The Hawaiian gazette., 1912-01-30
NEW PRESIDENT
OF MERCHANTS
A. ]. Gignoux Elected to Head Of
Association by a Unan-
imous Vote.
fFrom saturday,s Advertlser.l

With but a little criticism of the
slate prepared by the nominating COM
mittee of the merchants ASSOCIATION,
it full proposed list of directors for
the year of 1912 was passed yesterday
afternoon at the annual meeting, the
ten named meeting Immediately after
wards and electing the following: A.
j. Gignoux, president; Charles Bon,
vice.president; M. M. johnson, treas
urer, and John Lennox, secretary. N.
B. Young was again appointed assist
ant secretary.
Together with these men, with the
exception of Young, the board of di-
rectors is composed of z. A. Swift,
Julius Unger, T. M. Church, c. M. VI.
Forster, and II. NJ. Hepburn.
Any disagreement that might have
been expected over the list submitted
by the nominating committee did not
materialize, George G.. Guild, at the
annual meeting, voiced the sentiments
which have been taken as forming op'
position to the nominating committee
list, in saying that while there was not
the slightest criticism of any of the
names on it, it was widely felt that the
nominating committee should have kept
on the board three or four of the men
who have served during the past year.
This custom, he said, had precedent and
its omission this year seemed to be an
intimation that the work of the retir-
ing board had not been fully accom-
plished, an intimation entirely wrong.
j. u. McInerny, chairman of the nom.
mating committee, replied only by
reading the bylaws, showing that they
had been fully complied with and that
if the membership had desired any other
names than those they presented, those
names could have been given to the sec
retary and placed on the ballot. As
there were no other nominations, the
ticket was balloted and the ten direc
tors were elected unanimously.
New Blood.
When Mr.. Gignoux was afterward
nominated for the presidency he de-
clined it at once, stating that he was
on the nominating committee himself
and could not accept the position.
Mr.. MeInerny, who under the rules,
presided until the president was elect
ed, then explained the attitude of the
committee in making up the slate.
He stated that he thought that
Mr.. Gignoux probably felt as sorry
as he did over any unpleasantness
that the election might have been
preceded by and explained that he had
insisted upon Mr.. Gignoux being placed
on the list.
"For the past years." he said,
''there has been habit of always ask.
ing corporal IS guard to hold the reins;
to sit on the drivers seat while the
rest lay back in the carriage. These
have always been forced to the front
to do the things that have had to be
DONE.
Continuing, he said he felt that while
the committee had arranged for new
blood on the board of directors, it
had not selected those unacquainted
with conditions as most of those present
had intimate business relations with the
men who have been connected with the |
of the association.
The Others refused to permit Mr. |
Gignoux to decline the nomination and |
he was unanimously elected The of |
ficers were rapidly nominated and elect
ed and the meeting then adjourned
Organization will be completed at a |
meeting in the near future when Presi-
dent Gignoux will name his committees. |