El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-03-30
Says Leaders Retain Office
Because Merits Are Conceded
Member of Wou Club DepIores Publicity
Election and Suggests Insurgents" Might
Be to Advantage.

, OF little personal feeling. II need be.
than TO have dragged the heretofore
! splendidly clean skirts Of the club IN
the mire OF public contention and quib-
BILE
am told. however. that the insur-
gents are not dissatisfied with the out
come of the election The names OF
those members whom they especially
wanted elected were on the ticket but
were defeated.
am also told that the insurgents
were aware during the election that the
method was Illegal but they made no
effort to prevent an Illegal election
After the votes were counted they
asked for a new election. II there we're
any doubts in the parliamentary minds
OF the insurgents before election that
the rules OF the club governing cleo
lions were Illegal. doesn't il seem
, little reprehensible that they did not
make their protest at that time rather
than to wait and see who was elected
before they made known their claims
But granting this is purely an al
truistic contention Of legality with the
best interest Of the club at heart Wnlcn
7 frankly don't believe and which
Wednesday nights paper entirely dis
proves, the insurgents have been fol-
lowing a wrong point Of attack
The result Of the election being sat
isfactory TO them as they so stated last
Monday. the newspaper article again
notwithstanding, the logical point OF
, attack would have been the revision
demand for a new election
The incoming inexperienced Gn Of
flee / mean presidents OF the Won-
ans club have felt II a privilege 10
knowledge OF the older club women
when IL came TO points OF precedent
and privilege This assistance has al
ways been graciously given and gra-
ciOusly appreciated. I should hesitate
TO criticise the efficiency in points Of
parliamentary law OF those women who
have had the privilege OF attending the
state and national federation meetings
for years and who have been officers
in the state federation There IS more
to parlia mentary law than the period
and comma points which keep mem
bers rising like jacks in the box TO
points of order Good taste and the
knowledge of practical application are
paramount essentials in a good parlia-
mentarian-
It is not necessary to point out to
any one the fine work and the concrete
representation Of the faithfulness and
honor Of the executive board and Of
ficers Of the Woman's club to whom
the clubs treasurer publicly took ex-
ceptiOn in Wednesdays Herald
These officers have served long and
faithfully, have worked with their
brains and their hands and have for
years given financially TO the support
OF the club Would II be good judg-
ment. when we still have a large
amount OF money TO raise to pay for
our club house to allow a handful OF
new members and one or two old mem
bers TO force US to change horses in
the middle Of the stream We know
what these women can do because we
know what they have done. We would
be foolhardy as q club TO vote in an
entire new board or a new majority
on the board It isn't that any one
underestimate the ability nor willing
ness to labor nor. in some instances. the
sincerity Of these insurgent members
Among them We can and do number
some Of the potentially. most valuable
members Of the club. Dominating force
full women are very apt TO be REFORM
ers- All reformers are apt to be car
RED away with surface showings.
Which IS why so many refOrmers fail.
In every reform which has a personal
element in the upstir. some person or
persons, often unknown to the most
ardent reformer. sits back and pulls
the strings. We don't any of US like
to feel that we are the puppets who
dance at the end OF the string but we
very often are. In other words we are
each and every one of us grinding
somebody's ak for better or for worse
There Is no question in nv mind
but that the thinking men OF this city
VIII weigh this matter in the balance
ana not be pre1udiced by a tempest in
teapot among women one which
could have been passed over with a
smile. for in a way IL is very funny.
had II not been for the indirectly di-
rect attack upon the integrity OF the Of
fIcers and tellers who acted in the re-
cent election.
1t was a matter of poor Judgment 10
stir up this tempest just at this time
but refOrmers are apt to be more zeal
Gus than JudiciOus. IL handicaps wOm-
en- again in this city just when they
had, by the achievement of the new
club house. overcome the century Old
handicap OF not being taken seriously
by men. With the unthinking. in
stinctively prejudiced man il will harm
the cause Of wOman's suffrage, which
mind wont he IN
this community for the present. But
Z don't think il viii matter one lot
nor little in the election of Mrs Rawl-
iugs to the school board. The men OF
this city viii see that she is elected
through sheer common sense
Our president, our officers and our
organization merit the loyalty Of their
members and the public through their
past achievement and 1 am sure will
be awarded IT,
Ethel : Phillips.
The largest line Of ChiIdren'S Hats in
III PasO to De. found ar