The age-herald., 1901-04-06
INVITATION ID
 THE PRESIDENT To Visit Birmingham Extended
 by Commercial Club COMMITTEE T0CALL ON HIM The Commercial Club at It's Meeting
COMMITTEE TOCALL ON HIM
The Commercial Club at It's Meeting Yesterday Also Invited the Rivers and Harbors Committee To
 Visit Birmingham.

But little business of importance was before the Commercial Club for consid- eration at the regular monthly meeting which was held yesterday afternoon.
 The club extended an invitation to President Mckinley to visit Birmingham while in the south next month; also an in- vitatlon was extended the rivers and har- bors committee of the House of Repre- sentatives of the National Congress to come to Birmingham.
 The board of directors elected num- Der of applicants to membership in the club.
 The board of directors of the Conner cial Club met at $40 with President Ket- tig. Secretary Gibson, Joseph Beitman, John w Johnston, M. V. Joseph, Rufus N. Rhodes. Ross c. Smith, John W. o'Neill. B. r. Roden, Culpepper Exum B. Steiner, Sterling A. Wood and Mayor w M. Drennen present.
  ed A. L. Fulenwider. T. N. Andrews, K. r. Dunlap, C. L. Hayden and A. Duncan Simpson.
 In calling the club to order at 1 o'clock, President Kettig submitted the letter from Congressman J. H. Bankhead, pub lished in the Age-Herald of yesterday, in which attention was called to the pro. posed visit to Alabama of the members of the rivers and harbors committee of the lower house of Congress. The letter stated that the members of that committee would come to the State sometime during the summer, and urged that the Commer- cial Club invite them to Birmingham and arrange to entertain them while in the city. On motion of John W. O'Neill the suggestions contained in Colonel Bankheads letter were accepted by the club, and an invitation extended the members of the committee.
 Attention was called to the trip through the south which President Mckinley will take and it was suggested that he be in vited to come to Birmingham. A motion to that effect was adopted and the char was authorized to appoint committee to go to Washington and lay the invitation before the President.
 Under a suspension of the rules the two United States Senators and the nine members of the lower house of Congress from Alabama were elected honorary postmaster at Birmingham.
 Chairman Exum of the special commit tee appointed to raise funds with which to purchase silver service for the bat tleship Alabama stated that he and his committee had raised something over s3oo prior to the tornado which passed over Birmingham on March 25, but that they had done nothing towards increasing the fund since that date. Further time was granted the committee in which to com plete its work.
 The secretary submitted the correspond ence he had with some of the local foun- dry and machine shop men relative to the alleged discrimination against them by the iron manufacturers of Birmingham. Only two concerns answered his letter of inquiry, and these could tell of no dis criminations that came under their per sonal knowledge.
 A resolution was adopted endorsing Postmaster J. w. Hughes and requesting President Mckinley to reappoint him postmaster at Birminhma.
 On motion of Ross c. Smith the chair was authorized to appoint committee of five to nominate officers for the club for the year beginning in May. The com- mttee will nominate the candidates and these will be voted for on the second Monday in May.
 Chairman Roden of the storm relief committee stated that his committee had all the money it would need to care for the sufferers from the storm of March 9. He stated that when all of those who needed assistance had been provided for he would call a meeting of the subscribers to the fund and report to them the amount collected and the disbursements and if any money remained over, he would ask the subscribers to suggest what disposition should be made of it.
 S. A. Wood stated he had noticed the names of the men appointed on the va rious committees of the Alabama Com mercial and Industrial Association, and that the name of no Birmingham man ap- peared on the list. He said this was due to the fact that the Commercial Club did not belong to the Alabama Commercial and Industrial Association. He moved that the action of the club taken some time ago, whereby it refused to become a member of the association, be reconsid- cred and the motion was adopted. The matter was then referred to the directors, with instructions to report back to the club at the next meeting.
 On motion the club adjourned.