Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-03-01
REPUBLICAN CLUBS.
Preamble and Bylaws OF the Henry Clay and
Young Mems Club.


Young Mems Club.
The preamble and bylaws of the re-
Gently organized Republican clubs of this
city are given below. The preamble of the
Henry Clay club is as follows:
The objects OF the Henry Clay club, in
addition to those expressed in Its charter,
shall be:
To advance and perpetuate the princi-
pies OF the Republican party and to assist
in the election of men of undOubted integ-
rity and fitness for public office.
To use every legitimate, moral and ma
terial means to. suppress every vicious
usage in practical politics which tends to
nuilify the freedom, purity and sanctity of
the ballot
To simplify the electoral system
To make less burdensome the canvass of
the candidates for public Office, and to adj
vocate and promote the honest and econom-
zeal administration Of municipal, state and
national affairs.
BYLAWS
Article 1. Annual Meeting. The regu-
lar annual meeting of the members of the
club shall be held on the first Monday of
March each year, including this, A. d.
1888, and at the hour of s O'Clock D. M
thereof: at which meeting there shall be
elected from among the members of the
club board of thirteen trustees who shall
have the power and perform the duties i'm
posed on them by law; provided, the board
OF trustees shall not enter into any con
tract which will terminate more
than one month after the time for which
they have been elected, nor pledge the
credit of the club for any purpose what
ever-it being the true intent and meaning
hereof that no expense nor Indebtedness
of the club shall be incurred, unless at the
time there shall be funds of the club in
the treasury sufficient to pay the same,
Otherwise than as herein limited the board
of trustees shall have the power, and it
shall be their duty to provide suitable
apartments and to tit and supply the same
with all useful and proper fixtures, furni-
ture and literature for the convenience and
pleasure of the membes of the club, as
shall be in their judgment and discretion
proper.
Article q The officers of the club shall
be president and corresponding sec
rotary, to be chosen from the board of
trustees; recording secretary, treas
urer and six vice-presidents to be chosen
from the members of the club,
who shall hold their offices until their sue
cessors shall have been elected and quail
fed. The president of the club shall be
chosen as follows: At the annual meeting
of the club Immediately after the election
y
lot for choice of president shall be taken, in
which each member of the club present
shall be entitled to cast one vote. ANY
member of the board of trustees receiving
majority of the votes cast shall be the
choice of the club for president; and there
upon it shall be the duty of the said board
of trustees, at the first meeting thereof, to
elect the person so chosen to be president
of the club; The vlce-president ehal be
elected by direct vote Of the club The
corresponding secretary, the recording sec
rotary and the treasurer shall be chosen by
the boOrd of trustees.
Article 3. The president shall preside
at all meetings of the club and of the
board of trustees, and in the absence of the
president, the vice presidents in the order
of their seniority shall preside at such
meeting of the club In the absence of
the president at any meeting of the board
of trustees, the members thereof may elect
their own chairman.
Article 1. The corresponding secretary
shall conduct the correspondence of the
club, and perform such other duties as the
board of trustees may direct.
Article 5. The recording secretary shall
record all the proceedings of the club and
of the trustees. He shall keep the &C
counts of the club with the members and
with all porties dealing with the club. and
shall keep list of the members and their
addresses, and perform such other duties
as shall be imposed upon him by the board
OF trustees.
Article g. The treasurer shall keep all
of the club on deposit in some
bank in Wichita, Kansas, and shall pay
the same out only on the order of the club
by the president. He shall
submit an animal report to the club at
each annual meeting thereof, and shall
make such other reports from time to time
~ ia If
shall give such bond as the said board may
require.
Article Z. The board of trustees may
provide for the appointment of such COM
mittees and adopt such rules for their
guidance as may be necessary for the
transaction of the business of the club.
Article g. dues and membership. The
annual dues of this club shall be ten dol
lars, payable half-yearly in advance. on
the first Monday in March and September
of each year.
ANY person who is Republican in
principle and in good standing in the
party, or any person who desires to join
the Republican party and will pledge
himself while a member of the club to
support the national and state platforms,
principles and nominees of said party, |
(which pledge shall be evidenced by the
signature of the member upon the rolls of
the club may become member of the |
club on payment in advance of one-half of
the annual dues for the year when current |
Dues paid prior to the first Monday in
1888, shall apply to the year next
ensuing. Members in default of such |
dues shall not be entitled to vote or to |
in the privileges of the club.
Article9 Regular meetings of the club |
shall be held on the first Monday evening
of each month. Meetings of the board Of
trustees may be held upon the call of the
president.
Article TO- Roberts rules of order" shall !
be authority on all questions of order and
parliamentary law; and the president in
his decisions shall be governed thereby.
Article II. All discussions of past po-
litical differences between members of the |
club or between members and persons |
for membership, shall be forever |
prohibited: any member violating this rule |
shall be called TO order by the president or
by any member of the club.
Article u. These bylaws may be |
at any regular meeting of the |
of the club by a majority vote of |
the members present and voting, or at any |
special meeting to be called by the presi- |
dent, of which not less than five days no |
ice shall have been given by mail or |
through the public press to members of !
The club: Provided that no special meet |
ng shall be held for such purpose except |
upon the written request OF ten members |
Of the club