The age-herald., 1898-02-25

i ingham Carnival Society be unanimously
 rendered to E. Lesser, our faithful and un- l tiring president. for the able and efficient
 manner in which he has conducted the af- l fairs of the society,""
 The motion was put by Vice President
 Rhodes who, on behalf of the society, ex-
 pressed its thanks to the president. Mir. Rounfree stepped forward and in
 well chosen remarks presented MT. Lesser
 with a beautiful gold-headed cane, appro- priately inscribed, as further token or
 the appreciation of the carnival society. MT. Lesser responded feelingly to the re-
 marks of MT. Rountree. He said that he
 had fully determined after the failure of
 the lights on Tuesday night to take no ac- l tive part in any future celebrations but
 that he felt now that he had been fully
 compensated for the curses that had been 1 heaped upon his head.
 | Tn. zane is a beautiful specimen of art
 istic workmanship, with the following in | scription:
 "E. Lesser. President from Birming-
 ham Carnival Society. 1S9S." On one end is tasty design, with the
 Mardi Gras colors embossed therein, and
 below the handle is emblem of the | Elks studded with a diamond. The Deposed King Rex Vulcan III, in civilians costume, came into the hall, and was invited to a | seat on the rostrum.
 MT. Rhodes then gave way to MT. Les ser who stated that the business before | the meeting was to decide whether or not
 another carnival would be celebrated. 1 Henry B. Gray offered the following
 resolution which was adopted without a | dissenting vote:
 Resolved, that it is the sense of this
 meeting that Birmingham shall celebrate 1 the carnival of 1S99.''
 l There was some discussion the reso-
 lution. B. Steiner suggested that on ac- | count of the season 1t would be well to l hold a celebration at some later date,
 which could be called the Iron Carnival" | or other name.
 l Paul Gllardoni disagreed with MT | Steiner He said that you might as well
 celebrate the Fourth of July in September | He referred to the carnival celebration in 1 Italy, which often occurred when snow
 was the ground. The celebration there l lasted eight days, he said, and favored the
 same number of days being celebrated l here
 This pertinent suggestion was fully ap- | precated by all present who knew that
 Paul was in the restaurant business. | A vote was taken and resulted in the
 resolution being unanimously adopted.
 Election of officers
 i The election of officers was the next l business before the meeting. Under the l constitution the nomination must be made 1 by committee of five | President Lesser then appointed the | committee, which retired to the parlors, l and a recess was taken pending its re- port.
 Before the committee retired, MT. Stei- ner proposed an amendment to the con- | stitution that the vice-presidents be in creased from five to seven and was fur | ther increased to nine on motion of MT. l Gray which was carried The committee returned in short while, | and through it's chairman, Mr. Gray, of l fered the following ticket to be voted | upon:
 1 President-E. Lesser. e-Presidents-Frank Y. Anderson, J. | A. Rountree, w. w. Crawford, J. A. Van | Hoose, Louis Saks, August Schilnger, 1 Joseph Beitman, N. l.. Miller. M A. Por- l ter.
 Secreary-L. Braun. l Treasurer-B. Steiner. Grand Marshal-E. J. McCrossin. 1 Executive Committee-Char1es Wheelock, 1 M V. Joseph, Rufus N. Rhodes. c. E. Meg1emery, Louis Schillinger, William | Reckling D. w. Barrett, Pascal G. Shook, l Henry B. Gray.
 l On motion of MT. Rhodes Otto Marx was l designated to cast the vote of the society | for the ticket.
 Must Pledge to Work In again accepting the presidency, MT. | Lesser said that he would require a pledge l from every man whom he appointed on any committee that he would faithfully per- | form the duties incumbent upon him. l MT. Lesser also reIerreu IO the SIlislf | membership of the society, which he l thought should be largely increased, and was of the opinion that no citizen of Bir- mingham should be allowed on the floor | of the Rex ball who was not a member of
 the society or a liberal subscriber to the | carnival fund.
 1 Webb Crawford moved that committee | of ten be appointed by the chair to so- l hcit new members, which was amended by l MT. Steiner to give the committee power | to employ an experienced solicitor. The 1 motion as amended was carried. Maj. Wheelock moved that the Carnival | society enforce an iron-clad rule that only l members of the Carnival society, invited l guests who must be non-residents of Blr- | mingham, and such persons as had sub | scribed $15 to the society should be al-
 lowed upon the floor of the Rex ball. The l motion was carried.
 | President Lesser asked the approval of an
 expenditure which he and MT. Steiner had 1 made for masks and music for Tuesday 1 in the absence of an official afternoon | parade, which was granted. | The collector was allowed commission l of per cent. on all amounts collected. | vote of thanks was rendered to Pete | Houpert for the able manner In which he 1 had conducted the Rex ball. B. Steiner announced that Steiner Bros. | would carry the shortage of $288 without | interest until such time as the society was | able to 1iquidate it. On motion of MT. Klotz the executive | committee was authorized to compensate l Secretary Braun for his faithful services | Has Rendered His Fleet | Major Wheelock inquired if were not pos 1 sible to secure some of the $5 900, 900 in gold l which Rex Vulcan IT., had on deposit with 1 Steiner Bros. Mt. Steiner replied that he | he had just been informed that Rex had l offered his entire fleet of men-of-war to l congress in case of trouble with Spain and | in view of that fact he thought that noth- l ing further should be asked alt the hands l of the deposed king.
 | A vote of thanks was tendsred to the | Elks for the use of their hall. az l The meeting then adjourned a5ft | 7