Evening star., 1914-11-10

sufficient for the auditor, Mr.. Evans de-
clared.
There are from 500 to 1000 members
of the local bar who would take the
job at that figure" he said.
MI. O'Brien's Views.
AT the conclusion of Mr.. Evans re-
marks Mr.. O'Brien Immediately moved
that the substitute be tabled. Mr..
O'Brien denied the statement of Mr..
Evans that the auditor of the Supreme
Court of the District of Columbia is the
only office in either the legislative, ju-
dicial or executive branch of the
government where the fee system is i'll
vogue. He declared that all referees in
bankruptcy cases and all examiners i'll
chancery receive fees for their services.
Mr.. Evans says that the auditor
should be a bona fide resident of the
District of Columbia, and on this point
L heartily agree with him. said Mr..
O'Brien. He maintains that the audi
tor must be a lawyer. but l say that
the auditor must he both a lawyer and
an expert accountant. This is COM
bination that is hard to find
Mr.. OBrien concluded his remarks by
saying that the fees of the auditor are
not burdensome to litigants, and that
under no circumstances should the
Office be conducted in such 4 way as to
prOQuCe a revenue. w Qen the InOllOH
Of Mr.. O'Brien to table the substitute
was placed to q vote there was~not
single voice raised in opposition to this
action. When the vote on the original
motion to approve the report of the
law committee was taken there were
three or four nays and nearly 500 ayes.
Reading of Reports.
The remainder of the meeting was de-
voted to the reading of the reports of
the president, secretary and treasurer.
and to the election of ten directors to
serve a term of three years.
The report of Secretary Gockeler
showed that since the last annual
meeting 12s names had been added to
the roster of the board, no dropped for
non-payment Of dues and 81 resigna-
tions accepted. Twelve members have
been lost by death, leaving a total of
LISA.
Personal attention has been given to
all the important local items in congress
sional bills" said Mr.. Gockeler, land
suitable and authorized action has been
taken wherever the Board of Trade
might properly appear. A number of
hearings before proper congressional
committees and the District Commits
sioners were held.
I'm response to all requests for hear
ings we have received Invariably every
consideration and most courteous treat
ment Our national legislators are
deeply interested in the affairs of the
District, as is evidenced by their nu-
merouS requests for pamphlets, reportS
etc. published by the Board of Trade.
Let our principal work be that of
supplying to the proper congressional
committees information concerning the
National Capital. feeling certain that
as our legislators are fully and prop
erly informed the District will receive
at all times fair treatment at their
hands,
The report of Treasurer George W.
Harris showed a balance of s1,145.64 to
the credit of the board, and no bills
outstanding.
Election of Directors.
The election of directors concluded
the program of the evening. OF the
| eleven candidates named, ten We're
| elected, and the number of votes which
they received were as follows:
| Chris ]. Gockeler, 323.
William H. Singleton, 314.
William d. West, 81.
| Edwin C. Brandenburg, 301.
George Truesdell, 294.
| Walter A. Brown, 291.
William C. Woodward, 2S9
Daniel Fraser, 2s5.
Robert n. Harper, PSI.
Harry L. Rust, 270.
| Capt Louis C. Wilson, Sidney Roche
and H. c. c. Stiles were the tellers on
| the election and Walter H. Klopfer,
Alexander Mckenzie and James T. Pet
ty were the judges When the ballots
| were counted it was found that Mr
Rust and Arthur A Birney each had
received 270 votes. and therefore had
tied for election. Lots were drawn
and Mr. Rust came out victorious.
During the course Of the evening
| President Rudolph received telegram
from Edwin Warfield, former Governor
| of Maryland, stating that the steam,
ship Finland, an American built ana
owned vessel. had been chartered py a
Baltimore trust company to leave new
York January 81 for trip to Soutn
! America for the purpose OF endeaEor-
| ing to bring about greater trade pc,
| tween Latin America and the Onitea
states He urged that the Board o.
| Trade be represented on this trip.
representative of the Baltimore trust
| company probably will address the
| BOARD of Trade at it's next meeting
| Following the conclusion of the ousl, i,
! ness session the members of the boaro
| nartook of a buffet luncheon. at the
| Conclusion of which the result or the
| election of directors was announced.
The directors will meet at 4:l5 ociock
Thursday afternoon in the board rooms
| - a,ao+ oeicers for the ensuing year