The record-union., 1896-03-20
TIE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
The Directors Held Their Regular Meet
ing Last Night.
They Discuss the Census and License
Questions, a County Exhibit
and Other Matters.

The directors of the Chamber Of Com
nerce held their regular meeting last
light, the following being present. DO
eph Steffens. President; George b. Kat
ienstefn. Secretary; A. A. Van VOORHEES,
Treasurer. 7. O. Coleman, r. /. Bent
ley, Win. J. Davis, Frank Miller, Thos.
z. Hall. T. L. Enright, r. D. stephens
A discussion arose as to the naming
of prominent real estate men only on
the Committee on immigration and
Lands. or to have part of the commit
tee composed of members In other lines
of business.
r. d. Stephens, the Chairman of the
committee, said that he had just ar
rived home and had not had time 10
consider the subject, but was inclined
to believe that it would be best to ap-
point real estate men. AS the majority
of the directors concurred in his opin-
ion, he appointed E. K. Alsip, w. ID.
Lawton and E. L. Hawk, and asked
little further time in which to select the
remaining one, which was granted.
Captain J. H Roberts rendered his
resignation as Chairman of the Com
mittee on Commerce on account of his
business interfering with his duties as
such.
The resignation was accepted, and he
was continued as a member of the COM
mittee William Schaw was unani-
mousIy elected Chairman Of the COM
mittee and ex-officio director.
The following other committees were
announced:
Reception-C. H. Hubbard, William
Beckman, John Blair, J. o. Coleman,
Colonel E. r. Hamilton, Hiram w.
Johnson, E. j. Croley, ]. r. Foster, B..
F. Howard, Joseph w. Hughes, Ben.
Welch, James I. Felter, Rev. A. c. Her
rick, NJ. ]. Dillman, George B. Kat
zenstein, c. E. Adams, E. w. Hale, Al
bert EIkus, w. F. Knox, Samuel Law
e1lson, O. W. Erlewine, Rev. H. n.
Hoyt, e. w. Bruening, Tom Scott, R.
D. Stephens. f. r. Dray.
Statistics and Library-Winfield J..
Davis c. J. Ellis, Joseph A. Woodson,
V. S. McClatchy, John N. Larkin.
County and Municipal Affairs-Franl1
Miller, e. W. Hale, Ed. R. Hamilton,
John Blair, William Ingram.
Ways and Means-Thomas B. Hall,
w E. Gerber, Joseph E. Terry, George
NJ. Mott, William Geary.
Hotels, Parks and Public Improve
ments-J o. Coleman, Albert Elkus,
Harrison Bennett, c. A. Luhrs, W. A.
Curtis, H. Grau, Silas Carle.
Membership and Grievances-T. l..
Enright, G. B. Katzenstein, William
Mclaughlin, o. G. Sage.
Exhibits-R. l. Bentley, I. A. Robie,
J. C. Ing, w. M. Henderson, H. A. Fair
bank.
The Auditing Committee was an
pounced as T. B. Hall, T. L. Enright
and R. I. Bentley.
H. NJ. Swazey of Roseville made a re
port Of his trip to the East, stating that
the California literature taken with him
had been seized on with avidity by the
people with whom he came in contact,
and that he was assured by them that
the people of the East had very little
idea of the capacities Of California.
The report was referred to the Com
mittee on immigration and Lands
A communication was read from the
Chamber of Commerce of New York,
asking that all unite in securing the
election of delegates to the National
Conventions who would work for the
adoption of clear and distinct platform
utterances in favor of the maintenance
of the present gold standard of value.
A communication was also received
from the Port Townsend Board Of Trade
appealing to the people OF the coast to
unite in an effort for the passage of the
bill introduced by Senator Squire,
Chairman of the Coast Defense Com
mittee.
The Secretary was instructed to re-
quest the Congressional delegation from
this State to support any proper bill
providing for the defense of our coasts.
Frank Miller spoke on the question OF
licenses. He had found out that the
licensing of saloons is a police matter
and pertaining to the policing Of city.
The licensing of other businesses is an
other matter and seems to be a relic OF
early ages. It is a rather mixed matter
for there are SO many conflicting ideas
on the matter. All manufacturers are
exempt from license, except brewers
gas and electric companies. AS the
matter is so obscure he would like tC
the abolition of licenses.
President Steffens called attention to
a communication from Los Angeles re-
garding the abolition of licenses there
and suggested that valuable informa-
ton might be gained by writing to that
city.
The general consensus of opinion in
the meeting seemed to be that the busi-
ness licenses are a burden, and instead