The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-03-26
No. 2s2.

opinion as to the management % such
an rganizatiOn-very few escape inter
nal conflicts: but it is generally under
stood that the Majority Of the members
are entitled TO control or at least to
consideration. 1t IS especially significant
that The minority should have been
heard without notice to the majority,
and tho IT Gould have proceeded al-
1nediately to cut the correspondence.
without even waiting for the formal re-
ply from Miss Barton, in the 9brm of o
memoriA 20 Gongress to Be printed as
an executive document, ana g1erSy
made subject - widespread distrioss
| ton, s1nder the official sirank AND appas-
ent authority Of Congress, and that its
distribution should have Been so widely
made, both in Che Emitted States an6
abroad, rejecting, most ON Justly, apon
the fair name u the organization ana
its president.
BRANDS MEMORIAL ies FALSE.
Were &le statements made in that
letter wholly &-ue, Or did they @1clude
all of the facts Bearing upon it, Which
are necessary to fair Judgment of the
subject, it would have Been, in a meas
TIRE. excusable.
Regarding Che claim .ra. changes
were made, in severa Instances. by %
sort of trap laid by Francis AtwateM
there is absolutely nothing in that
There was nothing irregular in the ase-
quest made by him for proxies He was
entirely within his rights. Not one-ilalf
of the proxies were returned to his
hands O rsubject to his discretion. but
the slgners sent them to several of the
persons who were present, to use in &C.
cordance with their judgment While
there were seven states represented by
members actually present, the entire list
of signrs to the memorial, with one ex-
ceptlon, are residents of Washington,
ID. +. In every act of record, including
all to which exceptions are taken, there
was clear majority of those actually
present recorded in the affirmative The
motion to postpone action upon the by
laws one year, as made by Hon. John
w. Foster, was only voted upon by
those present, without the use of prox-
les, and was defeated by vote of sew
enteen to sixteen. There were some
present. who realized that delay was
equivalent to the death of the organiza-
tlon, and voted accordingly. The bylaws
were not adopted as stated in the me-
mortal by a vote of So to I3, of which II
were proxies. A clear majority of those
present voted ahirmatively by roll call.
1T is true that the bylaws as adopted
were not submitted to the members of
the executive committee, nor was there
any necessity that they should be prior
to the meeting. At the time of sending
out proxies and the request made for
their signing but slight changes had
been suggested, and Hon. Richard o.
ney, counsellor of the Red Cross, had
been advised of those Other and more
radical changes were suggested after
ward They were not considered by a
self-constituted committee, but by per-
haps a dozen different members, who
had the right to consider them. No one
of them is responsible for the changes,
but it was generally determined that
they should be presented for adoption
as they were finally read in the meeting.
TN providing that the officers shall be
elected annually, except the president,
who may be elected for life, it was clear
ly the thought to recognize Miss Barton,
as all the world has recognized her, as
peculiarly the embodiment of the Red
Cross idea and principles, and whose
life work fairly entities her to such re-
cognition.