The Washington times., 1911-01-05
Lively Debate on Question
of Extending Time
for Voting.

board members, participating in yester-
days meeting, were friendly to the
candidacy of Mr.. Willige.. while the
majority was composed chiefly of the
supporters of Mr.. Callahan's candidacy.
After the final vote Mr. Daniel rose
TO a question of personal privilege and
asked that he be put on record as pro-
testing against the action of the d.
rectors In usurptng the rights of the
whole Chamber in fixing the hours of
election of officers. Mr. Darr also de-
clared he had heard complaints that
the directors were going too far in doing
things which should be left to the en-
tire membership to decide.
Mr.. Sinclair succeeded In having an
amendment passed providing that no
electioneertng should be permitted at the
rooms OF the Chamber of Commerce
during the polling hours.
The board approved without objection
the following nominees for tellers Of the
election, named by President GUIDE:
w: s: Hoge, chairman; John Poole.
w. J. Bacon. Carl Mueller, George Pitt,
Walter Brown. E. G. Graham. E: Fl.
Daniel, Walter f. Hilton. William John
Eynon, George Markward, A. Leftwich
Sinclair, Joseph Jacob, Joseph d. Sui
livan, J. Castle Ridgeway, c. W. Clag-
gett. A. o. Hutterly, Herbert Shannon.
Phil King, E. 8. Wolfe, Frank Rog-
ers, John L. Weaver, Albert Schulteis.
John Childress, Louis NJ. Thayer,
Eugene Thompson, julius PeySer,
George Henderson. and William c. Hen
derson.
Pleads for Fairfax Road.
Although arrangements for the COM
ming election occupied most of the time
of the board of directors at their meet
ing yesterday afternoon, number of
other matters were considered.
A large delegation of citizens of Fair
fax county, Va, appeared before the
directors and explained plans for
standard macadamized road from Fair
fax Court House to the bridges leading
into washington at Georgetown. w.
w. Long, president of the Fairfax
County Good Roads Association, intro
duced r. Walton Moore. chairman of
the delegation, to explain the project
to the directors. Mr.. Moore said the
road would cost $4,000. of which the
Fairfax people already had raised
$685. 600: that two and a hall miles Is
completed and another five miles nearly
finished, and pointed out the desirable
ity for the completion of the road to
Washington.
At Mr. Moore's suggestion the board
authorized President GUIDE to appoint a
committee of three or five to look into
the project. Mr.. Moore was invited to
address the whole membership OF the
Chamber at the regular meeting in
FEBRUARY.
Conventions Discussed.
Henry T. Wills, secretary of the Tar
if Commission Association thanked the
directors for the reception which had
been arranged for the delegates to the
January II and 12 and ex-
planned the purposes of the organization.
He extended an invitation to the cham
ber to join the organization.
An appropriation of 500 was made for
the use of the conventions committee,
500 of which is to be used for printing
a pamphlet describing the proposed
George Washington Memorial Conven-
ton Hall. The pamphlet is to be used
in the campaign for funds for the
= Harry, King presented the report of
Phil King, Of the chamber baseball
team, which showed its work during
the past season. The report was en-
received.
The committee on law and '"'-i~ -
was empowered to urge Congress o pas
a Joint resolution, whicn nau
appropriating 1900 for the
expenses of a commission to investigate
the necessary steps to be taken to
bring into the District of Columbia the
section of Alexandria county which was
retroceded to Virginia.