The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-01-15

directorate. there was no contest in the
| elections, and the whole meeting, which
was pleasurably interrupted by fine
buffet lunch, was without incident eN-
cept the hearty kindness that the men,
bers showed toward their old and new
officers and toward each other.
Mr.. Callahan. chosen to succeed Capt,
Oyster as president, was nominated by
Chaplin Brown, who said:
Prior to placing my candidates hat
in the ring, want to say that in my
opinion an election to the office OF Presi-
dent of the Chamber OF Commerce is
one of the highest honors that can be
paid to any citizen of the District There
are other offices Of greater power. pat
ronage, and influence, but none higher
IN the scale Of honor.
THE office has been held by three of
our most worthy citizens, who discharged
its duties with credit to themselves and
glory to the Chamber.
But the glories of the administrations
OF this illustrious trio cannot be referred
to without also mentioning the name of
another distinguished citizen and hon
ored member of this chamber. This man.
possessing these various and varied
qualifications and attributes. our own fell
low-citiZen and fellow-member Daniel ].
Callahan. I have the pleasure and honor
10 nominate lot the ONCE Oh president
OF the Washington Chamber of Com
merce."
Mr.. Callahan's nominat ion was second
ed by John Dolph.
The election was made unanimous, as
were the elections OF Mr.. Kaufman, who
was nominated by Ralph W. Lee, and
seconded by b. W. Guy. and Mr.. Bell.
who was nominated by Isaac Cans and
seconded by several members at once
Brief Speeches Made.
All the newly elected officers made
brief speeches of thanks.
The offices of secretary and treasurer
are filled by the directors at a meeting
to be called by the new president.
The names of Robert n. Harper, Frank
MetZerott, John Mitchell, jr., b. F. Saul
and George +. Walker, who had been
nominated for the directorate, were
withdrawn. The other candidates, be-
sides those elected, were Edwin II. Ety.
\. o. Hutterly, Walter Mcdonnell.
Thomas H. Melton, Edwin c. Reed, II.
Z. Sands, and Harry Wardman.
The results of the election were an
nounced by Granville NJ. Hunt. vice
chairman of the teIlers.
President Oyster. in his annual report,
recounte6 a history of the development
Of the Capital and its government, and
discussed the achievements and duties
g the Chamber of Commerce.
Secretary Thomas Grant reported that
the Chamber held ten meetings, the d.
rectors fifteen, the executive committee
ten, and other committees 245 meetings.
Also more than twenty other organlza-
tons. including the Retail Merchants,
Credit Men, Federation of Citizens AS
sociations, and other civic and trade
bodies. had met at the Chamber rooms
in Twelfth and F Streets Northwest.
Treasurer A. Lisner reported that the
receipts for the year 1912 were: Balance
on hand January i, 1912, s225s5; member
ship dues and other revenues, S15.1727S.
The balance on hand January /, 1918, was
s5Oi.7s. and since that date has been in
creased to several thousand dollars. The
total assets Of the Chamber were re-
ported to be s.101.56. The conventions
fund was reported to be S,64s9s.