Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-05-17
NO QUORUM PRESENT.
THE EXPOSITION SOCIETY UNABLE 10
GET A MEETING.
Adjournment Had Until May 30th, and the
Secretary Directed 10 Secure Proxies
Mr. Hobson Speaks His Kind.

Half-psst : O'Clock yesterday afternoon
was he time, and The rooms Of the Chamber
OF Commerce the place at which The adj
ionrned annual meeting OF the stockholders
aud hic.mcnbers Of the Virginia state Agri-
cultural and Mechanical Society was 10 have
been held Tor the election Of officers and 10
consider ether business.
PyEsOElL.
AZ the appointed hour there were only
about a dozen persons present, including
two newspaper reporters and Nessrs. Cron-
shaw and Bo0ckcr. who represented The
$50, 600 oi stock held by the city Oi Rich
mold. President Ashton S'arSe was not
prescut. having bccu cailrd out OF the city
on important business. lie wrote 20 one NJ
thc vice. presidents requesting him to attend
TIE meeting, buf neither hc nor any other
o1iecr OF the socidy-cXccp' tho secretary
uLt 100 an appearance. The Executive Com
mit,ee w2s notrcprescntcd.
so QroarN.
A. few minutes before , o'clocl. The
meeting was called 10 order hy the -ccre-
f1ry. and Nlor John II. Diuncen wa- re-
qu ,'oi 10 take the chair. II being evident
tHai tuero was not % quorum present. Nr.
CrCnshaw moved that the meeting adjourn
10 June lSta. So a- - give sl0p'c tire FOR The
secretary 10 secure sufficient pgcXic, 10 c1n-
siiiu'e d Gg ~um.
one OF tue W,o-membcrs called attention 10
The fact tnat under ito hr-iaTs ot the old
Agrlcu'tgrai society o5s hundred memlef>
were authorized 20 tfanssct any bu>incs-.
iic thought the by-laW. Of thc Grw concern
continued tie same provision, hui othcr'
pre-cn; Thought differently. and there being
TO copy of the bylaws - ts1c ino question
could not be- definitely ,efdrl. The me-
members are stll entitled to a.l OF toe pTivi-
lcc,s which th,y formerly cui1ycd, bat t.c
prc.cni society being joul~,.oc, concern
majority " thc ~'ock-t1ree thousand and
ouc shate.-is necessary i0- the tr1n'acton
OF any business.
M}. Uob-oN TALES.
Nr. Hohs0n, a. Powhafin, expressed
deep regret ha' 10 was necessary lopo-tpone
ihe mocuue. lle llt learned ~ ih- meet
ine accidentally. and had come down a.
great personal Inconvenience and expense,
desiring 60 Doe present % receive aud to give
some iui0rmiti0u which be- thought should
hc made public. he inquired why thi,
meeting w1s called cui iterc was not an
officer o. the corporation present. Formerly
tpe ia-menbcrs received rostcl noilcfs ~
an meetings; now they receive no notice
unless perchlrce they take the daily papcr,
which. ho said, very few Of tae county
members do.
Mr. Hoheon said further that be stood NJ
as the representative oi the country il't-
mcmters 10 say that they frit a~ II tury had
been lett out Ia tue cold. when the ENpo-
sition Society was formed be entered bcalt
and soul into the scheme. thougiS lc came
% Richmond 10 the ratification meeting cp-
posed TO the plan, and be bad done all 30
his power 10 contribute 10 the success Of the
great enterprise and hi. county oui 81 DO,
poverty appropriated $50 to defray the eN-
pcnso Of au exhibit.
Mt Hobs,u seemed 70 be labOriug under
the impression that the country people hsd
not shared iu the benefits Oi the Exposition
or been paid TIE attention to wh ch they were
entitled. BE thought the Exposition had
resulted in pihng an immense amount Of
money into the city, the buS ~ whic. had
come directly from The country people. The
affair. Do his estimation, was nothing more
than q little wheel tackled on TO the clty. and
Richmond, it seemed 10 hrn, appeared IN
the matter ~ The light OF being tackled on 10
Jay Gould d 60.
CITY ANp COUNTRY.
Mr. II0b-on's atteulon being called % the
iact that some OF his iluguare MIGHT be con-
,. -.r..ts,.. rtr.v DraafIarf