The herald., 1898-01-06
THE TICKET NOMINATED
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OFF,
GERS AND DIRECTORS
Little Change From the One Now
MISREPRESENTATION Passed to
Invite the President West j,

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The board OF directors of the chamber
of commerce met yesterday afternoon at
3.15, with the following present: Messrs.
Duque, Francis. Forman, Croft, Hooker
Johnson, Klokke, Mathuss, Mckinley
Patterson, Slauson, Story, vetter. Wa
ters, Willard. President Forman occu-
pied the chair. The following report was
made by Director Duque, chairman OF
the committee on irrigation:
'Tn the matter of the request Of the
Transmississippi commercial congress-
that this chamber pass resolution ex-
tending to President Mckinley a cordial
and urgent invitation to attend the tenth
session Of the Transmississippi COM
mercial congress to be held in Wichita
Kansas, in the fall Of 1898, and to appoint
a committee to wait on the president and
extend to him the invitation, the com-
mittee on immigration begs to offer the
following resolution:
Whereas, It is the sense Of this cham
Der that a tour of our western states 10
Of inestimable valre to the chief magis-
trate of our nation, and to the people Of
tHS vast bCCblOho Nlids WALL ShAho W >AA~~
bled to come in contact with SO exalted
a guest; and,
whereas, 1t is the reasonable reques1
Of the Transmississippi congress that
this chamber join that OF other import
ant western cities in extending an invi-
tation to President Mckinley to attend
the Transmississippi commercial cone
gress to be held at Wichita, Kansas, in
the fall of 1885, and to appoint a commit
tee to wait upon the president and ex-
tend the said invitation; now. therefore,
be 1t
Resolved, That the chamber Of COM
merce of the city of Los Angeles, through
it's president and secretary, extends ths
said invitation to President Mckinley.
and that a request be sent through the
same source to our two state senators
in Washington to act as committee OF
the chamber to cooperate with the COM
mittee of the Transmississippi COM
mercial congress in extending the same
to our chief magistrate in person."
The report was on motion adopted.
Communications were read with refer
ence to establishing glass factory and
cigar factory in this city. The same
were ON motion referred respectively to
the committee on manufactures.
A vote of thanks was rendered to Dr.
rector Adams for the entertainment Civ
en- the board of directors at the tourna-
ment of roses.
President Forman announced that he
had appointed Andrew Mentally as the
committeeman from the chamber OF
commerce to act Jointly with the conf
mittee in Chicago to create department.
of commerce and industry in the nation
al government.
E. Arnold Praeger, M. D., was elected
to membership. w. II. Davenport pre-
scented his resignation rrom the chamber
which was on motion accepted.
The board then on motion adjourned.
The annual meeting of the chamber
of commerce for the nomination Of offic-
ers and directors to serve for the ensu-
ing year was then called to order. Pres
ident Forman occupied the chair and a
quorum being present the following
names were placed in nomination for
officers and directors:
For president, Charles Forman.
For first vice president, j. 8. Slauson.
For second vice president, John F.
Francis.
For chairman committee on commerce,
W. c. Patterson.
For chairman committee on manufao-
lures, John D. Hooker.
For chairman committee on Immigra-
ton, George H. Stewart.
For chairman committee on lands, A.
B. Cass.
For chairman committee on mines, II.
Hawgood.
For chairman committee on ways and
means, F. @. Story.
For chairman committee on statistics.
w. D. Woolwine.
For chairman committee on law, J. w.
Mckinley.
For chairman committee on member
ship, e. F. G. Klokke.
For chairman committee on hotels, H.
Siegel.
For chairman committee on parks, z.
D. Mathuss.
These constitute fifteen members Of
the board Of directors, the other five
members are elected by the stockhold-
ers. The election of the officers and di-
rectors will be held in the chamber OF
commerce rooms next Wednesday, jan
uary IL, 1898, from a. m. to 3 p. m