New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-03-14
PRESSITES WANT PEACE
Three WOmeR Spoken OF TO Succeed
Or. Mcneil as President.

Who viii he the next president Of the Won
ans Press Club is the question which is agl-
Eating feminine clubdom just now. and when
:he answer is found the club itself hopes TO
nave mere peace than IL has known for long
slime. Three women are mentioned AS possible
candidates for the Office made vacan; by the
recent resignation Of Dr. Frances ". Mcneil.
Nine. Evans Klenner, the first viee-presi-
Sent. is the logical candidate. but there is con-
Eiderable faction opposed TO her, and the club
wants peace The second e-president Mrs
Margaret Holmes Bates has brought peace to
the warning Daughters Of Ohio of which she IS
president and il is thought she might do as
much for the Press Club Mrs. William Tod
Relmuth IS also spoken of as a conciliatory
candidate.
For months the Press Club has been rent by
dissensions carefully kept from the public but
the resignation Of DR.. Mcneil brought things TO
a climax and made further secrecy impossible
When Dr. Mcneil resigned not only the presi-
Gency, but her membership in the club. she sent
20 every member a circular stating her reasons
Cor doing. She first sent statement to the
members OF the governing board, and on their
refusal 20 read il 10 the club, as requested she
mailed the following to the individual members:
New York March H. 1897
mailed the appended notice TO the CORE
spending secretary of the Woman's Press club
with a written request TO have it read before
the entire club at its business meeting on
March Q.
Strange TO say. my request was denied. and
false impression given on; that my sup
discourtesy makes it necessary 10 mail this copy
FOR your information as 70 how and why my
thirteen years connection with the club was
severed by the act OF the club itself, ana not Dy
a resignation or my part Very truly yours.
FRANCES W. MCNEIL.
'"TO the woran's Press Club of New York City.
AT its business meeting, February 10. 1907,
sixty-twO members present and voting
After being informed by the chair of attacks
upon her by rule or ruin faction of the clue.
unjustihed and continuing for five months and
including countless petty annOYances in the dis
charge Of her duties. many harassing misrepre-
sensations and calumnes designed TO poison the
minds of members and others against her, ma
hclous ana spitefui distortions OF her acts ara
alleged remarks. a scurrilOus anonymous letter.
valentines. utilization and ISLANDERS.
making the Office unbearabe. together with d.
rect personal insults installation day by the
defeated candidate for president and culminat-
ing in the dastardly outrage OF an attack upon
her character reported made by the head Of
these unWarranted prosecutions
"A majority Of the Woman's Press Club ~
New York city. in defiance of truth. justice and
parliamentary law rejected the appeals If the
chair and voted 10 confer honor upon the In
suffer of their president. notwithstanding that
written charges were presented against the per-
petrator for traducing the character of MEM
hers. per Article >. Section . of the bylaws.
This act Of the club stamping the seal OF its
bppioNM upon the aDlee OF an innocent Of1Cer,
created situation incompatible with self-re-
spect, and necessarily. al once and forever. sew
cred all further connection with the organiza-
tion thus wronging her
FRANCES W. MCNEIL
February IL 1907
This correctly informs you OF the facts in the
case"
In explanation Of this communication one
member said:
The whole trouble is that the defeated can
didate for president the Rev Phebe FIanaford
did some inconsiderate things. and Dr. Mcneil
made too much Of them. The club wanted TO
Jet the whole matter drop, but Dr. Mcneil in
sisted that some action be taken and when Mrs
Hanaford was elected honorary president which
was merely p conventional tribute TO her long
connection with the club. she construed Il as q
failure 10 stand by her, although we passed a
unanimous vote OF confidence in her As To the
speclhc charges in her letter every clubuon:-a
occupying position Of prominence is subject
more or less 20 these things and Dr. Mcneil had
no right TO assume that anonymous letters and
offensive valentines came from any member of
the club