Omaha daily bee., 1896-09-25
TO GO TO DETROIT NEXT YEAR.
American BANKERS Association Elects
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ST. LOUIS. Sept. 2L-Promptly at 10
o'clock President Pullen of the American
Bankers association raped for order and
presented Rev. Samuel J. Niccolls, d. D.,
who made the opening prayer.
Under the head of unfinished business Mr..
Joseph Hendrix presented the following
amendment to the bylaws:
Resolved, That the bylaws OF this as
ISOLATION be amended by the addition of
the following:
"a section Of the ass collation. to be known
as the section of trust companies is
hereby established, which shall meet an
nually in connection with the meeting of
this association.
THE scope of the section shall embrace
matters of interest to trust companies inso-
far as such matters are distinct from bank
ing. II may report to the association and
affairs relating to trust companies may be
referred to 1t.
"Its program and proceedings may be
published from time to time together with
ISOLATION.
A trust companies members of this as
ISOLATION who desire may enroll themselves
as members of the section.
The executive council Of this association
shall have supervision over the section, and
may make such provision for it as to such
council may seem wise
The matter of selecting the next meeting
place of the convention was referred to the
executive council. Detroit was the only
bidder for this honor.
Mr.. NJ. NJ. White of Cincinnati then read
the report of the nominating committee
which follows: President, Captain Robert
II. Lowry, president of the Lowry Banking
company, Atlanta, Ga; vice president,
Joseph c. Hendrix, First National Union
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Nominated by delegates of state bankers,
association for three years: George M.
Reynolds, cashier Des Moines National bank,
Des Moines, Ia; C. A. Pugsley, president
Weschester County National bank, Peekskill.
n. Y; John II. feathers, cashier Louisville
Ranking company, Louisville, KY, John G.
Nuliy. cashier Merchants National bank,
Chicago: X. H. Rushton, cashier Fourth
Street National bank, Philadelphia; william
H. Thompson, cashier Boatmen bank, st.
Louis; Alva Trowbridge, cashier National
Bank of North America, New York; A. C.
Anderson, cashier st. Paul National bank.
st. Paul; T. j. Latham, cashier Memphis
National bank, Memphis, Tenn; w. j.
Cocker, president Commercial Savings bank,
Adrian, Mich. For One Year-C. W.. Tracy,
First National bank, Springfield, Ill. vice
presidents representing each of the several
states were named, including the following;
Nebraska, f. II. Davis, Omaha; Arizona, Nj.
b. HaZeltine, Prescott; California, 5. Prem
tiss Smith. San Francisco: Colorado; j. Il.
Moffatt. Denver; Idaho. G.. w. Moore, Boise
City Indian Territory. Don Lacey, Ardmore;
Iowa, Fred Heinz, Davenport; Kansas, p.
l.. Bonebrake, Topeka; Missouri, Brecken-
ridge Jones, st. Louis; Montana, l., X.
Hershfeld, Helena; New Mexico, J. S. Rey-
nolds. Albuquerque; North Dakota, G. b.
Little, Bismarck; Oklahoma. J. A. Slime,
Alva; Oregon, John A. Devlin, Astoria;
South Dakota, John Clay, jr., Bellefourche>
Texas, c. c. Hemming, Gainesville; Utah,
II. T.. Young, Salt Lake City; Washington,
Jacob Furth, Seattle; Wyoming, Henry G.
Hay. Cheyenne.
After the committees report had been
adopted the newly elected officers were in
stalled.
The clearing house discussion was declared
off and the afternoon was spent by the del
egates driving about the city. This even
ing the delegates were entertained at a ban
quot given at the Planters hotel.
Under the amendment authorizing the Or
ganization of a trust company section OF the
association several representatives of trust
companies met shortly after the adjourn
ment of the association and effected a tenn
porary organization. Henry NJ. Deckert of
company of Pennsylvania was chosen chair
man and Breckenridge Jones of the Missls-
sippi Valley Trust company of st. Louis
secretary and member of the executive com
mittee. Messrs. Deckert and Jones were
authorized to confer with trust company
representatives and fl out the rest of the
list of officers and committeeman. Laws
were adopted vesting the affairs of the sec
ton in a chairman and vice chairman of the
section and an executive committee of nine
members.