Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1896-04-11

IL.
road.
7. Report OF special committees.
g. Reports OF pant preadcntH and sec
retaries. q. ID. u, II. ii. HI. D.. X l..
Q. Communitatipns.
10. amendments to constitution and
bylaws.
ii. Election OF ofIioera.
Ie. Unfinished business.
10. New business.
IA. Selection OF next place Of meet
Ing.
10. Reports OF commifteea on resolu-
tiona. etc.
10. Adjournmoft.
The repo.t was received and adopted.
Follnwinr ont the rules iald down bv
the commitfeo. prealdent Booth an
pointed Adair acrreant-at-arme.
The committee on credentials was
called for. and In lts report recon-
mended that any number OF the Texan
division. Il. p A. or A.. were cli,.l-
BILE to seats in the convention. Adopt-
ed.
state President Bohth snbmitted hia
annual address, which was ne follows:
pr..tae,,.. Asarr..
s'a'e tie 1.
iraNeiers frot'niite Assoslntioh'
isS ~, i'iyinion.
-, Ausin, rs -, Apt, v
tne inenpers ot VI ipsus DiViaioh'
r.. a. OF A. e.en ycineni
AFTER haVink occut'et w POSITION
% prchiueht OF your hHsocie'pn LOT
aInost year tne t,ine ls ar'.w,lig
near Wnen must ny uuWi' my nuruen
anu give ~ uepountli.g OF mNsr't anu
o. my worthy eo-Worhclh- received NJ
your nanas alnost year $50 the m
crea trust OF iooklnt aiter me ansirs
o. he reN-s Divislvn, ~ Us presl-
ut11i. Win MANY ulnNltiUHN Ia
5p.'ley 70 ~ my uufs Us y hhouiu re
uone. nave ueV2teu lnysei vonsci-
enIiousiy 10 inc tnsk, amt With the ns-
issuance OF my ieioW ouicert nave sue
ceeueu IN prinsink tnls grand old d.
vision hucreasIuly tnroush anotnrI
year ana 4 am kiild 20 fAy tnnt " -
now 70 htst-eiaN' eonuition nlanciAiiy,
ana the system OF Keepink INC books
and recorns or the association mas be-
cone slmphneu anu fystemAtzed 50
tnat nisen more WORK, ann much more
eHectNe wsrk. Gun pc accomplished
In the future. rnese are great many
details conncctru win TIC Office OK
secretary ana treasurer ana hitherto
tnese um.ies hsve l., Wsihnsa newly upo mon
that oihcer ana II mas been Impossible
10 30 anything IN the way OF securing
new members, OF orEahizins new posts.
and OF Eeneraiiy promoting the inter
csts OF me DIVISION. thnt may be done
after thiF. l began TINS aqministrn-
tlon win seven posts: Two or three OF
wnloh were not wei. orEanizsd- a,
present there are cifht posts nnh al
are Wen organized ana wei oincered-
Mt. - II. hiilard ana i organized ~
November an excellent post At Green
ville, Tex. and It's membership ~ conf
posed OF the pest citizens or that good
town, and they nre enthusiastic in
their work OF hulldinE up Their post
and promoting generally the interests
OF the association. We now have In
contemplation the organisation OF posts
| at I'll Pnfo. galveston and one or two
other towns IN the state. and this may
be done with great ense " the state
administration can secure the Copper
alton or the members OF the association
IN these Vorious cities. Every business
man OF any comprehension can be read
ily made to see the advantages TINT
this association can glye them and IT
needs but little persuasion TO bring
such men into the fold. would urge
our members to Rird mp their loins
and be ready to push our work Into
every corner OF this great state.
After having carefully zone over
the work OF the office Of state secre-
tary and treasurer, and having care
fully Investigated It's requirements.
have concluded that II Is decidedly for
the best interests Of this division that
its secretary and treasurer be elected
regardless OF whore the state head
quarters should be, and that the con-
stitutipn be so changed m to enable
this division TO retain necretary and
treasurer for no. than ono term. As
II is. this officer fcarcely becomes efIi-
Gent ana capable before he has 10
give way to a successor. who ~ unfa-
inillar with the volume NJ detail work
that the ONCE carries with IT. No state
has this rotation save Texas. and am
Informed that IL has worked badly
wherever II has been tried. have then
offered for your consideration an
amendment to the constitution. cover
Ing this matter. and would recommend
that II be adopted.
II would also earnestly recommend
that the state secretary and treasurer
be paid salary or $40 per month. as
the present salary Is insufficient 10 war;
rant nm expenditure OF time and labor
by a good man that the work OF the
Office demands.
Our membership has materially In
creased during the present year, and
II has been n source OF surprise 70 us
that we have had so few lapses The
lapses for the past year have been
about the same as they were for the
administration Immediately preceding
the present, and the membership has
been far greater. besides we received
during 1894 and 1885 many applications
that were made more on account Of the
enthusiasm, attending the meeting Of
the national association in our state