator Hansbrough, Mrs Town.
send. Mrs Gillespie and Mrs. Brigham gave Re.
Views OF what had been accomplished in historical
way by the societies In New York, Pennsylvania
and Rhode Island
tons No action was taken by the committee on
the bills.