The San Francisco call., 1910-04-12

Germs u.s." said Mrs Baldwin, sis beauty
of the valley, and the water scheme de-
velopment will mean simply the differ
ence between a meadow and lake.
We are not going to flood it 5000 feet
deep. we will only take a little off the
bottom. There is not a sequoia tree
trees in the meadow are only cotton
woods and cedars. 1t will simply be a
mirror to reflect the beauty and not
one fall will be injured, save one 20
feet high.
We are not here to commit the con-
vention to one side of public policy. We
only ask you to investigate. We have
great influence and we must use it for
all parts of the state. We only ask
the privilege of storing the water which
| flows through the mountain meadows"
| Gives History of Case
Mrs. Baldwin gave history of the ac-
quiring of Hetch Hetchy land by San
Francisco, and told of the objections
to other water sources, suggested but
not named and in closing said:
Let us take time to look into these
things in our clubs; let us seek the
truth"
A brief discussion followed, which
was brought to an end by the state
president, who said it was, she thought.
generally understood that Mrs. Bald
win was explaining merely why the
San Francisco clubs could not join in
the protest sent out by the forest COM
mittee.
The excitement of the morning came
when the state president. Mrs. j. B.
Hume, read the belated greetings of
the national president of the fedora
tion, and, resigning the chair to the
vice president at large, Mrs. j. w. Orr,
openly denounced the attitude and con-
duct of Mrs. o. Shepard Barnum of Los
Angeles.
ResentS Insinuations
Mrs. Barnum had inquired why Mrs.
Hume had not read the greetings from
Mrs. Moore, the national president, on
the opening day, to which Mrs. Hume
replied that she was unable to read
that which she did not have. Mrs,
Barnum, it is said. expressed her dis
belief of this, remarking that she had
seen a copy of the letter sent The
epistle finally came late Saturday night
having been delayed in being forwarded
from Berkeley.
As il consisted largely of praise of
Mrs. Josiah Evans Cowles, the national
vice president. against whom 1T had
been planned to place Mrs. Hume as
rival for national Office, Mrs. Barnum's
insinuations that the letter had been
suppressed for personal reasons by Mrs
Hume were considered particularly in
sulting to the latter. There was also
some surprise al the fact that Mrs.
Barnum possessed copy.
Mrs. Hume, in a dignifed speech, said
that her character had been. assailed
by clubwomah in a malicious and un-
warranted fashion. She explained her
position and said she would place the
letter postmarked SO as to prove the
fact that 1T had only reached here at
a late hour, on exhibit for the inspec-
ton of those few who would doubt her
word.
In closing she said:
THE clubwoman to whom / refer is
Mrs c.. Shepard Barnum of Los An
geles A shiver of horror ran through
the convention delegates, who have
conducted their differences by strictly
surreptitious methods heretofore.
Truce Is Declared
At the afternoon session Mrs. j. e.
Cowles spoke on the biennial and at
the close of her speech asked the priv
ilege of personal remarks. She ex-
planned that 1t was all mistake. Mrs
Moore was in the habit of sending her
duplicates of many letters sent out and
the copy of the greetings had come to
her. She, being a close friend of Mrs.
Barnum. had shown the letter to her
Il wish to say, she said, -"that be-
lieve Mrs. Barnun's intentions were
sincere and that / believe Mrs. Hume
acted entirely without malice toward
Mrs. Barnum." She then turned and Of
fered her hand to Mrs. Hume, who
accepted it. This closed the incident
for the time, but clubwomen have gos-
siped in greatest excitement all day
over the event. which has been unprece-
dented in convention records