The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-01-08
BUILDERS
NOMINATIONS
Annual Meeting For
That Purpose
Held.

The Builders and Traders Exchange
have unique method of making nom
nations. Instead of appointing a
nominating committee or calling a
meeting for nominations which often
results in good men being crowded out
because some one else is nominated
first, they allow their members to
come in any time between twelve and
two o'clock two weeks before the an
nual election and nominate at. pleas
ure.
Yesterday was nomination day With
the Exchange and although there were
hardly more than five members there
at any one time and hardly any one re-
manned more than fifteen or twenty
minutes, there were between fifteen
and twenty Of the Exchange member
ship visiting the rooms of the organi-
cation between the above hours yes
terday.
There are upwards of sixty mem
bers in the Exchange There were
twelve offices to be filled Thirty NOM
nations were made, embracing twen-
ty-three different members. One man
was nominated for president, both first
and second president and iirec-
tor.
Last night the secretary, J. D. Avery
who is appointed by the Board in
May, notified each of the thirty nomi-
nees that he must file with the sec
rotary an acceptance of the nonlina-
ton mot later than two p. m. of the
Monday next after his nomination,
otherwise the name of the candidate
will not appear on the printed ballot"
except in case of a withdrawal when
a substitute may be named, who must
accept not later than Tuesday at 2 D.
m.
Thus the number of names on the
official ballots will not be as large as
might at first be thought. A week be-
fore the election, which will come off
Thursday, Jan. q, sample ballots are
mailed to each member of the Ex-
change. These are exact copies of the
official ballot, the idea being to get out
the largest possible vote at the an
nual election.
The regular election will take place
from II to two weeks from yester-
day, three inspectors being in charge
has increased materially the past year
and last years vote of forty-nine is ex-
pected to be exceeded.
The plan is not original entirely. The
principal features of it have been IN
vogue in one of the largest of the
Builders & Traders Exchanges of
America for many years. 1t seemed to
work well last year and equally good
results are expected this time.
The nominations made yesterday
noon are as follows:
For Directors Ito serve for two years.
dent, A. Gartley (the present incum-
bent), j. H. Craig and L. E. Pinkham;
first Vice-President, L. e. Pinkham, j.
Fl. Craig (the present incumbenO and
w. w. Harris; second Vice-President,
A. Harrison, L. E. Pinkham and w. c.
Weldon; Treasurer, Robert Cation (the
present incumbenD and Arthur Berg.
For irectors Ito serve for two years.
S. Stephenson, G.. f. Bush, A. Harri-
son, L. E. Pinkham and W. w. Harris
(the present members whose terms ex-
pire Jan. 2D and also Marston Camp
BELL John Ouderkirk, r. H. Trent, J.
H. Craig, w. w. Hall, A. P. Mcdonald.
E. T. Tannatt and o. Sorenson.
For Inspectors of the 1905 election E.
G. Keen, A. T. Clarke and Thomas
Sharp (the present inspectors) and j.
Jesse Woods and A. r.
Gurrey.
One of the popular features of the
Exchange is this clause in the bylaws: |
1T is the intention that each branch |
Of business represented in this Elk |
change shall, so far as practicable, |
nave representation upon the Board !
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dudes besides general and sub-contrac- |
.ors, material supply houses and in |
;urance and real estate men interested |
n building operations, it makes quite |
representative organization.