The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-05-08
THE NEWSPAPERSSCORED
MEMBERS OF LOCAL COUNCIL OF
WOMEN SOMEWHAT AGITATED.
Mrs. A. II. Spruance Said Newspaper
Against Mrs. SewaII's Plan.

The Local Council Of Women held its
May meeting yesterday afternoon at the
PrOpylaeum, Mrs. Nettie Ransford presid-
ing. The chief topic of discussion was the
resolution submitted at the March meeting
by Mrs May Wright Sewall. representing
the Propylaeum Association, in which
were suggested several changes which
have not met with favor by the majority of
delegates. The resolution. as adopted by
the Council yesterday, was to the effect
that the executive committee consisting
of the general officers of the Council, to-
gether with the presidents of the affiliated
societies, meet regularly and consider all
important business to be brought before
the Council before public meeting of the
Council 1t was also added that the chair
men Of the standing committees be in
vited to attend these private meetings. the
time of which will be determined by the ex-
ecutive committee
Mrs. Sewalls resolution was killed, as it
was not presented in the proper form, being
too lengthy and too full of explanatory
clauses. Mrs. Sewall had a few warm sup
porters at the meeting yesterday, but q
majority of the delegates were in favor of
submitting all business and important
questions at the public meeting as hereto
lOle, Us the UelcSd(SS, aItef the adoption
or the above resolution, Will not be adj
mitted to the executive sessions.
Mrs. a. T. Spruance, who revised Mrs.
Sswail resolution and presented it in the
above form, gave the newspapers d quiet
little roast IN ner argument In favor OF ex-
Guiding all delegates and nonmembers of
the afnliated societies, thereby excluding
reporters from the business meetings or the
executive sessions. She said very often
from the reports in newspapers, which
were usually incorrect, the Local Council
rid frTrI in h. q h
lie She also said that very often she was
prevented from attending meetings of the
Council and she had TO take her report
from the newspapers, and, as a rule, she
said she found that they were not cor
rectly reported. Mrs Spruance's remarks
were combated by a number OF the WON
en- present, who said they always found
the reports in the newspapers not as rep
resented by Mrs. Spruance, but rather in
the true light. If the business. meetings of
the Council are made private affairs il was
said all interest would be lost by delegates
who are more generally In attendance
than the presidents of the affiliated socie-
ness presented, rather than the programme
which follows the business meeting.
The standing committees were appointed
yesterday and are as follows:
Committee on Visitation of Municipal and
State Institutions-MrS Mary A Moody,
chairman; Mrs Lew Wallace. jr., Mrs.
Hart, Mrs. Isabella Roach and Mrs. Drum
mond.
Committee on State Legslation-Mrs. w.
f. Curryer, chairman: Mrs. ]. Beck, Mrs.
William Hubbard, Mrs. ID. NJ. Parry and
Miss RidenOur.
Programme Committee-Mrs. Flora
Wulschner, chairman; Mrs. III. G.. Gaylord,
Mrs. J. w. Kern, Miss Julia harrison
Moore, Mrs. A. Z. Spruance.
Civic Committee-Mrs. F. F. McCrea,
chairman; Mrs. Addison Bybee. Mrs. w. L.
Brown, DIR. Rebecca Rogers George, Mrs.
l.. II. Dunning.
Information Communicable Marie Has
lep, chairman: Mrs. j. T. Barnett, Mrs.
Ella ID. linn, Mrs. Leo Lando and Mrs.
Bertha l.. Wade.