Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-02-27
|DALY DOWNS Stone,
TROUBLE PROMISED
By Vote of President, OPPOSE
ton to DAILY is Worsted in
Bylaw Amendment
SOME TALK OF RESERVATIONS
Library Board Divides on Daily and
Anti DAILY Lines, and Wrests From
Book Committee Control Of Employees
Mrs. Greene Leaves Meeting in
Disgust-Mayor Orders Funds Moved

trustees of the library, by his vote at
the regular monthly meeting Monday
night, worsted the opposition to his
administration and downed Henry
Stone by taking from the book COM
mite, of which Mr.. Stone is chairman
the control of the library employees and
ed by an addition to the by-laws
which Mr.. Stone and other members
of the book committee have opposed
As a result another row on the board
is imminent and designations are be-
ing talked of and may be expected.
Last nights procedure was the
elimination of the tilt between Mr.
Stone and MIR. DAILY, at the last month
ly meeting, which was caused by the
book committee giving Mrs. Grace K.
Haviland, librarian. a short leave of
absence without the knowledge or con-
sent of the board. To this Mr.. DAILY
objected, and prior to the meeting the
addition to the bylaws, which the
board adopted Monday night, was pre-
pared by Mrs. DR.. Cora Williams. This
amendment was carried over until
Monday night. and it required ma
jority vote of the board to pass it. Mr..
Stone was called out of the city, and
Mrs. Cady is in Washington. With
seven members present Mrs. C. j.
Scheeler, Mr.. w. B. Williams, DR.. Will
liams and DR.. N. Merrill voted for it.
Lacking the majority of one Mr.. DAILY
voted in its favor. Mrs. Greene and
Greene questioned the presidents right
to vote, which, however, Roberts Rules
Of Order gives him, and then left the
meeting in disgust.
Altho the bylaws give the book
committee no authority over the
library employees, by custom that au-
thority has been delegated to this conn
mittee. The addition to section s.,
by article 5, the amendment passed,
creates a new committee on employees,
which is given power of supervision
over the employees, of hiring and dis
charging them, regulation of their pay,
etc, subject to the ratification of the
board.
In the appointment of the committee
Mr.. DAILY disregarded the opposition,
and named Mrs. c. j. Scheeler to be
chairman and DR.. Williams and DR.. N.
Merrill as the other members, altho
the terms of office of both DR.. Cora
Williams and Mrs. Schee1er expire
July / next.
May Rescind Action.
There is possibility that in case
the anti-Daly faction can muster
enough strength, an effort will be made
to again amend the bylaws by strik-
ing out the article just Incorporated,
but as the board stood Monday night
Mr. Daily, by his own vote, holds the
balance of power. Threats of res
ignation of the members of the
book committee, of which Mrs. Greene,
Mrs. Cady and Mr.. Stone are members,
We're made If the amendment carried,
but Mrs. Greene was the only member
Of this committee at the meeting, and
she stated positively she would not re-
sign.
Claim Report Irregular.
Now the claim is set up that the
annual report of President DAILY, read
at a recent meeting of the board, and
later delivered to the city council and
accepted by that body, has never been
formally received or accepted by the
board, but was passed over their
heads to the city council. 1t is also
claimed that this report was not a
report at all, but was criticism and
arraignment of the book committee.
n,r11v p>,f ,f ~ y
the council. Mayor Ingledue was in
formed of this this morning. He said
he would Investigate, and if such were
the case the report would be returned
to the board.
Will Order Fund Returned.
Not on account of any recent trouble
on the board, but because it is contrary
to the ordinance establishing the board,
Mayor Ingledue is going to order the
funds held by Treasurer P. S.
Balch returned to the city treasury,
where it belongs. Mr. Ingledue bases
his proposed order on the following
section of the ordinance creating the
board: Cali moneys received and set
apart for the maintenance of such Ii
brary shall be deposited in the treasury
of such city, to the credit of the Ii
brary fund, and shall be kept by the
treasurer. separate and apart from all
other moneys, and paid out upon the
orders of the board of trustees. signed
by it's president and secretary"
Puts Ban on RehearsaIs.
There will be no more rehearsals
in the assembly hall at the public IL
brary The board voted last night to
put stop to such rehearsals, because
patrons of the library have complained
that the noise annoys the readers on
the lower floors
The Company H flag, presented to
the company in Des Moines by the
young ladies of the city at the breaking
out of the Spanish American war, was
offered to the library by Captain c. S.
AIdrich and accepted by the board last
night The flag is the personal proper
Ly of Captain Aldrich, it having been
presented him by the company when it
held it's reunion last spring. A suitable
case will be purchased for the colors.
The board objects to itinerant lee
turers, such as Professor Kershaw.
who recently lectured in the assembly
1all, renting it then charging admission
,or the lecture. To prevent a repetition
IF such instances the librarian was
Notified that the library committee
,ere after would take charge OF rent
ng the assembly hall
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