The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-07-29
ROOSEVELT AND FAIRBANKS
CLUB FULLY ORGANIZED.
new BYLAWS ARE ADOPTED
Committees Appointed and Serious
Part Of Campaign is Begun
Headquarters Chosen.

f1SdQQudrIerS N1OSSn.
Final organization was perfected
| Tuesday evening of the Billings Roose-
yelt and Fairbanks Republican club,
when meeting for that purpose was
held.
The special committee appointed at
! the preceding meeting to arrange for
permanent headquarters reported hav-
ing secured the upper floor of the
Rademaker building, in North Twenty
/, seventh street. The report was adopt
ed and the constitution amended to
permit of holding meetings in the new
place.
9L. T. Jones, w. J. Stoddard and
II. G. Crippen were named a commit
tee to furnish the new meeting place.
Bylaws Are Amended.
Chairman White of the committee
on constitution and bylaws offered the
following resolution, which was adopt
ed:
Resolved, That the following be
made the bylaws of this club and that
the constitution be amended by elm
mating therefrom such matter as is
incorporated in these bylaws:
1T shall be the duty of the president
to preside at all meetings of the club,
and to perform such other duties as
appertain to his office.
1T shall be the duty of the vice
presidents, in the order of seniority in
the absence of the president to pre-
side and otherwise perform the same
duties, with all the power conferred
upon the president.
'The secretary shall keep full min
utes of the proceedings of the club;
also a record of the names and places
of residence of the members. He
shall serve upon members all neces.
sary notices, and perform such other
duties as may be required by the by
laws.
"The corresponding secretary shall
conduct the correspondence of the
club, keeping suitable record of the
same, and shall properly file all COM
munications received by the club.
"The treasurer shall receive and
disburse the funds of the club and
shall keep an account of the same.
"The funds necessary for the con-
duct of the business of the club shall
be raised by popular subscription by
the financial committee and by that
committee turned over to the treas
ueer.
Fifteen members shall constitute a
quorum at any regular meeting, and
81 members at any special or called
meeting.
"All voting. except for the election
of officers, shall be by ayes and noes,
and any member making a motion
shall have the right to demand that
the roll be called and the vote noted
on the minutes.'
By a constitutional provision the
bylaws of the club may be amended
at any regular meeting by two-thirds
vote of the members present.
Standing Committees.
President Wilson announced his ap-
pointment of members of standing
committees as follows:
Membership-O. r. Goddard, War
rem A. Evans and Emil Borberg.
Finance. M. Bair, Chris Yegen
and George Bennighoff.
Afhliation-John Staffek, Cass Prud-
homme and J. A. Gllluly.
Literature-E. H. Hollister, H. T.
Allen and Fred S. Mills.
Parade and Fireworks H.
Hathhorn, Ed L. Brown and Ira L.
Whitney.
State Convention-C. G. Bever,
George A. Berky, c. L. Harris, Fred
Inabnit, G. L. Jones, Ed Ross, Claude
R. Buchanan, Frank L. Summers, c. E.
Smith and Arthur J. Hart.
On motion a committee of three on
paraphernalia was ordered to be ap-
pointed by the president and added to
the regular list of standing commit
tees.
A suggestion was made by Doctor