MOTTO " A MAN'S A MAN FOR A THAT." The Burns Federation. INSTITUTED 1885. Hon. President-The Right Hon. The EARL OF ROSEBERY, K.G., K.T. OFFICE-BEARERS. President-WM. WALLACE, LL.D., 42 Athole Gardens, Glasgow. Vice-Presidents--Sir JAMES SIVEWRIGHT, K.C.M.G. Professor LAWSON, D. D., The University, St. Andrews. Ex-Bailie HUGH MAYBERRY, J.P., St. Vincent Street, Glasgow. J. JEFFREY HUNTER, 109 Bath Street, Glasgow. A. M'CALLUM, News Office, Pollokshaws. ALEXANDER POLLOCK, 52 West Nile Street, Glasgow. W. H. TURNER, 9 The Oaks, Sunderland. Hon. Secretary-THOS. AMOS, M. A., 19 Glebe Road, Kilmarnock. CONSTITUTION. 1. The Federation shall consist of an Hon. President, Executive Council, and the affiliated members of each Club. 2. The Executive Council shall consist of a President, Vice-Presidents, Hon. Secretary, Hon. Treasurer, Editor of Annual Burns Chronicle, and two Auditors-all of whom shall be elected annually and be eligible for reelection-also of the President, Vice-President, and Secretary, or any other three members of, and nominated by each affiliated Club, and other gentlemen of eminence as Burnsites nominated by the Executive. 3. All Past Presidents of the Federation shall ex officio be members of the Executive Council. OBJECTS OF THE FEDERATION. 1. To strengthen and consolidate the bond of fellowship existing amongst the members of Burns Clubs and kindred societies by universal affiliation. 2. To superintend the publication of works relating to Burns. 3. To acquire a fund for the purchase and preservation of Holograph Manuscripts and other Relics connected with the Life and Works of the Poet, and for other purposes of a like nature, as the Executive Council may determine. RULES. 1. The Headquarters of the Federation shall be at Kilmarnock, the town in which the Federation was inaugurated and carried to a practical issue, and which contains the only properly organised Burns Library and Museum in the United Kingdom. 2. Properly orgauised Burns Clubs, St. Andrew's Societies, and kindred Associations may be admitted to the Federation by application in writing to the Hon. Secretary, enclosing copy of Constitution and Rules. 3. The Registration Fee is 21s, on receipt of which the Diploma of the Federation shall be issued, after being numbered and signed by the President and Hon. Secretary. 4. Members of every Burns Club or Kindred Association registered by the Federation shall be entitled to receive a pocket Diploma on payment of 1s. (These payments are final—not annual). 5. The Funds of the Federation shall be vested in the Executive Council for the purposes before-mentioned. 6. A meeting of the Executive Council shall be held annually during the Summer or Autumn months at such place as may be agreed upon by the Office-bearers, when reports on the year's transactions shall be submitted by the Hon. Secretary and Hon. Treasurer, and Office-bearers elected for the ensuing year. 7. A meeting of the Office-bearers shall take place some time before the Annual Meeting of the Executive Council, to make the necessary arrangements for the same. 8. That each Federated Club shall subscribe 10s 6d per annum towards the fund for the publication of the Burns Chronicle. 9. Notice of any amendment or alteration of the Constitution or Rules of the Federation, to be considered at the Annual Meeting, must be in writing to the Hon. Secretary not later than 31st March. BENEFITS. 1. Registered Clubs are supplied free with copies of newspapers containing accounts of meetings, demonstrations, etc., organised, conducted, or attended by the Executive Council of the Federation, and of the Annual Meeting of the Kilmarnock Burns Club. 2. Exchange of fraternal greetings on the anniversary of the Poet's natal day. 3. Members of Registered Clubs who have provided themselves with pocket diplomas are entitled to attend meetings of all Clubs on the Roll of the Federation, they being subject to the rules of the Club visited, but having no voice in its management unless admitted a member according to local form. 4. Members are entitled to be supplied through the Secretaries of their respective Clubs, with copies of all works published by the Federation, at a discount of 33 per cent. BOOKS PUBLISHED BY THE FEDERATION. BURNS HOLOGRAPH MANUSCRIPTS in the Kilmarnock Monument Museum, with .. BURNS CHRONICLE AND CLUB DIRECTORY 1889 1s 6d A few copies of the back vols. may still be had on application to the Hon. Secretary. Increased prices are charged when the vols. are out of print. MINUTES OF THE GENERAL MEETING OF THE BURNS FEDERATION. COUNCIL CHAMBERS, ST. ANDREWS, THE annual meeting of the Executive Council of the Burns Federation was held here to-day at 12 o'clock, Dr Wm. Wallace, editor of the Glasgow Herald, presiding. : The following delegates from Federated Clubs were present : No. 0, Kilmarnock-Captain D. Sneddon, Mr D. M‘Naught, and Mr T. Amos, M. A. No. 1, London-Robert Burns Club-Mr Alexander Stephen. No. 13, St. Andrews-Mr John L. Low, Professor Lawson, and Mr W. M. Robertson. No. 14, Dundee-Mr J. A. Purves. No. 21, Greenock-Mr Thomas Graham and Mr William Lees. No. 22, Edinburgh-Mr Thomas Carmichael. No. 36, Glasgow Rosebery-Mr W. C. Goldie, Mr George Armour, Mr P. Smith, jun., Mr Alexander Pollock, and Mr John M'William. No. 50, Stirling-Mr John Craig. No. 57, Thornliebank-Mr John Neilson and Mr William Park, jun. No. 67, Glasgow Carlton-Mr William Moffat, Mr D. M. Duff, and Mr W. J. Straiton. No. 68, Glasgow Sandyford-Ex-Bailie Hugh Mayberry. No. 71, Carlisle-Mr James Watt. No. 79, Corstorphine--Mr William Wilson. No. 83, Glasgow Co-operative-Mr J. Blair Smith. No. 85, Dunfermline-Mr P. Paterson and Mr Robert Taylor. No. 89, Sunderland-Mr William M'Lennan, Mr George Mackay, Mr W. P. Eastwood, and Mr D. Condie. No. 100, Hamilton Mossgiel --Thomas Brown. No. 108, East Calder and District-Mr Wm. Young, Mr George Young, and Mr John S. Young. No. 128, Cowdenbeath, Glencairn--Mr Duncan Beaton and Mr Thomas Ferguson. No. 139, Glasgow National-Mr James Ballantyne, Mr John Carmichael, and Mr Joseph Martin. No. 145, Glasgow Central--Mr W. D. M'Laren. No. 150, Kilmarnock Jolly Beggars-Mr Andrew Sinclair and Mr Archibald Laird. No. 151, Old Kilpatrick-Mr Thomas Struthers. No. 153, Glasgow Scottish-Mr John Wilson. No. 164, Kinning Park-Mr Duncan M'Callum and Mr Thomas Deans. Apologies for absence were intimated from Sheriff Mackenzie and Mr G. A. Innes, F.E.I.S., Kilmarnock; Mr Joseph Dobbie, ex-M.P.; and the following clubs: -No. 9, Glasgow Royalty; No. 18, Liverpool; No. 48, Paisley; No. 74, Glasgow Mauchline; No. 90, Garelochhead; No. 109, Glasgow Caledonia; No. 113, Vale of Leven Glencairn; No. 140, Pollokshaws; No. 159, Walker-on-Tyne; No. 163, Gateshead and District; No. 168, Riccarton. Provost Wilson, on behalf of the Corporation, gave the delegates a hearty welcome to the ancient city; and Mr John L. Low, president of the St. Andrews Burns Club, expressed his pleasure at the meeting being held in St. Andrews. The Secretary read the minutes of the last annual meeting and the Committee meetings held during the year, and these were duly approved of. In his report the Secretary referred to the loss the Federation had sustained by the death of the former president, Mr David Murray, and also of Mr James M'Culloch, one of the vice-presidents. He said they were indebted to their new president, Dr William Wallace, for the wholehearted manner in which he was advocating the foundation of a Chair of Scottish History and Literature. During the year the following new clubs had been enrolled-Birmingham, Riccarton, Glasgow and District, Larkhall Thistle, and the Burns Society, Chattanooga, Tenn., U.S.A. The Treasurer's statement was submitted and passed. It showed an income of £52 138 7d for the year, and an expenditure of £50 0s 5d, leaving a credit balance of £2 13s 2d on hand, which brought up the capital funds to £245 12s. In answer to a question the Secretary stated that 61 clubs had subscribed to the Chronicle Publication Fund. Mr D. M'Naught, in his report on the Chronicle, said that it was maintaining its circulation, and the financial results were satisfactory. He had spent £16 of the grant given last year for the payment of contributors, and he asked a renewal of the grant. He also intimated that Messrs J. M. Munro, Ltd., had ceased to publish the Chronicle, and he thought the question of its future publication ought to be discussed. Mr Alexander Pollock moved, and Mr Joseph Martin seconded, that the matter be remitted, with powers, to a committee consisting of the office bearers and delegates from several Glasgow clubs, and that a meeting be held in Glasgow at an early date to make arrangements for the publication of the Chronicle. Subsequently the following clubs were appointed to send each a representative: Rosebery, National, Haggis, Tam o' Shanter, Carlton, Greenock, and Kinning Park. On the motion of ex-Bailie Mayberry, it was agreed to add the name of Mr John Wilson, of the Scottish Burns Club. Mr Andrew Sinclair moved that the grant of £25, for the payment of contributors, be renewed, and this was unanimously agreed to. The Chairman, in the course of his remarks regarding the proposed Chair of Scottish History and Literature, stated that the funds at present amounted to nearly £5000, and that the Committee would meet again in October for active operations. He wished to see the Burns Federation take a leading part in the movement. Circulars on behalf of the Chair had not produced great results, and he asked what they were going to substitute for circulars. He strongly advised the delegates to extend their work for this object outside of Burns Clubs. Mr John Wilson recommended that every club which had not yet already contributed should be instructed to make a collection at the anniversary meeting. |