The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-03-28
D. A. B. FACTS
INTERNAL WAR
INSURGENCY ENTERS SACRED
PRECINCTS AT WASHINGTON 81
OFFICES.
DISMISSAL OF A CLERK.
Direct Cause Of Runpus--President.
General Criticized by Re
ccrding Secretary
General.

New York, March 27.--The Dauga-
tiers of the American Revolution are
, lining up for the bitterest fight of
their lives.
The insurgent spirit has entered
into the sacred precincts of the ma
tlonal headquarters of the society
Memorial Hall at Washington and
the recording secretary-general, Mary
,E. Wilcox, Is leading bitter fight
upon the president general, Jelia r.
Sectt, and the registrar general, A.
G. Draper.
/ Mary b, Wilcox docs not minc9
, matters. In an open letter To the
heads Of the various chapters
throughout the country. ehe declares
that Mrs. Draper II preparing To size
the organization and through the
president general has clerks and Off
GERS not pleasing TO her (AIrs. i3fap-
err summarily discharging or forced
to reign.
! Clerks Dismisasi Cause.
The insurgents have taken their
stand upon the dismissal by Mrs.
Scott of Miss Agnes Gerald, clerk
in the employ OF this e.aiionai society
who was appointed In April. 1909.
Mrs. Scott in her letter Of dismi sal,
alleged Continued and persistent
acts Of lnGuhordinatIon as an EN-
! lrloyc."
Recording secretary-Genefai wH
cox has taken the stand that Miss
Gerald was dismissed because Mrs
Draper had trouble with the girls
mother at the time Of the last elec
/ tion
The ball was opened on M
when the presilentgeneral informcd
Miss Gerald that she had been dis
missed and at the same time directed
her not to report to headquarters
| again. y
Miss Gerald placed the matter in
the hands of her attorney. l.. Cabell
! Williamson, who in letter informed
Mrs. Sect that as the young woman
could only be dismissed by the board
which had appointed her, he had adj
yised the Young woman to continue
her duties. To this communication
Mrs. Scott made no reply, but on
March / she sent note to Mary B.
/ Wilcox, in whose department Miss
| Gerald was employed, informing the
recording secretarygeneral that Miss
Gerald waa no longer an employe q
| The society
Character Above Office.
| Mrs. Wilcox at once took up the
/ f'eht for the clerk in the following
plain letter:
Madame President-Gcneral--t havs
to acknowledge the receipt OF youl
note Of this morning officially notify.
ing me that Miss Gerald no longer be
longs to the clerical force Of the so
ciety and IS no longer on its payroll
| Holding that anothers character
a. well as her bread and butter il
/ above whatever official courtesy may
be due between you and me, | have
to respectfully inform you that I tt
not recognize your authority to dis
miss Miss Gerald, she having been
Iappointed by the national board oil
management, and therefore will con
time her services in my department
where they are needed until she shall
have been dismissed by the said ma
! tional board of management or con,
tincntal congress.
Before closing this note permit
me. in the name Of common human
lity. to appeal to your motherhood AMI
you to reconsider and recall your act
ion, which will be duly appreciated,
mot only by the clerk In question, but
by every member Of the organization.
Very Respectfully,
MARY Il, WILCOX,
| Recording Secretary-Generai N
Is. d. A. r."
No reply was made to this letter
and on March 19 Mrs. Wilcox return
ed to the charge with an open letter
to the heads Of the various chapters
through the country. from which ex-
tracts follow:
Sends Out Open Letter.
My Dear Madame-Referring tc
the recent action against Agnes Ger
aid, an employe Of the National 80
ciety ID. a. RI. permit me to call your
attqntlon 10 the violation: FirsA q.
the letter and spirit Of the declara'
tion OF Independence second, OF the
constitutIon of the United States,
Iarticlc VI. section 2, and bylaws Gar
Iticles Iii and XVII Or the National So