Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-10-19
CLUB FORMED
Ti-city Organization Perfected
With the Adoption of
Constitution.
ITS FIRST OFFICERS ARE ELECTED

Wen Attended Meeting at the Davenport
Business Mems Association Rooms Last
Night When Important Business is Trans
acted-MoIine to Have the Gathering
Next Month.
The Tri-City Press club, which re-
ceived its initiative at the banquet
rendered to the fraternity by Messrs.
Charles McHugh and j. +. Lardner at
the Watch Tower Inn a month ago,
was perfected at a second meeting at
the rooms of the Davenport Business
Mems association last evening. The
committee appointed at the original
meeting to draft a constitution pre-
sented its report, which was dis
cussed section by section, and after
some modification had been made,
was adopted. The constitution pro-
vides for an organization to be known
as the Tri-City Press club, its object
being to bring its members together
in closer relations, TO promote good
fellowship and to do part in furth-
ering the welfare of the community.
There are three classes of member
ship, active, honorary and non-resl-
dent. The active members are those
engaged in editorial or business de
partment work on the newspapers OF
the three cities. For honorary mem
beers persons are eligible who have
placed the club under obligations /:
authors of national and international
reputation; and men prominent in
official station. The nonresident
members are those who have moved
away. The officers are a president,
first and second vice presidents, finan-
cial and recording secretaries, treas
urer and three directors, these col
lectively to constitute the board. The
standing committees, of three MEM
beers each, are on entertainment, re-
ception, public. good and mutual
advantage. There are to be regular
meetings on the second Tuesday of
each month, that in September being
the annual meeting. Special meet
ings may be called by order of the
board of directors.
There are articles and sections
specifying the duties of the officers
and providing for the systematic
regulation of the organization and the
carrying out of its purpose. A pro
vision of the constitution enables the
com bining of the offices of the two
secretaries and the treasurer at any
time it may be deemed eXpedient, and
this was done last night. Permanent
officers were elected last night as fol-
lows, the selection of the board of di
rectors being deferred until the No
vember meeting in Moline.
The Officers.
Observation-Disclosures johnson. Rock
Island.
First Vice President-J f. Calkins,
Davenport.
Second Vice President-P. 5. Nc
Glynn, Moline.
Secretary and Treasurer. II. Me-
Keever, Moline.
For the present the club will meet
alternately in each of the three cities,
the next meeting having been assigned
to Moline the second Tuesday in No
vember. In the meantime the mem
bership roll will be circulated
among the newspapers of the three
cities and signed, and the president
will appoint his standing committees
in order that they may act where they
may be required so to do in anticipa-
ton of the next meeting.
The following were present at last
nights meeting: b. +. Tillinghast,
j. Z. Calkins, Thomas Feeney, W. A.
Freewert, f. B. Brady and LIE Roy
Greene, of Davenport; w. F. Eastman
and j. Ii. McKeever, Moline; Walter
Johnson, j. j. La Velle and H. p.
Simpson, Rock Island.