El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-03-28
Statement AS To Election
Methods Of Won1an'S Club

Intellectual and moral conditions in the
community as stated as the object OF
the club in the club year books. The
public. believing this. contributed
Therefore, the club has no grounds TO
feel that the public generally is not in
terested IN club matters. In regard to
the controversy about the election
which Is engrOssing the attention of
both the club members and the general
PUBIC. want TO state our reasons for
making this fight and why we contend
that the election was Illegal and why
we are demanding a reelection
At me January meeting OF the gen
eTai club. Mrs 5. H Sutherland. the
president appointed as the general
club members OF the nominating COM
mtttee. Mesdames Charles 3. Stevens.
) W Lorentzen. J E Townsend and
Henry T Bowie This committee was
10 be increased by the addition Of mem
bers OF the three departments-art.
music and literature. At the February
meeting OF the general club. the nomi-
naIlnE committee. through Mrs.
Charles B. Stevens. announced the slate
OF officers TO be voted upon al the
March meeting The nominations were:
Mrs Charles B. Stevens president: Mrs.
J. W LOrentzen. first vice president:
Mrs viii T owen. second vice presi-
lent; Mrs J. L Ely, recording secre-
airy, Mrs ". Van Long. corresponding
secretary; Mrs Milton A. Warner,
treasurer Mrs. ". L FOxworth audi
tor. and for directors, Afesdames J. L.
townsend. Olga kohlberg. A p. Averill.
A W Foster, '. Il. RagCio. Frank w.
seward, James Graham McNsry. ". r
Brown, : H Sutherland, H E Christie
and c T. Campbell. Nominations from
the floor were Mrs Joseph L. DIVER
Cor first vice president: Mrs. Y L
Ragsio. auditor, and Mrs J. 7. Knox.
director.
The election was held March 2 The
printed ballots contained the slate OF
the nominating committee Under the
last OF the directors names were printS
ed from the floor and below this the
three names OF the nominees from the
floor. Here Is our first objection TO
the election Section % of the bylaws
OF the club states: The deliberations
OF the club shall be governed by Foxs
Woman.s Manual In FOx's Manual. on
page 1zz, the manner of making out
ballots II explicitly states that blank
spaces should be left al the end OF
each list Of nominees for different
cifIces- IN which the voter may write
the names OF any person, not printed
on the ballot. for whom she wishes 10
vote for such office At the election a
number Of nominations were made from
the floor The number OF voters present
was not counted Mrs. Sutherland ap-
pointed as tellers Mrs. c H. Campbell.
Mrs a W Foster and Mrs. II. E Chris
lie, whose names were all printed upon
the ballots as nominees Mrs. SVfher-
land announced that the entire Ticket
was TO be voted upon at one ballot I'm
mediately after the ballots were col
iected. Mrs Sutherland announced that
the program for the day which was TO
have followed the election. would he
postponed and that the meeting there
fore was adjourned That was March
Z. There have been three meetings OF
the club departments since that time
but although many announcements of
the general club events have been made
at the department meetings. neither tho
president nor any one appointed by her
has announced the result OF the vot-
ing at q meeting
Mrs. A W Foster and Mrs. C H