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At the same time his matirre yeai's have taught 

 him tact and diplomacy, a combination of quai- 

 ities that are rarely found in one and the same 

 man. I also wish to present to you a common 

 sense business proposition. If. in your own 

 business, a vacancy occurs, and you have em- 

 ployees in your employ wlio have been witli 

 you a great many years and who. by diligence 

 and eii5ciency, have proved worthy, it is your 

 duty to promote those men as a reward for 

 efficiency and diligence. I appeal to you as 

 common sense men. and the Chicago Hardwood 

 Lumber Exchange, knowing you to be fair, 

 through me respectfully requests you to reward 

 an honest, efficient, diligent employee of the 

 National Hardwood Lumber Association by giv- 

 ing him the highest reward within your gift. 



D. F. Clark : I also wish to second the 

 nomination of Mr. Russe for president. I have 

 known Mr. Russe a good many years and have 

 never known him to be wrong. I represent 

 nine out of ten of the northwestern lumbermen. 

 and I am sure the sentiment of those here from 

 my section of the country favor Mr. Russe for 

 president. 



O. O. Agler : Gentlemen, since this matter 

 has come up I cannot refrain from saying a 

 word in favor of my friend Russe. I liave served 

 with him two years on the Executive Committee, 

 and there has not been a time when we did 

 not know where Mr. Russe stood. He ha.s been 

 always right, fair and square. It is the least 

 we can do to elect him president. The state 

 of Illinois seconds his nomination. 



F. H. Smith : I am well acquainted with the 

 early days of this association. I want to say 

 a few words in behalf of ilr. Russe not only 

 for m.v.sel£ but for the St. Louis delegation. 

 Every one of them wants Mr. Russe. We all 

 know how long and how hard he has worked. 

 This association is working along the lines and 

 precedence established by former officers and 

 committees, and a man like Jlr. Russe, who is 

 entirely familiar with the early history of the 

 association, should be honored by you with .this 

 office. 



W. W. Knight : Mr. President and gentlemen, 

 in behalf of some of the Indiana members, a 

 majority of them, I want to second the nomi- 

 nation of Mr. Russe. I have known him a 

 good many years and I have never known him 

 to falter in any action he has taken. You 

 cannot make any mistake in electing him presi- 

 dent. 



W. R. Barksdale : ,\s president of the local 

 association of hardwood lumbermen of Memphis 

 I desire to second the nomination of W. H. 

 R'usse. I have been associated with him closelv 

 for many years and I can appreciate his work 

 as thoroughly as any one. We feel a pride in 

 W. H. Russe and we feel the association will 

 do credit to itself and credit to Memphis if 

 you elect him as your president. 



G. J. Landeck : The Wisconsin members of 

 this association, with tne exception of a small 

 majority, endorse the candidacy of William H. 

 Russe. 



M. M. Wall : I do not desire to have this 

 business closed without having an opportunity 

 to say something at my own expense. My 

 good friend and fellow townsman. Mr. Scatcherd, 

 saw fit to make some remarks to you about 

 some alleged promise made at Buffalo, which 

 he seems to think ought to be carried out. I 

 guess all yuu gentlemen know that I am not 

 a candidate and have not been a candidate, 

 and 1 am not running tor the office of president 

 of the association. I do not desire to come 

 in here and be considered a candidate for this 

 office, but I want to thank the gentleman who 

 nominated me. [Applause.] 



G. Y. Xash : On the part of Arkansas I 

 move that the rules be suspended and that the 

 convention vote as a unit for W. H. Russe. 



W. A. Bennett : Mr. President, we did not 

 come down here for that purpose. If Cincinnati 

 had not put up a man and gotten up this in- 

 terest and if we had not carried this fight 



on, half of you would not be here. 



Jlr, Sondheimer : Joke ? 



Mr. Bennett : No. We ask for a ballot and 

 we insist on it. 



Mr. Sondheimer ■ ilr. Chairman. I am op- 

 posed to gag rule, and In spite, of the fact 

 we are absolutely sure our candidate will win, 

 I propose giving every man a square deal. Let 

 us go to a vote on this. 



It was moved and seconded that nomina- 

 tions for president be closed. 



I'resideut Palmer : The motion before tlie 

 house is that the nominations for president be 

 closed. 



Voted upon and carried. 



President ■ Palmer : According to the rule 

 brought in by the Credentials Committee, the 

 chair will appoint tellers for each candidate. For 

 Mr. Russe I will appoint A. L. Foster and John 

 W. McClure. For Mr. Moffett. W. A. Bennett 

 and J. Watt Graham. For Mr. Wall. Hugh Mc- 

 Lean and A. Miller. The vote will be by cards 

 to be passed around. These cards were gotten 

 up b.v a trade journal, the name of which I will 

 not mention, for the purpose of securing the 

 names of those in attendance. You will disre- 

 gard the t.vpewriting on the face of the card 

 and use the back of the card. The roll of 

 members will be called by the secretary, and as 

 your names or your firms are called you will 

 step forward and deposit your vote in the box 

 provided b.v the tellers in the presence of the 

 tellers. 



Voting was then proceeded with, the secre- 

 tary calling the name of every member of the 

 association. The voting consumed nearly one 

 hour's time, after which F. H. Smitli moved 

 that the ballots be closed and the vote counted. 

 The motion was seconded and carried, where- 

 upon a recess of ten minutes was taken to 

 enable the tellers to count the vote. 



The meeting re-convened in regular session 

 after the recess. 



The first order of business was the announce- 

 ment of votes as reported by the tellers. Presi- 

 dent Palmer announced the result as follows : 

 W. H. Russe, 114; T. J. Moffett, 54: M. M. 

 Wall, 0. [Great applause.] 



President Palmer : Gentlemen, I will appoint 

 W. A. Bennett and J. W. Thompson as a com- 

 mittee of two to escort Mr. Russe to the cliair. 



Mr. Bennett : Mr. I'resideut, on behalf of the 

 Cincinnati delegation we want to thank you for 

 the support you gave us. We brought about this 

 fight for the good of the association. We sent 

 out over 6,000 pieces of mail. You would not 

 have had anybody here compared with the num- 

 ber you have if we had not brought about the 

 fight and had created some sentiment and 

 stirred tilings up in this association. Jlemphis 

 would never have sent out more than two or 

 three letters. [Laughter.] Xow I move you, 

 gentlemen, that we make the election of Mr. 

 Russe unanimous. 



The motion was seconded and carried unani- 

 mously. 



President Palmer ; Gentlemen, it is my great 

 pleasure to introduce to you your new presi- 

 dent, Mr. W. H. Russe. 



President's Speech of Acceptance, 



-Mr. Russe ; Gentlemen, I wish to thank you 

 for your confidence and for the implicit trust 

 j'ou seem to have placed in me, and the only 

 thing I can say now is that I hope, at the 

 end of the next year, you will be able to say, 

 "He made good." We have a great deal of 

 business yet to transact. This is a very warm 

 hole we have been obliged to bring you to, and 

 you will hear from me probably later on in 

 the evening: but I believe the best policy now 

 will be to get through with our business and 

 get out of this place, and a little fresh air 

 and a clean collar on for tonight. I realize, 

 of course, that I have a very difficult road to 

 travel, because I am following a man that has, 

 more than any other one man, made this asso- 

 ciation what it is today. [Applause.] There 



was no carrying water on two shoulders. When 

 any question came up and he decided it was 

 right he traveled along that line, and the policy 

 of the association was followed, along that line. 

 That is the only thing that I fear of the com- 

 ing administration — that the past record has 

 been so good that it will take ever.v effort that 

 the new administration can bring about to make 

 any creditable showing whatever as compared 

 with the past year. But we cannot make this 

 a success unless we have the support of every 

 member of the association. This we must have. 

 Your committees, your Board of Managers, can- 

 not do much unless the members themselves 

 take interest in the work and help push it 

 along. 



Again thanking j-ou, I think we had better 

 proceed to business and get out of this place. 

 [Applause.] 



Nominations for Vice Presidents. 



D. F. Clark : I move you that the nominations 

 for first vice president be in order. 



Mr. Palmer: Mr. President, some of the old 

 members of this association will call to mind 

 that at one time I chanced to be president of 

 this association. [Laughter.] When I was 

 president a gentleman served with me upon the 

 Executive Committee, upon the Board of Man- 

 agers, a-nd upon his judgment I relied greatly 

 whenever anything was up before me for de- 

 cision, a gentleman that has never missed any 

 meeting of the Board of Managers, nor of the 

 Executive Committee, a gentleman who con- 

 tains presidential timber of first class quality, 

 and one who, in time, is to be recognized for 

 the highest office of this association. It is my 

 pleasure to nominate Mr. Agler for the office 

 of first vice president, [.\pplause.] I am also 

 going to move that this nomination be made 

 by acclamation and unanimously. 



Motion seconded. 



Mr. Sondheimer : I move that nominations 

 be closed. 



Motion seconded and carried. 



President Russe : Gentlemen, Mr. Agler has 

 been duly elected as first vice president of this 

 association. [Applause.] 



Mr. Bennett : Mr. President, we have some 

 pretty good timber down East for second vice 

 president and I would put in nomination C. E, 

 Lloyd of Philadelphia, a young man who has 

 been a good man in association work, and we 

 need strength in the East, and I think he will 

 give it to us. He comes from Philadelphia, 

 where we have had quite an addition to our 

 membership since Mr. Llo.vd became third vice 

 president, and I think we ought to move him 

 up one notch. I move that we close the nomi- 

 nations and make the election of Mr. Lloyd 

 unanimous. 



Motion seconded and carried. 



President Russe ; Gentlemen of the associa- 

 tion, C. E. Lloyd has been duly elected to the 

 office of second vice president. 



Gardner I. Jones : Gentlemen, it gives me 

 great pleasure to present the name of a man 

 from the northern part of this country for 

 third vice president. For many years I have 

 traveled from Boston to these meetings, and I 

 have gotten a great deal out of them. We want 

 the association to go East n*xt summer. I 

 nominate H. C. Humphrey of Appleton, Wis., 

 for the office of third vice president. 



Mr. McMillan : I think this association can 

 cover itself all over with glory by making 

 this election, and I second the nomination. 



Jlr. Pritchard ; I move that the nominations 

 be closed and that Mr. Humphrey be elected 

 b.v acclamation. 



Motion seconded and carried. 



I'resideut Russe : Mr. H. C. Humphrey is duly 

 elected to the office of third vice president. 



Jlr. Sondheimer ; I move you that they be 

 not asked to make any speeches. [Laughter.] 



Election of Treasurer, 



Mr. i'almer : If 1 may be permitted. I move 



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