The San Francisco call., 1904-03-10
FAIR NATIVES
ENGAGE IN War
Internecine>St Threatens
to Disrupt Order of Daugh-
ters of the Golden West
MANY ARE INTERESTED
Charges and Counter Accusa-
tions Fly To and Fro
and Courts May Take Hand

the Order of Native Daughters of the
Golden West.
There are strong indications that
unless Grand President Stella Finkel-
dey adopts heroic and drastic meas
ures, and puts a stop TO wrangIing
that is going on, there will be a seces-
sion of many members from the order
and the organization of a new order
under the name of the Daughters of
| California. The plans for such an or
ganiZation, in case it becomes neces-
sary to institute it, have already been
worked out and are ready to be adopt
ed at moments notice.
The Order of the Native Daughters
of the Golden West for many wears
kept on growing in members and in
fluence until about three years ago.
when one of the two factions that have
long been striving for supremacy un-
dertook to rule with a high hand, and
in the accomplishment of it's ends
tranlpled upon the constitution of the
order and assumed that force of power
was superior to that Of justice. One
of the presidents committed acts that
met with violent opposition. not only
from individual members, but from
parlors as a whole. There were other
parlors and individuals, however. that
sustained these acts under the old idea
Daughters, like a monarch. can do no
wrong.
STARTING OF TROUBLE.
Following this came another presi-
dent, who did many things that her
predecessor did, being moved to do so
by precedent. But her actions in the
opinion of those that supported her
predecessor, were all wrong, and when
told that the one president had not
acted differently than the other the re-
ply was, The other was our friend.
but this one IS not"
This was the starting of trouble that
threatens to disrupt the order.
The particular trouble that has of
late arrayed members and parlors
against one another is now located in
Alta and Buena Vista parlors. The
matter, under the law of the order.
should be kept within the knowledge
of the parlor in which it exists. but
it has been the talk of the town" for
weeks, not only among members of
the organization, but among people
that are in no way affiliated with the
order either by ties of kinship to the
members or of friendship for such.
In the first named parlor there was
presented a certain Official report, ."
to which exception was taken by Past
Grand President Keith, who asked
that it be stricken from the records
This request was denied. In the mean
/ time a member of Buena Vista Parlor
was stricken from the rolls, as she
claims, through prejudice, and in her
endeavor to have herself reinstated
had Past Grand President Keith ap-
pear as her attorney.
CHARGES ARE PRESENTED.
When the proceedings of the Grand
Parlor that was held in Red Bluff
We're issued an effort was made to
have the report presented to Alta Par
lor compared with the official docu-
ment and allow an arbitration com
mittee of disinterested members to
pass upon it, but this failed. A result
of this was that Past Grand President
Keith presented charges against Julia
Heurbach and others, who were dele
gates to the Grand Parlor. The law of
the order provides that when charges
are preferred the same shall be re-
ferred to a trial committee of five un
prejudiced and unbiased members of
the parlor for trial and determination.
There is another law that is in the
form of a decision by a grand presi-
dent, and which stands as law until
reversed in open Grand Parlor-that
member under charges is deprived
of all rights until the matter has been
heard and determined.
The appointment of the committee
in Alta Parlor led to protest on the
ground that the committee was not
selected according to the provisions of
the law, but was composed of mem
bers that are avowedly opposed to the
past president, and this was fol-
lowed by a refusal to entertain the
protest. Then came charges against
the president of the parlor the dele
gates to the Grand Parlor for failure
to present their report within the
statutory time and against the record
ing secretary, and then counter
charges were filed against the com
plainant. This was followed by de-
murrers. objections, appeals and pro-
tests.
COURTS MAY INTERVENE.
In addition to the charge brought
against Past Grand President Keith.
which is to the effect that she is guilty
of conduct unbecoming Native
Daughter by bringing frivolous charges
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