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Show SETTLEMENT OF OLD SCOREISEFFECTED Young Men's Republican Club Listens Lis-tens to Explanation of Loofbou-row's Loofbou-row's Charge Against Lawson. rHE Incident In which Fred C. Loofbourow called attention to an alleged discrepancy in the accounts ac-counts submitted by A. F. Law-son, Law-son, chairman of the Salt Palace excursion ex-cursion committee, at a meeting of the club last January, was reopened at the Young Men's Republican club headquarters head-quarters last night. For some time Mr. Lawson haa endeavored en-deavored to make an explanation In his defense, and the matter came up at the regular monthly meeting following the introduction by Lawson of a resolution the force of which would be to discipline a member for charging another with Discussing' the resolution Mr. Lawson produced a statement which was Indorsed In-dorsed by the auditing committee and which was alleged to have justified the financial report made by Lawson. He made several personal references to his accuser's political offenses and spoke In defense of his own conduct. The resolution was not adopted, a motion to lay the matter on the table meeting with no opposition save Mr. Lawson's vote. , ., It was explained by the mover of the motion to table that since Mr. Law-son Law-son had been paid all he claimed tho club should consider the incident a closed one. It is the purpose of the club to give especial attention to the naturalization of all who are entitled to citizenship, and the. work is entrusted to the following follow-ing naturalization committee: James Christiansen, chairman: Gus Bachmnn, Charles S. Brink. C. V. Anderson, Joseph Jo-seph Cahoon. A. E. Beveredgc and Wright Pickering. Sub-commlttces will assist. President P. P. Christiansen also announced an-nounced the appointment of these committees: com-mittees: House Job Lyon, chairman; Thomas Hull. Percy O. Perkins. Charles D. Rocklldge and JoscphC. Sharp. ExcursionGeorge Ex-cursionGeorge Wilson, chairman: Frank I. Sefrlt, B. B. Bitner, Ed C. Penrose and O. H. Hewlett. A library social will be given within the month, the purpose of which is to procure a good political and historical library for the headquarters. |