The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-07-15

with the report on the investigation q
the Fairgrounds work as n member o
| that committee, she was not asked t
| submit the report TO the board. whic
she had been instructed 10 make at tn
! last meeting.
At the last board meeting Miss iielei
| Gould suggested that the board t7ke u
| the matter of caring for lost children a
the Fair. and she and Mrs. Moorcs wer
appointed the committee to lock into tn
| matter and report their Investigations n
Yesterdays meeting.
Mrs. Moorcs came to submit her report
| which included n letter from Miss Gould
which in mart was as follows: Il ca;
think Of nothing more commcrdable thar
for o,r hoard ~ ,al,a an interest in thes
children. personalI.. It would he of tn,
, greatest qualification TO me to realize on,
hoard stands for sarc wcrll more IN tn,
sririt thar love IA well a. for socia
functions"
Mrs M,orcs was NOT asked to make he,
report Yesterday and the letter from Miss
Could is still unread
Mrs John uoIcomh, Of Connecticut was
made chairman of tho Fairgrounds Com.
r,ittoc IN co,,,,,,t With Nrs Ruth Hirsch.
field In ,bc disbursement of the 5000 for
the fairgrounds work.
Following tn, election Of Mrs. HoIcomhC
to this nositio, II vas voted that the
treasurer send n copy of her monthly re.
mort IN tho National Commission.
ORDER MAINTAINED
WITH DIFFICULTY.
There was such n rapid firing of opn-
,,,,. ,,5 ,,-o,os,. ,ror, ,ba members fol.
lowing tho Introduction of Mrs Knots
resolution for Miss Egan's removal that
# was with difficulty that the work OF
the meeting proceeded But the excite
ment lasted for only n few minutes Mrs.
Manning nearly broke her Savel rapping
for order.
Mrs. Moores of Texas was the first to
gain the floor to protest against the board 5
action. Mrs. Moore said that the Office
of secretary being second in Importance to
that of president. should. she believed. BE-
elected from the membership of the board.
and as the present secretary Of the board
had not offered her resignation and had
given satisfaction TO the majority OF the
entire membership OF the board. she did
not believe this resolution should be con-
sidered.
The vote was taken upon Mrs Knotts
resolution and carried. to ). the president
voting in favor OF the resolution.
Mrs. Moores claimed the election OF the
new secretary out of order, as the resig-
nation OF the present incumbent, Miss
Egan had not been considered or accepted
by the board. The chairman vetoed the
point. and Miss Egan was declared no
longer secretary of the board.
Miss Egan filed protest against the
resolution. declaring that charges should
have been preferred against her prior
to taking the stand the board took in re-
moving her. Mrs. Frost Mrs. Ernest and
Porter also spoke against the resolution,
out their objections were overruled by the
majority vote.
MRS. DANIEL MANNING
ANNOUNCES CHANGE.
The first notification received outside of
the board members of Miss Egan's. re
moval was a few minutes after the meet
ing adjourned at o'clock. Miss EgGn
stepped across the hall to the office she
has occupied as secretary of the board.
She was approached by two reporters TO
learn from her. as member of the Press
what had transpired in the
meeting
The reportec -, vera promptly approached
by Mrs. Manning, Who notified them that
Miss Egan was no longer secretary or the
board: that they were not permitted to
interview Miss Egan In the office formerly
occupied by her, and that if they would
adjourn to the first floor to the office oc-
cupied by Miss McBlair. the hostess. Mrs.
Knott. who was also member
Of the Press Committee, would give them
the proceedings of the meeting.
Mss Egan did not appear to be much
mollifed at the result of the meeting. and.
together with four other members of the
board, attended the fete given yesterday
afternoon at the French Pavilion.
Miss Egan refused to state whether she
would accept her three months salary at
the rate of $50 per month. or whether she
would make a fight for the 500 per month.
to which her friends feel she is entitled
by reason that the per diem of the MEM
hers on duty has been raised to 80 per
law. and they say that Miss Egan is en-
titled to the same amount
Mrs. Richard Knott said that Miss Egan
xo lid be paid only at the rate of $40 per
month. as she refused to accept the so
,xtra per month that they offered to her
when the question was brought up at re-
,ent committee meeting. when the SlO per
,iem was voted.
FRIENDS DENOUNCE
A ACTION OF BOARD
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