The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-09-10
MRS. REEDY
Named CITY
W.C.T.U. Head
Elected President by Margin
of Five Votes Over
Mrs. Gadd.
VICE PRESIDENT CHOSEN
Dark Then, Other Ballots to
Wait; InSurgent Meet
ing Is Expunged.

Mrs. w. w. Reedy, at the stormiest
meeting that the Oldest members of
the organization can remember, was
w. @. T. u. at the Pitcher American
National Bank Friday afternoon.
Everything but actual pulling
wes resorted to after the president,
Mrs. Bert S. Gadd, had raped on
the desk and Mrs. E. c. Rumpler
offered an opening prayer.
From then on the most delightful
frankness prevailed. If any one
wanted to call any one else a snake
in the grass" she went ahead and
did it, and so easy did speech-mak-
ing become that two, three and
four women frequently we're on their
feet, all exhorting at once.
Wins by Five Votes
Mrs. Reedy and Mrs. Gadd were
the presidential candidates in the
election, and so evenly divided were
the rooters that Mrs. Reedy came
out winner by only five votes.
Mrs. G. E. Carter was elected vice
president, but by this time evening
shadows we're gathering and other
elections will have to take place at
called meeting.
The major part of the afternoon
had been given to the most dra-
matte presentations of the griev-
snces of two hostile camps of the
organization.
The Gadd- -Reedy factiona1 war
fare, it came out, was the outgrowth
Of w. G. T. u. resolutions adopted
number of weeks ago condeming
Arthur L. Gilliom for his modifica-
ton stand regarding Indiana laws
dealing with medicinal liquor. Mrs.
l2cedy had framed the resolution
and Mrs. Reedv's followers claimed
that Mrs. Gadd's attitude was OPP
posed to the "lifelo,ng sentiments
and principles" Of the W. @. T. U.
as a body.
Mrs. Gadd at the time was asked
by Gilliom to present some ques-
tions to the organization, the main
one being "Would you administer
whisky to save the life of a loved
one?"
Busy Day for Gaval
Mrs. Gadd begged to be let of
from putting the questions and said
that the resolution had been "rail-
roaded" Though by Mrs. Reedy. A
climax of the feeling then en-
gendered was that the w. G. T. U.
had two meetings on Aug. IL, one
presided over by Mrs. Gadd at the
home Of Mrs. Hartig Kelly, 2521 S.
Delaware st., and one which met in
the usual quarters at the Fletcher
American Bldg.
The main fight Of Friday was to
declare the latter meeting uncon-
stitutional and to have it stricken
from the minutes. The gaval Of the
president played an almost constant
and futile tattoo to every shade Of
feminine voice which were ringing
forth with such phrases as "Shu-
maker motion of sympathy" mo
right to pass such a motion at an
unconstitutional meeting" and "Dirt
back of all this"
When the "insurgent meeting" at
the Fletcher American Bldg. on Aug
IL, finally expunged by vote, along
with it went the expressions of SYM
pathy for Shumaker adopted on that
occasion. This action was taken
after Mrs. Reedy and Mrs. Harry
Sloan had waved beaded bags and
excited arms at each other.
The parliamentarian, Mrs. CleYn
Johnson, frequently was called upon
to hand forth an opinion, but the
conversation galloped ahead SO fast
she was always two jumps behind
with her responses.
Remember About Vote
When practically everybody had
been on her feet, including q tall
woman who declared she twas
ashamed of it all" and Mrs. Grace
Altvater, president of the Marion
County w. @. T. u. had said some
thing about brotherly love and
Christian charity" someone remem-
bered that it was election day. Bal
lots were passed and this brought
on the final and most heated scene
of the day.
Declaring that "in the light oi
what has taken place here this aft
ernoon we know everybody can't bt
trusted" woman proposed that
ballots be counted in the room
right before us all and with two
persons standing on each side of the
ballot box"
Forgives Everybody
Mrs. z. Ackman seconded this
motion. which was carried and the
ballot box, which was somebody's
nifty new felt hat, almost witherec
under the ardent scrutiny ther
directed against it.
Through a fearful buzz, some
Kisses and play of excited voices
the results Of the election were
finally called. Mrs. Gadd then con.
graduated the winning Mrs. Reedy
and closed with a prayer in which
she declared that she "forgav,
everybody"
Ambassador Apt. Hotel. Ri. 1871