The Washington bee., 1911-10-07

sives, and opened its doors to the
women folks of the community for
the purpose OF increasing their mem
bersh1p and exalting one or two OF
these men boilers, the Regulars, or
the original association, have inces-
sanity reSOrted to peaceful means of
every description to induce these orig
NAL boilers and their misguided fol-
lowers, including many of the latest
and intelligent additions to the com
mun1ty, to see the error of their ac-
ton and return to a more united effort
toward the advancement of the COM
munity
Mainly among the efforts persued
by the Regulars are the mass meet
ingS OF all the male citizens of the
community, and the political meet
lngs held almost weekly within the
last SIX or seven weeks. In these
public meetings the slogan of union
has been kept alive ct every OppOT-
tunity, so much so that at a recent
mass meeting held in the Town Hall,
in response to a resolution passed
asking for a vote on union between
| the Regular and sO-called Progress
| sive associations, every man present
voted in its favor Following this
resolution a motion was passed to ap-
IpOint an arbitration communicative
men from each assOciation-tO con-
slider and draw up plans upon which
| the two associations could merge.
| This joint committee was appointed
at once by the presidents of the two
la assOCiatlOns-hve men from each or
ganiZatIOn. But upon announcing the
names of these committees which
twere to act Jointly upon the PROPOSE
ItiOn OF union of the two associations,
it was found that the leader of the
so-called progreSsiveS had packed
his committee, not only with major
lity Of persons of fixed predjudices
against union and principles of self
government and intelligent measures
but had also filled the fifth vacancy
on his half of the committee with {
female resident, not only in defiance
of the character of this mass meeting
of male citizens, but for the adul
tiOnal reason that she too was unal
. terably opposed to any union OF sentl
ment and peaceful activity IN the com
munity among men or women work
/. ing jointly or separately.
Of course, as was fOreSeen, no prog
ress could therefore be made. Th,
sO-called progreSsives met last Tues
day night to receive a spurious repOr
, from their half of the arbitration com
mittee (Which met among themselve
without such authority. They re
, ported TO remain IN isolation among
themselves, under the sound OF theI
! own voices and under the whip o
, their female bug-a-boO, the sting o
which is strong and lasting. This re
| port was simply intended to re-creat
lold dissensiOns and discord agains
union; and fortunately it was so re
Ceived. The militant females and tn
few hen-pecks expected it, and o
[ course accepted it by common con
y isent. But-and this IS the point
2 majority OF the real men present wer
2 also expecting just such a report but
! differently, of course, to reject II
- Results: This latter contingent O
] individual manhood composing tn
( lbrain and civic ambition monopoly O
D Those present escaped further embaT
S rassment and intimidation from tn
Y militant females and their husban
;. followers by resigning and Otherwls
/ fOrfeiting their membership forthwith
70 The Regulars have therefore rlChl
n gained by this move. The nature {
- ana the extent to which they hav
t gained will be told in detail in du
n time. and after the general love fea:
the name of every man who Is hell
s ling in this noble and patriotic hgf
d will be published, and FairmOur
Q Heights will move on to create
5 things.