The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-12-29
CLERKS COMING IN
ANNUAL MEETING OF The STATE AS
ISOLATION COMMENCES TODAY.
The City Council Cham Der rendered
Them for Their Mcetin gs-Threa.
FOurths of all the Clerks in the
STATE Expected - Interest
ing Papers to be Read.
The county clerks are coming.

The county clerks are coming.
| To-Day at 10 O'Clock their annual conyen.
tion will commence iu this city.
| The use OF the council chamber has been
| rendered to them aud they have agreed to
| hold their meetings there, although it is
scarcely large enough TO accommodate all
| that will be here.
There are JOG county clerks in the state
and il is estimated that fully three-fourths
OF them viii be present. Many of them
came in last night on the late trains and
many more will arrive this morning.
! NJ. a. Carvin clerk of this county, is
| president of the association and is enthus-
iastic over the probable success of the
meeting. Il am not paying much atten-
| lion to what they are going to say" said
he yesterday, "but do hope that they will
| have nice time and that they will leave
| Wichita feeling that it is the most hos
| pitable city in the state. There will be
clerks present representing all political
faiths, but they will all meet On the same
level and be extended equal rights and
equal courtsies.'
Mr. Carvin being clerk of the contest
| court now going on has bis hands full. but
he Is devoting every spare moment to the
success OF the meeting
The organization has been in existence
for many years and every clerk is mem
Der of it regardless of politics. When
they are iuducteG iuto office their interests
become the same, aud it is for the pur-
pose of serving these interests that the
organization has been formed
The organization does not exist exclu-
sively Tor the private interests of the
Clerks; on the contrary it is of great SER
vice to the various counties represented in
it, When the clerks come together in an
nual convention they talk on subjects of
interest to their counties and exchange
ideas with reference to the best and most
economical methods of performing their
duties to the county.
At the session which opens today the
following papers will be read:
John L. Evans will. read a paper on the
dnties of the county clerk under the Aus
traiian ballot law. This will be listened
to with interest, for if there is any one
subject in which county clerks desire to
have more light it is on the subject of
their dnties under this law. 1t is the
hardest work they have to do, now, dur
ing the Year and it causes them more
trouble than any other branch of their
duties.
Thomas T. Kelly will read paper on
Assessments and Taxation" 1t is eX-
pected that be viii dwell Il good deal on
the agitation that started from this city
some time ago in favor of assessing prop
erty at its fall value.
W. II. Duffey will read a paper on the
Best Method cf Keeping Accounts with
the City Treasurer"
o. NJ. Wilbur will discuss the BEST
method of securing legislation to relieve
the clerks of many of the duties now i'm |
posed upon them"
The meeting will last two days which !
will give the boys an opportunity to see
The city as well as ample time to transact /
the business of the organization.