The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-08-21

during the convention.
 The following committee on nomina-
 tons was appointed and withdrew to
 make up list of candidates for officials or the association. After the committee
 mad retired a recess was taken for To
 minutes. At the end of that time, the
 committee not being ready to report,
 the session adjourned until o'clock in
 the evening.
 The chiefs did not get together in the evening until 3:SO and immediately af-
 ter being called to order, at that hour
 the nominating committee reported the following nominations For president A.
 J. Kennedy, of New Haven; for vice
 presidents, R. D. Walker of Alabama;
 C.. J. Kremer of Ark. Henry A. Guthrie of Cal. J. B. Hyatt of Conn.,, F.. E. Beat
 ty of Col, G. w. Sarse Of Del, A. J.
 Harris of Fla, I. M. Jones of Ga, F. F.
 Sheppard of H., C. W. Greene of N H.,
 l, r. Senger ot N. C., J. w. Dickinson of O., P. Provost of Ontario, J. J. Mc- Mahon of Pa., P Dual of Quebec, Chas.
 H. Swany, F. l., o. G. Margenhoff of $. C., A. J. Grant of 5. D., T. A. Mulli- gan of Tenn, J. w. Ryan of Texas,
 Jas. A. Denfort of Utah, M. R. Murray
 of Vt., G: w, Taylor of Va, J. c. Spen- cer of Wis, P. A. Rodell oe Wyoming,
 c. s. Woods of Indiana, J. w. Bates of
 Iowa, A. c, Waldring of Kansas, W. N. Attensou, of Ky. J. R. Bulger of Ga, Frank B. Moody of Me, Thos J.
 Casey of Mass, l.. J. Sawyer of Md,
 Thos. K. Harding of Mich, P l.. Stet-
 son, of Minn.. Geo. c. Hale of Mo, F. H. Rodgers of Manitoba, c. S. Lapp of
 Mont. ). w. Edwards of Neb, J. A
 Campbell of N. Y, F, V. Doane of N J.,
 For secretary, H. A. Hills and James McWall of Roanoke, Va. For treasurer, D, c. Larkin of Day. ton, o. For board of directors,
 F. w. Haney of Fla, one year; F. J. Jenhurst of N. r., two years; John r. Black of Minn., three years; James
 Devine, of Utah, three years; M. s. Humphrey of Pa, three years
 The report of the committee of nom- nations for president, vice presidents, and directors, was unanimously adopt ed A ballot for secretary was taken, and resulted in Henry A. Hills of Wy
 oming, O., receiving AS votes and Chief
 McFall of Roanoke, Va, receiving P,
 Mir Hills who has served the associa- tion for several years, being thereby 
 elected.
 | Capt. Brophy, Boston and Chief Swe- nie, Chicago, were appointed by Presi- l dent Devine to escort Chief Andrew J. Kennedy of this city, the newly made president, to the chair. The gentlemen | found Chief Kennedy in the central fire | office and escorted him to the conven- | tion chamber As Chief Kennedy en- | tered the hall he was greeted with l rounds of applause. He stepped to the l platform and was met by the retiring
 president, Chief Devine, of Salt Lake City with outstretched hand. As he
 rose from the chair Chief Devine spoke
 briefly saying that he was pleased to
 retire in favor of gentleman who had
 become gray in his years of fire service. He thanked the members of the associ- ation for the courteses they had shown l him. ..#
 l On taking the chair, Chief Kennedy 1 thanked the convention for the honor 1 rendered to him and said twice in his l life he had been perfectly happy. The 1 first time was in the year 1846 when he | donned for the first time the fire hat
 and the red shirt The second time was | during the past week and last evening. | IlS Sdlu lIldL IiS was ldu lO Sb6 LIlG NlS- iting chiefs in New Haven and hoped ! they had had a good time.
 ! A vote of thanks was then passed to | Chief Devine for his efficient services
 as president of the association Secre- tary Hills made a short speech thank | ing the convention for selecting him I secretary of the association. | On motion of ex-President Devine,
 the convention then adjourned sine die
 Just before adjournment Chief Paige of Joliet, H., made humorous speech,
 cracking jokes on the names of several l of the chiefs present, including Chief | Devine, Taylor, Roulette, McAfee Sec
 retary Hills, Capt. Damrell, and wind- I ing up by saying that he would then turn the Paige.
 At the close of the band concert on l the green the Old Guard band assem- I bled in front of Chief Kennedy's office | and serenaded him, playing Hail to | the Chief"
 l A telegram was read, just before the
 convention adjourned, from Mayor Se- | gelheiEaer of St. Louis The telegram ] read as follows: "St. Louis, the best convention city in the country. wants 1 the convention next year. Don't come | home without it." Chief Swingley of | St. Louis will 80 home.