Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-12-27
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
Nominations Of Officers to be Elected
In January.

In January
An adjourned meeting of the Chamber
of Commerce took place yesterday after
noon to act upon various matters left
over from the last regular meeting. Only
a few members were present.
The report of the Committee on Nomi-
nations, which had been adopted but not
acted upon, was read by the Secretary.
The report had advised that a special ad-
journed meeting be held to nominate
officers for the Chamber during the COM
ing year, to be elected at the annual
meeting in January.
Various expressions of opinion were
offered on the matter of closing the
nominations when SO few were present.
Attention was called to the fact that the
list of nominations put forth by this
meeting acting as Committee of the
Whole might be amended in any way
that the Chamber saw fit on the occasion
of the election.
Mr.. Hervey Lindley moved that nomi-
nations be declared closed after the
meeting had filled the list. The motion
was carried.
Printed lists of the members of the
Chamber were distributed and the names
of the present incumbents were read by
the Secretary to give those present bet
ter idea of the work ahead of them.
Er. Brook moved that ballot be
taken in each case and that the three
receiving the highest number of votes be
made the nominees to be voted for at the
next meeting. The motion was carried.
A ballot was then taken for nomina-
tions for the Presidency, with the follow
ing result Major E. w. Jones 20, M. l..
Wicks 5, w. E. Hughes l, Hervey Lind
ley l. .,, 80,
Mr.. Lindley withdrew in favor of Mr..
Hughes, and the three others, Messrs.
Jones, Wicks and Hughes, were placed
in nomination as the three highest.
It was then decided that the propo-
sition to vote by ballot had better be re-
considered, and it was decided that
nominations be made from the floor and
that the number be not limited to three.
For First Vice President w. H. Work
man, w. F. Fitzgerald and W. E. Hughes
were nominated.
For Second Vice. President the nomi-
nations we're: L. B. Lewis, j, H. Book
and Hervey Lindley.
For Third Vice-President: DR.. ]. P.
Widney, Charles E. Day, Colonel H. G.
Otis, DR.. Bryant and General H. H.
Boyce.
For Treasurer, L. M. Breed, H. @.
Wilmer and H. L. Mcneil were nomi.
mated.
For Secretary, Tom A. Lewis, M. r.
Higgings, H. q. Osborne, G.. E. Carlisle
and R. II. Hewitt were nominated.
For Chairmen of the Committees the
following were nominated. Commerce
M. L. Wicks; Manufactures, ]. F. Hum.
phreys; immigration, R. E. Hoitt and
ID. Gilbert Dexter; Lands, ]. B. Lanker'
SHIN; Mines and Mining, w. P. MeIn.
tosh, J. L. Cherry, Captain E. P. John
son; Motive Powers, Sutherland Hut
ton; Ways and Means, A. H. Denker
W. H. Workman; Money Loans, etc;
G.. M. Wells, II. G. Wilmer, W. II
Avery and H. M. Russell; Statistics. L.
j. Mathes, F. A. Gibson, DIR. ]. P. Wild
ney, Colonel H. G. Otis and ]. M
Davies; Legislation, Judge Fitzgerald
Judge Haynes; Nominations, M. D.
johnson; Grievances, Colonel Johr
Flournoy; Hotels, W. E. Hught 8, j. 9
NarIamore; Parls aud Boulevards, F
g. Garbutt.
The President called the attention o
the Chamber to the fact that the meet
ing which had been called OF the dele
gates from the various Boards of Trad
of the southern counties would taxi
place on Thursday, aud that although
committee had been appointed to receive
them, consisting of DR.. ]. p. Widney
w, E. Hughes and the President him