Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-17
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kindness has not been previously
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emergency action, and l should nave
been false to my sense of right ana JUS
tice II had not put stop 10 SO nag
a defiance of decency, false TO the nne'
instincts which govern our great organ
zation. false to my duty as president gen
eral. Conduct which was palpapiy crea..
ing and disseminating a most uhheal.l
atmosphere throughout our omces couIo
not be allowed to go unnotlceu .a" ,,.o III
rehuked for the eight weeks that Wouio
elanse before the next meeting Oh Tie
hoard. On December I, 1908, IN the case
of a former curator 1 invoked Rnd car.
ried into effect, uncha-enged, the Iorce
of such unwritten law. me Doa ~ IS III III
q legislative or judicial pooy' See a
c.e 6, section 2.
Thinks Power Is Hers.
..The authority not delegated to the
board by the National Congress must, IN
such instances as the two to which
specifically refer, reside in the president
general. Her right to decide and act
in such cases cannot be curtailed, un-
loco che ia to suffer herself to be re-
garded as a mere figurehead ana pup
net I have laid this case before you
because, while l have unQuestionaoly
full legal right as chief executive omceI
to take this action, l feei tnai soa ~
were. are entitled to know my reasons
for a step, the necessity OF Whicn NJ
one deplored more deeply than dio L:
II viii say in addition that in my opin.
ion there is no further neeu ZOE any
snecial detailed clerk to copy the Conti'
mental Hall committee records TneS
have been brought up to date and. TINS
being the case. it will be an easy mat
ter for the official stenographer TO Keel
the records abreast Of the procee ,a y
from meeting to meeting as shouiu al
ways have been done.
Mrs. Scott also laid before the board O
letter addressed to her by A. .. worm
ington, whose legal advice she sought III
the matter after she had dismissed MISS
Gerald In his letter Mr.. Worthington
declares he believes Mrs. Scott had tae
nower under the constitution of the u. "A
r, TO dismiss Miss Gerald, although Miss
Gerald was appointed by the BOARD o.
MANAGEMENT and not by MIS- Scout
The Case of Mrs. Guss.
The letter in which Mrs. Scott asked
that Mrs. H. T. Guss be dropped from
all congressional committees was sent &c
Mrs Ellen Spencer Mussey, vice chair
man of the program committee Tor the
coming Continental Congress.
Mrs. Guss was charged by the frlenas
of Mrs. Scott with procuring the ADJOURN
ment of a meeting of District Daughters
held recently at the Arlington Hotel be-
fore resolution indorsing Mrs. Scott
could be adopted. It was said that Mrs
Guss went to the manager Of the hote
when she found that such resolution
would prevail and obtained from MIN
letter saying that the Daughters must
give up the room at once in which they
were meeting. Mrs SCOUTS letter 10 MIS-
NGuocov WAS as follows.
II have just read the published accounts
of the part taken by Mrs. Guss at the
meeting in the Arlington Hotel. This IL
surely a case demanding emergency ac-
ton. and / must therefore ask you to
erase Mrs Guss' name from any congress
sional committee to which she may have
been appointed and notify the chairman
OF the committee of that action, as wen
as Mrs. Guss herself.
"Regretting that 1 am compelled to up
hold the dignity Of my Office by such
drastic action, l am,
Faithfully yours,
JULIA G. SCOTT"