The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-04-16
'TrOcaderO Crowded With Members
Who Listened TO Some Good Speak
- ing and Elected Officers.

The sd annual reception and dinner OF
The Bank Clerks Mutual Benefit asso-
citation was held at the Trocadero last
evening. the room being filed to the limit.
fully 500 being present most Of them in
ter.sted In the banking business of the
city.
reception was rendered the invited
guests at o'clock and an hour later the
vast company sat down to the tables, a
number being accommodated I'm an ad-
1oining room. Clarke's Providence or
chestra played during the dinner and cor
net solos oy Mr.. Clarke were enthusiastic
cally received
Among the prominent members of the
association at the head table. including
guests and speakers, were Herbert j.
Wells. president OF the associat tion: Gov
ernor l.. r. G. Garvin, Mayor Augustus
q. Miller. James b. Forgan, president Of
the First National Bank OF Chicago Rev
Lester Bradner. Jr., rector OF ST. Johns
Episcopal church: John c, Pegram, Gill
bert A. Philips, Joshua VI. Alderman,
Edward Pearce, Benjamin NJ. Jackson.
ex-Chief Justice Charles Matteson, State
Treasurer Walter a. Read. Robert
Knight, William T. Paine, Walter l..
Clark. Ex-Governor ID. Russell Brown.
George c. Noyes, William Armour, Edwin
Barrows. Walter Calender, Walter Cal
-.
Harrington and Edwin A. Barrows, ma
tional bank examiner.
OFFICERS ELECTED.
The-annual meeting was held immedi-
ately after the dinner. the various re-
ports showing the association 10 be I'm "A
VERY prosperous condition, the Presidents
report mentioning the great loss sustain
ed by the organization i'm the death Hast
year Of the president, John Winthrop
Vernon. full list OF officers and COM
mittees was unanimously elected for the
|current year. consisting OF the following:
president, Herbert Wells; vice president,
William w. Paine. secretary, Henry II.
|Hagan: treasurer. Eben McGregor: direc-
TORS for three years. Oren westcott. Moses
IE. Torrey; social committee. George A.
Freeman, chairman Clinton Il. Stevens,
John I. Mauran. Eugene A. Tingley. Il.
IN. Manchester. II. Edward Thurston. Jo-
seph L. Guild; membership committee
wv. l. Angel. chairman; Henry L. Slader.
|T. r. Congdon. Francis Il. Bates. Dexter
Is. Luther; auditing committee-Cyrus r.
|Lapham. chairman; Franklin ID. Ford.
benjamin Peckham; nominating commit
|tee-Moses J. Barber. Horntio A. Hunt
Frank w. Gale.
l. Governor Garvin was the first speaker
|of the evening and said In part:
"If the state Of Rhode Island Ia not
large Il is hard to believe with this as
|eembly before me that ~ is Insignificant.
II have always supposed that n bank clerk
CONSTANTLY surrounded by piles or money.
had only TO take n roll OF bills or the
desk when he went out 20 nner or slim
In bulky package into his pocket wnen
of for vacation. Seriously.
however. the duty of = bank clerk Is tc
|his salary ana 10 honesty serve his on.
|plcyer. I feel SURF from the absence of
wine glasses on the table and from other
indications, that the clerks are we'll chos-
len. and n black sheep slips in. n II
purely by accident.
For the last twenty years have OBJ
served an advocstion. that OF legislation.
|Jn the state house and IN the city hall
there are men whom you have chosen to
serve you. And while there are some
exceptions who are all right the ma jority
10 not serve you faithfully. clerk IS
selected because OF his qualifications II
s not 80 with the members or the lerls-
ature. They are sent there because
they can pack q caucus or are obed .ent
20 boss. Our methods OF selection are
q sntiduated and worthless. wish 20
suggest a possible cure for the present
conditions
you now select an alderman and
-ouncilmen from each ward. few men
,ontrol the caucus. and you know before
you 20 20 the polls. or even 10 the eau \
sus. who the successful men will be. We |