The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1901-09-26

the hOW0 mas pG0u duu nusk S1utAhoS ~
be; also, the large amount of meney that
should be expended on the buildings now,
to do even tbs most necessary repairs, to-
gether with the fact that the property
does not belong to the W. r. y. Many OF
the present Home family can be cared for
in the several Departments to which they
belong at comparatively little cost TO the
National Order. At each National Con
vention the Home and its financial condl-
ton is discussed, and yet each National
President in turn is burdened with re-
sponsibilty for which no adequate pro
vision has been made; and l believe the
time has come when either the support
of the Home should be assured by an in
creased per capita tax. or the Home
closed and the family provided for else
where.
1.-The idea of National W. r. G. Home
appealed to the sympathies of every mem
Der of our Order, and the project received
hearty support and encouragement; but
actual experience, the only reliable teach
er, must have convinced all thinking mem
bers of our Order that the Home is be
ing maintained at too great cost of time,
labor, brain and money for the amount Of
good accomplished"
NATIONAL CoUNsELoR's REPORT.
The principal decision rendered by the
National Counselor was in the case of an
appeal by the President of Potomac
Corps, No. 2, Department of Potomac.
The case was as follows, and is unique in
Relief Corps history, no such point ever
being raised before:
There were II members present at 4
regular meeting of the Corps. Six voted
for and six against the surrender of the
charter President decided it was surren-
dered. Was the action legal!
"Opinion-Due notice having been
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of action, and w en- notice having been
given to every ..-nber of the Corps IN
4 accordance with the Rules and Regula-
4 tons, and 10 members not having voted
to retain the charter, | am of the opinion
that the charter of the Corps was legally
surrendered and it became the duty of the
President of the Corps TO close up its
affairs as soon as possible and return to
the Department Secretary the charter,
rituals and all Department property in
possession of the Corps"
| Despite this decision, which the Ma
tional President rendered in due time, the
Rules and Regulations, in loose clause,
give the Department President right
to refuse TO accept the charter of a Corps,
even to overruling the National Presi-
dent
WIDESPREAD INTEREST IN PATRIOTIC
| WORK.
| Jennie L. Day, National Patriotic In
structor made an elaborate report. show
ing widespread interest and rapid progress
in her work She brings the cheering
news that in North and South Carolina,
| Georgia, Virginia. Arkansas, Florida and
Texas the sentiment for the flag is begin
ming to sprout. The following shows the
need for patriotic instruction:
! 'Arkansas-Hannah Simmonds reports
from Sloan Springs: This town is u
years old and has never celebrated the
Fourth of July. There is not child in
the place that ever saw the flag salute
or knows what it means. The Declare
ton of Independence has been hung in
one of the schoOlr6oms. The w. X. g.
held picnic ON July Fourth this year,
and had the Declaration of Independence
read The schools at Little Rock are
more patriotic, All have flags and the
flag salute is given by the children"
ANDERsoNvILLE PRISON.
Mrs. Lizabeth Turner, President of the
/ Andersonville Prison Board, made Il de-
lightful report of progress in converting
| the unsightly land, with its underbrush,
into a garden Of beauty. n pavilion has
been erected over. Providence Spring dur
ing the year and was dedicated by the
Ex-PrisoDers of War Association on last
Memorial Day, Shade trees. flowers and
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pecan trees have been set out and will
soon be bearing. A nine-roOm cottage has
! been put up. which is being furnished by
the various Departments, and there is a
good barn, which houses ne w. K.
mule, named sJane."
REPORTS OF OTHER NATIONAL OFFICERS.
Mrs. Flo Jamison Miller, National Del
! egate to the National Council of Women,
made q splendid report on the relation
with the \. G.. a.
Mrs. Mary NJ. North, National Press
Correspondent. reported great interest
taken in w r. {. work by the newspapers
Of the country. naming The National TIT
bune, of Washington, ID. c., particularly.
While the reports were being consid-
cred by the committees Mrs. Ada Z.
| Work, Past Department President of
Texas was introduced, reviewing an oYa-
ton Mrs. Work told in Il quiet, unos-
/ tentatiOus way of her work for the relief
of the Texas sufferers, and said that t6
per cent. of all the money and supplies
contributed from all sources came from
the Woman's Relief Corps.
The Credential Committee then report
ed that the whole number entitled to II
seat Oh the floor, with vote III National
Convention, WIS SOD
Past National President Mrs. Harriet
]. Dodge, Chairman of the Special Com
mittee ON Revision OF the Rules or DiScl-
milne. then made her report. There was
every evidence of much expenditure OF
time and thought in its preparation, and
the committee-Mrs. Dodge, Mrs. Kate 10.
Jones. of New York. and Mrs. Fannie
Siinot, of New ampshire-doubtless felt
quite proud of their work, when the Con-
vcntion. after full and free discussion,
adopted the report with few changes. This
marks one of the very important reforms
in the Rules and Regulations, which have
Il stood for cumbersome courts of inquiry
up to now. The discipline adopted, III
brief, gives the accused plenty of time to
nrepare her case, which IS submitted to a
! iury of her peers, who may or may not be
members of her own Corps, as she elects.
The decision of this jury must be con-
firmed by a two-thrds vote of the Corps
. to make it of effect. From this there
shall be no appeal, except upon new evil
dcnce produced by the accused within ~
days after the vote of the Corps. If this
is produced. the Department President
mas then take up the case, but it can 90
no further 1t is thought unnecessary to
carry Corps trials beyond a Department
court. A Department officer or member
) of Department Convention will be tried
before Il jury selected from members of
the Department Convention, and the de-
cision must be confirmed by a two-thirds
: vote of Department Convention, or it fails.
: Apueal to National, same as in Corps, Ma
tional or Past National, proceed as in De
partment. -Gs T.
| Mrs. BODICE stated that there might be
=. some bitches. as the committee could not
2 hedge against all errors, but her commit
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