Mr. Flanders: Mr. President, and gentlemen of the convention. While I am appreciative of the honor that has been conferred upon me by this election, out of the tumult with which it has been attended, I am still reminded that this result is not out of a distinction of feeling between the respective candidates. I rather feel that it is an expression of this body as to existing pending questions, and that being the case I bow humbly to the proposition.

I also feel that we are now in a position where it becomes our duty to bring about a condition of things that shall be a condition of conciliation, shall be a condition that shall be harmonious toward right results and harmonious between the states and the nation.

Thirteen years ago it happened to be my pleasure to be one of the men who helped form this organization. Gentlemen, if there is any bad luck in the number 13 I fail to see it, except that it came through a struggle. I shall, during the next year, represent this body probably in two capacities-one as a representative of the state from which I come, and as such I shall have personal opinions or opinions that represent my state; and in the other capacity, the dual capacity. I shall represent you, this body, and bow humbly to its orders, whatever they may be, and my personal will will be out of it. I shall do as you want me to do under the constitution and by-laws as nearly as I can interpret them.

Mr. President and gentlemen, I thank you for the compliment extended to me. (Applause.)

Mr. Jones (Illinois): Mr. Chairman, I desire to call up Mr. Bird, of Michigan, to say a word to the convention, if I can get unanimous consent. (Applause.)

(Mr. Bird called for.)

President Emery: Mr. Jones, of Illinois, asks that Mr. Bird be requested to come before the convention. Is there objection to this?

(Mr. Bird called for.)

President Emery: If there is no objection, it will be taken as the unanimous wish of the association, and the Chairman will appoint Mr. Jones, Mr. Dunlap and Mr. McCabe to invite Mr. Bird to come forward. (Applause.)

Mr. Bird: Mr. President, I wanted to address the president-elect, and I trust he is here

President Emery: He is here.

Mr. Bird: Mr. President-elect, members of the association, ladies and gentlemen: It is a great pleasure, and I suppose some of you will think it is not, but I assure it is truly a great pleasure for me to come before this convention at this time and congratulate you upon your choice for president for the coming year. I would like, above all things else, since I have

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learned what that vote was, to feel that those fifty-four men were my personal friends and voted for me on grounds of personal friendship. It would be one of the dearest thoughts I could take back with me to Michigan. And I know that the president-elect had rather, above all things else in this world, feel that those fifty-seven men were his personal friends and that they voted for him on grounds of personal friendship. I am afraid it would be egotistical for either of us to make such an assumption. There has been an element of personal friendship in it all, and a most relightful element of personal friendship, and I shall never forget those friendships so long as I live. But there crept into the deliberations, in spite of us, other considerations; there crept into our deliberations another influence, which we could not help. I would not have helped it if I could. That influence the predominating influence in this convention, and that influence was just this-who of all the membership of the convention could best restore harmony to the association of State and National Food Departments? You have considered that question for four long days, and I want to say to the president-elect that to my mind it is one of the highest compliments that was ever paid to any man that he has been chosen because this convention considered that he is the man, the more diplomatic, the stronger, the better able to bring about the thing which, gentlemen, must be brought about in this association before the next year passes, and I want to say to him that it will be the happiest thing I could do were I to be the first to extend to him my felicitations and my congratulations. I know, however, that cannot be. He has had them from every member of this association before this. But I want him to know that none comes from a truer heart than my own.

I thank you. (Applause.)

President Emery: Gentlemen of the convention, Article V on the election of officers is as follows: "All officers shall be elected by ballot, and shall hold office until the last session of the next annual meeting, or until their successors are duly elected." I understand that I do not think this language of "session" and "meeting" is strictly accurate, but as I understand this, we have come to the last meeting of this association, and that my successor is duly elected, and that my successor is now the presiding officer of this association. I shall hold that to be the case, and I yield this office to the president-elect of this association.

Mr. Wright: Mr. President, I feel that no one here agrees with you on that proposition, and if necessary I will appeal from the decision of the Chair. I take it that the object of the constitution is to fix the time when some new officers begin.

President Emery: I think some gentlemen should be in this Chair who can preside over this convention fairly.

(Cries of "No," "No.") Mr. Wright: I absolutely agree with you, Mr. President, but I still maintain my contention that we have had fair treatment here this afternoon and expect still to have it.

President Emery: I don't think this question should be discussed. It seems to me a plain proposition that my term of office ceases at this time.

Mr. Briggs: Mr. Chairman, I think this convention feels confidence in your integrity, in your desire to do

fairly, and that you have done what you thought was your duty

President Emery: I think these remarks are out of order, gentlemen,

Mr. Briggs: Let me state my proposition, then, Mr. Chairman. I construe the constitution to say that you shall be the officers until they are elected and installed, and the election of one does not, in my opinion, permit you or ask you to retire now. You are to continue as the officer until all of the officers are elected. That is my interpretation of it, and I believe that is correct. President Emery: I want the judgment of this association as to whether or not my office now terminates. I do not want to be accused of having held onto this office after my successor has been elected.

Mr. Jones: Mr. President, I have been happy in being chairman of this association twice. I did not have the pleasure, other matters in Illinois keeping me away-I desired to be at the last two conventions but could not attend. But as I recollect, and if there is any one here who recollects differently I would like to hear from him, the president held the chair until the officers were all elected. When the business of the convention was done then he yielded the gavel to the new president and the new president took charge for the next year.

Voices: That has been the custom.

President Emery: Understanding, then, that if I continue this office I am not usurping it, I will continue to act as president until the close of this session. (Applause.)

The next in order are the nominations for vicepresident.

Mr. McCoy: Mr. President, I move that in the nomination of candidates hereafter nominating speeches be dispensed with. (Seconded.)

President Emery: By unanimous consent-as I understand the suggestion, it is that in the election of these officers hereafter nominating speeches be dispensed with. Is that the suggestion?

Mr. McCoy: Correct.

President Emery: Well, now, is this by unanimous consent?

Voices: Yes.

President Emery: Very well. Then we will proceed to the election of first vice-president, and the states will be called, and as the states are called you will deposit-the ballots will be cast

Mr. Jones (Illinois): Mr. President, in order to expedite matters, if it is agreeable, I move that the roll-call of states be dispensed with, and let anyone put in nomination any person he may desire, and then call the roll of states on the election.

President Emery: But I understood the suggestion to be that we proceed without nominations.

Mr. McCoy: Oh, no, but without nominating speeches.

WHEREUPON THE OFFICERS FOR THE ENSUING YEAR WERE ELECTED AS FOLLOWS:

DR. LUCIUS P. BROWN OF TENNESSEE FIRST VICEPRESIDENT.

DR. D. HARVEY DILLON OF LOUISIANA SECOND VICE-PRESIDENT.

MR. ANDREW FRENCH OF MINNESOTA THIRD VICE-PRESIDENT.

DR. W. M. ALLEN OF NORTH CAROLINA SECRETARY.

JAMES FOUST OF PENNSYLVANIA TREASURER. MEMBERS OF EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE:

DR. CHARLES D. WOODS OF MAINE.

DR. S. A. CRUMBINE OF KANSAS.

DR. A. N. COOK OF SOUTH DAKOTA.

Dr. Cutler: Mr. Chairman, as chairman of the committee on next place of meeting, I wish to say that the places which have applied for the opportunity to entertain this association the next time are New Orleans and Milwaukee. The committee were unable to decide as between these two places, both seemingly equally desirable, so we thought it best to place the matter before the convention for their decision, and so we submit our report.

Mr. Hudson (Georgia): Mr. President, I would like to correct an error. He claimed there were only two places that put in an invitation to the convention for next year. Atlanta has put in an invitation.

Dr. Cutler: Dr. Stallings came to me and said he desired to withdraw Atlanta from this proposition.

Dr. Dillon: Mr. President, I am going to make a motion, and in speaking to the proposed motion on behalf of the Louisiana State Board of Health, the Louisiana State Medical Society, the New Orleans State Medical Society, the Progressive Union and the whole people of Louisiana, I want to invite the members of this association to hold their next convention in the Crescent City. In speaking further for this motion I want to assure you that the entertainment provided by the people of the Crescent City will absolutely make you glad you came south. In offering you an invitation to visit our city it is needless to say that we prefer having you come in the latter part of November or first of December, at a time when we

could make it most pleasant for you. In offering you this invitation I want to assure you that we will give you the best fish, the best chicken, the best rice, the best sugar and the best molasses you have ever consumed. I want to move now that when this convention adjourns it adjourns to meet in the city of New Orleans some time in November or December, that time to be selected by the president and executive committee of this association, if this motion meets with a second.

Mr. Hudson (Georgia): Mr. President, in behalf of the governor of Georgia and the mayor of the city of Atlanta and the Chamber of Commerce and the state of Georgia I invite this convention to meet in the city of Atlanta. You can get to Atlanta easier than you can get to New Orleans. There is not a railroad that starts in that direction that don't go through Atlanta. To get to New Orleans you have to go through Atlanta. (Laughter.) Now, we realize the hard proposition we are up against. Having been in Denver and seen how nicely and how well we have been entertained we know the test that has been set by this city is going to be very hard to follow, and we believe if there are any people on the face of the earth that can do it it is the Georgia crackers, and we want you to come down and be with us. Now, I am not going to make any speech, because you are all tired, and so am I, but we promise you we will give you a Georgia barbecue; we will give you what we give the president-barbecue possum. Come and partake of it. We want you. (Applause.)

COMMISSIONER T. G. HUDSON, Georgia.

Mr. Jones (Louisiana): Mr. Chairman, I rise to second the motion of Dr. Dillon

President Emery: You put us now in a very embarrassing situation. Dr. Dillon moves that when this

convention adjourns it adjourn to meet in Louisiana. I think

Dr. Dillon: Mr. President, I rise to a point of order.

President Emery: My impression is that when that motion is seconded it cuts out debate and cuts out other invitations here. I am not sure I am right, but that is my impression.

Mr. Briggs: I beg to differ with you, Mr. President. They do not move to adjourn but they move that when they do adjourn, etc. That is debatable.

Mr. Hudson: Mr. President, it seems to me the proper way to put that would have been that when we meet we

Dr. Dillon: Mr. President, I make the point of order that there is no motion before the house until somebody is given an opportunity to second my motion or has seconded it.

President Emery: I raised the question so the convention would understand my own position, if a second is received, and I did that for the purpose of giving this body a chance to express itself, as I have tried to do from the first moment I came onto this platform.

Dr. Jones (Louisiana): Mr. President, I desire to second that, because Louisiana has a reputation for its hospitality and for wanting people to come there, and also from the fact that there are to be found in Louisiana more products of interest to an association of this kind than in any state, I suppose, in the Union; and I therefore ask you to come, feeling that we can afford you opportunities of seeing the use of sulphur in the manufacture of sugar, and great salt mines, rice fields and everything of that sort. I am sure we can offer you as fine trains into Louisiana as you find going into any place, and that we will secure for you railroad rates that will not be beaten by any other state in the South.

Mr. Dunlap: Mr. President, I move that the motion be laid on the table. (Seconded.)

President Emery: The motion that has been made by the gentleman from Ohio is that the motion that when this convention adjourns it adjourn to meet in New Orleans, Louisiana, at some time to be fixed by the executive committee, be laid upon the table. This is not debatable, and this vote will come to the states, and the secretary will call the roll. The question is upon laying this motion upon the table.

Mr. Rose: Mr. President, I would like to have an explanation before I vote on this question. The city offers us an invitation to meet within her borders, and it would be discourteous on the part of this association to lay an invitation on the table. They are all entitled to a vote. Louisiana has invited us to come there, and whether I want to go or not is not the question. The question is Shall we treat an invitation

Dr. Dillon: Then I withdraw the motion I made a while ago.

President Emery: Does the second consent to the withdrawal of the motion?

Dr. Jones: Yes.

President Emery: Is there objection to the withdrawal of the motion by Dr. Dillon of Louisiana? No objection being made, the motion is withdrawn.

Dr. Dillon: The motion is withdrawn.

Mr. Wright: Mr. President, I desire to move that we now proceed to vote our choice on these three towns by call of the states. (Seconded.)

President Emery: Now, gentlemen, I ask one privilege here, and I really wish it, and I wish to call my successor to the chair. I want two questions of privilege. Mr. Wright, will you just bear with me for that?

Mr. Wright: Certainly.

(President-elect Flanders assumes the chair.)

Mr. Emery: Mr. President, before coming from Wisconsin I received a letter from the secretary of one of the clubs of Milwaukee that attends to all these matters. I can't call it by name, the committee has it, asking me if I would invite and co-operate with Milwaukee to secure the meeting of this convention or this association in Milwaukee in 1910. They desired They desired it, and they desire it in connection with the great dairy show. I replied by letter that Ohio had placed last year an urgent request for the meeting of this association in 1910, and that if Ohio renewed that request I would not be in a very good position to urge the invitation from Wisconsin, but that if Milwaukee extended an invitation and there was no invitation from Ohio I would take pleasure in seconding the request from Milwaukee. After coming here I have received a telegram and a letter from the mayor of Milwaukee, which is in the hands of the committee, and I also received a letter from this association that I cannot call by name, but it is an association that exists in Milwaukee for the taking care of these things, the same as this association here in Denver does it, and they have asked me if Ohio did not present an invitation to second their nomination, and in fulfillment of my agreement to the city of Milwaukee I now second the invitation of Milwaukee to hold the meeting of this association in Milwaukee for 1910.

I desire at the same time-I don't think that this is the immediate time-but I desire a few minutes to address this convention on a question of personal privilege.

Mr. Wright: Mr. President, I do not know whether my motion is before the house or not, but I desire to have a motion put to vote our choice on these cities for our convention for next year, by states, viva voce.

Mr. Kracke: There are three invitations, as I understand it.-New Orleans, Milwaukee and Atlanta. Secretary Allen: Yes.

President Flanders: It is moved and seconded that we proceed to ballot on the place of the next meeting. to vote by states and viva voce. You have heard the motion; are you ready for the question?

(Question called for.)

The motion was thereupon put by the chair, and carried unanimously.

Dr. Woods: Mr. President, just a word before we vote upon this. It does not bear upon this at all. There are lots of us who have known for a good many years Dr. Scovell, and we have learned to love him, and I know that you will be equally gratified to learn what I have just learned from our secretary, Mr. Allen, that he has received a telegram that the operation had been made and that it was not found to be malignant, and that it has been thoroughly drained, and it looks as though Dr. Scovell would recover. (Great applause.)

Mr. Wallis: I move that this association send a telegram of congratulation to Dr. Scovell. (Secondel.)

President Flanders: There is a motion before the house.

Mr. Wright: I withdraw my motion.

President Flanders: The motion of Mr. Wright is withdrawn, and the motion of the gentleman from Idaho that we send a telegram of congratulation to Dr. Scovell is in order.

The motion was thereupon put by the chair, and unanimously carried.

Mr. Wright: Mr. Chairman, I renew my motion. Mr. Briggs: Mr. President, I desire to renew the second.

President Flanders: The motion is before the house that we proceed to ballot for the place of our next meeting, the ballot to be by states and viva voce. The secreary will call the roll.

Mr. Robinson: A majority will settle the vote, or how?

President Flanders: The largest number.

Mr. Briggs: Is it to be a majority of all the votes cast or the largest number?

President Flanders: That has not been determined by this body.

Mr. Briggs: Will the chair determine it now? It seems to me at this late hour it would be fair if we decided upon the place

President Flanders: The chair will take this position, if there be no objection, that the place receiving the largest number of votes will be declared the choice. of the association. Is there any objection?

Mr. Dunlap: Mr. Chairman, I respectfully object. President Flanders: There is objection. What is the pleasure of the convention about this thing?

Mr. Wright: If it is in order, I move that this rule be established in regard to the vote, that the city having the least number of votes be dropped from the list and the other two be voted for on a second ballot. (Seconded.)

Mr. Wright: Now, I mean to be understood that if a city has a majority, that finishes it.

President Flanders: Provided no city has a majority. Are you ready for the question? (Question called for.)

The motion was thereupon put by the chair, and carried unanimously.

President Flanders: Proceed with the roll-call. The roll was thereupon called by the secretary, resulting as follows: (New Orleans selected.)

Mr. Hudson (Georgia): Mr. President, I move that we make it unanimous, the meeting at New Orleans next year. I hope all of you will come. (Motion seconded.)

The motion was thereupon put by the chair, and carried unanimously.

Dr. Woods: Mr. President, I move that the time be left in the hands of the executive committee. (Seconded.)

The motion was thereupon put by the chair, and carried unanimously.

Mr. Emery: Mr. President, I rise to a question of special privilege.

President Flanders: You will state your question of special privilege.

Mr. Emery: I have been accused on this floor of being unfair in my rulings as president. When I came to the last paragraph of my address I pledged myself to the utmost of my ability to the carrying out of the wishes of this association and of the program pro