The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-12-06
THE CHAMBER KICK.
Making up States for the
Coming Annual Election.
WHERE DOES THE TROUBLE LIE
Some Members Want New Officers
Others are Satisfied With
the Incumbents.

The next annual election of officers OF
the Chamber of Commerce takes place
on the second Thursday in January,
and so great is the interest in the out.
come that candidates are already being
discussed and the subject is not likely
to be dropped until It's settled.
That there has been much dissatisfac-
ton among the members of the institu-
ton has been a public matter for
months past, and the only thing to be
done now is to find out where the
blame lies-if there be blame-and
apply the remedy to the proper spot.
WHAT Is THE TROUBLE?
With view to ascertaining what the
trouble is and at whose door the ma
jority of the members placed the blame,
a HERALD reporter yesterday went the
rounds, and met with only partial sue
Gees.
The general complaint, so near as can
be gotten at, is that the officers have
been lacking in enthusiasm or in
different to their Cuties. All those seen
were anxious for a general revival of
! interest and activity, and none seemed
| particular as TO the means OF bringing
| this end about. One other compleint
was that the affairs of the Chamber had
not been made sufficiently public, and
some felt that the wishes of those mem
bers outside the directory had not been
consulted sufficiently in matters of i'm
portance. sTHE HERALD does not aud
could not say whether any or all OF
these are true or not. They are given
here simply as the basis of the discus
sion now going GA, as nearly as the
interested parties care to state it.
SOME OPINIONS.
Some few members who were willing
to say what they thought of the matter
were seen yesterday and others will be
interviewed and their views given from
| day to day.
COLONEL 0. J. HoLLIsTER thought
that there should be no complaint
against the present officers. He thought
if they wanted the offices or were will
ing to accept them they ought to be al
lowed to keep them. He thought the
Chamber was quite fortunate in finding
men who were willing to do so much
| for nothing.
]. B. WALDEN was asked what he
thought should be done in the matter
of electing officers at the next election.
His answer was: 1.-The present dlrec-
tory, conscious of its dormant condi-
ton, should have the grace to resign
and give men a chance who are ready
| to step IN and do something. l also
think that Mr.. Forhan is very effic-
lent and capable young man, but he
has not succeeded in obtaining the coed
will of the public, and this has initiate d
against the success of the Chamber
works. l am satisfied with Mr.. Nc
| Cornick's administration, and think he
has shown his interest and efficiency"
G. B. RAYBoULD did not think that
Mr.. Mccormick could be improved upon
as president of the Chamber, but he
would favor the election or q new secre-
tary. He thought there might be some
advantageous changes in the directory,
though there were many good men on
the board. Mr.. Raybould had heard
many complaints against the action of
the board and the secretary, but he
could not say as to whether they were
all justified or not. Being told that
there was movement on foot to place
Mr.. Fred Auerbach in Mr.. McCornick's
shoes, Mr.. Raybould said that Aner-
bach was a good man for the place, but
he was satisfied with the present incum-
bent.
Mr.. GEoGEGHAN, who was one of the
most active of the missionaries who
preceded the exposition car last
summer was next seen. He wanted
new men in the offices, thinking that
the present incumbents had shown a
lack of energy at times. He wanted q
live and active administration and
would favor either Fred Auerbach or
81. W. Lawrence for president. Mr..
Geogeghan further said that he favored
such men as Mr.. Remington and Fred
Simon as directors, saying that they
were always at the head and front with
push and energy when anything was to
should be change in the secretary
ship.
Il. L. A. CULMER said he had heard of
the proposition to make Mr.. Auerbach
president and thought that such q
move would give general satisfaction.
! He did not thin K that he could criticize
his fellow directors with good grace,
but he thought some of tn em were less
active than they should have been.
Referring to the complaints made by
Mr.. Pembroke, in his letter in The
HERALD. against the directory, Mr..
Culmer said that they were not justif-
able. The directors found that it would
have cost them $1,000 more to have
their printing done in this city
tt an to have it done in Chicago. The
board was willing to pay $500 more for
having the work done here, but they
did not feel justified in paying $1,000
tor the privilege of patronizing home
industry. Then, again, the printed
matter was ordered for distribution in
the east, and had the work been done
here the paper would have been brought
from the east and would then have to
be shipped back again. There was
II 800 pounds of printed matter used
and the freight both ways on $1,000
pounds of it would amount to 5000.
II. PEMBROKE, who is one OF the most
prominent of the "kickers" was asked
for his choice of officers at the next
election. He said that he had prac-
tically withdrawn from the Chamber
and SO really had no say in the matter
He would like, however, to see the right
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