The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-04-07

only being omitted here), to the presi-
dent Of each chapter in Jacksonville,
1t being correct for her to deal with
her chapters directly. and not through
another chapter,
st. Augustine, April 3, 1914.
My Dear Chapter President:
This letter signed by yourself and
your secretary, Jointly with the presi-
dents and secretaries OF the other two
chapterS in Jacksonville, has been re-
IL. the same being copy Of letter sent
out by your three chapters to the
chapters OF the division, on said date.
The courtesy Of g. copy to the state
president at time of first mailing was
omitted. nor did she receive a copy as
president OF her chapter; but, on Mar.
IA, more than one chapter to which
the letter had been sent, forwarded
same to her; therefore she has had
full time to review the reasois given
for melting the chapters of the divi-
sion to discontent with the decision of
the state president, concerning date
of deferred convention.
She has been entirely unable to find
any constitutional authority of prese-
dent. for any chapter, or chapters,
asking for the action of other chap
tiers, on g. point constitutionally with
in the authority Of the state presi-
dent, which had been decided by her.
and announced to the division. The
only vote a chapter could take under
those conditions would be whether 1t
would sustain the action of their pres
ident. or refuse to do so, and this
without effect on the decision rem
dered.
Neither can the president find any
constitutional or parliamentary auth
GRITTY for taking the vote of the chap
tiers at all. except when in conven-
letter was evidently misleading to
many chapters, since you tell me in
your letter Of March 81, that certain
chapters have declared in favor of
a May convention"
Under the conditions your presi-
dent would be within her constitution
al right, If she said simply, that there
was no point at issue, or subject I'M
der discussion, as the date of the con-
vention had already been set under
the constitution: but she is never de-
sirious of being arbitrary, therefore
she has reviewed your reasons, and
replies to them as follows:
LIST: She is establishing no precedent
for a shorter or longer interval than
one year between conventions, for
both precedents have already been set
in the division; the first and second
the seventh and eighth, between fff-
teen and sixteen months apart
End: The inspiration which has
been stressed" in past, will be that
which will go to the December con-
vention, from a general convention
held the month preceding.
3rd: The subscriptions to the va
rious memorial and educational"
works will be asked for in May, and
there is surely no reason why they
should be withheld. and the chairmen
+'enlbarrassed'', merely because thew
are not asked for in convention. That
would be putting a very low estimate
on our motive in giving. Your pres
ident thinks better Of her daughters
than that
4th: The expense to kissimmee will
be exactly the same it would have
been If the reunion had met alse-
where, and the convention had met in
May. it will be less than it was to
Tampa two years ago, and Tampa had
a very full convention. West Florida
has not objected, and indeed objec-
lions to the expense of a convention
trip to South Florida come with a sad
grace from any point in North Flor
ida; as the majority OF chapters are
in South Florida and two thirds of
the conventions have been held in
North Florida. which South Florida
chapters have uncomplainingly at
tended.
sth: The possible staying over of
general officers Ii not factor which