Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-02-10

Ii Starts Out With Large Membership
The Election Yesterday.


The first election OF the National Press Club
was conducted yesterday under an election law
devised for the purpose. Eighty-four news
paper men paid their initiation fees and there
by became members of the club, which thus
makes an auspicious beginning n point of
membership. The polls we're closed at o'clock
the votes for vice president and treasurer were
SO scattered that there was no choice in either
case and these offices will be filed by an cleo
ton held by the board of governors The
executive officers elected yesterday were Mr..
S II. Kaufmann of The EVENING STAR. pres
ident; Frank II. Herford of the Detroit Free
Press. secretary. The board of governors
IL composed Of the following: Charles A. Ham,
iiton OF the Buffalo Courier, II. l.. Merrick of
the Post Fred Perry Powers of the National
Democrat. Maurice Splain of the Sunday
Herald. Walter Wellman of the Chicago Herald
A. Maurice Low of the Boston GlOhe. r.. l..
Fearn Of the Brooklyn Eagle. s. f. johnson of
the Cincinnati Eag1iyer and II. Z. Goodwin OF
1HE EvESISG STAR While eighty-four men,
bers voted yesterday. it is expected that the
club will be organized with memberfhip of
over one hundred
The following are the members of the new
Press Club: y. =. Austin. Press News Associa-
lion: H. 5. Merriek, Washington Post; F. II.
HOsfOrd. Detroit Free Press; JnO. Il. Miller,
THE EVENING STAR: George Gilliland, Cincin-
natl Enquire: ~ Maurice Low. Boston Globe;
W r. Bell. Pittsburg Lsdde7-: Clifford Warden,
Concord -EOsilOr: Walter Weliman. Chicago
Herald: J. Z. jerks Boston Herald: Edmund
HUDSON. Boston Herald; c. t. Thompson,
1ictroit Ec.1.iBJ -Ne1-s; Victor Kaufman,
Tue EvESISG STAR; Harry P. God
win. THE EVENING STAR; j. d. Martin;
Crosby 5. Moves, TIE Evening STAR; Rudolph
kanffmann, The EVENING STAR; S. H. kauff-
mann. The EVENING STAR: t. ". Moves. The
EVENING STAR: Z. 5. Common. Philadelphia
Times: Geo. Ii. Harries. The EvEsISG STAR;
Findlay Harries. THE EVENING STAR; Jno. Nc
EJrOy. National Tribu,ls; G.. A. Hamilton,
Brooklyn Times; G.. z. Hunt. Charleston World
and B'rig-t: Jno II. Doyle, Str,dGy Herald: C.
H. Aerillst. Associated Press; G. J. Hayes. Asso-
ciat@d Press Fred ]. Irland. Detroit Free Press:
L. Lee Fesrn. Brooklyn EHgls: Cnas. W. Metz
gar. Pittsburg Commercials Gdzsffe; II. ID. Bo-
CART. Chicago Ecenisig Post: f. W. Ayres. Kan
sas City TiDaes; Il. H. Sylvester. jr.- Kansas City
StGr; Harry III. Smith. Detroit Tribune: john
Boyle. United Press; ". N. Handy. Philadel
phia North AB.erlcm: T. W. Lightner. Pitts
burg Dispatch: L. G.. Harrum. Memphis Cone
Hs.TcSGl; Alfred j. Clarke. Associated Press; j.
T. Jones. The EVENING STAR; W. ]. hampton,
THE EVENING STAR; II. c. Moves. The EVENING
STAR; F. b. Moves. The EVENING STAR;
L. 1. Washington. New Orleans Commercial:
W. l. Crounse. New York Horbi: David Lewis
ley. New ork World: Frank Hatton, Washing
ton Post; Beriah Wilkins. Washington Post; III.
Conquest Clarke, New York Continent; F. S.
Presbrey. Pubic Opinion; F. p. Ferris, Balti-
IuOIc l. view 1Ofh 5ctEF"H "
Commerce; J. J. Noah, Kansas City Times;
Maurice Splain. Pittsburg Post; Howard
Brooks. TIE EVENING STAR; C. II. Boynton,
Washington Post: E. p. Speer. Atlanta journal;
H. y. Thompson. Cleveland Pidindealer;
3 Hitler, Analostan Magazine; David T. Day.
Frank p. Morgan. BROOKLYN Standard UHiogl;
f. W. Brady. Washington Critic; Allen Towson.
Sunday Herald; A L. Hensey. Sunday Herald;
F. A. G.. Handy, Chicago Tribune; $. E. John
son. Cincinnati Enquirer; L. C. johnson, WASH
ington Post; R. V. Oulahan, United Press;
Jerome J. WILDER, Associated Press; Chas. b.
Reed. Lewiston Journal; Richard III. Sylvester,
Washington Post; Frank T. Howe. The EVEN
ING STAR: VIM G.. Sterrett. Galveston and
Dallas Ne,os; Angus McSween, Baltimore S,n;
j. A Gross, Associated Press: ". C. McGill,
Washington Critic; II. p. Scott. Washington
Critic; Scott c. Bone, Washington Post; W. B.
Shaw. Boston Transcript; Jno. N. Carson.
Philadelphia Ledger; Marshall Cushing. Boston
Transcript: Clifford Rose. Roanoke Herald and
James T. Du Bots, IaueTtiue Ago.