New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-06-19
A WORLDS FAIR CONVENTION
MEETINGS AT THE ST. NICHOLAS HOTEL.

REoRGASiZING TIE uNITED STATES BOARD VI
TRADE-PRoGRFss or TUE CONVENTION
The National Convention called by the
United States Board OF Trade to consider principally
plan for organizing WORLDS Fair 10 oe heu III NC"
York CITY in 1885, assembled Yesterday afternoon at
the st Nicholas Hotel Some confusion was caused at
first by the fact that three different meetings were
called TO meet at II o'clock IN the hotel In one parof
were the delegates appointed To the convention by the
Governors Of different States and Territories ana Tue
MAYORS OF eren cities In the large room intended
for the meeting OF the consolidated convention
were Gathered members Of the United States
Board of Trade, and this body was
called TO order for the transaction OF the
business OF its annual meeting, such as the eecoh Oh
officers. Elwood +. Thorne the first vceprcsdeht anu
chairman OF the Executive Committee called he meet
ing TO order There also In The room mem'erS VI
tie Citizens Committee Three Hundred. Finally twas
fonnd advisable to adjourn the meeting Of the Board oil
Trade until o'clock.
Soon after o'clock about forty delegates entered the
room where the convention TO sit. and ar Ihorne'
on behalf Of the Board of Trade that issued tue ih'"
ion called The meeting to order Previous 10 this how
ever there had been motion offered by Mt. "iiinS
that committee Of five appointed TO suggest officers
for the convention but several members strongly OBJ
jected to anything being done before the delegates from
abroad came H. Mr. Butts of Mississippi, nominated
the Hon Daniel S. Uhl. OF Ohio, for temporary chair
man. and w. H. C. Price, temporary secretary ines
officers were made the permanent officers at once Inc
Committee on Credentials were Henry Butterheid'
Pennsylvania G. I. ComstocR, NeW-Iork; NJ d.
sperry Connecticut; W. T. Coon, Iowa; and T. d. Rich
ardson Mississippi After much discussion it was
resolved TO have as many viccpresdcns as there are
states aud Territories not emitting The District OF Co
lumbia TIE list WAS not completed and neither was
that of Committee of Equal Representation appointed
to consider question Of Worlds Fair and to report
to the convention at W. \. Cole. first vice-pres
q 4 'COfrtr
point committee Of five from the Citizens Committee
TO act with the Conventions Committee for the sake OF
mparting the information that had been gathered dur
ing the past three months The whole committee was
given notice to meet at p H., and The convention ad-
i0urncd until y. IN.
A REVOLUTION IN THE UNITED STATES BOARD OF
TRADE.
When the United States Board OF Trade met at
o'clock the number present not large. Elwood f.
Thorne occupied the chair and c. ". Clarke was the
secretary FIIs the treasGrers report called for
and was made apparent that the Board owed lis ex-
treasurer, Samuel Marsh. 5000 10, and other persons
II $50 d Mr. Marsh had consented to lend the Board
what owed him, aud other members had subscribed
about 5000 toward clearing of the indebtedness There
was much talk about the necessity Of satisfying this IN
debtedness at once Mr. Upper, Of South Carolina,
asked If individual members responsible Tor the
debts of the Board, aud declared that he proposed TO
remain until the Board was put on a sound footing
Then Mr. Williams said that in April last committee
was appointed to investigate charges which were
made against the status OF the Board. the committee
consisted Of himself W. IL. C. Price and Samuel A.
Hanes. They mace thorough investigation INTO the
origin and history OF the Board and found that an at
tempt had been made to incorporate under the Act Of
1879 providing for the legal organization OF bs,sOcal
and Yachting societies The trustees according to law
might be not less than five In number nor more than
twelve The Board was organized with hrysx trustees
hence there was legal corporation Of the United
states Board Of Trade, and DaNd Dudley
out OF the difficulty was &" make new al
tcles OF corporation. Last saturday Judge Donohue
signed the papers hen were iorWafued To AlpahY ana
received back early in tue week In the alcnoon the
twelve new trustees met and adopted the Constitution
and bylaws OF the ola Organization me names Oh 'ho
new trustees were a. follows: william ~ Cole, pres
urer; Rufus Hatch samuel A. llanes, Charles H. WIZ
Jams, FRANKLIN Edison, J.. j. y. SLtrkc, Frederic a.
Potts. Urah Welch. Cnauncey bey 81. LOUIS, and j.
IL was announced tnat all the old members of the |
i}0@rG nd fla tho dns of All those VINO had paid for
the old RENTED for the new Board The dues by
ing for officers next proceeded WE except that the
aud secretary were elected r. above by the
Appleton, o. Boston, row IN Paris, was elected fe'-
dent. The six Independents chosen were VIM. 4. Cole;
> y. Topper, of ChdriesOu :. +. COvngt0n OF Cnen-
natl; Samuel 4. IIaiHes aud Frederic ~ Potts, OF |
NewYorE, and Chauncey l. Fey o. St Louis, The last
From The copy Of the bylaws iIr T;orne's hand it
anupared that the Board vas compelled III elect chair
man the Executive Committee, rce until thc rcOr-
alnizttiou held by Mr. Thorne. ne Nominating Com
mtcc suggested fol this fice. and Ex-Governor
Stafford Arizona nominated M. TLOrnc Several OF
the surprised TO ud that the bylaws con
tanned clause compelling the election of this chairman
II was suggested defer election OF chairman uuill
the reelection of the Executive Committee. VITA two or
three the old Executive Committee was eject
ed, including c. W. G. Clarke, secretary of the old organ
the Latter however expressing determination
TO resign. Then, Mr. Williams having "a last found the
official copy OF the Constitution aud bylaws. 1t appeared
that the clause proyIing for the election OF chairman
OF the Executive Committee had been stricken out ana
was not operative Mr.. ThOrne explained that he was
not spOsI bic Tor the discrepancy between his copy
Inch was given to him by Mr.. Price, Tuesday-Gnd
Mr.. Wliamss copy. In the midst OF some excitement
MI UaiucS moved an adjournment until a. III. to-day,
when was carried
EVENING SESSION or 1IIE CONVENTION.
The convention reasseIubed al : O'Clock. The COM
mee t. consider the question Of q Worlds Fair, which
held special meeting the afternoon. reported.
II had merely adopted the plan Of organization which
had been devised by the Citizens Committee OF 304.
ard reported The same the Convention with the x
ceptiou that the phrase limiting The site to Manhattan
leland was stricken out and the City OF NewYork sub
stituttd.
After long debate, Il was decided 70 make the dele
gates appointed by Governors otSates additional
hers of the Committee OF Three Hundred; also
gates far appointed by Mayors oi cities.
Last OF all Judge Hiou's Committee of Thirty
pied tbe attention Of the convention.
A conference commute was appointed 10 confer with
Judge nijOu's committee. The convention adjourned
til 1880 q. m to-day.
TALK WITH \. r. GOSHORN.
THE u1HFCIpI-GTNTEAL OF THE CENTENNIAL TX