The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-01-16
Resignation Of Commercial
Club Secretary Accepted.
Charles X. Holiday VIII PrOba.
bly, Be Elected.
RUN ON A NEW PLAN.
Officials VIII Not Be Paid Sal
airy.
Less Money in Treasury Than
Thought.

The resignation Of A. B. Poole. sec
rotary of the Topeka Commercial club,
was accepted by the directors at a
meeting held Friday evening and will
become effective February 1. Follow
ing the installation of the new board
| of directors January 9, Mr.. Poole ten
dered his resignation to become eff
| fective on the first day of next month.
President W. W. Mills, who was
elected at the same meeting, urged
that the acceptance of the resignation
be withheld in the hope that Mr..
Poole would act as secretary until a
complete reorganization of the club
could be effected. The place of secre-
tary of the club is now vacant and the
board of directors will not name
successor to Mr.. Poole for a few days
One of the plans of reorganization
contemplated is the selection of
secretary without pay who will share
the duties of the president of the club
in measure and the trial and tribu-
lations as well. It is said that this
place has been rendered to Charles K
Holiday and that he has agreed to as
sumo the duties of the secretaryship.
This is in accord with the Kalama-
zoo plan which has been looked upon
with so much consideration by the
board of directors. Mr.. Holiday has
had much experience in Commercial
club affairs and was president of the
Topeka club for several years before
the election of Mr.. Jensen. He was
again rendered the place and refused
to accept 1t.
He believes thoroughly in the fu-
ture OF Topeka and the reorganized
Commercial club and is willing to as
sumo the duties of the secretary with
out pay. This matter has not been
formally brought before the board of
directors but will in all proba bilities
at the next meeting of the body.
It Is foregone conclusion that the
Commercial club rooms will be chang
access than those at the present loca-
ton. A committee will inspect the
places which seem available and Mon
day evening may decide upon one or
the other OF three locations The
headquarters may go to the Mulvane
building. the National hotel building
or the Crawford opera house building,
all three locations are being consid-
cred by the board Of directors.
A resolution adopted by the executive
board at last nights meeting provides
that all funds now remaining in the
hands Of the treasurer of the CONNER
cial club shall be considered as a gem
eral fund and disbursed only on the rec
ommendation of the board of directors.
The board did not approve the manner
in which past expenditures have been
made and agreed that the $500 appropri-
alton made for the Italian earthquake
sufferers should be rescinded.
Instead of receiving a clear balance of
81, 5000, as the statement of the retiring
treasurer showed that the committee
should it found vouchers for between
against this sum and unpaid. After
these bills were paid with the excep-
ton of one for almost one hundred dol
lars which is yet outstanding the exec
utive committee finds that it is the Gus
todian for about 81, 400 of the funds be-
longing to the Commercial club instead
of 81, $50. 20.
1t is a common knowledge that the
Commercial club is indebted to the
state fair committee in excess of
$4,000 and yet there is but a little less
than $1,40O in the treasury with which
to meet this obligation This state
fair fund was contributed for
specified purpose and was drawn on
by Secretary Poole of the Com
merciar club until Robert Pierce, the
vice president of the club. refused to
sign other warrants for salaries and
Incidental expenses.
Then Mr.. Poole threatened to re-
sign inasmuch as there were no funds
in the treasury from which his SAL
airy and the incidental salaries of the
club and expenses could be paid. Be-
fore the old executive board dis
banded the members signed
memorandum agreeing that the sum of
50, 600 due the state fair committee
should be left intact in the treasury
of the association
1t is evident that the members of the
new executive committee were not aware
of this agreement last night when the men,
bers agreed to permit all money in the
treasury to be thrown into a general fund
for the use of the Commercial club. This
paper was in the hands of Mr.. Heath of
the state fair committee until a few days
ago and 1t was demanded by Secretary
Poole as his authority for paying vouchers
issued by this committee. Mr.. Poole was
not in his Office today when a committee
waited on him and as the paper was lock-
ed in his desk ii was not available for the
use of the committee
The funds which were turned over to
the new executive board came to it in
such shape said member of the board.
that We were unable to untangle the af-
fair and Jumped them all together and
threw them into a common commercial
club fund This may not have been the
proper thing to do but It seems that no
books of receipts or expenditures, other
Poole. We have no way to ascertain from
what sources the contributions were re-
ceived and d far as the records are con-
cerned there is nothing to show that the
state fair association is entitled to any
part of the funds.
he new board OF directors intend to
husband the little amount of money that
there is in the treasury at the present
time and not only that, we will commence
Immediately to add to it. We will have
collector out within a few days who will
collect about 500 which Secretary Poole
says is due from the membership of the
club. There will be a thorough overhaul
ing of the affairs and the commercial club
VIII be placed on business basis fnmed-
lately and there is no doubt as TO the sue
cess of the club in the future