The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-02-20
Butte Meas
MAY Be DISSOLVED
Talk Of DiSincOrpOrating the Irish
American Club.
OBJECTION TO THE NAME
Other Reasons Are Given by Pre-
JUDGED Persons What John
Mcguire Says-Noticet to
the Members.
OBJECTION TO THE NAME

There is a probability that the Irish
American club of Butte will soon go
out of existence and that the corpora
| ton will be dissolved. Various causes
are assigned for this, but the principal
one appears to be the prejudice of the
cosmopolitan membership against the
! apparent restrictive name of the club.
| The question of finance is another
| cause and the advisabllty of winding
UP the affairs OF the club has been dis
cussed at different times during some
| months past, both at the meetings or
| the trustees and among the members.
| The matter came to a head at meet
| ing of the board of trustees last Sun
| day evening, when ii was practically
| decided that disincorporation would be
| advisable 1t was determined, however,
| to submit the whole question to all
| the members and stockholders OF the
| club, and with that intent the follow
| ing notice was yesterday sent out to
| all interested persons
| Dear Sir:-A meeting of the mem
bers and stockholders of the Irish
American club is hereby called for Sat-
urday evening, Feb. %. 1896, for the
purpose of deciding the question OF
| whether or not the affairs of the club
| shall be wound up and the corporation
dissolved. d. j. Hennessy, president.
| Mr. Hennessy was out of town yes
| terday, and could not therefore be
| seen i'm the matter. but some other
members of the club were interviewed
| by a Standard reporter. and different
reasons were given for the proposed
Instrumentation of the club. Several
unhesitatingly said 1t was due to out
| side prejudice against the club and Its
name. and the persistent efforts OF
| certain class to create public senti-
ment on the charge that the club was
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| and in league with the Y. NJ. /. for the
purpose of exercising a church infiu-
| ence in politics The absurdity of such
| q charge must be apparent to any one
| acquainted with the clubs member
|! ship but some of the most prominent
members of the club argued that the
| best way to meet such unfounded siam
ders was by disbanding.
John Mcguire, ex-president OF the
club, was among those interviewed by
| the Standard reporter. II am not ig-
norant of the calumnies spread abroad
about the club" said he, but they do
not enter into the reason for proposing
| 10 disincorporate the club. and IL we
had no other cause I would be the last
| tn consent to disband for such one.
That would simply be carrying out the
wishes of those who are and have been
| stirring up a prejudice against the
| club and / believe that the way to kill
/ a SANDER Is 10 live III uOWT- ne lIlSIl-
| American club has been called polite
| ica1 club. but no one is better aware
| of the falsity of such an absurd state
memt than the persons WI make ii.
| The club is entirely a social club, and
politics and religion are left on the
sidewalk The clubs membership is
not confined to any race. nationality or
religion. believe that every religious
denomination Is represented, and we
have among our number Germans, En-
glish Scotch, Irish and Americans
who were Americans before the ances-
trail seeds of the alphabetical bigots
had been sown. As for the Y. NJ. l.,
am not a member of the society. 1t is,
as I understand it, an organization OF
Christian young men, no more political
in its character than the Y. NJ. G. A.
The cause for disbanding the Irish
American club, II II Will be determined
to dissolve II. will be that II Is con-
sidered inadvisable to incur an indebt-
edness beyond a certain limit, of which
there appears to be some apprehension,
although the club has never been I'm
more prosperous financial condition
than at present. I am not at all GER
tain that the members of the club wish
to disband, but 1T is for the purpose OF
giving all an opportunity to express
themselves that the meeting for Satur-
day evening has been called"
II is stated that the clubs total i'm
debtedness will not exceed $1,000, and
that there are book accounts for about
So 700 due and which can easily be col
lected. The club rooms. which are the
most handsomely furnished of any I'm
the Northwest, contain furniture, dra-
peries, library, bar fixtures, etc, val
ued at more than $4,000. 1t is also
stated. as more than probability,
that II the club is disbanded a new ono
will soon be organized. The Irish
American club was organized I'm De-
cember. 1892. and was formally opened
on the Sth Of the month.