The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-07-12
JEFFERSON CLUBS
COMMITTEES NAMED.
Increase in the Number Provided
by the New Bylaws Re :.
Gently Adopted.
MEMBERSHIP EXCEEDS 5000.
President Halves Says the Club
Has "Outgrown the Old Suit"
Negro Auxiliary AS
ISOLATION.

The members of the new standing COM
mittees of the Jefferson Club We're an
| nounced yesterday. Nearly a month ago an
entirely new set OF bylaws was adopted
Which provided for twenty-one standing
committees as against FIVE under the old
rules. This Increase in the number Of
working committees was necessitated by the
increased membership Of the club. which
| now exceeds 5000. the limited number under
the old laws being entirely insufficient to
properly attend the various duties that de-
Volved upon the club by reason of the in
creased membership.
Speaking of the changes in the bylaws
yesterday, President Halves of the club
said:
THE old bylaws were adopted at the
\ time OF the Organization OF the club when
Its membership was only few hundred, We
| nave outgrown the old suit. The very best
men In the Democratic party in st. Louis
are members Of the organization, and its
purpose in the future, as it has been in tho
past. will be an organized effort for good
government at home and a heaithful po-
itical influence throughout this section Of
the country. The old bylaws were adequate
az the time of ther adoption, but as the
Siup grew. both In numbers and response
pity, the fact became patent that they
We're Inadequate to the changed conditions
New committees became an imperative
necessity in order that new duties should
be looked after. The new bylaws provide
for all present and Immediately prospective
club work, and with the organization thus
the usefulness of the club and the good It
will accomplish, will be greatiy increased"
Complete Committee Last.
The following is a list Of the new standing
committees and the members of each:
Reception Commi,tee-Rola Wells. chairman;
Hiram Phillips. Bernard Dierxes. John J. o srien
and James Y PLAYER
Ward oreaniza.ion commttee-Erank N; ;,, Ke,-
Thomas a J. Ward and John +. boian
legislative coTmitteepFestus ), WADE ..S Sea
M asm nsss ana A 1 %ssf whs,e
Speakers Committee = Thomas G Menn a
Memssrship gom,t,se,deo w. Harris ;;s chair
.ss sss5ss
Ct Siss csas:
bha9s ss F snaisa Gin s sna Peter Walsh
e ses T. sessle snsn ss
Hfass M Gss a ESSn Anals% g.
P1ask IL Estes. Ssha il 'f Sooens1
waller EdWaras. George F. Goskier. Theodore
Adeimann; c. ?. Stems
II.
simness. r ii. curtis. William !. daviEan.
Richard hanlan, Eugene Karst. James ii. Fran:
c!s susoI Eugene kshee; s, .,.,u-
man: Doctor A, {: Besnays. Doctor H y: soper.
Doctor A. c. Robinson. Doctor T. 7. Cunning
Altman Gonps ssS:
s';s &c se1s asssnsaS
. Eo hsax sSa john saarez GUSTAV
Ms eIstlme isah cemm,.ee-.orace Rumsey,
chairman: Tayier Smith. John j. Ryan. T. l.
Committee en On Gelebrston Of Public Holidays
4 ]; spapidins. chairman; II. J: culnane; W.
nSs Sas e
chairman: chas. Maher. Michael MCGEE. Jake
aaan sps ssah ss'
Eihbon. chairman jeremiah sheehan: John p.
esn Msasap fas
Chairman: Thomas F. Keans James Biigh. John
| For Active Party Work.
The twenty-one standing committees. OF
| five members each. will engage actively In
party work los men. In addition to these
there will be twenty-eight ward committee
| men and 1888 precinct committeeman. making
| in all total Of nearly 500 active Democrat
| ic workers operating through the agency or
the Jefferson Club.
One Of. II not the most important commit
tees Of the club. Is that having charge of
ward committeeman. who in turn appoint
| the precinct committeeman. and when act
lively engaged In campaign further ramt-
men The appointment Of the ward com-
mitteemen Will take place In F, few days.
The Ward Organization Committee has the
| matter under advisement and expects to an
nounce the appointments some time next
week. =.
Another feature is the organization of the
estimated a that i at t the election last spring
between four and five thousand negro
votes were cast for the Democratic ticket.
of Il city so
| ored voters declare that the tendency
among the negroes Is to ignore the slavish
iican party and that in the future that vote
| may be confidently relied upon to swell the
Deinocratic pluralities in the city.
l A standing committee has been appointed
in the JEFFERSON Club to look after this vote,
l and has already accomplished much. Sew
eral weeks ago about twenty negroes con-
ferred with the committee with view Of
effecting permanent organization. After
q discussion OF plans for the future the
meeting adjourned notifying all present to
bring to the next meeting as many negro
l Democrats as would agree to become menu
| bers Of negro Democratic club to be or
| ganized at once: At the succeeding meet
| Ing, which was held last Tuesday evening.
| over 900 negroes were present. and all de-
| tails for the organization of negro Demo-
| cratic club were completed. 1t was decided
to organize a Negro Democratic Jefferson
| Club, establish permanent headquarters
and charge monthly dues Of q cents. A
| committee consisting of ]. Milton Turner,
| C. G. Rarkin. George B. Vashon. George
| B. Jones, W. H. Fields, Jefferson N Smith
| and John Webb were chosen to select q
| suitable house for the club This commit
| tee win report at the next meeting, when
permanent headquarters will be established,
and for the first time in the history Of s..
Louis politics the organization of the negro
Democrats on a systematic basis will be
i assured.
Ch.rt.uou. se..ion Closes,