Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-01-01
OCCUPATIONS had prevented earlie1

i occupationse had prevented earlier
arrival. 4s.
7 The minutes of the last meeting
j having been read and the book
which contains the records of the
I leagues proceedings during the last
4. years returned to it's secret place
of safe keeping, the president an
nounced under the first order Of
business that applications for mem
| bership would be received and acted
upon. There were 3 applications
standing over from the previous
meeting and on these reports were
made by the investigating commit
tee consisting of John Ironwill, Sam
7 uel Makepeace and Thomas Hayea-
: way The first, that of Robert
4 Newlywed, was reported upon fav-
orably, the committees written re-
port, on asbestor paper, stated that
the applicant, although middle aged
and but recently united in matri-
mony to one of Lancaster's ''fairest
dan hters, !" had furnished convinc-
ing proof of his eligibility, under
oath, stating that he had early in
his connubial happiness insisted up
on an observance of his rights as
husband by compelling his partner
in happiness to bring in a load of
God by purposely leaving home in
the morning without doing so. 1t
may be stated for the information
of the public that an essential quail
fication to membership in the league
is that an applicant shall have made
in-the phraseology of the bylaws
"a stand for the recognition of
mans inalienable rights in the
household"
Mr.. Newlyweds application was
not endorsed without discussion.
The committees recommendations
were questioned by Mr. Honeyvoice,
who expressed himself firmly against
the proposition that the league
should recognize as legitimate pro-
tests against the tyranny of wives,
acts which bear on their face the
suspicion of duplicity Mr. Honey
voice urged mellifuently the un-
wisdom of allowing it to be sup
posed that victory can be gained by
underhanded proceedings. Had
Mr.. Newlywed, said he, ''valliantly
and as became a man, refused to
bring in the extra load of wood, and
taken the consequences, or awaited
himself of the handiest means of
egress, he might with good reason
be believed to have earned the right
to membership of this league. But
it is shown on the committee report
that he descended to subterfuge and
made the pretense Of forgetting"
The report was upheld by the chair
man of the committee, Mr. Ironwill,
who said it had become the recog-
nized policy Of the league to allow
the benefits of membership to those
who obtained a husbands rights by
any method open to them, either by
force or diplomacy. ''Mr. Newly
we'd" said Mr.. Ironwill, has set an
example as a recent victim of the
married state which may we'll ap-
peal to those with more experience.
Many of us know too well that man,
in the unequal contest with wives,
either individually or collectively
must avail of every art to gain his
rights"
The report of the committee was
adopted after a motion to the effect
that Mr.. Wewlywed be placed on
probation for months, during
which time he would be expected to
furnish stronger proof Of eligibility,
had been defeated.
The application of I. Drewaprize,
which has been before the league
for months upon which several
heated discussions have been held
was again brought up on the COM
mittee's report. Ironwill, Make
} peace and Haveaway constituted a
compromise committee. Iron will
and Haveaway put in a majority
} report rejecting the application and
, Makepeace filed a remarkable docu-
, ment breathing defiance Of strong
er character than any recorded in
the proceedings Of the league. The
case has excited great interest
!, Drewaprize, in his application for
membership, set forth that his
qualification was unassailable; 'Hav-