The Washington herald., 1909-01-07
Directors Make Set of Rules
to Govern Proceedings.
NOMINEES TO NAME TELLERS
Joint Committee Reports Resolution
Requesting Congress 10 Take No
sage of President-Board Discusses
the Admission of Lodges.

created 10 consider the recommendation
Of the President 10 Congress. in favor
OF radical change in the form Of the
government of the District OF Columbia,
That the welfare OF the District OF Co
Iumbia would not be served by action
on the parx of Congress upon that recon-
nendation in the course Of the current
session"
In the foregoing resolution the board
Of directors Of the Chamber OF Com
nerce disposed Of the question of one
. man rule for the District The com
mittee had been created BY vote Of the
chamber al its last meeting, the message
of the President having gone 10 Congress
about that ume. The committee met and
discussed the question for an hour and q
haif. framing the resolution presented
at the meeting Of the board OF directors
yesterday afternoon Other than 10 pass
the resolution unanimously the subject
was not discussed beyond a statement
Of Chapin Brown, chairman OF the com
mittee-
Board Discusses Membership.
The directors spent q sre5t deal Of time
yesterday discussing the question OF re-
ceivfng lodges or other bodies 10 mem
bership; TO be represented by a delegate
with the powers and privileges Of a mem
Der Also much time was consumed In
getting through a set OF resolutions pre-
paratory 10 the annual election TO be held
next Tuesday night.
The question relating 10 the admission
% membership OF lodges was brought up
IN the report oT the committee on mem
bership which presented the application
Of a lodge desiring admission 10 the
chamber through g representative which
the lodge would elect
The constitution Of the chamber makes
no specific provision about the admission
Of such bodies. though IL does say that
firm. corporation, or company may be
represented irf the chamber by one q the
firm. OF the head Of the corporation or
company After a pTOtracIed discussion
in which most Of the directors took part,
the application OF the lodge was referred
back 10 the committee fer further con-
sideration. with direction that il should
be made IN form TO agree with the re-
quirements Of the constitution. 10 Oh
lection was made IN any way 10 The ad-
mission Of the body. other than that ap-
pfcatiO1 should be changed in form so as
70 agree 70 the terms Of the governing
lax
Elect Fffty-uine Members.
Fifty-nine new members were elected
ny unanimous vote OF the directors. as
follows,
Walter C. Bzlis-Ston Z c. Be--lias, Lyman 2
BcHdine- Arrhrr carr, r z ClzGshton. Charles D.
Cls.e EsgDo1d Dl1aissa, Chz-les H Ha7t Louis
Hartig- = Wait Heron. George Il. Judd. Fra-k A.
Add. PM King II. J. Lzuzan Hary 3. Lsav
;. g.. LuttTeI. joseph NcReFu0ids Z : MsrloT.
Samuel " Mex. Ray Shddagsh. Harrington
Al-ls. william Nushlheisea- ]. AlE!n NuekIh Ihese1
Watson D NgHt0-- WIlIan : PhlIfns Thomas
VI PoEe- John Quinn Sidney Ee5zeusten. C.. Il.
Rcize-srein- William + Roberts. Charles =. Ss-
gs-. T B. Spence. 81. 9. Sullivan. GeC7zs g. Sci
hold 7 d TrueIo-Lny- Charles VI Waili-zf- I'd
" y Weston james &. Worn Geo-Se L Bee,s-.
q. G. Canposil- Charles " Da-r William A. En-
Eel c. 3. ?. Haller l. A HEu7ett- Leo P. Har-
low Albert HzrpT, Abraham 3fnyer. LlsHeIlyn
Powell. Charles Red Riley. Arthur Rsz1Ssy Charles
?. SWEET. Lewis II. ThzysT. Euge1s Z Thonpson-
Frank Van Sz1ts Henry Weber. a r Thompson.
e F. L Alsn- J A. Small, John 6. Chssley.
The directors realizing that the annual
election next Tuesday night would not
only be a busy night. but that con
fusion might eHsue otherwise. adopted a
series Of resolutions making special rules
for the conduct Of the election and cloth
ing the house committee with power 70
act by way Of preparing q place and the
necessary facilities for holding the cleo
ton
Prepare for Election.
The resolutions. which were debated At
some length and amended in several par
uculars, as amended. follow:
Resolved. That the secretary prepare and certify
70 the eligible Est Of all Members II good standing
CT Decembs- g. sos 4Pd aay members th2t mas
be duly elected thereafter, and that % al members
ballot and notice of the election b nailed
Resolved. That the secretary Be instructed % d
vide the eligible list q msubers into fFs divisions
beginning with the As and 50 on vatl such list
has heen completed IN OTdeT % prontsly and prop
erly check the members as they vote
Resolved That the secretary be instructed 70 pre-
rare two ballot bCues-ons 70 be used for the bal
lots for president ard vioe p-esidezs and the other
for the ballots for dirscsOrs
Resolved, That the secretary IN printing the bal
lots Re Instructed . have inserted az the top tbs
rsmes cf the candidates for president. With s7sce
below ard the names of the candidates for the vice
president with space below and that portion Of the
ballot be perforated. that Il can be detached
from TIE body o. the ticket.
Resolved. That the list Of directors Be arranged
slphabe-icaIly.
Resolved That tire president zDnofut yf1 rellsrs-
three % be named by Mr Guds and three By NJ.
Moses. and ;hese SIX 70 name a seyenth-to supsr-
rse al the details in oo1nection with the elecTioa
of president, vice presidents, and directors OF Jan
usrv T. 100
RESOLVED. That the piacs n holding the election
be left % the house committee.
Grant Request of Z. VI. C. A
The directors voted 70 grant a request
by the officers Of the Y. N. c. A. 10
present a stereopticon view Of certain
facts relating to the work OF the asso-
Ciation. the time 10 be not more than
fifteen minutes on the night OF the an
nual election Of the chamber The re-
quest was presented by John SIeman.
jr-. who stated that it was desired 10
make the presentation at a time when
the greatest number OF the members of
the chamber should be present
recommendation OF the eTecutfva
committee. making an appropriation of
$50 for the use Of the secretary in meet
ing emergency expenses, such as postage.
&c, was adopted
At the request OF the wholesale trade
committee. an appropriation OF 800 was
voted TO be used by the committee in
carrying on its work
The treasurer reported a balance of
SL922Sl in the treasury
The candidates 10 be voted for AZ fbA
election next Tuesday night follow:
Presideut-WIlan F. GUIDE and Arthur g
Moses
Vice p-eidsEts hrst and second-J.nes F. ovz-
and xrhsries 7 Bel
Directo-s-Georgs E WaIker. Lewis z Rven-
inEer. D. 5 Porter. Appleton ?. Clark.
Ieitvich Sinclair. joseph St7zsb1rEur Joaeub +
Weller Chsries J. Bel Ssuysel : Sha5s = n
Mackerzie. Hugh F. Harvey. William z Shauno,
Aitsrt Scaul-es. E-lest T. Daniel J C. Frzr,o5
H C. O. Stiles y. :. Corby Carr lanes =
r.-s..- alst-a-u =