The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-05

eral armies. which. once every year, march again to martial music under the banner of the Grand Army of the Re- public and to the memory of those wear CTS of both blue and gray. who, ranging themselves upon the firing fine. when the bugles blast was heard by Southern ford and glen, fell and now sleep beneath the unremembering grass. the deep siun- ber from which there is no material awakening. Whether on another plane of existence. they remember that when the cold hand of Death stretched towards them. the tender touch of woman cool- ed their fevered brows-this we may not know. But we do know that all over this broad land there are yet living widows and daughters whose natural protectors
 perished on the field of honor and by
 whose lips the name of Clara Barton is
 always spoken with reverence-women
 whose hearts beat in unison with hers
 CTS of men, throughout the earth, are
 with the Infinite.
 According to a certificate signed by g.. ". Briggs, Secretary of the Red Cross. at the annual meeting in washington in December 9. 1902. those who voted against the adoption of the proposs bylaws l were: Miss Mabel T. Boardman, Mrs.
 J. Ellen Foster. Hon. John W. Foster.
 Hon. A. c. Kaufman. Miss Bessie J. Kibbey. Mrs. Ellen Spencer Mussey. Mrs. Henrietta N. Rose. Mrs. Sara A. Spen-
 cer. Mrs. Nero L. Tanner. Hon. Thomas
 F. Walsh. Hon. Simon Wolf. and Mrs.
 Amy L. Wolf. The noes numbered 12; the ayes 1s. Upon motion to elect Miss Barton Pres Ident for life, there were 2s ayes and | noes, the three being Miss Boardman.
 Mrs. Foster and Miss Kibbey.
 In reply to the memorial which was signed by Walter P. Phillips, Samuel M. Jarvis and J. 5. Hubbell. 1t was said: | It is complained that under the present | bylaws Miss Barton has been given too much authority, and that she iseven per mitted to select her own Executive Com mittee. There Is no organization in the
 world where 1t Is so absolutely necessary | that the presiding officer shall be tntrust' ed SO completely with the authority and power to act as in the Red Cross. Noi | is there anything out of usual order IT | such a provision. Does not the President
 
 inet? How can there be harmony and | effective work done by . committee which Is not harmonious7
 We find nothing in this opposition ex- | cept malice, resentment and the jealousy | of a few people whose ambition has been thwarted. The effort to secure the action | of the President to decline giving his ad- vice, or permit his cabinet to do so in | case of emergency requiring Red cross l activity, is of itself sufficient to condemn | this whole business.
 | Referring to the suggestion to give MISS Barton an annuity. the reply said:
 | Naturally, Miss Barton has been at . | loss how to consider such remarkable propositions, and especially as the nrsi | was understood tor have the sanction oi | the President. She has never been pen
 sioner on the Red Cross Society, and | certainly could never assent to be placed | in that relation. We may. too. reason | ably ask how these stickiers for correct | form In all proceedings can Ind author 1 ity, being only small minority or tne membership, to offer such terms; and
 how can they undertake to barteRAts of hces, privileges, and funds for compu' ance with their demands? They admit that they can stop the proceedings in | ConRress-for a consideration-thereby in- directly admitting the purpose of then movement from the beginning. The mere statement of the situation will suggest its dIfficuIties. The majority in control oi the body is at a loss to know where and how. under the charter or any of its by laws. past or present, there can be au' | thority found for such proceedings. An investigation of Red Cross affairs
 was threatened, which the reply answers