The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-12-28
NEW OFFICERS ARE CHOSEN.
D. r.. MOVES IS MADE THE PREsI-
DENT OF THE MINNESOTA
SOCIETY.
TO BE MADE MORE EXCLUSIVE.
Hereafter Applications Must Be Rec
commended by Unanimous Vote
of the board of Directors.

| the American revolution, at It's annual
! convention, held at the chamber of
! commerce last evening. formally rati-
! fed the plan Of union a5opted last Oc-
tober, at the congress in Cincinnati Of
the National Society Of the Sons Of the
American Revolution and the General
| Society of the Sons of the Revolution.
The resolutions adopting the proposed
| constitution were passed unanimously
| by rising vote. All that now remains
is for the president Of the Minnesota
! Society Of the Sons Of the American
Revolution to appoint a committee Of
| five to act with similar committee to
be appointed by the Minnesota Society
! Of the Sons of the Revolution in pre-
pairing constitution, bylaws and plan
| Of organization as soon as majority
of the state societies have signif1ed the
duties of the Office. Fremont N. Jones,
Of Minneapolis, was thereupon elected
registrar. Henry P. Upham, Of st. Paul,
formerly one Of the five honorary vice
| presidents, was chosen as one Of the
two active vice presidents, and Edward
w. Durant, Of saltwater, was elected
honorary vice president, while his place
on the board Of managers was filled by
the election OF w. C. Masterman. Of
| Saltwater.
The first business in order was the
reading of the reports of officers. Pres
ident Sanborn said that he had not
prepared any formal report. Looking
over the past year, he remarked that it
had been a year Of expectancy rather
than of action. The question Of the
union of the two societies had exerted
a marked influence on the action Of
both societies. Gen. Sanborn was sat
isfied, however, that no backward steps
had been taken. The union Of the two
societies now seemed certain, and he
hoped a more earnest effort would be
made to extend the influence in that di-
rection.
Secretary E. S. Chittenden reported
that the Minnesota society numbered
3S8 members in good standing, and that
there had been a slight increase during
the year. The society had lost ten
members by death, two by transfer and
two by resignation. The list Of those
whom death has claimed since the last
annual meeting is as follows.
Lyman w. Hall, R. w. Johnson, S.
J. R. Mcmillan, Capt. Alfred B. John
son, U. S. A; Otis C. Tiffany, w. S.
Zimmerman, Judge John M. Shaw,
Hiram H. Grant, H. T. McClung and
Lyman S. Cotton.
Treasurer .Doolittle repeated that on
Dec. &c, 1895, the society had a balance
on hand of $41.37 that the receipts dur
ing the year amounted to S672 and the
disbursements to S636 II, leaving a
balance on hand of $76.60
Historian William H. Grant, Of Sand
stone, read an eloquent memorial to
the departed members, which was
adopted and ordered spread upon the
records.
Certain amendments to the .constitu-
tion and bylaws were recommended by
the board Of managers and duly adopt
ed. Article of the constitution, regu-
lating the matter of eligibility to man.
bership, was amended by imposing as
a further condition of membership that
the applicant must be a man "of good
neral character and of good repute In
the community"
Section 2 Of the bylaws governing
the election of members by the board
Of managers, was so amended as to re-
quire a unanimous vote Of the mem
bers Of the board Of managers present
and voting at the election.
In this connection Gen. Sanborn re-
marked that the matter had been thor
oughly discussed by the board, mas
much as it had happened in the past
that some members had been elected
who were hardly fit to meet with
decent people.
For it isn't always that the descen-
dant Of soldier is all that a citizen
should be-" added Gen. Sanborn.
The matter of the proposed union OF
the two societies was then taken up.
Secretary Chittenden read the chief
provisions of the proposed constitution
adopted at the Cincinnati congress of
the two national societies. The name
of the new society resulting from the
amalgamation is to be THE National
Society of the American Revolution"
Without any formal discussion, the
society then adopted the following raso-
lutions:
Resolved, That we do heartily ratify
the plan Of union adopted by the Ma
tional Society of the Sons of the Ameri-
can Revolution, and the General So
ciety Of the Sons Of the Revolution at
their congress and general assembly
held in the city of Cincinnati, O., on the
twelfth day of October, 1897.
"Resolved, That we do hereby adopt the
constitution of the National Society OF
the American Revolution, adopted at
the aforesaid meetings in Cincinnati
and do express the hope that the said
constitution may speedily be adopted
by the requisite number of state socie-
ties, to insure the early organization
of said Society Of the American Revo-
luton.
Resolved, That the president Of this
society appoint committee of five OF
whom he shall be one, to act jointly
with a similar committee to be ap-
pointed by the Minnesota Society Of
the Sons of the Revolution in prepar-
ing constitution, bylaws and plan Of
organization of the Minnesota Society
of the American Revolution"
The resolutions further provide that
no action is to be taken until ma
jority of the state societies have
adopted the proposed constitution. Then
the joint committee is authorized to
call a joint meeting Of the two state
societies.
In this connection Secretary Chitten-
den remarked that only a small num-
Der Of the state societies had refused
to adopt the proposed constitution
Among the latter were the New York
and Pennsylvania societies Of the Sons
of the Revolution.
H. F. Stevens submitted a resolution
drafted by Capt. Philip Reade Of Fort
Smelling, indorsing the bill now pending
in congress entitled IAN act to prevent
the dissertation of the national flag
which was introduced by Congressman
Michael Griffin, of Wisconsin. The So
ciety adopted the resolution and direct
ed that copies Of it be sent to Gen.
Griffin, the members Of the house and
senate judiciary committees and the
Minnesota delegation at Washington.
On motion of D. R. Noyes it was de-
cided to appoint a committee of five to
gather relics Of Revolutionary times, to
be sent on to Omaha for the transmits
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