Omaha daily bee., 1899-01-27

General Peck invited the association TO hold
its next annual convention at the Paris eN-
position and the proposition received much
cons Iteration, but 1t was feared that there
would be a limited attendance In Paris and
thereby a reaction In the annual attendance.
and Boston was selected as a more con-
venlent place Invitations were received
from Washington, Boston. New Orleans and
Paris. The members from Detroit, Indian
apolis and other western points stated that
they expected the convention to be held In
the east next year. but the Detroit members
put IN an invitation for the convention in
the year 1901, at the time OF the semi-cen-
tennial celebration In Detroit. The vote
stood ffty-three for Boston and forty-siX
for New Orleans, and had 1t not been FOR
the Paris exposition New Orleans would
have had walk over. rs that city now has
many influential members in the assocla-
tion.
Election of Officers.
The election OF officers resulted as fol
lows:
President. Theodore G. Search. Philadel-
phia: secretary. E. p. Wilson. Cincinnati;
treasurer, Charles A. 'schieren. New York.
Vice presidents: Alabama. A. T. Bend:
California, ]. q. Hamilton: Connecticut
Pliny Jewell; Delaware. Charles w. Pusey;
Georgia, J. f. Hanson: Illinois. C. F.
Quincy; Indiana. d. NJ. Parry; Kentucky.
r. @. Balkey; Louisiana. F. NJ. Young;
Maine, Charles r. Mulliken: Maryland.
David l.. Betlett: Massachusetts. George T.
Coppins; Michigan. o. H. L. Werneke Mis-
sissippi W. r. Adams: Missouri. L. d.
kingsland New Hampshire. f. b. Pike;
New Jersey, Benjamin Atha: New York.
Charles A. Moore: North Carolina. d. NJ.
Tompkins; Ohio. II. c. Yeiser. Oregon, L..
D. Coley: Pennsylvania. John II. Converse
Rhode Island, Samuel NJ. Nicholson South
Carolina, Ellison A. Smythe: Tennessee c.
D.. Mitchell; Vermont Henry Fairbanks; !;
Wisconsin, Frederick w. Sivicer.
The new executive committee 10 as fol-
lows: Theodore c. Search. Philadelphia; !;
Charles A. Schieren. New York; f. =. VIII
son, Cincinnati; Charles A. Goode. New
York; John II. Converse. Philadelphia; C.
+. Quincy, Chicago: II. G. Yeiser. Cincin-
natl; l.. d. Kingsland. St. Louis: Frederick
w. Sivicer, Milwaukee: D. NJ Parry, In
dianapols George T. Coppins, Boston; Ben
jamin Atha, Newark. N. j.: o. H. L. Wer-
neke, Detroit; Pliny jewell Hartford;
Richard Young, New York; c. D. Mitchell,
Chattanooga; Robert Ladlaw. Cincinnati:
b. Il. Jones, Pittsburg.
In accepting the presidency for the fifth
term Mr.. Search said that In reaching out
for foreign trade with warehouses and
agencies in other countries the expenses OF
the association were increasing faster than
tho revenue. whereupon Mr.. Cavanagh
brought up again the plan that had been
presented earlier in the day by Mr.. Jones.
and on motion OF Mr.. Barker a recess was
taken, during which fifty-three members
signed a pledge 10 get two new members
each during the coming year. AS the an
nual dues are $50 this would add $1,000 per
year to the treasury. 1t is thought that
there will be pledges enough to secure over
$4,000 additional per year. For the last
year s34 members paid the annual dues of
$50, making a total OF si1.7O0. If all Of the
1,040 members had paid their dues the
revenues from this source would have been
$52, 900.
After the final adjournment this evening
a reception was held at the Grand hotel, at
tended by Governor Bushnell, Mayor Taefel
and other officials, as well as the local COM
mittees. 1t was a very brilliant affair.
Some OF the members returned home to-
night, but most OF them will 20 with the ex-
cursion tomorrow to Dayton.