The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-02-11
YOUNG DEMOCRACY ORGANIZED.
A Meeting Held I4s>t Night Which Adopted a
Constitution and Elected Omeers.

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there were there gray-haired old chieftains
Of the party. who received their first Dem
ocratic inspirations long before the war,
caused the great fall in the stock OF the
Democratic party.
Judge Arnold was one OF these and
when the judge began 10 vote the ticket
nobody knows When Alb Shearman and
( Ike King and the now duly acknowledge d
war horses of Wellington came TO Sumner
county, nearly twenty years ago they
foond Judge Arnold III the extreme west
ern part Of the county. and tradition has
| it that he was the first disciple OF Jackson
/ that settled in the ChekasEia:
/ and history records that he was
/ the only one that lived there till
/ a few years ago when he was Joined by
few more. He lived in what Is called
| Norris township, che banner Republican
township of the county. The Judge was
/ always delegate TO the county couven-
/ ton, he called the primaries himself. elect
( ed himself chairman. secretary and audi
/ ence. elected himself delegate, wrote out
! his own credentials and made himself
central committeeman for several years,
! He moved out of the township temporarily
/ for some time and had to deputize Re
/ publican named Richardson to be prince
/ regent of the Democratic party IN his
absence.
| While about thirty OF the boys were
/ waiting for larger crowd to join them in
( he hall last night before starting the ma
/ chiuery of the organization, two colored
men dropped in. The boys all nudged one
another snd beam of happiness came
/ over their faces They thought the
democracy had at last made an impression
on the colored vote, but that idea did not
/ long remain with them for in a few min
utes the colored men asked when Mrs.
Lease was going TO speak. The Demo
Gratis saw at a glance that the colored men
were laboring under the idea that the
Democratic meeting was an Alliance
meeting and informed the colorsd broth
ers that they were in the wrong box
When the colored men understood that
the meeting was Democratic they agreed
with them that they were in the wrong
box and departed as precipitately as pos
sible
When about one hundred men had
assembled the meeting was called
to order and Sam Amidon was made tenn
porary chairman with Nose Anderson
temporary secretary. Mr.. Amidon ad
dressed his fellow Democrats II stirring
words and the business OF the meeting
commenced by the chairman calling for
the report of the committee on bylaws.
The committee reported by submitting
the following;
PREAMBLE.
The object of this club shall be to ad- !
vance the interests and principles Of De- |
mocracy.
CONSTITUTION.
ARTICLE l.
The name of this club shall be The Til |
den Club of Sedgwick county, Kansas.
ARTICLE IL.
Any Democrat in ..Sedgwick county be- |
heveing in the principles of the party as 1
advanced by Tilden and later as formulat- /
ed in the national platform of 1883 may, /
by signing the constitution and by pay |
ment OF membership fee of SL25 become
a member OF this club.
ARTICLE III.
The officers of this club shall /
consist of president, first and second vice
president, a recording secretary, finan-
cial secretary, a treasurer aud a sergeant
alarms, and also an executive committee
of seven persons to be chosen by the club,
one from from each ward of the city OF
Wichita and one from the county outside
OF the city.
ARTICLE Iv-Duty of officers.
The president shall preside at all meet
ings Of this club, shall appoint committees
unless otherwise provided for by the club
aud shall be chairman ex-officio Of the ex-
ecutiye committee and upon an applica-
ton signed by seven members of this club,
the president shall have power 10 call
special meetings and shall do SO as in the
application requested.
In the absence of the president the
first vice president shall perform the
duties of his office and in the absence of
the president and first vice president, the
second vice president shall perform the
duties OF the office.
The recording secretary shall conduct
all cores pondence for the club, shall
keep a record of ali proceedings
of the club shall keep list OF all the mem
bers of the club and committees and per
form all other duties usually incumbent
upon the recording secretary to perform.
The financial secretary shall collect all
fees aud dues from member
and shall collect all monies due this club
and deliver the same TO the treasurer of
this club, and shall perform such other
duties as NAV be directed by the club. ;
The treasurer shall receipt for all monies
received from the financial secretary and
shall pay out the same on motion made
and passed by the club and written order /
signed by the president OF the club and
the recording secretary: and ne shall be J
required TO give bond in the sum OF i've
hundred dollars $500 for the faithful and
honest performance Of his duties.
II shall be the duty of the sergeat-st-
arms 10 keep order and to preserve peace 7
during the sessions OF the club and TO aid !
all other officers Of this club IN the honest
discharge OF their duties. The executive !
committee shall have general supervision {
}ver the club. shall have charge of its I
place OF meeting and shall perform such
2ther duties as may be directed by the
Hub. ?
ARTICLE Y.
This constitution may be amended at :
my regular meeting on two-thlrds vote; / /.
provided that the amendment shall have
Jeen submitted and read AZ the previous
-sgulaT meeting.
BY-LAwS-ARTTCLE Z
Roberts Rules Of Order shall govern
his club IN all cases in which il does not :
conflict with the constitution OF this club j
.ud the bylaws herein
ARTICLE IL
The meetings OF this club shall Re held :
N the second and fourth " ednesday even
ngs Of each month or az such other times
IS the cub may elect or motion
AETTCEE IL
The dues Of each member OF this club G
hail ~ 81 - Der month. and any mem Der 7
who shall have failed TO pay his dues for Z
hiFjy days shall be suspended o. tie presi- g
lent for u0n-pzymeut OF dues and such
mem her 50 suspended shall not Be per
nlrted to participate n the meetings OF
ne club until said dues are paid.