The Evansville daily journal., 1856-08-12
Reported for the Journal.
FILLMORE AND DONELS0N."
Meeting of the Fillmore Club.

Pursuant to call made through the col
umns of the Evansville Journal. the Fillmore
men of the city met at Apollo Hall on Satur-
day evening" August 9th, for the purpose of
forming Fillmore Club. The Hall was filled
at an early hour, and the enthusiasm of the
crowd showed very plainly that it was Fill
more gathering Of the right stripe. A large
number of ladies were present. About eight
O'Clock Jno. S. Hopkins, Esq, was called to
the Chair and C. K. Drew, Jr, appointed Sec
retary. The object of the meeting was briefly
stated by the President. A Committee of Or
ganization appointed at preliminary meeting
was called upon to report. The following ar
ticles of Association were unanimously
adopted
The citizens of VanderDurgh County, fa-
vorable to the election Of Millard Fillmore and
Andrew Jackson Dcnelson as President and
Vice President of the United States, for the
purpose of effectually carrying out all lawful
measures to secure their election, organized
the Fillmore Club of Vanderburgh County,"
and adopt for its government the following
rules:
/. The officers of the Club shall be a Presi-
dent, 1st, I'd and Sd Vice Presidents, Secreta-
ry and Treasurer, who shall be elected on the
first meeting of the Club, and shall continue
in office until the close Of the Presidential
canvass of '56. performing such duties as usu-
ally appertain to their respective offices, and
such duties as may be from time to time as
signed to them by the Club.
| 2. Regular meetings of the Club shall be
held until the 1st of October, semi monthly,
and from the 1st of October until the close of
the canvass, weekly-upon such days in the
month and week as the Executive Committee
may from time to time designate.
8. The President, Secretary and three
members te be selected by the Club, shall con-
stitute an Executive Committee, who shall
have general control OF the meetings and
operations of the Club, manage its finances,
procure suitable place for meetings, provide
speakers, and have full power to adopt such
measures as they deem necessary to effect the
purt lose and object of the organization.
4. The President may call extra meetings
when in his opinion the interest of the cause
require it, and snail call meetings when re-
quesei so to do by five members Of the Club.
| 5. Funds shall be raised by voluntary con-
tributons.
6. These articles may be amended at any
regular meeting by majority vote, the pro-
posed amendment to be presented in writing.
The following officers we've reported by the
Committee, and received by the Club:
PREsIDENT-Lewis Howes.
| VICE PREsIDENTs--FrancisD D. Carson VIM.
Caldwell, John S. Hopkins, Allen G. Hallock,
Daniel Woo.sey.
SEcRETARIEs-Add. H. Sanders, Cyrus X.
Drew, Jr., Blythe Hynes.
| observation-disclosures Sherwood.
! COUNTY ELEcToRs-Gen. VIM. R. Great
house, VIM. K. McGrew.
| EXECUTIVE CoMMITTEE--John j. Chandler,
Lewis Howes, VIM. fIollingsworth, John
Shanklin, Jas. Harlan Jr., Silas Stephens,
Isaac Casselberry, Thos. E. Garvin, Robt. S.
| Howard, Jas. Scantlin, Jr,, John Gregg, VIM.
Reilly q. B. Adelott, E. G. Earnheart, Jas.
E. Pttman, Robert Parrett, Frank Edmond,
D. G. Keller, Chas Churchill, JAS Cupples,
F. ID. Allen, Isaac Mills, L. NJ. Burns, John
NJ. Stinson, Osborne Reilly, Hiram Nelson,
Clarence 6. Keats, Thos. Hollingsworth, Cy
McCracken, Henry Oldham, Philip Horn
brook, A. J . Colburn, j Ohm Burtis.
MARsHAL--E. S. Martin.
Lewis Howes, Esq, took the Chair amid
hearty applause, and the speaking of the eve-
ming was commenced by Jno. j. Chandler,
Esq. He was followed by James Harlan, Jr..
Jas. G. Jones and Gen. w. R. Greathouse.-
At the close of the speaking, owing to the
lateness of the hour the crowd began to dis
perse before all the names of the Fillmore men
could be added to the Club.
The meeting adjourned with three hearty
cheers for "Fillmore and Donelson."
The next regular meeting of the Club will
be held at Apollo Hall, August 23d.
Fillmore men who have not had an oppor-
tunty of joining the Club, will please leave
their names at Hallock & Stoddards store, on
Main street. LEWIS HOWES, Prest
ADD. II. SANDERs,l
c. K. DREW, Jr., Secretaries
BLYTHE HYNEs,
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