The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-12-05

as snail be decided at a meeting of the
Board OF Officers, or at the written re-
quest of not less than 90 members
D. Quorum: A quorum at any meet
ing OF the Club shall consist of the of
ficers calling such meeting and of not
less than so members besides. a quor-
um at any meeting of the officers shall
consist of the officers calling the same
and of other officers, so as 10 form
majority of all the officers.
8. Branch Clubs: Branch Clubs in
the several election districts may be
formed by any number of persons, not
less than % eligible for membership.
and every such branch club may elect
from its own members a president, two
vice presidents, a secretary and an En-
rOllment Committee of three persons.
The secretary of such branch club shall
promptly report the names of it's Off
GERS and members to the secretary of
this Club, who shall in turn notify the
secretary of such branch club of it's
official number and of the proceedings
of this Club and it's officers in Homo
lulu.
Z. Amendments: This constitution
may be amended by a vote of not less
than two-thirds of the members pres
ent at 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
8. Resolutions: No resolution con-
trary to 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
the report The motion was carried
unanimously Mr.. Jones said:
There is only one word l do not like
we'll, that is annual l hope it will not
be necessary to have many annual
meetings" Mr.. Hartwell:
cit 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 unan1-
mously, and the constitution, as pro-
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-
ton Club were regarded as still hold
ing full rights of membership, and
were not required to sign the roll.
On notion a 15-minute recess was
taken. during which the following
names were added to the list: James
H. Kelley, William Dale, William H.
Wright, William A. Henshall, G. V
Sturtevant, Thomas Newcastle, j. T.
De Boil, William Miller, A. G. Hitch
cock, A. White, William A. Love, G.
Clifford Ryder, F. r. Day, George H.
Paris, J. r. Macaulay, William G. Roe,
@. Kroger, G.. L. Singer, Thomas eau
ley, H. E. Waity, L. K. McGrew, A. w.
Pearson, James Osborne, Henry ROu-
isson, George w Kiester, A. l.. Bonn
erser, J. w. F. Miller, E. w. Boyer,
George Overlook, John Wirnd, Robert
w. Single, w. L. Bowers, Wallace R.
Harrington, j. G.. Quinn, William L.
Harris, Henry S. Cook, William Derby,
H. B. Schroeder, D. L. Naone, J. 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 recess nominations
were called for.
L. A. ThurstOn was elected president
by acclimation, as were also the noml-
nees for secretary, treasurer and finan-
ciaI secretary BalIoting was required
only for vice presidents and the En-
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.. G. B. Wood and
c. B. Ripley.
Secretary. L. Mclean.
Treasurer. H. Fisher.
Financial Secretary-W. r. Sims.
Enrolment Committed. L. Ma
one, J. B. Atherton, L. c. Ables, F. J.
Lowry, E. a. JonesJ a. V. Gear and q.
H. 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:
MI. Chairman ana GentIemeH Vi INC
Annexation Club:
4 thank you for the honor which
you have done me this evening in elect
ing me to the presidency of this Club.
1t is position in which there is not
much profit at present, but / believe
there is a great deal of honor-honor
in that l believe the Annexation Club,
the officers and members of it have 1t
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. II
respective of nationality, religion or
political party.
4 believe annexation is that which
will bring business, prosperity, stabIl-
ity, and all other benefits which we
seek for under governmental forms, to