The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1907-12-04

Richmond. Va, Dec. i.-"Whcn dc quail
ity meets. dc compliments passes"
This is once again proved in the print
ed correspondence that is being eN'
changed between the Society of the Gin
oinnsti OF Virginia and the Society of the
Cincinnati OF Rhode Island.
The virgnians claim that certain cir
cular letter issued by the Rhode islanders
contains numerous inaccurate state
ments." Improper and misleading use OF
terms and intimates that Hon. Asa Bird
Gardiner. LII. d. /. III. H.. president of
the Rhode Island society, was bit offi-
cious In seeking invitations 20 the James
town Exposition.
1--WE are not prepared TO accept the
Rhode Island society as authority for
Gen. Washington's unexpressed beliefs" 2"
saw the Virginians. who add: I'VE SIN
cerely doplore the Rhode Island society's
utterances and sincerely trust
that such unwarranted and illegal state
ments will not be repeated
There are 80 solid pages of argument IN
the letter put forth by the Virginia socie-
". which says many stinging things
about the Rhode Island branch, as for
example:
1--WE find among the members OF the
Rhode Island society the names of sever
al officers of tho French army and navy.
including one member OF the French
chamber of deputies, and one ex-presidcnt
of the French republic. If the above-de-
scribed members OF the Rhode Islanx
state society were admitted under the
wholly erroneous assumption that legal
French state society ever existed. then
and in that case the Society of the Cincin-
natl in the state of Virginia hereby de-
clares it's opinion that the election of the
members named as hereditary and honor
ary members OF the Rhode Island society
was absolutely illegal and wholly without
warrant under the organic laws of the
order, and that such elections were and
are a grave wrong and menace to the
principles OF the society and its organic
laws as fully set forth in the original in
stituton."
'MEDDLESoME INTRUSION"
"A meddlesome instrIlsion into the pure
ly internal affairs of a coordinate state
society is another rap az Rhode Island
ers I'm the Virginia circular. which says:
Before assuming TO thus criticise a sis
ter state society (unjustly and unfairly as
we have demonstrated) IL is respectfully
suggested 10 the Rhode Island society that
it might with much profit and propriety
contemplate the very peculiar and illegal
way in which Its own state society gave
away its funds TO its own members, and
the remarkable method OF its revival by
a meeting without a quorum (after re-
manning dormant for a. consecutive years.
and without restoring that fund TO the
Rhode Island society. The Rhode Island
society thrust this subject upon US and
we arc therefore justified in calling at
tention to the above facts
Going into the details of the member
ship of the Rhode Island society, the
virginians say:
THE president of the Rhode Island So
ciety, with a New Hampshire propositus
by collateral descent according to the
roster of the Rhode Island society is
member of the Rhode Island society. and
lives In New York city. or the "a MEM
bers of the Rhode Island society, 20 re-
side in Rhode Island Il I'm New York
city and vicinity and four In Parts,
France, one in Sweden, one In Japan,
one In Corsica. one in Cuba. and the re-
manning u IN different states OF this
country Thus the rule OF the institution
as 20 residence Il not being observed by
the president OF the Rhode Island society
himself. and by the large majority OF the
members Of that state society
ILLEGAL" ADMISSIONS.
Another blow at Rhode Islanders is
contained In this paragraph:
In view of the illegal manner In which
admissions have been made to it's own
state society and its illegal meetings,
without quorums in 1892 and 1889. and
Dec. IL, 1877. the idea of the Rhode Island
society assuming TO critcise another