When did Boutefika promise further constitutional and political reform ?
By 1890 , it was reported by " Whittakers Almanack " to have 10,000 members , making it one of the largest clubs ever , but this level of membership proved to be short - lived ; by 1890 its membership had halved to around the 5,500 level , and by 1900 it was still slightly further down , at 5,000 .