Los Angeles herald., 1892-12-10
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
NOMINATIONS MADE FOR OFFICERS
FOR THE ENSUING YEAR.
Daniel Freeman Nominated by Acclama
tion for the Presidency and JAS.
B. Lankershim for First
Vice-President.

merce require that the executive cncerS
of that body as we'll as the chairman of
all the standing committees, shall be
placed in nomination one month before
the annual election. Accordingly, last
night the hall was filed with merchants
and business men, to make the nomina-
tions aforesaid, TO serve one year from
February l, 1898. In the absence of the
president the chair was filled by Vice.
President Lankershim, who stated, the
object of the meeting and said that
nominations for president were now in
order.
Mr.. Klokke nominated Mr.. Daniel
Freeman, who was, he said, a man who
had ever had the interests of the cham
ber uppermost at heart.
Mr.. Allies nominated J. B. Lanker-
SHIN. He said he believed in civil SER
vice reform and in the line of promo
ton. He had made good vice-presi-
dent and should be elected to the presi-
dency.
Mr.. Lankershim said his private bus-
ness confined him to the bank of which
he was president, at hours which would
conflict with the chairmanship of the
chamber of commerce. He had been a
member for years and intended to re-
main one, but he could not spare the
time to preside at any given hour. For
that reason he asked that his name be
dropped. Mr.. Daniel Freeman was then
nominated president by reclamation.
The office OF first vice president was
then taken up and j. B. Lankershim
was nominated to fill it, by acclamation.
The following nominations were then
made: For second vice president, I.
D. Stimson and A. Miller; for the
committee on commerce and naviga-
ton, H. Jevne and H. a. Osborne for
chairmanship of the committee on man.
usactures, s. w. Luitweiler and VIM.
Lacy for chairmanship on immigration,
Fred l.. Allies; for chairmanship on
lands and irrigation, Major Z. w. Jones,
Mark Severance and Mr.. Parmalee.
Major Jones requested leave to with
draw, which was granted.
For chairman of the committee on
mines and mining, H. NJ. Russell and
Charles Forman for chairman of the
committee on ways and means, R. M.
Garvin; for chairman of the committee
on statistics, A. w. Francisco; for chair
lation, l.. D. Graft; for chairman of the
H. I. Hazard and James @. Kays were
submitted; for chairman of the COM
mittee on hotels. Mr.. Geo. H. Pike and
Geo. H. Kimball; for chairman of the
committee on parks, streets and sanitary
measures, Major E. W. Jones. i}t
The chair stated that nominations
could be made outside the meeting up
to the fifth day prior to the election and
posted on the bulletin board outside the
secretary's Office. The election takes
place January 10th.
DIRECTORS MEETING.
Directors Graft, Breed. Lankershim,
Klokke, McGarvin and Edwards of the
chamber of commerce met yesterday
afternoon.
A communication was read from John
Hayes Hammond of San Francisco with
regard to the fumes of smelter furnaces,
setting forth that the writer, without
an accurate description of the proposed
furnace, could not tell whether it would
be injurious or not.
Charles Stewart OF London wrote ask.
ing for quantity of printed matter for
general distribution. The secretary was
instructed to send him small package
and confer with him further.
The following resolutions were passed
by unanimous vote:
Resolved, That the chamber of COM
merce Of Los Angeles urgently requests
the state board of agriculture to in.
struct the Citrus Fair association of
| Southern California to hold the citrus
fair of 1893 at the city of Los Angeles
rather than at Cotton, the point where
| it is proposed to hold it.
Resolved, That the cham Der of com.
merce offers to the state board of agri-
culture the following reasons for this
action: The city of Los Angeles has
$4,000 population, the town of Cotton
has 2000 Los Angeles has hotel ac-
comodations for 5000 guests, Cotton can
not accommodate 300. Los Angeles is
! trict, the point which can be most easily
reached by citrus fruit growers
from each OF the six southern counties.
Cotton is near the edge of the citrus
fruit district. The citrus fair has
been held at Los Angeles three
times and attended by total of
10000 people, as the gate re-
ceipts will show. Los Angeles is point
where all tourists from the east visit in
the course of their stay in Southern
California, and experience has shown
that these tairs are most largely at
| tended by eastern visitors, to whom
they serve the purpose of an object les
son. The press of Southern California
is almost unanimous in the demand
that the fair be held in Los Angeles as
against any other location, and the
people of San, Diego, Orange, Santa
Barbara, Ventura and Los Angeles
counties, and even some sections of San
| Bernardino county, are opposed to hold
| ing the fair in any other place than Los
| Angeles.
The secretary was instructed to tele-
graph to Mr.. Wells, who is now in San
Francisco, and request him to 60 to Sac
ramento and interview the state board
of agriculture on this matter.
Secretary Willard presented report
of proceedings of the board of directors
from January 18th to December 2, 1892,
witch showed the following facts
During chat period the board has met
regularly once a week, never failing of
quorum. The average number in at
tendance was nine, and the largest num-
ber ever attending anv meeting was 10
To one man only, Mr.. McGarvin, be-
ongs the honor of having attended
every meeting. Those who came near
est to him are Charles Forman, who at
tended 80 meetings; G. NJ. Wells, who
attended 81 meetings; D. K. Edwards,
who attended 35 meeting, and E. +. G.
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