Evening journal., 1899-09-06
BROPHY FOR PRESIDENT
Boston Man Will Probably Be
Choice OF Convention.
NEXT MEETING AT P1TTsBURe
THE WORK OF THE ELECTRI-
CLANS CONVENTION THIS
MORNING-INTERESTING PA
PERs T1EAD BY PROMINENT
MEN-MR. MEADE's ADDRESS.

MEN-MR. MEADE'S ADDRESS.
From present indications Captain
William Brophy, the veteran chief of
electrical department at Boston, will be
chosen the next president Of the Inter-
national Association of Municipal
Electricians.
In past years it has been the custom
of the conventions to select place Of
meeting during a convention for the
succeeding year, and heretofore the
delegate from the city selected has
been namd as president Of the associa-
tion. This idea, however, now seems
to be opposed by a number of mem
bers of the association, owing to the
fact that It appears when delegate
urges the selection of his city as the
next meeting that he is urging his
candidacy for the chief office of the
association.
This year the rule win probably be
broken, and Captain Brophy will in
all probability be named as president,
while the convention will go to Pitts
burg. Norris w. Meade, Of Pittsburg,
Is the strongest candidate for the presi-
dency of the association, but at this
afternoons session of the convention
Mr.. Meade will present Captain Bro
phys name for the office, and at the
same time use his efforts to secure the
next place of gathering for his own
city.
Captain Brophy left Wilmington last
evening for his home in Boston. but
before goingwas approached on thesub-
ject by several delegates, and express
ed his willingness to accept the office.
The election will take place at this
afternoons session.
THIS MORNINGS WORK.
The convention met this morning in
IT, Opera House at $50 o'clock, and
a number of interesting papers we're
read. THE History of the Police Tele-
graph System" was discussed by John
weigil, director of the police signal
service. of Boston. Mass.
During his remarks Mr.. Weigil call
ed attention to the early days of the
police telegraph system, and the many
improvements that have been made on
the same.
Mr. Weigil was followed by Delegate
Thomas Flood, of Boston, who read a
paper on "The Laws and Government
of the Wire Department Of Boston.
Owing to the absence Of w. H. Thomp-
son. of Richmond Va, the paper
overhead Construction" was read by
the secretary Of the association.
Following Mr.. Thompson's address
came an interesting paper by Morris
w. Meade, Of Pittsburg, Pa, the title
and text of which was as follows
The advisability Of concentrating
the control of all municipal electrical
interests under one head, which Is the
subject of the paper / have been re-
uuested to present, by the Board OF ID.
rectors. should, it seems to me, neec
no argument beyond the mere state
ment If anyone OF the membership o.
% this association was asked to name the
most pronounced tendency Of oul
times that which is most strong
ly and plainly marked upoI
the horizon of business, po
litical, social or religious de
velopment, nine out of ten either upoI
the instant, OF after mature reflection
would say-the concentration Of au
thority and responsibility.
We live in a period when systematizeI
effort is the word and work of tn
dayFn a period when to make that sys
tenn effective and successful, we mus
either lead or acknowledge a leader.
There seems to be no more jumblini
together of heterogeneous ideas-n
more underlined or irregular running
hither and thither of people like ami
mails, without a perfectly develope
plan of action In politics it has give
us the boss" so-called, although NJ
boss holds his power unless he keep
carefully in touch with the party or
ganization which he represents.
In the industries, it has given us tn
trust" which is only another expires
sion for reaching the best and mos
economical methods Of production, b
wiping out the middle mans business
and incidentally his profits. l ven
ture to make conspicuous ILLUSTRATION
from, the city where l live; The Car
negie Company makes all forms G
steel, from the armor plates of battle
ships down to the couplings whic
join rails together. 1t was not so Ion
ago that one concern quarried the orr
another took the coal and converted
into coke, and the final process
which the combination of the two wa
made ready for the market was all ths
the Carnegie Company did
1t is different now, they own the
own coal fields. and make their ow
coke. They own their own iron mine
also the lake steamers which bring
to the railroad, OF which they ow
the majority of the stock Thus. frol
the depths of the earth to the sale
room of the finished steel, there is 4
skip from the direct control and +,
sponsibility Of the great compan
which gives its name and vouchers,