Daily camera. [volume] (Boulder, Colo.) 1891-1928, 1899-09-09

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The following letter is an answer to a
statement in an evening paper criticising
the use OF the money by the Relatives
Union for any other purpose than the re-
ception of the troops.
Editor Herald:-At a meeting of the
joint committee yesterday afternoon it
was unanimously voted to comply with
your request and unravel what you are
pleased to term "A Tangle." We are
only too glad to have the opportunity of
doing So. First, then, the committee has
ever. The money that was sent to the
train fund belonged exclusively to the
Relatives union, society that was or
ganized months ago. and their sole object
from the start was to procure funds to
bring them home. For this purpose they
have labored all these months. This so
ciety is composed principally of the par
ents and relatives of H Co. They have
met regularly once week, paying their
dues, working and pledging for this one
thing: yet at the same time they were per-
fectly willing to use the money that they
had collected for the reception, if it was
not needed for that purpose, but when
they found that it was not, then and not
till then did they use it for its original
purpose.
In your article in Thursdays paper you
say; l"Money has been raised one way
and another with the distinct understand
ing in every case that the money so raised
should go toward paying for the recep.
ton"
This is true and not one dollar SO
raised has been or will be used for any
other purpose whatever by the commit
tee. Again, "The Relatives union claims
that they have not money enough to pay
tor the dinner to be given H company"
We do not claim anything OF the kind.
Our several committees have solicited
food. not money, and have had subscrib-
ed willingly and cheerfnlly enough to
feed a hundred or more. And in many
instances they were told to come again
if more was required. Oh, there are
quantities of big hearted people in
Boulder!
1.-THE Relatives union committee" to
whom you refer in your article are just
two lady members of said committee.
The dinner committee is composed of
about twenty-five ladies and gentlemen.
The ladies referred to were perfectly
correct in saying that they did not know
what the committee of twelve were doing.
The committee of twelve are all gentle
men and they are acting in the capacity
of managers of the whole affair. And
these two whom you are pleased to name
"the dinner committee" were, and are,
simply attending to the part assigned
them. They were correct in saying that
they knew nothing about "the 500 given
by the. Narrow Gauge to the Grocers' as.
ISOLATION" How could they know wha,
no one else knows except the Grocers
association And they were also cor.
rect in saying that they knew nothing
about the money raised by the w. r. c
social on Wednesday night. They are
not members of that order and could moi
know any more about it than any othel
outsider. All the same it was distinct,
understood by the public that the none,
raised on Wednesday night by the w
R. c. was for the express purpose o
helping to defray the expenses of the
reception and like the 500 made by thu
Grocers' association it will be torthcom
ing when needed.
Now, Mr.. Editor, these various com
mittees" are working together in perfec
harmony, and matters are not "woefull,
mixed" In fact they are not mixed a
all; and we have found so many who ar,
anxious to help in any and every wa,
that they could, so that it is really
pleasure to be engaged in this work.
JUSTICE.