The age-herald., 1898-08-09
DR. PHILLIPS NO
 LONGER SECRETARY Resigned Office With Commercial Club
 Three Weeks Ago. NEWSPAPER STORY CAUSE His Opinion Of the West Printed in
 The ASe-Herald
BROUGHT OBJECTION FROM CLUB
Doctor Says He Will Not Stand Press Censorship and Stepped Down MT. Steiner Says Letter Not
 Considered R signation.

pr. ". B. Phillips has resigned the office of secretary of the Commercial club.
 From what can be gathered from all par ties concerned the club officials objected to a story written for the press by Dr. Phil lips. Whether a mandatory order was given him not to do so again, or whether a mild objection was entered is not known. Dr. Phillips says that press censorship cannot be run over him, and he resigned. No action has as yet been taken in the matter.
 "Yes, I sent in my resignation as secre- tary of the Commercial club about three weeks ago." said Dr. Phillips yesterday, in reply to a question. T have never heard what was done with it, and that is im- position"
 The story of his resignation as learned from Dr. Phillips and others is as fol- lows:
 Two or three months ago pr. Phillips left the city in charge of the "Birming- ham exhibit" which was to be displayed in the Trans Mississippi exposition at Omaha. He had been largely instru- mental in getting up the exhibit, and as the newly elected secretary of the club. he was put in charge of it.
 Several weeks after his arrival he wrote a letter to The Age-Herald describing the exhibit the impression it had made on the people of the west, what means were being taken to advertise Birmingham. etc.
 'In this letter." said Dr. Phillips, q de-
 
 of the west and expressed my personal opinion on them.
 "The first thing I knew, telegram came from some of the officers of the Conner cial club, telling me not to write any more for the newspapers. 1 immediately wrote to President Steiner, of the club, tender ing my resignation as secretary, to take ef- feet immediately. Soon after this made arrangements to leave the Birmingham ex- hibit in charge of the gentleman controlling the exhibit next to mine, and then left the exposition for Colorado, where l have been looking through some mines for the last few weeks.
 Il will continue in my old place as chem ist of the Birmingham rolling mill, other statements to the contrary notwithstand- ing. l haven't the remotest idea of leay- ing Birmingham"
 President steiner Explains
 President Steiner, of the Commercial club, when seen yesterday afternoon. said that he had not seen Dr. Phillips since the latter's return, but that he did not con- slider that the doctor had resigned his po- sition. He said that telegram had been sent Dr. Phillips asking him not to write anything more for the newspapers.
 'Dr. Phillips replied" said MT. Steiner, that if he was not giving satisfaction in his newly elected place, for me to please consider his resignation tendered. I wrote back to him that we were perfectly satis- fled with his services, and that did not consider his letter a resignation. Since then I have heard nothing from him. Dr. Phillips is good man, and the club dis likes to lose him, but of course if he in- tended his letter as a resignation, it will certainly be accepted"
 pr. Phillips has numerous friends in the city who regret to see him resign his po- sition. They claim that he has been hard and faithful worker in the upbuid- ing of Birmingham, and that very few men are as well fitted to fill the position as secretary as he is.
 It is not known who will be pr. Phil lips successor. He was elected in May, and his duties as secretary were to bsgin as soon as he returned from Omaha. In the meantime W. J. Boles, the old secre- tary, continued to act such until few weeks ago, when he resigned to enter the army. Since that time David Grace has been acting as secretary.
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