Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1907-01-26
QUIET Meeting
HELD At CLUB
MASS MEETING OF MEMBERS a
PEACEFUL GATHERING AND
SESSION IS SHORT.
REPEAL RESOLUTION
Action of Board Of Directors in Con-
dsmnine Division Of County 10 Re
einced and Expuneed from Records


II was all over before the majority
OF the members knew 1t mad begun,
At a meeting Of the members OF the
Commercial club attended by upwards
of seventy Stockholders. ihe. recent
widely discussed action of the board
Of directors In condemning the county
division nnvement was given exceed,
ingiy short shrift, The president was
there. provided with a brace of stai.
wart secretaries ready with n dozen
sharpened pencils to reduce to Anglo
Saxon the flights OF eloquence that
were expected tO break forth, PrOmin-
ent citizens from the east side and
west side were there In force, Ther"
were doctors and lawyers and mer-
chants and real estate men. public of,
ficials and plain. everyday citizens
George Ward had driven in from the
asylum expecting tn witness a mtmor-
able contest. Everybody held his
breath and took a firmer grip upon
his seat when the president arose and
in calling the meeting 10 order ex-
pressed the fervent hope that the men,
bers had left their firearms at home.
II was an auspiciOus beginning. fit.
ting prelude 10 the incidents that were
expected to happen. Then the secre-
tary read the call and Immediately
Cassius G. Gise obtained the floor and
presented a resolution which was read
by the secretary. The resolution pro-
vided that the action Of the board OF
directors of the club condemning the
county division movement be rescind~
ed, Mr.. Gise moved its adoption. DR..
T. F.. Olney. In the heavily timbered
voice for which he Is famous. promptly
seconded 1t. President Buddecke ask.
ed II anyone wanted to discuss the re.
solution. Everybody waited for every
body else while getting firmcr hold
on the cloQuence which was expected
TO pour forth when the occasion de-,
mAnded Somebody shouted "Question
The motion was put. There was a
chorus of ayes. The noise Of the nays
ncc1pi'd a smaller compass. TIL"
president declared the motion carried
and no one questioned the decision
Dir. Olncy moved that the meeting ad-
journ and it accordingly adjourned.
So endeth the chapter,
After the meeting the members of
the club congratulated themselves
and each other that the whole matter
had ended in such fashion. We've
had enough of pickering and conten-
tion a plenty" many said. without in
sisting on forcing our differences into
the club. and the manner in which this
question was disposed of without com
hitting the members of the organiza-
tion to any position regarding county
division Is credit to the good sense
of the membership
The Resolution.
The resolution adopted last night
follows:
"A RESOLUTION repeating and re-
scinding a resolution passed by the
Board of Directors of the CONNER
cial Club of Las Vegas. at a meeting
held January 10Th, 1907.
WHEREAS, the board of directors
of this club did, on the 18th day OF
January, 1907. pass resolution de-
claring the opinion of this club to be
opposed to the change or alteration OF
the lines of San Miguel county as at
present established; and
WHEREAS. The passage of said re-
solution was in direct violation of Ar,
ticle XI.. Section 3, of the bylaws and
also in positive opposition to the spirit
of harmony under which the majority
have shown the minority the courtesy
of an impartial representation on said
board:
THEREFORE, BE 1T
'RESOLvED, That the said resolu-
tion be. and the same hereby is repeal
ed and rescinded. and the secretary is
hereby instructed to expunge the said
resolution completely from the records
of this club"
Steps Taken to Unite City and Town.
w. C. Nones of Louisville, KY, presi-
dent OF the Aqua Pura company
of this city, W. A. Buddecke. president
OF the Las Vegas Railway & Power