Los Angeles herald., 1905-07-01
WOMEN INVADE
COUNCIL CHAMBER
LIBRARY CONTROVERSY GOES
TO CITY LEGISLATORS
"UP TO MAYOR" is DECISION
Miss Mary Jones Has Long Talk
With Mr.. McAIeer and She
Tells Her Own
Story
"UP TO MAYOR" IS DECISION

| With the politeness Of Chesterfields
| members of the city council at their
special session yesterday listened to a
plea for an impartial investigation of
the literary controversy as presented
by ten prominent members of the Fri
day Morning club.
While the councilmen were regretting
their inability to act on the subject
and were referring the committee to
Mayor McAleer, his honor was con-
Guiding an hour and half's serious
consultation with Miss Jones, the de-
posed librarian and City Attorney
Mathews.
Whether or not Mayor McAleer's S
hearing of Miss Jones side of the con-
troversy is to be the sum total of the
investigation which he has promised
is an unanswerable question. but Miss
Jones came out of his private Office
at o'clock yesterday afternoon with
the remark, Mayor McAleer is a
gentleman. 1t seemed to me that he
gave an impartial hearing to the case.
Members of the library board have had
Ills ear OIl IIldly OCSdolOilo anu IAiCi Z
was much for me to say on this my
first meeting with him.
MANY incidents which have occurred
during the past few months, the YER
sion of which was given to him
through the directors, presented. CIV
ing my motives for so doing and the
course have been pursuing"
rs this interview which you had
with him to be considered the investi-
cation which he promised ten club wo-
men Wednesday should be given?"
she was asked.
Informal Talk
"That 1 do not know" she replied.
I'VE simply talked the question over
in an informal way. He now has
my version of the case. 1 simply told
him what have told other people all
along.
"This is not the case of Mary L..
Jones' If it was should have dropped
the controversy a long while ago.
am standing out for the accepted meth
cd of conducting public library, a
method that is in vogue throughout the
United States, and have determined
not to give up without a struggle.
Four years have been fighting my
way against constant obstacles"
rs there anything behind all this
controversy other than that which
has already been published?" she was
asked.
Nothing. so far as 1 am concerned
she replied.
Her interview with the mayor came
after an hours conference with City
Attorney Mathews, after which both
repaired to the city's executive office.
Club Women In Council Room
In the council chamber the thirteen
club women, following a presentation
of their wishes, sat stiffiy against the
south wall and listened to parliamen-
tary practice as carried on between
two councilmen with frequent re-
marks by President Summerland.
The committee was composed of
Mrs. ]. ID. X. Hooker who acted as
spokesman, Mrs. j. B. Lippincott,
wife of j. B. Lippincott. who has lately
retired from the city civil service
commission, Mrs. B. H. cass, Mrs.
Morris Cohn, Mrs. Arthur Davidson,
Mrs. Charles Welburn. Mrs. John p.
Jones. Mrs. Roy Jones. Miss Frances
M. Wills. Mrs. II. L. Christian. Mrs.
Horace Wing. Mrs. s. H. Tolhurst and
Mrs. William Babcock.
When President OF the Council SUM
merland asked them 10 express their