San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-01-05
THE REFORM CLUB.
PreparInT to Fight For the Right
and Truth injecting Last
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and Truth Meeting Last
Night.
"A very we'll attended meeting of
the new power in local politics, the
Young Mems Reform club, was held
in the Belknap Rifles armory last
might. President Albert Maverick
presided and after the reading of the
minutes of the last meetings, the eX-
ecutive committee reported as follows:
Q.) The executive committee beg
leave to report that the committee
have been meeting regularly at their
headquarters once in each week, but
that from now on they will meet
twice or oftener in each week. They
have partially mapped out plan for
ward organization, in which the
hearty and cordial support of all the
members of the club is earnestly de-
sired, and in order to further the
plan of organizing in each ward all
the vice-presidents of the club are re-
uuested to meet the committee at.its
headquarters on next Monday even
ing.
o. Your committee beg leave to
further report that subcommittee
consisting of five members of the ex-
executive committee are now at work
canvassing among the citizens to as
certain whom the people of San An
tonic desire to have fill the city Of
fees. AS soon as the subcommittee
finishes its labors this committee will
report to the club the result of its in
vestigation.
(3.) Your committee recommends
that at the meeting of the club to be
held Friday night, January 18th, that
the club then set apart tine night for
the purpose of nominating candidates
for the various city offices.
a. Your committee further recon-
mend that % members of the club be
appointed by the president, whose
special duty 1t shall be to solicit men,
bers for the club-the names of the
persons they so secure to be submit
ted to the membership committee for
their immediate action.
(5) Your committee further recon-
mend that hereafter the reports of all
the committees, when made to the
club, shall be in writing, in order that
the reports can be filed away for fur
ther reference.
In conclusion your committee desire
to add that the necessity for all men,
bers of the club to attend regular
meetings cannot be too strongly
urged. The approaching election in
February is of vast Importance to the
citizens of San Antonio, and in order
to accomplish the most good the men,
bers of the club should always be in
attendance at the meetings, in order
that the views of each member can be
expressed. BY every member of the
club attending the meeting your COM
mittee is convinced that the club
mem bership will soon be greatly in
creased. and the reform in the admin
istration that we we're organized to
| promote will soon be an accomplished
fact. JOHN SEHORN,
Chairman.
The report was adopted.
There were number of applicants
for membership reported.
1t was decided that members must
| order that they may be located for
ward work in elections.
The following committee of %, as
| provided in the executive committee
| report, to solicit members, was APP
| pointed:
r. w. Andrews, w. H. Cade, Frank
Wash, r. d. James, Robert Summer
lin, Sam. G. Slack, G. L. Dignowity.
f. w. Swart, Walter Marlborough,
Milton Everett, w. P. Rote, J. E. Fitz-
gerald, l.. S. Brockett, L. T. Pulliam,
H. II. Herndon, F. A. Hensley, NJ,
Lichtenstein, James Simpson, H. A.
Day, John F. Green, H. G. Mitchell,
| A. E. Devine, H. G. Hines.
After which the club adjourned I'M
til next Friday night.