The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1901-01-18
BUSINESS MEMS ASSOCIATION
THEIR ANNUAL MEETING HELD
LAST NIGHT.

and Considerable Business Transacte'
Important Bill Offered by IL. III
Guernsey.
The annual meeting of the New Ha
ven Business Mems association wa'
held in the chamber of commerce hal
last evening and considerable business
of Importance was transacted. The
meeting was SHINY attended, there be-
ing only eighteen members present, bu
Notwithstanding this fact the meeting
was a lively one, especially on the
question of the election of officers.
There was considerable lobbying by
few members, but it was done moi
with great animosity toward particular
members but just in a fun-makine
spirit 1t took one-half an hour to
choose a president, as those who were
nominated for the place were generally
obliged to withdraw.
The president up to last night was
George B. Johnson and there was
move on foot to re-elect him. After a
ballot had been case in favor of Mr.,
johnson, he stated that 1T was impossi-
| BILE for him to serve as president for
another year. Then it was that the
lobbying came into prominence and
for several moments there was nothing
doing.
E. I. Atwater moved that ballots be
passed around and that the election OF
the president be by that method.
Messrs. Hughes and Nettleton were ap-
pointed tellers and the result OF the
vote was Fl. II. Guernsey 8, 5. >.
Adams s, q. B. Johnson 2 and r. u.
! Cosgrove /. Here Mr.. Guernsey NOV
ed that all the votes be turned over to
Mr.. Adams and that the choice of him
for the president be made unanimous.
Mr. Adams declined to serve and
+ thanked the members for the great
honor that they had bestowed upon
him for mentioning his name. After
Mr.. Adams declined the members were
at sea as to what to do.
Finally it was moved to appoint
committee of three to hand the name
for the presidency. The chair appoint
ed Messrs. Guernsey Linsley and Cos
grove. This committee was later given
power to hand in the names of fifteen
directors to act for the coming year.
The committees choice for the presi-
dent was George J. Bassett, of the firm
of J. e. Bassett & Co., and he was
unanimously elected. Mr.. Bassett was
not present last evening.
Other officers We're elected as follows:
First vice president, S. S. Adams; sec
ond vice president, Henry Hillman;
secretary, M. E. Cosgrove; treasurer,
Z. E. Fields; assistant secretary,
George M. Adkins.
All of the old officers were renomi-
mated but declined to serve another
year.
Carl T.. Mears was chosen attorney
for the year to succeed Edwin S.
Thomas, of West Haven.
The following are the directors: f.
]. Linsley George B. Johnson, Edward
I. Atwater j. A. Fogarty, John Y.
Mason, George d. Post, F. B. Street,
H. H. Guernsey, C. E. Hart, S. E. Dbl
BILE, E. L. Nettleton, Walter B. Law,
l.. A. Mansfield, l.. L. Rosenberg and
C. f. Lavigne.
Delegates to the state meeting to be
held in Waterbury, January "a, were
appointed as follows: Fl. III. Guernsey,
the president of the State Business
Mems association; George M. Adkins,
secretary Of the association; George b.
Johnson, George J. Bassett, C. E. Hart
S. S. Adams, S. E. Dibble, E. l. At
water, C. B. Wilson, M. e. Cosgrove and
F. j. Linsley.
1t was announced last night, much
to the regret of the members present,
hot II, hayy uvit
drawn from the association. The let
tiers of resignation as read by Secretary
Adkins were from James P. Earle, the
well known Chapel street furnlsher; j.
N. Merwin, E.. L. Washburn & Co., J.
d. Judson and Charles H. LOOMS. The
designations were accepted.
The report of the treasurer, Clarence
B. Wilson, was read and it showed that |
81, 043.32 had been received during the
year and that the total expenditures
were s1,o17.95, leaving balance of |
$25.S7 in the treasury. Last night $40 |
were added to this sum, making the |
total amount in the treasury $36.S7.
The report Of Mr. Adkins was an in !
teresting one and it gave an account of |
the many meeting held during the year.
Mr.. Linsley as chairman of the ban
quet committee said that so far ar
had not been completed but
that the annual banquet would be held |
some time during the first part of
February.
Mr.. Guernsey presented a sort of a
bill before the members, and 1t was
met with hearty approval. The bill
was on an important question, that
IF strikes, and it will no doubt have
weight with the other organizations
that are mentioned in it, namely the
chamber of commerce and the Trades
Council In the bill Mr. Guernsey sug-
gests that committee to be composed
If two from the chamber of commerce,
.wo from the Business Mems associa-
ion and four from the Trades Council,
De appointed, this committee to be an
arbitration committee to eliminate all
rouble that might start between boss
port in full is as follows:
In view of the fact that there have
,een several strikes in New Haven and
nat unsettled conditions between en-
>loyes and employers exist, it seems
o me that something should be done. if
possible, to prevnT. such occurrences |
" harmonious agreement between the
,arties at issue. No strike occurs but is |
detrimental alike to the business ele-
nent, the working element an dthe
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