The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-03-07
MUNICIPAL LEAGUE.
Charles M. Sheldon Is Elected
President.
ONE HUNDRED VOTERS PRESENT.

seventy-One Members Of the League
which starts Out With Excellenr
Prospects.
Charles NJ. Sheldon was elected presi-
dent of the Municipal League at the meet
ing at Trades Assembly hall last night.
There were about one hundred voters
present and the interest was lively.
The meeting opened with consider
able discussion in regard to the admission
fee.
George D. Hale, who sat on a front
seat favored the reduction of the admis-
| sion fee from one dollar to fifty cents. A
vote was finally taken, and the chairman
was unable to decide. A rising vote was
then taken and resulted in tie.
A motion was made to reduce the
| admission fee to twenty-five cents, and it
carried by vote of IL to g. only mem
bers of the league being allowed TO vote
L. A. Stebbins then introduced a mo-
ton to refund 75c of all the dollars that
had already been paid in. This carried.
Considerable time was then taken in
signing the roll and paying fees to ad-
NIT members. These were all charter
members, as the organization was not yet
permanent.
At the suggestion of George D. Hale,
| Chairman G. d. Evans was instructed to
appoint committee to retire and formu-
late some bylaws for the government of
the league. He appointed A. D. Wash
burn, George Hanley, E w. Benedict
and Mr. Hale.
They were out but few minutes and
returned with a typewriter copy of the
| bylaws for recommendation
They were read one at time by Sec
rotary W. G. Campbell, and finally all of
them were adopted. The only discussion
of any length being on the date of meet
ings The submitted bylaw read that
the meetings should be held on the first
Wednesday in each month. This was
objected to by Mr.. Bennington. who said
it did not look like much interest was
being taken in the league if it didn't
want to meet oftener than that There
were several hearty seconds to the mo-
ton that the meetings be made twice
month, and it was finally decided that
the second and fourth Wednesday even
ings would be about right
The bylaws suited Joseph Marshall as
far as they went but he thought some
thing ought to be added. He didn't say
what, but let the matter drop, when it was
| explained by Mr.. Washburn that the by
laws could be repealed or reconstructed
at any time to suit the league.
In the order of the business George D..
Hale, as chairman of the nominating
committee appointed last Wednesday
night, read his report with the following
recommendations
President, Rev. Charles N. Sheldon;
vice president, Thos. +. Lannau; secre-
tary, w. c. Campbell; treasurer, ]. w.
Thurston. Executive colnmittee-J. e..
Samuelson and Clinton j. Evans.
A motion that the secretary be in :
structed to cast the ballot of the league
for the men nominated failed to carry
and the balloting for president began.
SOMEBODY got up and nominated Mr..
Hale for president, but he declined say
ing: 81 am city officer and do not con-
slider myself eligible to the position. l
prefer anyway to remain behind and
push the cart along" =
T. E. Bowman was also nominated and
Mr.. Washburn who was authorized to-
took Mr.. Bowman's same down.
Howell Jones was nominated and was
not there to decline. Mr.. Marshall
l made herculean effort to nominate the
} chairman, Mr.. Evans. but was unable to.
7 The vote was taken by ballot and the
) result was as follows: Sheldon, 25
' Jones, Z; Evans, g. and Guilford Dudley. 1
The remainder of the nomination:
! were then declared elected one at time
by instruction to the secretary to cas-
; the vote of league for each.
, Geo. d. Hale's paper on "The History
t of Municipal Leagues" was an interest
: one, and was discussed freely
Mr. Hale held that good government
exists only where the city government i
divorced from politics. This was the oh
l ject of the Municipal league, he said
The membership of the league was in
3 creased to seventy-one.
a The next meeting will be held mex
Wednesday evening at the same hall.
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