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As a matter of form, during the meeting I was
asked to act as treasurer pro tem. To this I demurred,
saying that I was about to leave for California and
could undertake no responsibility; being pressed,
however, as a courtesy I consented to the temporary
use of my name, but stipulated that I should not be
asked to handle any funds. Several days later, suf-
ficient time having elapsed to permit the selection of
some one else, I sent in my resignation from Washing-
ton. Acceptance of this was postponed from time to
time on various pleas, and to my growing embarrass-
ment. For though the Council extended its opera-
tions into fields wholly foreign to my activities --
by affiliation with various societies of protest, socialis-
tic and anti-British -- I was widely advertised in
large type as the only officer, thus appearing as the
head and front of the movement. Nothing was
farther from my wish, even had the organization
retained its original character as most of the founders
understood it.

An un-
welcome
distinc-
tion

Finally, having protested without avail at the
unwarranted publicity, I felt obliged formally to
disclaim responsibility through the press of Minne-
apolis, where the Council was preparing to hold its
first convention and elect "permanent" officers.
Accordingly, by telegram to my sister, a resident of
the city, I asked her to hand to the newspapers my
statement "in view of extraordinary unwelcome
prominence given my name, over repeated protests,
in connection with affairs of the People's Council."

Appeal
to the
press

As is usual in similar groupings, the extremists
ran away with the organization. Meanwhile reckless
talk on the one hand and intolerance on the other had
stirred up a good deal of bitter feeling, and the

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Publication Information: Book Title: The Days of a Man: Being Memories of a Naturalist, Teacher, and Minor Prophet of Democracy. Volume: 2. Contributors: David Starr Jordan - author. Publisher: World Book. Place of Publication: Yonkers-on-Hudson, NY. Publication Year: 1922. Page Number: 739.
    
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