Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-05-25
.CLAS CT W ADDRESSES
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
Urges Charter Changes to Secure
Business Efficiency ny Best
Available Men.
RECEIVED WITH APPLAUSE
Chamber Amends Bylaws as to
Dropping Members From Board,
Notwithstanding Protest Of Pol.
lard and Rountree

In his strong advocacy of a municipal
form Of government. which would con
sist OF a Mayor and n Council. leaving
to the Mayor the nomination of COM
missioners OF the various departments,
Arthur Glasgow, of London and Rich
mond. created great impression when
ne addressed the Chamber of Commerce
in the auditorium of the Jefferson Hotel
last night. Mr.. Glasgow iterated that
il was no new form of municipal gov
crnment which he was advocating, but
rather one which had been tried in most
OF the European countries and found
to be eminently successful. His refer
ences were not, he said. to the form
OF government adopted in the cities
OF Germany, though he believed them
to be suitable.
Mr.. Glasgow spoke more than an
hour and half. and his address was
received with intense interest Rounds
or applause greeted him both at an
pearance on and retirement from the
platform. and, as further witness that
ms argument had carried home, sew
efal questions were asked him at the
end of his talk. The speaker was in
introduced by w. T. Reed, president
OF the Chamber OF Commerce, who
occupied the rostrum with several
members of the board OF directors Of
the chamber.
POLLARD AND ROUSTREE
REFER TO "CLOSE CORPORATION,
Changes in the bylaws OF the cham.
ber, as suggested by the executive COM
mittee at it's last meeting, were adopt cd
unanimously, with the exception OF that
provision which would require the
president to drop every year ten mem
oers from the board of directors. as
has been the custom in the past. The
executive committee had suggested
that this rule be changed by dropping
only five. instead OF ten. members
President Reed stating that it was
OFTEN embarrassing for the president
OF the chamber to drop from the roll
ten men who had performed invalua-
BILE services
The motion for the adoption of the
change was made by T. NJ. Carrinston.
former president of the chamber, and
was opposed by Henry w Rountree
and II. r. Pollard, Jr.. who said that
there was abroad too much sentiment
mat the chamber was run by n close
corporation. They thought il prefera-
ble to continue the custom of dropping
ten men and infusing new blood into
the directorate. When the roll was
taken. however, the vote stood "a to
46. In favor of the amendment to the
bylaws.
Frank d. Dunlop. who has been acting
as secretary since the death of his
orother was unanimously elected to
that position on motion of l.. H. Morris
and now becomes -treasurer
Ihe other change in the bylaws was
that setting the date for the annual
meeting for the second Thursday in
February. instead of for the second
Thursday in January. To these lat
ter suggestions there was no objec-
ton
GLASGOW ADVOCATES
GOVERNMENT OF EFFICIENCY
In his opening remarks. Mr.. Glasgow
SAID that he had no AK to grind for
himself or for anybody else or for any
interest. Rather, he spoke because he
had had experience and had made
study of the question OF municipal gov
ernment, and, as man vitally inter
ested In the welfare of Richmond. was
giving advice. He corrected the state
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