The Hawaiian gazette., 1896-12-08

rollment Committee of three persons
The secretary of such branch club shall
promptly report the names of its off
GERS and members TO the secretary OF
this Club. who shall in turn notify the
secretary of such branch club of its
official number and of the proceedings
OF this Club and its officers in Homo
lulu.
:. Amendments: This constitution
NAV be amended by vote of not less
than two-thirds Of the members pres
enJ al any meeting of the Club called
for the purpose of any proposed amend
ment. notice of the same having first
been given TO the members personally
or by not less than three days notice
in some daily newspapers in Honolulu.
5. Resolutions: No resolution con-
trary 10 this constitution shall be
adopted. and no resolution affecting the
object or organization of the Club shall
be adopted except at a meeting of the
Club called for the purpose, with like
notice as required by Article VII for
amendment.
P. c. Jones moved the adoption of
ELt AEllbIL- ] LlE LlOLlOu MdS EdlIltu
unanimously. Mr.. Jones said:
There is only one word do not like
well, that is annual hope it will not
be necessary to have many annual
meetings" Mr.. Hartwell:
1t is moved and seconded that the
constitution proposed by the meeting
be adopted"
Mr. Thurston said the reason why
annual was put in he constitution
was that the meeting would stand by
the constitution, even if it took annual
meetings to do it. The motion. as put
by the chairman, was carried unani-
mOusly, and the constitution, as pro-
posed by the committee, was adopted
Mr.. Hartwell suggested that short
recess be taken to enable those who
wished TO sign the constitution to do
So All members of the old Annexa-
tion Club were regarded as still hold
ing fun rights of membership, and
were not required to sign the roll.
On motion. 15-minute recess was
taken, during which the following
names were added to the list: James
II. Kelley, William Dale, William H.
Wright, William A. Henshall, c. V.
Sturtevant, Thomas Rewcastle, J. T.
De Boil, William Miller, A. G. Hitch
cock. A White, William A. Love. C.
Clifford Ryder, F. R. Day, George H.
Paris, J. R. Macaulay, William c. Roe,
c. Kroger, G. L. Singer, Thomas eau
ley, H. E. Waity, L. X. McGrew, A w
Pearson, James Osborne, Henry Rou-
isson, George w. Kiester, A. L. Bonn
eTser. ]. W. F. Miller. E. W. Boyer.
George Overlook, John Wirnd, Robert
". Shingle, w. L. Bowers, Wallace R.
Harrington, ]. c. Quinn, William L.
Harris, Henry S. Cook, William Derby,
H. 3. Schroeder, d. L. Naone, ]. n.
Wright, Alfred w. Carter, George w.
Day, c. A. Fogarty, A. Liebenroth,
James Hyde Pratt, L. A. Thurston,
John Aleck Johnson, Carl Bamberger,
H. Klemme, E. H. F. Wotten, o. C.
Swain.
At the close of the recss nominations
were called for.
L. A. Thurston was elected president
by acclimation, as were also the nomi-
nees for secretary, treasurer and finan-
cial secretary. Balloting was required
only for vice presidents and the En-
rollment Committee.
After the balloting was completed
the new officers of the Annexation
Club were named as follows:
President-Lorrin A. Thurston.
Vice President-B. F. Dillingham;,
George W. Smith, DR.. c. B. Wood and
c. B. Ripley.
Secretary. I. Mclean.
Treasurer. H Fisher.
Financial Secretary-W. R. Sims.
Enrolment Committee-D. L. Ma
one J. B. Atherton. L. C. Ables, F. J.
Lowry, Z. 4. JonesI A. V. Gear and G.
II. Mcleod.
After the balloting for vice presi-
dent Mr.. Hartwell said:
While the tellers are counting the
ballots, remarks will be in order"
The following is a verbatim report
Of remarks by Mr.. Thurston:
Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen of the
Annexation Club:
i thank you for the honor which
you have done me this evening in elect
ing me to the presidency of this Club.
II is a position in which there is not
much profit at present, but l believe
there is a great deal of honor-honor
in that / believe the Annexation Club,
the officers and members of it have it
within their power from this day on,
as well as in the past, to do a great
deal for this country, not only for
themselves, but their families and
friends, for the country as whole, ir-
respective of nationality, religion or
political party.
i believe annexation is that which
viii bring business, prosperity, stabil-
ity, and all other benefits which we
seek for under governmental forms, to
a greater degree than anything else
now in sight. l think that the propo-
sition, Let the dead past bury its dead,
is one which we may well adopt from
this day on, and which we can recon-
mend TO others who have heretofore
not acted with US politically.
4 believe one of the propositions
which our friends, the enemy, have
heretofore dinned into our ears, is that
Thurston and his partner, the Devil,
were willing TO do anything to ac-
complish their purposes. l think that
statement grew out of a speech l made
in the old Armory of blessed memory,
wherein l recollect our friend, Robert
Wilcox, was on the same side of the
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