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Show 8'j9 it Dotnrniir.e.l to Gt tha Bnlarj j l.e CSaiuts as dan ht or Enow t ;e Eeisi'3 Vliy. HASC3 ON TO EE 3 rCSITIOH AiJ Iaiis's thnt She is F t ill Secretary of tho Bi,arJ ef Lady Manager. cf tLe World's Fair. . WAStttMiSToN, Jnnn 22. Mis Phoeho j Ccmins lilcd vouchers for hnr eal-Bry eal-Bry for May. as of the Hoard of Lady manager of tim Ui Id's fair with As'staiit Seeretary Neitlelun hi the treasury depaftn ent ti'd.ty tot;t!.LT with a I. net in support tf li..r claim. Th .) brief in in two parts tho llr.it havim; been prcparcil by V. 1'. l'.iack ami C. It. Waile and the ether by liohei t Ka. 'J'h case is reviewed ii ail its Loritm's. niud un claliorato aixihncnt presumed to ahow that Miss Coi.lua is still leK'ai,v nectetary of tha board of lady uianaern. 1 1 is. contended that ihc. comruiasiun ha t power to prescribe tiio dtitins of the hoarii but Unit it could not coutrol, (1 i eel or stipin v ii tho board iu tlic extreme of its power nor in the a ueies 1'V w hich or thfl mcthodi in which thai board would perform it duties, prescribed by the commission. il is aoserted that tho executive coin lilitteo of tho board as eoiustituted, "Ia an utterly irresponsible creation of tho president of tho board;" and tl.o following fol-lowing comment is uiado on tho i-o-A;ind nub-committee: "Surely a sub-i sub-i committee, chosen from tho per-. per-. soual appointees of one lady, J however d.!ing her social po- isilion, is cot the body which cuu-j;rets cuu-j;rets contiiiiiiUted wtien' it adopted tcvtinn U of liio act prov'uiing for the 'ifyvoild'a fair commission to exercise tho L'.'. (actions of lho hoard of lady matia-I matia-I a;ers, provided for iu thai .section, the T' tempt to Mihsiituto this liltle coterie i A personal appointees for the nianili-tiitt nianili-tiitt body of repreaeulativij women 'i-tieh was originally selected by the jk uiinis.ion In tie si formance of duly j j ill that behalf iuipo.sed upon it JWheu coupled with the publicly j (ieclared policy that no further meeting V ;f the board of lady managers i ever l Jo be called and thai all the duties of At hat board aro to be performed iu per-' per-' jjrictuity by the executive committee of ,fjhat board or sub committee thereof. I Vl.'hi .3 effort furnishes suilicient occasion 'for the sirupgle which ia being made l.y Miss Cousins to maintain the dignity j Leyd defend the rights of the board ol lady 1 .janagei and gives sufl'uiicpt ciH' ar Jf st-.MT, , I rn.-.rrr.Tt.;yva u ' li f.ppo.tunity for the rcjlj fi Afomen of America to show w .ttAr: fi in iheir power when called upon in If participate in the transaction of a great if natioua! entcrpriso like this exposition, and who now behohl tl.ij oppiu-tt:aiiy W -.bout tt bo destroyed by tuo ciiort lo U.ran-iii r all the powers of this board of J ady tnnnrgers to a singie woma.i, aet-l.ng aet-l.ng in con j u net ion with an exeeiplva ffCOIiliuilteo rO Ci.l. d, or a s ..b-coiu-CiniUee. of such an executsvo c.ir.i'niit iiilie '.illy appoiuled by herself au l ti.u.s actin; in biibjocliou to t'n cxeeiitive 140111111 ice, lie; coinii'issioii and iis ' .liteot r general, thus becoming mei ely liooi'diiiates tt ccrlaln oliioeis ul the I f mini:.') iitui." ' -J Iu closing the brief Uiack and H'nite J "In her light iu this. c:is. Mis., , iusins is not merely struggiing to I I Stain the oflice on account of its t luienis or pnrsonai a.lvaiitig which , I V) might derive from Cat txercise of j . prerogative and tho performance of .is dutlo.s. She insisting that she, hoi Is hr co ii.'nissioa by viitipj of the tef lon of tin) board cf Inda- mauageis anl that liio hoai'tl must p:u-s upj.i tha question of her retention iu oiii.-e and us to w ho! her she has faithfully faith-fully performed all tha dutiei that devolved de-volved upon hor by her election as secretary sec-retary of tliu board (d lady managers. She in ado an appeal to tha courts, believing be-lieving ti.o proceedings which have been carried on against hor arc arbitrary, arbi-trary, illegal, revolutionary, and she insists that until the courts havo spoken authoritatively upon the questions jire'euted, sko is entitled en-titled to cxereiso the functions, perform the duties ami draw the salary attaching to the posiliou to which sho was eluded by tha board of lady managers Nov. 20, l.s'.ii). In his brief flan makes tint following remarks in regard to the powers of the board of la ly managers: "ll was the evid (, intention of Urn act of cou-gre-is th ' .t.if lady managers should ci -!(. Htre performance of its Uutiit'1 ft t'tf' (r lliu time of awarding -.y 0 'j ,h exhibits as shall be P1 yf-.v ''"cmle or part by fein tlo H'T-jgfiJ'Ji evidently tho intention in-tention olrjfl gross that it should ao exist ' ami it should meet and exorcise the powers conferred upon it by congress as well as the duties to be prescribed for it by tlio commission and as these duties required the exercise ex-ercise of judgment and discretion it was never intended that an execulivo coniuiitton should receive by delegation these high important trusts. It is a familiar principle of law that the tl. rectors rec-tors ot a corporation cannot generally deleircto their authority and power to others." Assistant Secretary N'etllelon says th department wilt take no action "in the matter uir.il the status of Miss Cousins has been determined bv tho j courts. |
