The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1894-05-02
Many Matters Attended TO
Last Night.
Business Men Reaching 0ut 70 Sttgrt
Some Useful Things Tor The City.

last night in the rooms OF Post II
President higgins addressed tn
members at the opening, saying
that better attendance is desired at al
meetings. While the Cotton Palac,
association has been organizer it Is 6
private organization and canno. be
expected to consider matters of in
terest outside of its own purposes.
The objects and aims of the Com.
merclal Club are still facts to be
considered by the club and to do
this it is necessary that as large at.
tendance as possible be present at
all meetings.
The following were appointed
delegates TO the reinsurance con-
vention which has been called by
the commercial club of Dallas. to
convene on the sth inst: r. B.
Parrot, Sam Sanger Z. T. Dennis,
II. B. Mistrot, Tom Padgitt.
Mr.. Slayden stated that an effort
is being made to have a United
States naval hospital located in
Waco, and he believed some effort
should be made by the club
10 secure it for Waco.
Colonel Parrot thought this
would be bad time to press the
matter upon the attention of con-
gress, owing to the monetary strin-
gency and the fact that the appro.
priation committees are staring upon
an approaching treasury deficit.
Mr.. Slayden moved that the mat
ter be referred to committee,
which should consider it and report
to future meeting of the club.
The motion was agreed to and
the committee appointed, as follows:
Messrs. S. w. SIayden, j. I. Moore,
r. II. Harrison, w. A. Williamson
and Sam Sanger.
President Higgins called Bart
Moore to the chair, and made re.
port upon the matter of expense of
having a meeting place for the
Christian Endeavor society and the
Populist convention soon to meet in
this city.
Mr.. Nigel also made report
upon the same subject.
After some discussion it was
finally decided to procure large
tent, capable of holding 60oo peo-
Pile.
w. A. Williamson, w. Fl. Rob.
srts, f. B. Williams, r. T. Dennis
md II. B. Mistrot were appointed
committee to arrange for grounds,
% have the tent erected and seated,
md to make other necessary ar
'angements.
AS committee on finance for the
natter of meeting the expense~thus
incurred, Tom Padgitt, J. II.
Wood, L. Nigel and A. w. Perkin.
on were named.
Director General higgins called
o the attention of the club the fact
hat the directory of the Cotton
'alace proposed to lay the corner
tone of their building with rather
IMPOSING ceremonies, and wanted
0 know how far the Commercial
Tub would cooperate to make the
lair one of importance to the city.
A motion was agreed to declaring
nat the Commercial Club would
oin in making the affair q memora-
lie one. AS the members of the
ub are identical, so far as their
umbers extned, with the stockhold-
Is of the Cotton Palace, it was not
eemed necessary to take further
cps.
A communication from number (
young men of the city who pro.
'se to organize an artillery com.
my was read, and committee
pointed to confer with them re- 5
riding the matter. The committee I
insists of w. w. Seley, John
rider, S. Hirshberg, S. H. Pope
q y. T.. Horne.
Attention was called to the fact ,
at the Editorial Association of /
'xas is soon to meet in Dallas, and J
suggestion made that committee L
appointed to go to Dallas and in z
e the association to meet IN Waco z
xt year. The suggestion was
opted and committee appointed
follows: S. w, Slayden. chair