New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-08-17
AMONG THE CLUB-HOU SEES
NEW CONSTITUTIONS or TIE UNION LEAGUE
CLUB
REPAIRS AND CHANGES IN SEVERAL BUILD
INGs-BowLING AND DINNERS.

siXty-four pages. containing the constitution anu
bylaws Of the club. the house rules and lst OF
It's $50 members. There is also list of the
members who have died. The frontispicce of the
volume is fine woodcut Of the new clubhouse
at Bcdforl-avc and Dean-st, which will soon
be finished.
The constitution of the club shows some in
tcresting features. TIE preamble states the oh
ects OF the club -" To promote social intercourse.
10 advance the cause OF good government by
awakening political interest in citizens, 10 over
come Ell ting Indifference in the discharge 81
political duties, and 10 perform such other work
as may best conserve the welfare of the Republican
party Besides this The constitution says the
club seeks to promote ly social. moral and po-
ltical influence unconditional loyalty f. the Fed
cral Government; to maintain the civil and po-
litica equality of all citizens in every section
Of country; 10 resist and expose corruption
and promote economy in Office to aid in the
enactment of all laws tending to preserve the
purity Of the ballot: TO inculcate a higher ap-
probation of the value and obligations OF Amerl-
can citizenship Ivy creating among voters an
increased interest in such local associations rs
are the sources Of political action and in the
primaries which are the expression of such action
and TO cooperate with such associations, both by
TO secure honesty and efficiency in the adminisn-
ton OF municipal State and National affairs
The club is one Of principles, but not one for
the promotion of any ones personal ambition.
The constitution says: No aspiTant for any pubic
office shall receive by resolution otherwise the
corporate Endorsement of the club for such Office
No faction will, therefore, be able TO control TIE
club, or. rather, will have any use for the ciuD IN
its quarrcls. At present its membership comprises
every shade Of political faction that Kings County
has ever has had or is ever likely TO have. They
NAV fight their battles out in the primaries, ana
then the club will he ready TO assist in carrying
the party 10 success. and It's power will hc by no
pcans small Al the same time the club docs not
seek TO make for itself prominent place rs The
nrbitcr of elections, but rather wants 10 be tic
raiiying point Of all the prominent Republicans,
and through them arouse an interest which viii
encourage and stimulate the ward organizations
and the individual voters 10 effective work.
The organization Of the club is remarkably
democratic. Instead Of the usual committee APP
pointed by the president 10 nominate officers, ana
through which it might I've possible for an am
btious man 10 pcrpeiuatc his leadership, all noml-
nations for officers are made by ballot al me
meeting next preceding the election lhc prcSl-
dent appoints twenty-five members, from whom
rine are chosen by lot, and these form nominal
inc committee that selects candidates Tor the
vacancies in the elective committees. NO mem
Der Of any Of these committees who has served
full term may he reelected until one year from
tine expiration of his term Of service. The regular
nominations must be posted for ten days before
tie election and any other ticket for FIVE days ana
thus any snap game in election is prevented.
he club holds bi-wcckly meetings. at which my
members constitute a quorum.
The Union League has, in the little more than
two years and half Of its existence proSpcred
1t now has $4,000 In the treas
ury and no outstanding bills. lis mortgage has
brcn paid oil all except the trust mortgage eN-
ecuted 10 secure the bonds issued at the be-
ginning Of the building operations The house
is nearly completed and inside Of four weeks will
be turned over 10 the Furnishing Committee.
The woodwork is finished. with the exception ot
the main hall and staircase. The electric lIght
and boiler vaults are done, and the "0rknen
are now putting down the sidewalk. The com
mittcc of seven on the opening Of the house Will
meet this week and will probably decide upon
the date when the house viii BE- thrown open
There are few constant attendants Row nj the
Hamilton Club. The work OF renovation which
las been going on throughout the summer is
nearly ended All the Railways have been frcs-
coed and the main rcccp;iOn-room. ju.t 10 the
left Of the principal entrance has been clab-
orately decorated. The comparatively few mem
hers making use Of the club made II easy 80
take one room al time from the available
space OF the house and give IT INTO the hands
Of the decorator \ great many women Whose
husbands and brothers belong 10 the ciub make
us. Of the private dining-roOms.
The steward Of the brooklyn Club IS kept busy
serving meals His principal WORK IS 80 midday
when many Of the Judges and ciy oniciab dI"p
in Tor luncheon. lie has good attendance for
dinner every night, however. The president OF
the brooklyn club. David VI. Stone. tells about
his first meal in the Club on other than pnhlc
occasion, Though lac has been u ncmlrT
there for years the dinner was served
only few weeks ago. Then some domestic ar
rnngcmcnts led him 10 vary his rule OF dining ~
home and lac went by the clubhouse IN the
ready at certain hour. The time arrived and so
did the dinner Mr. Stone ate IL and WAS satisfied.
He is II Judge Of dinners. The mOr he thought
the better he satisfied for lac says hc never
ate so good dinner in his life Then ne began
10 think that some one was making game OF him
and that because hc WIS president and had never
dined there before they had gotten mp q pariic-
ularly fine meal for him. He questioned the stow
ard. but was sOlemnly assured hc had only such
a dinner as any member would have had, ana
ne has not ceased 10 wonder ~ the resources 81 his
and, it. is possible, to regret that he
did not discover them earlier
The chief pastmc NJ the Lincoln Club in Put
nam-aye. is bowling. The alleys were closed mp
early in the season and II was supposed that there
would he no use made of them all summer, but the
members began to demand "a chance - roll The
balls at the pins. and the superintendent had them
opened again They are now in almost constant
use They will be closed again before long 10
allow them 10 be repaired in preparation for the
10 be held as usual during the winter.
Two Of the alleys were built in 1855 and the
her two in 1889. but they have been in such
constant use that it, will he necessary thoroughly
TO overhaul all four. The Lincoln cubmcn are
bowlcrs more so il is believed, than
the members of any other Brooklyn club. The
fifteen apartments in the clubhouse are al
cupied. Only two Of them are held by pcrma-
ncnt residents. The rest are used b. summer
guests, and they are generally empty from Sat
urdav until Monday.
The Gcrmania Clubhouse in Scbcrmcrhorn-st.
is practically finished The wOrl,mcn are still
engaged in putting on the finishing touches, and
some Of the woodwork the first floor is no:
quite done. hut in two three weeks all the
worl1mcn will he out and the work of turning the