The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-11-24

mention in the person of Mr.. Stuart
Nolan, and his performance was not one
whit the lower I'm character than that OF
the others. His ability was displayed in
n different manner. for IL lay I'm evoking
mirth and laughter from those who lis
tened to him. The three selections an
nounced upon the program do not lndi-
cate the number OF times that this gem
tleman was called before the curtains for
the audience simply would not be satisfied
with his generous responses DIR. Davis
was no less strong In the presentation OF
his part than were the others on the pro-
gram and the evening passed away so
quickly that there was not one of the
audience who expressed no surprise when
the last number was rendered.
BARRIERS DISCUSS BYLAWS.
Thre was very lively session OF the
BARRIERS union last night at the Labor
temple and the business disposed OF was
OF unusual Importance to the local.
The president called the meeting to
ORDER promptly at the appointed time and
asked for the reading OF the minutes OF
the last session. When these were read
| and approved the other business that
was 10 como before the body was taken
| up item by item until II WAS adj disposed
| OF In a satisfactory manner. There were
number OF things discussed by the
union. but before they could be reached
n number of the regular routine topics
had TO be discussed. For the purpose OF
holding the meeting last evening there
were not as many present ss Is Gus
tomary for the reason that the meeting
of the session just before was an oper
AFFAIR at which time the union enter
tanned it's guests from the convention
and more than the usual number wer,
on hand then.
such sacrifices were made then thai
some OF the members felt that they hac
10 make up for it by absentine them
selves last evening The number tha
were on hand, however, made things
lively and all the discussions were or 9
nature 70 arouse the greatest amount
OF spirit The weather also had large
amount To do with the absence OF ths
members OF the union from their posts OF
duty. One OF the first bits Of business
that was taken UP by the union was the
consideration OF the candidates for mem
bershlp. Upon the recommendation oi
the committee on membership three OF
those proposed were taken Into member
ship and their limitations followed.
The applications OF FIVE others takef
under advlsement and referred To the next
netting for action. The applications were
all read and discussed pretty freely but Il
was finally decided 10 lay the matter on
the table for two weeks When the gener-
al matters came up for discussion there
was some lively tllts. The most OF these
were oceasloned BY the proposals for the
/ election OF the officers OF the union. These
elections are 20 take place at the time OF
the second meeting OF the union In De
| cember.
The question came M last evening OF
having the nominations taken place al
the meeting Just previous 10 the election
Upon Investigation OF tho bylaws. how.
ever. n was found that the Constitution
calls for the election Of the officers at ths
! same time that the nominations are
made The section OF the bylaws that AZ
} feet the elections read; THE nomination.
: and the election of officers shall tak,