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.-Provost MACKAY, J.P., Kilmarnock. Vice-Presidents.-WM. WALLACE, LL.D., 36 Lilybank Gardens, Glasgow. WM. FREELAND, 34 Garturk Street, Govanhill. Dr. WM. FINDLAY, 19 Westercraigs, Dennistoun. DAVID MURRAY, M.A., B.Sc., Grammar School, Kilmarnock. A. B. TODD, Poet and Historian, Cumnock. THOS. CLARK, Hamilton. GEO. MACKAY, Campsie. J. S. JAMIESON, 344 Dumbarton Road, Partick. Councillor Hugh Alexander, Eastfield House, Rutherglen. J. HUNTER, Eastfield, Dumfries. Hon. Secretary.-Captain D. SNEDDON, J.P., Kilmarnock. Hon. Treasurer.-JOSEPH BROCKIE, J. P., Royal Bank, Kilmarnock. CONSTITUTION. I. The Federation shall consist of an Hon. President, Executive Council, and the affiliated members of each Club. II. 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 re-election-also of the President, Vice-President, and Secretary of each affiliated club, and other gentlemen of eminence as Burnsites nominated by the Executive. III. 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 organised 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 Is. (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 of the year's transactions shall be submitted by the Hon. Secretary and Hon. Treasurer and Officebearers 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. Notice of any amendment or alteration of the Constitution or Rules of the Federation, to be considered at the Annual Meeting, must be sent in writing to the Hon. Secretary not later than the 31st March. BENEFITS. 1. Registered Clubs are supplied free with copies of newspapers containing accounts of meetings, demonstrations, &c., 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 333 per cent. BOOKS PUBLISHED BY THE FEDERATION. BURNS'S HOLOGRAPH MANUSCRIPTS in the Kilmarnock Monument Museum, with Notes, . 1889, Is. 6d. 1893, Is. 6d. 1894, Is. 6d. 1895, Is. 6d. 1896, Is. 6d. 1897, IS. 6d. 1898, Is. 6d. 1899, Is. 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. ANNUAL MEETING OF BURNS FEDERATION. WINDSOR HOTEL, GLASGOW, 29th June, 1901. The Annual Meeting of the Executive Council of the Burns Federation was held here to-day, at 11.30 a.m. The following representatives from Federated Clubs were present : No. o, Kilmarnock.-Provost Mackay (presiding), Capt. D. Sneddon, J.P.; D. M'Naught, J.P.; Dr. Wm. Findlay, R. D. Tannahill, George Dunlop, John Kerr, B. L.; David Murray, M.A., B. Sc.; and Thomas Amos, M.A. No. 2, Alexandria.-Duncan Campbell, Robert Stirling, and Duncan Carswell, secretary. No. 7, Glasgow Thistle.-Alexander Rennie. No. 49, Glasgow Bridgeton.-Wm. Freeland. No. 53, Govan Fairfield.-Joseph Burns, president; and Wm. Munro, secretary. No. 57, Thornliebank.- A. M'Callum, president; and Wm. Paterson, secretary. No. 67, Glasgow Carlton.-Robert Gibson, president. No. 68, Sandyford.-J. M. Munro (Publisher-Burns Chronicle). No. 76, Brechin.-W. J. W. Cameron. No. 83, Co-operative, Glasgow.-Councillor J. Jeffrey Hunter. No. 87, Campsie. -James Y. Allan, president; and James Robertson, secretary. No. 92, Kilbowie Jolly Beggars.—Andrew Arnott, vice-president; and Leonard Frew, secretary. No. 99, Barlinnie.-Wm. Buglass. No. 101, Motherwell.-George Waugh. No. 109, Glasgow Caledonia.-Wm. Burns. No. 113, Vale of Leven Glencairn.-Hugh M'Vean, president; Wm. Smith, treasurer; and Alex. Campbell, secretary. No. 117, Glasgow Southern. -Ronald Lockhart, vice-president. Apologies for absence were read from No. 10, Dumbarton; No. 22, Edinburgh; No. 36, Rosebery, Glasgow; No. 75, Kirn; and Mr. James Taylor, Glasgow. Minutes of last annual meeting, and of committee meetings held during the year, were read and approved of. The Treasurer's financial statement was also submitted and passed, the credit balance in bank being £126 9s. 3d. Mr. M'Naught, Editor of the Burns Chronicle, made a statement re publishing the forthcoming volume of the Chronicle. He regretted the lack of support the Chronicle had among Burns Clubs, and also the want of funds sufficient to pay for additional original articles. He also suggested that if each member of the Federation subscribed one shilling towards the upkeep of the Chronicle this want might be obviated. Mr. Wm. Freeland next spoke on his scheme for the foundation of a Burns Lectureship in Scottish Language and Literature. He gave a brief history of the scheme, and spoke of the difficulty of raising sufficient money at the present time to realise its objects. He also took notice of the excellent work done by the Dundee Advertiser at the beginning of this year in getting the opinion of a number of our leading Scottish University Professors on the practical utility and the possibility of carrying to a successful issue such a scheme as had been promulgated by the Federation. He believed that in the apportioning of the money given by Mr. Andrew Carnegie for educational purposes in Scotland, a part might be set aside to carry out this work which the Federation had so much at heart. Nevertheless, he urged Burns Clubs not to relax their efforts, but to srtive to establish at least one lectureship in the name of the man they profess to love and adore. Dr. Wm. Findlay moved "that the Burns Federation, while still holding itself open to carry out its scheme to a successful completion, urge on the committee to watch for developments, and take means to approach Mr. Carnegie, or those administering his funds, to find out whether the establishment of lectureships in Scottish Literature came within the scope of the Trust." After the opinion of the Scottish professors, he thought it almost impossible to ignore the subject. Mr. Killin seconded the motion, and urged that steps should be taken at once to approach the Carnegie Trust. On the motion of Dr. Findlay, the existing sub-committee was appointed to look after the interests of the scheme. Captain Sneddon then brought forward his motion- "That after Rule IV. in the constitution of the Federation the following new rule should be inserted: - Every federated Club shall contribute annually one shilling per member to the funds of the Federation to assist in publishing the papers approved of by the Editor, and, in return, the Federation shall send a copy of all such publications to each member through the respective secretaries of the Federated Clubs." In speaking to his motion, Captain Sneddon said that he had brought forward this new rule because funds were necessary to carry on the Chronicle, and there were no annual contributions from members of the Federation. Owing to the want of funds no original matter could be purchased. He also stated that if it were not for the money got for advertisements, it would be quite impossible to continue the publication. Several of the delegates asserted that the motion had been "sprung" upon them, and said that they had no voting instructions from their Clubs. After a long discussion, in which Messrs. Buglass, M'Callum, Frew, M'Naught, and Kerr took part, Dr. Wm. Findlay moved as an amendment that the motion should be left over until next annual meeting, and the following recommendation allowed, "The Chronicle being in jeopardy, the individual members shall subscribe one shilling and receive the Chronicle." Mr. Arnott, Kilbowie, seconded the amendment, which was unanimously agreed to. This Dr. Findlay also moved that, to carry on the present number of the Chronicle, power be given to draw on the funds of the Federation. was also unanimously agreed to. Mr. Buglass recommended, and it was unanimously agreed, to elect the following office-bearers :-President-Provost Mackay, Kilmarnock. Vice-Presidents-Dr. William Wallace, Glasgow; Dr. William Findlay, Dennistoun; William Freeland, Govanhill; David Murray, M.A., B.Sc., Kilmarnock; James M'Culloch, Glasgow; Robert Ford, Dennistoun ; A. B. Todd, Cumnock; J. B. Morison, Greenock; Thomas Clark, Hamilton; George Mackay, Campsie; J. S. Jamieson, Glasgow; ex-Councillor J. Jeffrey Hunter, Glasgow ; A. M'Callum, Thornliebank; J. Hunter, Dumfries; and Councillor Hugh Alexander, Glasgow. Hon. Secretary— Captain D. Sneddon, Kilmarnock. Assistant Hon. Secretary-Thomas Amos, M.A., Kilmarnock. Hon. Treasurer-Joseph Brockie, J.P., Kilmarnock. Editor of Burns Chronicle-D. M'Naught, J.P., Kilmaurs. Auditors-George Dunlop and David Murray. The meeting concluded with votes of thanks to the Chairman, the Editor of the Chronicle, and the Secretary. The delegates lunched together—Provost Mackay presiding, and Captain Sneddon acting as croupier. The company afterwards visited the Great Exhibition at Kelvingrove, and minutely inspected the collection of Burns' relics, books, MSS., and autographs. DAVID SNEDDON, Hon. Sec. |