The Commonwealth. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1911-1914, 1912-11-22

dun by G. Anderson of Olympia Third
Ward ruled out of order on the same
grounds
2 The books were audited for the
month of October.
Mileage was paid to Aller 1.-TWO
trips), $3.50; Barth. 1926; Sadler,
$3.50; Wells, $155; Davis, 1925.
Adjourned to meet on Sunday, De
cember Is, 1912.
- Fraternally submitted,
i FRANS BOSTROM,
w State Secretary,
On October Is state referendum ~"
was Tailed and resulted i'm the election
of alternates for state executive com.
mittee as follows: Emma ID. Cory,
632; Walter Price, 498; Thomas Jen-
sen, 1885, w. 70. Reynolds, AS
The other nominees received the
following vote: Jeryis, 1876; Garrett,
421; Elbe, $50, and Fortson, 342.
+ Geo Egan, Wenatchee, was elected
a member of the board of trustees by
n vote of t576.
/ The following were elected alter
mates to the board: Eta Trip, 509;
VIM. II. Dorr, AL, and Willard Price,
421.
! The remainder received votes as fol
lows: Cady, 399; Lindberg, 3S3; Jes-
sic Humphrey, 304; A. B. Davey, 25S;
Dial, 240
! State referendum &C." motion of
Puyallup, limiting eligibility to GER
tain offices in the party, carried, with
vote of 623 to 500.
I State committee referendum No. 5,
pertaining to the publication of the
yes and no vote of state committee
referendums, carried and result is pub
lished in this bulletin.
! Motion for state referendum: Local
Nottingham South moves to amend the
state constitution by striking out all
| of the present constitution after sec
ton IL and substituting the following
beginning with section 10:
Sec. 13. THE SUPREME AUTHOR
/ ITY of this party is the will of it's ma
jority as expressed by referendum
vote through it's unit organization
called The CHAIRMAN"
Sec. Ia THE STATE COMMIT
! TEE shall consist of all the locals
acting through their unit organization,
1.-THE CHAIRMAN"
Sec. 15l THE STATE COMMIT,
TEE shall print or cause to be printed
sheet or sheets, called THE
CHAIRMAN" The Chairman may be
issued directly by the state committee
or through arrangement with any reg
ular publication which is issued at
least once week.
Sec. 16. THE CHAIRMAN shall be
divided into various headings; one
called motions and resolutions" an
other "call for referendums, another
report on referendums," and another,
Estate office correspondence"
Sec. II. EMOTIONS AND RESO-
|LUTIONS." Under this heading any
! local can make or second a motion or
resolution, or comment on any motion
or resolution. Any individual member
can bring up anything pertaining to
state or national matters in the home
local, the same as if it were a matter
for that local alone to consider, and
when passed by a majority vote of
the members present, the secretary of
the local shall certify it to THE
| CHAIRMAN" and it shall appear in
the next issue. If the members of the
local decide to comment on the mo-
ton the comment shall follow immedi-
ately under the motion. Any member
so desiring can bring the matter up in
a home local and the local can second
the motion or not as the majority de-
eide. If the motion is seconded the
secretary of the local shall so certify
to 1.-THE CHAIRMAN" and in the is
! sue following it shall appear in 1.-THE
| CHAIRMAN" and the question shall
then be open for general discussion,
and the motion shall become part
of the order of business of every local
In f1A OBJ xrVf11 hn tot
wide discussion of the question. Any
local desiring can by majority vote
of it's members present at any regular
meeting make such comment in THE
| CHAIRMAN" as the local decides.
Sec. IS. CALL FOR REFEREND-
UMS. After a motion or resolution
has been duly made and seconded in
1.-THE CHAIRMAN the motion or res
olution shall appear in "THE CHAIR
MAN" under the heading CALL FOR
REFERENDUMS" and shall remain
under this heading until the vote on
the question is taken.
/ Sec. 10. REPORT ON REFEREND-
UMS. Any motion or resolution orig
mating in "THE CHAIRMAN" the
first week of any month, the vote on
said motion or resolution shall be
taken in the various locals on the first
/ Sunday of the following month and the
vote so cast shall be Immediately Ger
titled to THE CHAIRMAN by the
F secretaries of the several locals, and
the vote Eyes" and mo" of the vari-
Gus locals shall appear i'm alphabetical
order in the following issue under the
heading REPORT ON REFEREND-
UMS." ANY motion originating in
THE CHAIRMAN" after the first
week i'm any month, the vote on such
motion or resolution shall not be taken
until the first Sunday of the second
month following, unless at the time of
making said motion the local making
it shall also make an EMERGENCY
MOTION that a vote be taken on the
first of the month following. but UNI
less this EMERGENCY MOTION is
seconded by a majority of am the
locals. the EMERGENCY MOTION
shall be void. and the original motion
OF resolution shall take it's regular