The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-11-16
BANKERS ENDORSE 1T.
Association Adjourns After Favoring
Kansas 1904 Exposition.

At the meeting of group one of the
State Bankers association c. L. Brolxaw
of Kansas City was elected chairman
and f. M. Wilson secretary for the en-
suing year.
Mr.. Brokaw was during the past year
the secretary and succeeds G. @. K.
Scoville of Seneca as chairman.
The committee on resolutions which
was appointed yesterday was COM
posed of John r Mu1vane of Topeka, w.
F. March Of Lawrence, Gordon Jones of
st. Joseph, c. H Moore of Kansas City,
and E. H. Brown of Kansas City.
The committee on nominations was
composed of F. P. Neal of Kansas City,
Scott Hopkins of Horton, w. c. Guild of
Bern, and G. H. Roberts of Abilene
Resolutions strongly favoring the
Kansas mi-Centennial Exposition
were passed. The bankers, as have ev-
cry other organization which has met in
this city, have pledged themselves to
do all in their power to make the Elk
position the success that it deserves.
Insurance was one of the important
subjects before the bankers. They feel
that rates are too high and to remedy
this 1t was suggested that II all the.
banks would unite in insuring with one
company that perhaps some satisfactory
rates would be the result. The matter
was referred to the state association and
the executive committee of that organic
ton will investigate and make recon-
mendations.
The bankers who constitute group one
represent banks located in the counties
OF ALCnlSOn, Brown, DOn1pAdn, DOuS-
las, Franklin, Geary, Jackson, Jefferson.
Johnson, Leavenworth, Marshall, Miami,
Morris, Nemaha, Usage, Pottawatomie,
Riley, Shawnee, Wabaunsee and Wyan-
dotte.
The state association is divided into
five groups and the meetings of each
group have heretofore been held semi
annually but in accordance with the
adoption of resolution at the meeting
in the parlors of the National hotel yes
terday this group will meet only once
each year. The next meeting will be
held in Kansas City, Kansas
Following their lunch at the hotel
Thursday noon the bankers were shown
through the state house and general
offices of the Santa F'e before the after
Immediately after the afternoon ses-
sion che delegates to the convention sat
down to a banquet in the banquet room
Of the National hotel.
At yesterday afternoons session ]. M.
Harper of Conway Springs read paper
on THE Progress of Cattle Paper Elk
change"
other addresses during the afternoon
and evening were 1.-THE Early History
of English Banking by Thornton Cooke
surance Mo. Plan by Gordon Jones of
st. Joseph; The New Currency Act
by F. P. Neal of Kansas City; Some Re
cent Decisions Affecting the Banking
Business" by Judge R. NJ Emery of
Seneca; THE Negotiable instrument of
the Law and Other Important Laws,
by W. &. Henr1c1 OF Kansas CITY; w nat
Should a Banker Be to His Commun1-
typ" by c. c. K. Scovil1e of Seneca; and
What Can We Bankers Accomplish by
Organizations" by G. @. Chandler, Medi-
cine Lodge, president of the State as
ISOLATION.
The following were registered on the
books of the secretary.
G. c. K. Scoville. Seneca
W. P. O'Brien, Luray.
P. I. Bonebrake, Topeka
J. A. Mulvane. Topeka.