Morning journal and courier., 1883-10-12
THE WEST.
Kentucky.

The Bankers COnve veEtiOn-A Plan to Fer
 petuate the National Banking system
 The Election or Officers.
 LOUISVILLE, Oct. 1.-The second days session of the convention of the American Bankers association began this morning Mir. David Davidson, of Cincinnati, was the first speaker. His address was on Reform ing exemption and preference laws" The other speakers were Messrs. Thompson and Carroll of Texas, Jones and Printup of Geor- gia, Lockwood of Virginia, Parker of Tennes- see and Nelson, Parrish and Henry of Ala bama. Messrs. Watterson, Eckley and oth- CTS spoke on southern progress. The follow ing officers were elected for the ensuing year, George 8. Coe declining the unanimous re- election rendered him: President. L. J. Gage of Chicago; vice presidsnts-New York, Logan O. Murray; Alabama, Thomas Henry; Ari- zona, M. W. Yates; Arkansas, Creed T. Walker; California, William Alyero; Color ado, William B. Berger; Connecticut, George A. Butler; Dakota, E. c. Eddy; Delaware, Edward Betts; District of Columbia, John A. J. Creswell; Florida, D. G. Ambler; Georgia, L. J. Hill; Idaho, John Hunton; Illinois, Calvin T. Wheeler; Indiana, ". H. English; Iowa, F. H. Griggs; Kansas, John R. Mulyane; Kentucky, J. ". Proctor; Louisiana, J. J. Tarleton; Maine, W. W. Thomas; Maryland, D. H. Thomas; Massachusetts, W. H. Foster; Michigan, Henry P. Baldwin; Minnesota, H. P. Upham: Mississippi, W. H. Perkins; Missouri, Rufus J. Lockland; Montana, Samuel T. Ha8ser; Nebraska, H. T. Kountz; Nevada, J. ". Eek ley; New Hampshite, J. E. Fernoid; New Jersey, E. T. Young; New Mexico, Jefer- son Reynolds; New York, H. G. Knowl- ton; North Carolina, ". E. Anderson; Ohio, Hon. Benjamin Eggleston; Oregon, Henry Rhode Island, J. ". Vernon; South Carolina. Andrew Simmons; Tennessee, Nathaniel Baxter; Texas, B. A. Bolts !; Utah, L.. $. Bills; Vermont, Hon. l.. F. Pc land Virginia, John P. Branch Washing ton, Dexter Horton West Virginia, Nelson Vance Wisconsin, N. B. Vansleicke Wyo- ming, Edward IVenson. Executive council Jacob VermiIye, Edmund D. Randolph, Mo-- ton MacMichael, jr., Edward Tyler, J. ". Lockwood, Henry Martin, William G. Desh- Ter, Edward B. Judson, F. D. Happen, Thomas W. Halliday, William E. Gould, Charles Parsons, H. IT. Camp, William H. Rhsun, Logan c. Murray, Logan H. Root, augustus H1OSS, o. h. A4Auu5uDoES0E, M. Nelson, Edward T. Betts. Treasurer, George F. Baker, New York; general secre- tary, D. Randolph. New York; corres- bonding secretary. George Marsland, New York.
 Mr. Henry Watterson addressed the con- vention at considerable length upon the changed condition of the new South in mate rial and social matters. The speech was in his best vein and was greeted with frequent applause Colonel Ely Dodge of the Ken lucky Union railway spoke of the mineral wealth of the South undeveloped. Hon. ". c. Dupauw es 8 northern man heartily en- dersed the statements of the previous speak CTS relative to the safety.of investments in the South fhe resolutions offered yester- day by MT. Lindenberger were adopted ex- cept the third which was struck. out, Presi- dent Coe adding another calling on Congress to repeal the silver coinage bill. After the usual complimentary resolutions passed Q motion prevailed that the members of the associated banks of New York city acting with the president and executive committee of the association and representatives of the banks in redemption cities be requested to digest and propose some plan for perpetual ing the national banking system and the present national banking act and present the same to the next session of Congress. The executive committee were author. ized to fill vacancies in the list of vice presidents and in their own number. TheE convention adjourned at o'clock, giy- ing three cheers for the city of Louisville. banquet tonight from to 10 o'clock ct the Pavilion, Central Park. in the rear of the exposition, was tendered the delegates by the associated banks of Louisville.