Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-04-03

members of this commission to
change their views as to .'Quin-
cy's innocence"
President Tearney finally CALI
ed the second session Of the an
nual meeting Of the league,
which should have been held
during the National association
meeting in November, for Jan.
at the Palmer house, Chi
cago. II was on this occasion,
in the lobby of the hotel, prior
TO the opening Of the meeting,
that Waterloo first learned from
President Tearney himself, Of
the intention to deny them the
right to vote. They immed-
lately sought an attorney, pro-
cured temporary restraining
order and upon the serving of
the same this meeting dispers-
ed without action. Later on
this same day, during a discus
sion as to the wisdom of court
intervention. Messrs. Ewald and
Boyle of Waterloo, in the pres
ence of witnesses, offered or
said TO President Tearney that
they would the next day instruct
their attorney to dismiss the
temporary Injunction if he
(Tearney) would assure them
that the whole matter would be
put up to the national board
without prejudice" and Mr..
Tearney absolutely refused to
entertain this proposition. The
Quincy club was present at this
meeting also, and were fully adj
vised as to the division of SEN
timent.
Jan 26. the date of the third
session of the annual meeting,
was the date on which, despite
the courts restraining order,
the four southern clubs, with
the president. Mr.. Tearney. vOt-
ed Waterloo out and Quincy in
to the league, while there were
only four clubs, less than
quorum, present. Earlier a pro-
tracted conference between the
two factions was engaged in the
room of James T. Hayes, during
which conference Mr.. Hofer
stated that he had only adj
vanced $500 in cash of the pur-
chase money to the Central as
ISOLATION and he was immed-
lately informed that the four
northern clubs would reim-
burse him to that amount if he
would withdraw his application
and return to membership in
the Central. This offer Mr.. Ho-
fer declined to consider. Then
the northern clubs offered to
flip a coin" to decide whether
Waterloo or Quincy should have
the mem bership. Mr.. Drohan,
who had been delegated to make
this offer to the southern clubs,
failed to return, and it was
while waiting for a reply to this
proposition that the southern
clubs met and proceeded to GUST
Waterloo, without the northern
clubs, who were waiting up
stairs, having been given any
notice of the intention to recon-
vene the meeting.
On March Is, while in Chi
cago in pursuance to a call for
a special meeting issued by the
president, upon request of the
four northern clubs, and to
which call the southern clubs
refused to respond, Messrs. Mar
tin of Waterloo, and Lane of
Davenport made a proposition
to President Tearney to the eff
feet that the controversy be
compromised by the admission
of Quincy and Cedar Rapids.
making a 10-club league This
proposition, also, Mr.. Tearney
rejected. Never at any stage Of
this controversy have the
southern clubs evinced a dispo-
sition to meet the northern
clubs in a spirit of fairness and
friendship to consider possible
compromise measures. and it
was not until the civil courts,
the national board OF arbitra-
ton and the national commits
sion had ruled against them
that they showed any DISPOSE
ton to accept anything but a
complete accomplishment Of
their own selfish ends and ideas.
At the last meeting of the
league held March 81, pursuant
to the ruling of the commission,
and an official copy of the min
utes of which is hereby attach