El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-12-06
The nine
DIRECTORS
Of the New Chamber Of
Commerce Elected
Last Night
All AIlNlC Il AL
REPRESENTATIVE MEN
Will Meet Thursday Afternoon To
Elect a President And Other
Officers-The New Organization
Is Assuming Tangible Form

Is Assuming Tangible Form
The success of the Ell Paso chamber
of commerce as an organization o
actual be nefis to the business interest:
OF the city may be assured since the
election last night OF represen tetive
board of direc tors which includes some
the city. This board OF nine
was elected by she thirty-four signer'
of the charter and bylaws present a.
the meeting, and after mature consid
erat on will elect from their number {
PRESIDENT and vice PRECEDENT on Thurs.
day at O'Clock. While they are
elected to serve OF ly until the first ref
ular arnua! meeting on the seconf
Tuesday in January, the practical GER
tainty of their reelection makes
them the governing factors in the
city's commercial life through 1900
These directors are:
S. ]. Freudenthal, G. w. Brown, A.
Kraka uer, G. w. Walz, G.. W. Emer-
son, T. b. Tracy. b. B. Stevens, J. P.
Dieter, Felix Martinez.
THE MEETING IN DETAIL.
The meeting was called to order by
Mr.. G. W. Emerson, of Emerson & Der.
rien, at half past eight o'clock. He
e6pi6lac0 Gdoo A0 LOU oSeCo at
she preceding meeting as a substitute
for Mr.. S. }. Treude1thal, of ,he b.
Lesinsky Co., and that he now took the
chair merely to call the meeting to
order, and asked that Mr.. Freudentba al
preside. AT the suggestion, however,
of the latter, Mr.. Emerson, because of
his familiarity with the former proceed
ings WAS voted into the chair.
The object of the meeting was stated
Il
signers of the charter and by laws, and
the election of president, vice-pres-
ident and secretary. At the sugges-
ton of the chair thesnanes of the sign
ers, 142 in number, as published in
the HERALD, were read by the tempo
rary secretary, Carl Ennis.
w. G. Walz moved that the meet
Ing proceed in the first Inc lance to the
election of a directorate. The motion
was carried. Mr.. Freudenthal sug
gested the appoin tment of a commit
tee of three by the cb air, who, during
q ten-minute recess, should select some
Is or 20 suitable names to be voted On
as directors. MIR. A. P. Coles asked
that a president be first elected. BY
reference to the by laws. at the in
stance of Felix Martinez, it was shown
that provision was there made for the
election of the president by, and out
OF, she board OF directors.
Mr.. Martinez, however, moved that
the rules be suspended for the cleo
tion of president by the entire meet
ing. w. S. McCutcheon objected on
the ground that this could not be done
under parliamentary rulings, but
that, by an Informal ballot,
the meeting should choose a president
and the subsequently elected board of
directors should be governed by this
choice. Mr.. W. b. futile. of the Tut
tie Paint & Glass Co, thought the
had right to 90 as it chose
in the matter of suspension of the
Paso Commercial Co., contended again
that the rules could not be suspended,
since none had been adopted, but that
1t was imperative to proceed according
TO the provisions of the bylaws. Mr..
then withdrew his motion,
and suggested the adoption of Mr..
idea.
Mr.. Prudential again called atten
5ion to his idea that the matter of the
selection of board should be left to q
Here Mr.. J.. P. Deter
arose and suggested that directorate
be chosen by each mem Der banding
"a list of names, the ones receiving
The most votes to be elected. Mr.. J.
A. Smith called attention to the fact
hat the voting would have to be car
lied on until majority vote elect
I'd, whereupon Mr.. Wall moved that the
Meeting proceed to ballot for direct
,rs, each 10 ember present handing in
my nine names he might select from
he entire list of members, the voting
20 continue until nine memb ers had
Zach received majority of all ballots
;sst. This motion was carried, and |
be meeting proceeded to ballot. Mr.. |
Prudential and Mr.. T. 81. Tracy, |
president of the Pass City Foundry, |
we're appointed tellers, and, on motion,
Horace B. Stevens was appointed to |
.ssist the secretary.
The following gentlemen received |
otes as directors:
+. A. Smith, Albert Matthias, Horace |
3. Stevens, S. j. Prudential, E. Kohl |
,erg, U. s. Stewart, T. 81. Springer.
). w. Anderson, T. II. Tracy, A.
Chss. Schultz, Cecil Brown,
;. 9. Hoyt, W. 8. McCutcheon, Juan
!. Hart, G. r. Moorehead. Carl Ennis,
\. Goodman. John Happier, John D.
Watson, e. M. Bray, o. A. Baum, J.
1acklsnd, A. Krakauer, John A,
derrill, A. P. Coles. j.
,. Dieter, w. Il. futile, r. G.
w. N. Small, E. G. Pew,
lax Schultz, ID. M. Payne, J. CaIisher,
). F. Hammett, 81. D. Slater, 0. G. |
eeton, J. G. Ross, w. r. McIver, F.
}. Houghton, 81. G. Myles, Dan Kelleyi
'. Clifford.
Forty-four men were voted for in ell |