The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-06-01
BRING THE MEETING HERE
CREDIT MEN WILL SECURE THE
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

Will He Elected President of the
National Organization - Local
Body Elects e. A. Young as It's
President.
The annual meeting of the ST. Paul
Credit Mems association was held last
evening at the Minnesota club, the
meeting being preceded by a banquet.
The gentlemen who sat at the table
in the banqueting room were not
numerous, but they probably cut more
figure in the commercial life of the
Northwest than any body that could be
gotten together under other circum-
stances. They represented that ele-
ment in business which is the safety
valve Of commercial life. There were
only twenty-five of the sixty members
OF the association present, but the most
OF them had made up their minds that
very likely L. L. Schumacher would be
the president of the National Credit
Mems association next year, and what
they make up their minds to goes when
they are backed, as in this instance,
by the rest Of the members of the To-
cal association and not opposed to any
great extent by the New York people,
Last year the annual meeting Of the
national association was held at Kan
sis City, and there were 300 delegates
present. AT that meeting H. J. Cannon
a New York banker, was candidate for
the national presidency. The st. Paul
people, with big delegation, were
with Mr.. Cannon, and he was elected
This year New York will be with ST.
Paul, and, if Theodore L. Schumacher
who last night refused another term
as president of the local association.
a 1,n will lNo
tional president. Perhaps he won't
nave to raise that finger, for the dele
gates may name him without inuuirine
as to his wishes.
Under the rules of the national asso
c1ation the st. Paul branch is credited
with one delegate for every ten men,
GERS OF the local association. In ad-
dlt1on to these six there are thirty
TOUR members of the ST. Paul Credit
MEMS association who are likewise
members of the national association.
Ihat gives st. Paul a representation
of forty in the national convention
and there will be no vacancies in the
delegation this year. Nearly all of the
members and delegates will attend, and
Ior those not present there will be
proxies
Inc association stands for the men
who make the credits of the merchants
or the Northwest, and their importance
IN the commercial life of this section of
the country is felt by every man who
huys goods on time. Around the ban
quet table last night there was gath
ered an assemblage of men who are
better known, perhaps, than any other
CLASS IN the city. and their daily work
mas 70 do With the conservation of the
lie blood of the largest commercial
concerns in st. Paul. They were most
~ men of early middle life, and the
fact that they deal with figures does
not seem to have detracted from their
social qualities. for the social session
Oh the meeting was thoroughly enioy-
able.
The names of those present and the
houses they represent were:
+. L. Schurmeier. Lindeke, Warner g.
4. 3. DI2riscoll McKibbin & Co.
~ ". u. Maclaren. Farwell, Ozmun. Kirk G.
!; H. Skinner. Lanpher, Finch & Skinner.
Geo S9mmers Jr., Geo. Sommers & Co.
Ali. Scheffer Scheffer G. Rossum.
S. s. Crooks Sharcod & Crooks. w.
Il: B. Gates. G. W. Hackett Hardware ccm-
Henry Schumacher Lindeke, Warner G.
G g. A; Fuller y The Crane G ,ordway Co.
J; n. Cornish. Cornish. Curtis & Greene.
H. D. Brown, Brown, 'freacy & Co.
G. NJ Beardlee, Tarbox. scnl!ek & Co.
D. Moreland, Bradstreets.
j.. N. Snowden, Finch, Van Slyck, Young
J, =: Greenmann. R. T. Dun * c..
I. W. Brown, st. Paul White Lead and Gil
company.
L. W. French, Kellogg, johnson & Co.
l. L. Sewell. Ncols & Dean
Il. a. Boardman. Wenott, Howard & Co.
A. Guitermann, Guitermann Bros
w. H. Mingaye. 7. L. Blood & Co.
E. A. Young, Finch, Van S.yck, Young &
T. D. Lowering, j. H. Allen C Co.
A. Wilkinson, Griggs, Cooper & Co.
P. D. Ferguson Gordon & Ferguson
A. w. Ritzinger. Robinson, Straus G. Co,
President T. L. Schumacher presided
and after the banquet the business ses-
sion was moved at once. AS was fitting
il body of bushes men, it took the
place of the toasting and speechmak-
ing. There was just enough formality
to it for the conduct Of business, and
the first thing done was the electing of
officers for the ensuing year.
The denomination of President Schuf-
meier went without saying, but Mr..
Schrmeier positively declined re-
nomination. Then J. H. Skinner moved
a vote Of thanks to Mr.. Schumacher for
the very efficient work he had done
during the two years of his presidency
of the association in it's building up.
The motion Of Mr.. Skinner was carried
by a rising vote.
Mr.. Skinner expressed his apprecia-
ton of the honor that had been con-
veyed in the vote of the association in
a brief speech, in which he pledged
himself to do all that was possible for
the association with0ut~regard to his
standing. He Thought that the inter
ests of the association would be best
suhserved by the election of new men,
and his views were urged SO effectually
that the officers elected were new men.
with the exception of Secretary Beck,
who was reelected.
The officers We're elected by ballot and
there were plenty of different name.
on the ballots. In each case the gentle
men who failed Of election moved that
the election be made unanimous and
the result of the balIoting follows:
E. A. Young, president; c. D. Maclaren, of
Farwell. Kirke G. Co.. vice president;
H. B. Gates. of the Hackett Hardware COM
pany. treasurer; ]. H. Beck, secretary.
The following gentlemen were elected men,
bers Of the executive committee to serve for
one year: Alfred Scheffer, George sommers
Members for two years: "A. B. Driscoll,
G. L. Beardslee, ]. H. Skinner, T. L. Schur-
meier, T. D. Lowering.
Provision was made for the selection
of the six delegates to the national
convention by a resolution instructing
Secretary Beck to address a circular
letter to the members of the local asso-
citation and find the names of those who
desire to be present at the meeting of
the national body in Detroit, June
1884, and the executive committee will
Indicate the six delegates. 1t was pro-
vided that full representation would be
arranged for.
A communication from the Minneapo-
lis association asking the cooperation
of the ST Paul body to SECURE the ma