The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-24
ALDRICH BILL WILD
Representative Hill Denounces it Before Business Mems
 Association.
ANNUAL SESSION HELD
Officers and Directors Elected at Dan- bury for the Ensuing
 Ycar.

Danbury, Jan. 2S. S.--The annual meet ing of the State Business Mems asso- oiation was held here to-day and at the morning session the principal business was the reception of reports of the var ious officers of the association. The meeting was largely attended and many matters of importance to the business men of the state were taken up for consideration. Delegates from practically every branch of the asso- citation attended.
 The reports of President Graves, Sec retary K. S Valentine, of Derby, and Treasurer F ". Mills of South Man chester, accepted. The treasurers re- port showed receipts of s99654 and ex- penditures of s70S.l4 during the year. It was voted to pay the secretary a salary of $500 year After a prolong- cd discussion 1t was voted to change the time of meeting from January to the third Thursday of October.
 | At half past one the convention pro- l ceeded to the election vr officers It was voted that the secretary cast a unanimous ballot for the following off, ! cers:
 ! President, A. E. Abbe, New Britain: ! first vice president Dexter L. Bishop, | Meriden; second president. A. R. Jones of Danabury; secretary, E. s. Valentine, Derby; treasurer, F. W. Mills. South Manchester
 Directors were elected as follows:
 Ansonia, Charles A. Clark; Branford ! Gustav A. B. Hamre; Bridgeport Mo
 ses ". Manwarring; Bristol, Lee Rob
 erts; Danbury, Eugene Wassells; En
 field. W F.. Frederick; Glastonbury Lewis W Ripley: Guilford, George W
 Seward: Hartford, Foster H Harvey
 Manchester. Oliver F. Took; Meriden
 F. D Smith; Milford, Theodore Thomp
 son; Naugatuck, H H. Schoheld; Nev
 Britain. Frank ]. Porter: New Haven
 Sidney P Butler New London, ]. A
 Allen; Ridgefeld. Samuel Keeler
 Rockville. Fred Goodhall; Southington
 W. s. Gould Torrington, E. F Knapp
 Waterbury, William S Jones' Weth
 ersfeld. F. Hart Tenn; Willimantic
 John E. Brick; Windsor Locks. Edwart P. Eagan; Winsted. F. B. Bronson.
 At the conclusion of the bushes.
 session the delegates adjourned to tn,
 Hotel Green, where the annual banoue was served, about 225 sitting down tt the feast. and following which Con f gressman F. J, Hlll spoke on the finan l cial panic. and various subsequent rem
 edies presented. Edward Von Gal wa
 toa astmaster. Mayor William c Gilbert
 made a short address of welcome an, l then followed brief speeches by E. [ : Graces of Bridgeport. the retiring vice 2 president H Abbe of New Britair . the incoming head of the organization $ A R. Jones of this city. the newl } elected vice president and Lieutenan f Governor F. s. Lake
 2 Of the A1drich bill which anon ,. others he referred to, MT Hill said tha s it was vicious principle. and a vii
 scheme of imitation The remedy h
 favored was the establishment of
 great central hank of issue and reserv - in which ali the national banks of tll : country were 10 be interested. and th @ directors of which would come froi l. the various states. The bank. he sai S should be located in Washington. R o plan would be to have non 1ancia1 les
 islation during this session of congress