The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-09-10
MEMBERS ARE MUCH EXCITED.
EFFORT TO AMEND THE CONSTITU-
TION, WHICH WOULD BE
FATAL.
FINAL VOTE TO BE TAKEN OCT. IA.
Will he Voted for the same
Date.

evening at their new hall in the Lowry
arcade. The meeting was of no less
importance than that which will occur
| on Wednesday, Oct. IA, for at this
meeting officers had to be placed in
nomination, and what Is Of far more
Importance, 1t was the time to submit
amendments to the constitution, which
must be done at least thirty days pre-
ceding the annual meeting. There
were only two amendments submitted,
one Of which is merely technical in its
nature. but upon the other will de-
pend the existence of the organization
| In itself the amendment looked insig-
niicant especially to the new mem
bers, of whom there were many pres
| sent. Very few Of these remembered
| the hard fight that was made three
years ago for it's adoption, and even
| less remembered the efforts put forth
| two years ago for it's retention as part
! of the constitution. The amendment
| submitted merely called for the strik-
! ing out of the entire sec. Of article 2
| Of the constitution. 1t was not until
| several of the members looked up the
| constitution and found that the section
| of the society that a demonstration
against it's adoption was made. This,
| Of course, was useless, as the question
| Of it's adoption or rejection must be left
| to the next meeting. But the friends
| of the association, those who have its
! future welfare at heart, say that they
! will make fight against it's elimina-
| ton from the constitution so strong
| that 1t will never come up again. 1t
has been bone Of contention for sew
| eral years and the members hope that
at the October meeting next it will be
| squelched forever. In order that all
members and the general public as
well, will be familiar with the amend
ment it is given herewith:
| Section 8. Any man of good moral character
| who resided in Ramsey county prior to jan
| uary 1, 1862, may become member and shall
| be known and classed Junior of 1851;
prior to January 1, 1863, shall be known and
classed as Junior of 1862, and so continued
| application be considered by the board of d.
| rectors unless it is shown beyond any doubt
that the applicant claiming first residence
after January, 1861, has had a residence in
Ramsey county thirty (3O) years prior to date
| OF making application for membership to this
| association
1t can be plainly seen that in event
OF it's being stricken out it will reduce
| the association to the regeneration of
| it's membership merely from the ranks
| OF those who were residents of Ram
| sey county prior to Jan. /, 1861. AS
argued by some of the members, prac-
| tically all Of those who will or are able
! to join the Juniors with this qualifi-
| cation are members at present and If
| the In, fr;o
out it would simply leave the organi-
zation with it's present membership,
| becoming less and less and finally
| dwindle away and die, as has that of
| the Pioneers and Old Settlers who have
organized before them. On the other
| hand, If the constitution is left as at
| present, class members can join at
/ any time after a residence Of thirty
years and thus add new life and blood
to its membership, which will perpet-
uate 1t for all time to come and Junior.
| will succeed Junior until the organiza-
/ ton will grow and prosper and finally
| become the equal If not the superior of
| the famous Native Sons of the Soil, of
/ the state of California. In addition
| to this it leaves the pathway open for
all the children of the present Juniors
to become active members when their
| parents are ready to lay down dhe
burden of organization and perpetual
! ton. Striking the section from the
| constitution means it's eventual death
and no hope for the children of Juniors
| to take up the work and carry it to a
/ grander completion than their ances-
tors ever dared dream Of It will be u
hard fight at the next meeting, but the
originators of the section say they will
be on hand to fight it to a finish
The next most important business of
| the meeting was the nomination of
officers and after the routine business
was disposed of, which consisted main
ly of a report from the late outing
committee and that of the treasurer,
! business was proceede with great ra-
pidity and many nomination. Presi-
dent Schweitzer was in the chair Ed
ward Dahl at the secretary.s desk and
/ Julius Schmidt was master Of music
/ President A. j. Schweizer was i'm
| mediately nominated to succeed HIM
| self, but after calling Vice President
! Robert to the chair. he took the floor
and announced that for business rea-
sons he was unable to give the office
the attention it needed and therefore
asked the association to excuse him
| from serving. After many objections
| from the friends Of the outgoing pres
| ident, he was finally granted permits
sion to retire from the duties of the
| office. Among the many other declina-
tlOLS 10 IOlO Office was I0dC Oh stan
Donnelly, when he was placed in noni-
nation for treasurer he stating that
1t was all he could do to manage his
own free silver, letting alone that Of
the Juniors. The following officers
were then placed in nomination to be
voted upon at the regular meeting In
! October:
President-Frank Robert Jr, William Koch.
William r. Tostevin, e. w. Bazille.
Vice President-Robert H. Seng Julius H.
Schmidt. w. r. Johnson, Henry Meyerding,
| Chas. w. Spiel.
Second vice President-G. A. Cariveau. John
| F. Bruggemann, Samuel E. Kellermann, Will
liam Allen.
| Secretary-Edward Dahl.
Treasurer-A. J. Oertel. Robert H. Seng,
| P. j. Dreis.
| Marshai-Julius Keller, Henry Meyerding,
Math. Marker, Robert Fl. Seng, Charles
| Reihchow.
| Assistant Marshal-Geo. v. Gueirin
| Color Bearer-Adolph Gueirin.
Assistant Color Bearers-Val ]. Schwartz,
VIM. A. Blackman, A. N. Peltier.
Board of Directors-John Jackson, John
WAGNER, w. R. Tostevin, Stan. ]. Donnelly,
julius H. Schmidt, VIM ]. Reilly e. W.
Bazille. John F. Bruggemann, Samuel E.
Kellermann, w. H. Lamb w. w. Dunn, John
H Healey, w. R. Johnson, James G. Dom
nelly.
New Member-Alfred A. Tuchelt.
New Applications. I, Lightbourne. E ].
Heimbach, d. l. JONES' Patrick r. Smith,
John P. Walsh, Chester r. Smith, H. M. Bar
rett, Albert Fischer.
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