, 1879-01-15

THR NHw HOARD or pttlrcToRs
OF the Chicago Bo1ri Of Tradc held lts frat
regular meeting yesterday afternoon in the
room act aatle for such purposes IN the Cham
ber OF Commerce. Unusual interest attached
to tho deliberations, for the reason Tint mucI,
talk had been in.iulQc4l in among the members
Of tho Board OF Trade In regard to making a
change In tho Office Of Secretary aud reducing
the 81, 600 per nnnun, falnry OF that responsible
pu.1tion. TIE Reform ticket had gune In with
a sweep, and "the buys til Change anticipated
TINT tho gentlemen whom they ha,l 70 highly
complln,cntcs. and intrusted with the manage
n'cnt Of affairs for the new year would carry cut
their Wishes 80 strongly pressed at tic ballot:
box at ths iatc clcctp. II i,at llccn freely said
on tile Noaru and on the citrlstonc that changes
would bc made, ani retrchctnent ctiterett upon
At oEce, but how tichr such expressions hit tie
i,nfk il shUwn by the action III tho Directors
yesterday.
It was 0:9o o'clock when the new Board. n.:
sctnblea for the business brforo them, nnd a!l
were prrsrnt with tho exception Of .1uhn II.
Dwight, First fitc-prcst1cnt, aud l.. /. Wheeler,
who were confined ut their llunlcs bY sickness.
The gentlemen. on ha,Ni wesc Asa Dow, rre.f-
esn en,ro. II snv aass esss:aas of:aa sas
t'ensFeF i.h a c. tss'0fS weecr e T. caafjs: casfs
Counselman, J. W. McIlcnry, ". =. Crosby,
George &c Z. ciarkc, !: u. i'eazoS, ]: il. French,
j. j. AtcDcrnld. nnl ". j. popc. The proceed
i1lgs were colEtnctel with closed doors, nt,t
When TRIBUNE reporter went 10 "pfpc of"
thr asscuh,i: Wisdom, the only person he met
III tho lobby was
MIR. RANDOLPH,
who had retired from tho room to await tho ac-
| t9on 0f the aaoartl In selecting Sccrctnry,-
which was tho frat business iii or1cF,-aud who
exhibited u llttlu nervousness by placing tho
wrot,x ets! of eigar In his nult!. md t1nhluG
scycra! Intellectual attp,npts 70 set fire to the
small eni. slr. Mcltenry allc.l the position of
! scribe temporarily. 80 Tar as cuud bc ascer-
taiuct1, Mr. T. 7. turney md sir. j. ]. Richards
presented applications for the o'ltce Of Secretary.
and the rss.nanl"d gentleman oIEcEc.l
less t.1,n than s0,OS0 per yoar, tho salary paid
| Sir. Randolph. One Or two gentlemen expressed
themselves strongly IN favor Of clcrttnE,, Mr..
uurhey, anu TINS commencing tic work IL re.
tre,Iehnunt contemplated by the fnrI1lbcts Ut
tle Bonrl Of Tralc, and thrY were supported ny
II few othcrs. Tn tho otllcr band, the n,ajuritY
nt the directors were III favor ol tho reelection
ot sr. Randolph fund paying him the sanie sat-
urged thus he was faithful. thoroughly COM
putcn., and wnEl-trled oil'ccr, who attended to
duties that required two l1cll In the New York
Proslucu Exchange. and performed his services
| for lcss pay. The gentlemen lcslruus Of change
anti tho carrying out VI reform policy
cti,1oavoretl to ,lrKc upon tile Uthoss tho
Necessity Of rutFenehlngnt. but It WAS
.oa to ts feoor,sr ta tey !l nnt "G1ac
about Charley Stics "a Il candidate for Sccre.
tary sa. locked upon rs a iokc, and Ills name
| wns nut mentioned III the 1'oart Of Directors.
| All that WINS going on wl,tle tic reporter and
| ahfn, tsu senntoria! contest, anil the business
rr,saeet. THIS 1attes WIS shortly afscrward
c,ttetl Into tlr room and resumed h!s 1uttcs,-
IL fact that indicated bis reelection. Ono ncn-
tlcnIan present at the meeting saId, after It sas
| Uvrr. that SIR. [saulnlph wasulcctch by tcarty
unanimous vote.