The National tribune., 1906-11-01


previous administrations were finally
and permanently Strengthened out
Provision was made for the revision
of the Constitution, Bylaws and Rit-
ual of the Society. The President
General appointed upon this commit
tee Mrs. Isabel Worrell Ball. Chairman;
Mrs. Ida NJ. Galloway. Vice Chairman:
Mrs. Rudlof, Secretary. all of Wash
ington. ID. c.: Mrs. Patricia Siebel, De-
partment President of Illinois, and Mrs.
Isabelle Alexander. Past President
General This committee is 70 revise
the whole thing and report to the next
National Assembly. Mrs. Gedney stated
that in appointing Mrs. Ball she be-
lieved that she had selected one who
understood the necessity of revision.
and who was competent to give the So
ciety a completed work that would
harmonize everything and give a go ID
working foundation. She spoke of Mrs
Fails fine parliamentary training, and
declared that there was not woman
IN the organization to-day who was
better fitted for the work than Mrs.
EaIl.
Mrs. Ball stated that she would try
to make n revision that would give abb
solute justice to every member of the
Society and dignity to the whole or
ganiZation.
1t is not little odd that into the
hands of these Washington women
should be given this revision, for it is
the Washington Auxiliaries that were
so forcibly shown the inadequacy of
the laws Of the organization to protect
t@cir members from injustice. 1t will
be remembered that Mrs. Ball made a
circus out of the New Haven Conven-
ton with 1njunctions served on all the
y -tiOnal officers, and so demoralized
the then National officers who had per-
petratcd what later proved to be al
most criminal injustice upon her and
several other members Of the WASH
iagton Department that they left il
shortly after the close of that memor-
ahie convention. and have never afil-
i3ted with it since. Mrs. Ball, who felt
that she had right and justice on her
side, fought firmly for her views, and
established her rights in the following
convention. held in st. Louis, as well as
the rights of all those who had been
50 unjustly treated by the former ad,
ministration. of which Mrs. Flora A.
Lewis was General. The Ma
tional Assembly was forced to recog-
nize Mrs. Ball and the other ladies Of
her Department, restored the Depart
ment organization, and placed things
exactly as they were when the Presi-
dent-General unwarrantably revoked
the charter of the Department and
ruined several of the Auxiliaries
Mrs. Ball laughingly referred to the
disturbances of that New Haven AS
sembly in accepting the Chairmanship,
and declared that it would never again
be possible for a PreSident-Generai or
any Of her officers to make themselves
dictators after she and her. committee
got through with the revision and re-
organization
Il hold no enmity against any of
these ladies'" declared Mrs. Ball. They
were ignorant Of organization work and
nf a ~ nfh htncy nd
not willing to be informed. 1t suited
their purpose better to break up the
organization. If necessary, than ac-
knowledge that they had been mistaken
and unjust. 1 have been fully vindi-
Gated. all my actions approved. and this
lutely right in all that l did. The wo-
men who perpetrated the injustice are
outside the pale of the organization,
while my name has never for one mo-
ment been erased from the rolls. for
my Auxiliary. the Edith X. Roosevelt.
refused to accept the arbitrary ruling.
That shows that my heart was inter-
ans. and that those others were in II
for selfish purposes. That is all there
is to say about it"
Many pretty presentations were
made, among them a solid gold badge
of the Order, handsomely engraved and
cHClTcleu Dy d WEtdtH OI iduTtl leaves,
which the Washington AuXiliaries pre-
sented to Mrs. Ida NJ. Galloway for
her active and energetic interest in the
preparation for the convention. The
badge Is pendant by gold chains from
bar pin, and the past rank drop is
indicated by the monogram of her
name. 1t is the most beautiful jewel of
the Order ever made. Mrs. Gedney,
President-General, presented handsome
pieces of cut glass to Mrs. Alexander
and Mrs. Bailey, both of Cleveland. o.,
the former her Chief of STAFF and the
latter Judge-Advocate-Gen
The President-General was unani.
mousiy elected to serve another term.
The past year has been one of wise adj
ministration, there have been no griev-
ances and no disturbances of any kind,
and the work of the year has gone on
with admirable precision and in a spirit
of fraternity that is most remarkable.
term declared that she would do in the
future as she had in the past-her very
best for the welfare of the organiza-
ton.
Other officers elected were: Mrs.
Ida NJ Galloway. Senior Vice President
General; Mrs. Mannion. of Wisconsin,
Junior Vice President-General: Mrs.
Virginia Byrde. of New York. Treas
urer-General: Mrs. Stanchfield, of Illi-l
nois. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Mrs.
Lucy Keen, of Ohio. Inspector-General;l
Mrs. Gedecke. of Ohio. Conductor-Gen-l
eral; Miss Ohlsen, of Wisconsin, As
sistant Conductor-General; Miss Kitty
Wyland, of Ohio, Guard; Mrs. Kenut- |
son. of Illinois. Assistant Guard; Miss
Harriet E. Hawley. of Washington.
National Historian: Mrs. e. S. Bien, Of
California. National Chaplain.
officers of the Council of Administra-
ton elected by unanimous vote as fol-
lows: Mrs. Lynch, Miss Cyas. Miss Nc
Ardle. Miss Thopeet Miss Hoctor. Miss
Meyers, all OF New York; Mrs. Haub-
laub, of Buffalo: Miss Patton, of Gin
c1nnati: Miss Anna Mccartney. of Illi- |
nois; Miss Mary Petit. of New Jersey;
Mrs. Wolfra. of Milwaukee. and Mrs. |
Charles A. Sidman. of the District of
Columbia.
Mrs. Christine Dunlap's work for the
restoration and preservation of Apo
mattoS Court House, where the sur
render of Gen. Lee to Gen. Grant took
place, was laid before the Assembly by
Mrs. Isabel Worrell Ball. with the re-
quest that the Assembly indorse thel
effort to preserve all historic spots The
Assembly expressed its hearty approval
of the work.
Mrs. Galloway resigned the ONCE Of