St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-11-17
STARTS GLOWINGLY.
The Commercial Club EnthuS-
iastically Gets Down to
Business.
In Eloquent Speeches, Mem
bePS Predict the Clubs
Future.
Officers Chosen, Bylaws
adopted and a Full Start
Made.
Great Things Expected of the
Young EnthuSias m En-
listed.

The St. Paul Commercial club is now
a fact, and each of the present 755 MEM
berS predict rosy future for ST. Paul,
in a business sense, as one of the GER
tain results. Already the sanguine
dream of the projectors of mighty
membership has been more than real
lied. The roster grows daily and 10y the
time the next meeting is held, there will
be upwards of LOCO names on the roll.
The enthusiasm kindled at the initial
meeting. just week prior, has not sub
sided in the slightest. 1t was no ev-
anescent stock that was liable to diSap-
pear the moment a practical test was
reached-the perfection of the organ
iZaliOn and the collection of fees and
dues. Yet the demonstrations at last
nights meeting in Lifts hall was some
what less emphatic. but it is not hyper
bOle to say that the patriotic feeling
was as intense and sincere as body OF
citizens ever experienced.
10 make the industries an NE mer-
camille interests of the city bloom and
prosper is the one aim, and TO reach it
tine Commercial club adopted cOnStl-
ton and code of bylaws. as well as
articles of incorporation that are to be
filed at the office of the secretary of
state to-day, emb0dying every detail
that the best and most practical minds
in the club could conceive. But these
are not vOluminOuS. They are brief
and concise. and they denote a great
many hours careful deliberatiOn.
j. j. COrcOran was unanimously elect
Ell president; John +. BrOderick. first
vice president, and L. l.. May, second
vice president The secretary and
treasurer are 10 be elected by the board
of directors.
Col. f. 7. " right moved that a COM
mittee of five be named by the chair to
select the names of tWentySiX III m
berS who shall serve as a board of di
rectOrs, and, this prevailing, the chair
deyiated somewhat from the custom
that obtains in deliberative bodies. and
omitted the cOlOnelS name; and he left
the hall. The committee selected was
A. II. Lndeke, w. j. Dyer, NJ. w. Filz-
gerald. Harris Richardson, and TheO-
dore Schultz. After half hour in the
committee room these names were re-
ported, and the report was adopted:
G. T. Schurmeier. f. P Wright. George L.
Farwell, W. A. Hardenburgh, 3. kuhl. NJ. d.
Mum. Philip Reilly, j. 4. Gregg Frank
Schlieck Jr.. George w. BONN, A. Wilkinson,
F. +. Lambert John j. OLeary. Z. Vanish,
E. A. Warner. G. L. Lumbardo. E. A. Whit
taker, John Rogers DR.. George Thompson.
E. A. Paradis, Arthur Driscon L. Mus
setter. E. II Mon by, w. A. Taylor, f. w.
Lindeke, W. d. Kirk.
The bylaws.
Then the bylaws were read. They pro-
vide for the election of members to the club
by The directorate. and five opposing votes
shall reject candidate. Members in arrears
Ehall be pOsted III the club room by the sec
rotary and treasurer, and. after the elapSe of
thirty days, il dues are not paid the directors
MAY SuS pend.
The secre tary is the only officer who will be
paid a salary-all others to serve gratuitously.
There are to he fourteen committees, as spec
ltied i'll the GLOBE last Tuesday, and their
duties are all specifically defined The
chairmen are to be named by the president
from the board of directors, and no member
can be appointed to a committee by the pres
1dent unless he shall have been recommended
by the chairman of the committee to which
he Is appointed. The directors may elect one
honorary member each year by eleven votes.
Club meetings and also directors meet
ings are to he held monthly. and upon The
call Of the president when public affairs will
come up for discussion. the subject having
been posted for ten days. The club house is
to he kept open from a. N. until midnight
each day, but no games for money Will lie
allowed, nor can petitions ter money be cir
culated, nor the sale of lottery or other tick
cts be done at the club.
The directors may create additional com
miltees at any time, ana ten directors and
lily cluD memherS snail constitute q quorum
in their resi- .ective meetings.
When a member of the directorate becomes
candidate for public Office be shall resign
Visiting cards TO strangers, with ten days
tenure, will be issued upon application of
member by the secretary. The treasurer Will
be required 10 give good and sufficient
bond.
w. F. Phelps thought the bylaws
needed further consideration, and he
straightway moved that they be printed,
and the motion prevailed evidently
without thought. When it was realized
that Mr.. Phelps move created an un-
necessary delay, Harris Richardson, in
neat speech that ELECTED a hearty
sound of applause, moved to reconsider
This obtained with cheer, and then,
upon the motion of A. II. Lind exc, the
bylaws were adopted, and the meeting
adjourned.
There were. pending the report of the
committee that chose the directors. sew
eral eloquent and optimistic speeches
made by members.
Charming Seabury gave general out
line of the work undertaken, and AL
bert Schetfer was in his happiest frame,
and kept his auditors laughing until
they were in danger of bursting off
their buttons. He alluded to the love
manifested by Judge McCafferly for the
school board, and, of course, the latter
was called out, but he refrained from
any sally further than to declare that
politicians and lawyers should make
few speeches in the club, but that this
did not include Mr.. Scheffer, for he is
not a politician.
w. (. Phelps saw great danger of dis