Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-01-03
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE..
Election Of Officers-Other matsers
Discussed.

Election Of Officers-Other matters
Discussed
The regular snnual. meeting Of the
Chamber Of Commerce for the purpose
of electing officers to serve through .ne
ensuing wear took place yesterday alter
Noon in the rooms of the Board of Trade.
There was an unusually large attendance,
a considerable number Of those present
being unable to find seats.
Major E. w. Jones called the meeting
70 order little after O'Clock. 1t was
moved and carried that the rules be sus,
pended and that the Chamber proceed
Immediately to election OF new members
and then to the election OF officers' Inc
following were then declared members
of the Chamber by the ballot OF the Sec
retary cast for the Chamber; B. n.
Smith, G. M. Stolp, D. Freeman, L. :.
Curran, G. G. Harrison, 9. }. Richards
E. G. White, 9. s: jenkins, Fred W.
Skinner & Co., s. w. Little, Scarborough
4 Waterman, Colonel J. J. Ayers, M. r;
Snyder, W. A. Nimock, Gray Bros. anu
3. G. Haas.
The list of nominees for the offices se-
lected by the Chamber at the last regular
meeting were posted, and II was decioeo
bv a unanimous vote that the list be
declared closed and no further names
he added TO it. The Secretary was then
instructed to cast the vote Of the Cham
her for Major E. w. Jones for President,
and he was declared elected. A COM
nittee was appointed by the temporary
chairman to conduct him to his seat, and
he made q short speech, thanking the
Chamber for the honor which they had
conferred upon him. =,
The Chamber then proceeded to ballot
upon the other officers, with the follow
ing result: For First Vice-President,
Judge w. +. Fitzgerald; i for Second Vice
President, Hervey Lindley; for Third
Vice-President, G. E. Day for Treasurer,
l.. N. Breed; for Secretary, M. R. Hig-
gins; for the Chairmen of the various
Committees on Manufactures, John F..
Humphreys; Commerce, M. l.. Wicks /;
Lands, J. B. Lankershim Mines, Capt.
E.. johnson; Motive Power, Suther-
land Hutton Ways and Means, A. H..
Denken; Money and Loans, 81. Q. Wit
ner; Statistics, J. M. Davies Legisla-
ton, Judge John Haynes; Nominations,
N. D. Johnson; Grievances, Colonel
John Flournoy; Hotels, Major w. d.
Toler; Parks and Boulevards, F. @. Gar
butt immigration, D. Gilbert Dexter.
Over the Office of Third Vice President
there was some little contest, four ballots
being cast before result was attained.
The candidates were @. E. Day, DR.. j.
r. Widney, Colonel H. G. Otis and dur
ing the first ballot DR.. J. II. Bryant. On
the final ballot DIR. Widney received forty
votes and G. E. Day forty-seven.
In the midst of the election the order
Of business was suspended in order that
an amendment might be acted upon
while there was still a majority OF the
members of the Chamber present. Sec
tion 4, of Article VII, of the constitution
was by unanimous vote amended to
read as follows "The presence of twenty
members in good standing shall be nee
essary to constitute quorum Tor the
transaction of business, and the Cham
ber shall not give it's formal or final en-
dorsement to any proposition, enterprise
oT undertaking, or appropriate money
except for ordinary current expenses
unless two-thirds majority of all mem
bers present shall vote Ior the measure
Nor shall any such measure be coHclu'
sively acted udon by the Chamber with
out having first been reported to the
body by the appropriate committee.
During the vote on the chairmen OF the
various committees a little row took
place in which Mr.. John M. Humph-
reys lost his temper and declared that
he would like to withdraw from the
chamber. He had been nominated for
chairman of the Committee on Manufac-
lures, and was the only one on the list
for that position. 1t was understood
that he was liable to leave the city, and
the name Of G. E. Hughes was proposed
for the place. Mr.. Humphreys thought
that he had been singled out as the only
man to be ousted from the nomination,
and declared that he would withdraw his
name and also surrender his membership
in the Chamber. A motion was imme-
diately made and seconded that he be
allowed 10 do 30, but it was not put.
After explanations had been made all
around, MIR. Humphreys agreed to stay
in the Chamber, and he was elected
chairman of the Committee on Manufac.
lures.
After the election was over the Presi-
dent called attention to the fact that
the convention of Boards of Trade and
Chambers OF Commerce would take
place on the 10Th of the month, for
which some sort of committee of re-
ception was necessary. This matter
was finally placed in the hands Of the
Executive Committee.
The Chairman also referred to con.
vention of newspaper editors which it
was said would meet in Los Angeles in
the near future, and remarked that it
had been suggested that the Chamber
undertake to do something for their
enter ainment. 1t was decided net
t. give the newspaper men any
special entertainment by the Cham
b,r of Commerce. 1t was moved
and carried that when the Cham BEL
\ ijourned it should be for one week
and that the revision of the constitution
be the special order of business at that
meeting. An amendment was proposed
and carried that the Committee on
Revision appointed some time since
should be requested to report at that
time.
The Chamber then adjourned.
RELIEVED OF HIS MONEY.