The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-06-15
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10 elevate tho first vice president ~ the
presidency. and the -stond vice pfesidrht
10 the fret choosing u nnw man Tor SECOND
vice president Thi- custom bad been fol
lowed In making ~ tho ticket ~ question
Several mcmlrrl ~ Tho sociaty we're dts
satisfied with the ticket aud prepared ah.
other, witch they nHmrd the Members
Ticket IN which the name ~ Austin II
Fletcher did not appear, that ~ Morris n
Jesup taking it, place, Seth low icing
named for first yiCc-preaident aud Cephas
Brainard for -ecnnd yice-prc-ident. The
slate of directors was altered by the Sub.
stitution 81 James VI oxford and Forrest
n. Parker for Samuel ID Brewster and
EllEur b Hinsda le.
There were thirty five memlnr- present
OF the election Several Of tho opposition
faction-among them M%claurin j Picker
Ing, Edward A summer and Aaron = Thomas
presented pro Nies for absent members, In
all forty-eight pTo xles were prese nted.
The president, Thomas IL. Hubbard,
declined TO accept the pro xies on the ground
that the society was organized along the
lines of the New England town meeting
and that only members present could vote
The opposition contended that according
To the Ia ~ Of the State proxies must lie
accepted, To his the president replied
that the society was organized in 1888 by
special act before such things as pro xies
had even been heard of,
The regular ticket was declared elected
by a vote of 20 to 0. The opposition counted
the pro xies which they held and made their
ticket the winner, 81 to 20.
A second conflict arose regarding the
price TO be charged for he centennial dinner
on ~Forefathers' day, December ~. The
regular price for annual dinners had been
$40. In view of the fact that this particular
feast was to celebrate 80 important an
event, those in charge had made it SIS
this time, which price included a S. Tiffany
badge as a souvenir. Thu opposition pro-
tested against this "p%rohibitive" price on
the ground that so important an event as
the centennial of the society should be
made easy for all members to attend. They
wanted the price reduced to So.
Again the proxies were presented and
turned down and the regulars" won the
day.
All attempts on the part Of the opposition
to alter results were postponed until after
the banquet, Then the absence of Aaron
y. Thomas and Others postponed matters
still longer.
On May 20, Supreme Court Justice Henry
Bischoff ordered q court review of the
eociety's troubles.
Austin B. Fletcher, who was declared
elected president at the meet ing. said yes
terday that it was too slight an affair TO
talk about He said that proxies were
unheard of in the society and that the So
ciety could not he affected by proxy laws
passed years after the date OF its charter,
The whole thing was a snap affair"
Mr.. FLETCHER said. There is evidence that
neither Mr.. Jesup nor Mr.. Brainard con-
eented to the Use of his name on the other
ticket, The names on the regular ticket
were taken by them without saying any
thing to anybody.
A far az proxies are concerned, we
could a obtained any number were
looks to me like an attempt ON the part
OF one OF their men to get advertisement"