STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 17 



A. D. Eightmire moved that the election be declared unanimous, which 

 was carried unanimously. 



The President said he presumed the next thing in order would be the 

 election of nine Directors. 



A. K. Grim moved that a* committee of five be appointed by the Chair 

 to name nine candidates for the consideration of the Convention. 



J. P. Montgomery opposed the motion as bad policy, and hoped gen- 

 tlemen from the different sections of the State, who were acquainted with 

 all the parties and the interests to be represented, would nominate the 

 candidates themselves. Thus, every part of the State would be treated 

 alike, and every possibility precluded of the matter being fixed up by 

 individuals. 



M. D. Boruck hoped also that the motion would not prevail. He did 

 not like Star Chamber doings, either in social, political, or beneficial mat- 

 ters. The duty of selecting candidates was not so onerous but that 

 they could duty do it in Committee of the Whole as well as a select body 

 could do it in an anteroom. He, for one, would not vote to concur in the 

 report. 



.Mr. Staples said he had had some little experience in connection with 

 this Society — his day in Court — and believed it necessary to have at least 

 five of the Directors within reach of the Capital. He threw out this hint 

 in view of the trials and labors he knew to be requisite to make the So- 

 ciety a success. For his part, he should vote against any man, though 

 selected by the committee, w T ho, he thought, might not serve the best 

 interests of the Society. 



Mr. Boruck said they could make the selections as quick as any Select 

 Committee, and the matter was important. If it were left to a committee, 

 the Convention must take a recess, or adjourn over, for they could not 

 hastily present them a ticket that they would be willing to vote for. 



J. H. Culver moved that five of the Directors be elected from the vicin- 

 ity of Sacramento. 



Mr. Curtis suggested that the representatives of the several counties 

 simply put down the names of those they preferred to have elected, and 

 submit their preference to a committee. He insisted on the motion that 

 five Directors be within convenient distance of the Capital. 



C. H. Grimm thought four would be sufficient. His idea was that the 

 different parts of the State should be as widely represented as possible, 

 and the Society be divested of local influences. The President being so 

 near Sacramento, four in addition to him would generally secure a quo- 

 rum. 



J. K. Moore moved to amend the motion of Mr. Grimm, that the Con- 

 vention proceed to elect nine Directors. 



J. S, Hittell believed the former motion to be the only one regularly 

 before the House, and it should be adopted, for all knew that in a large 

 assemblage, where many persons were collected, with different views, 

 there was apt to be great confusion. Their object was to select men 

 who would work. Without considering the matter carefully, no such 

 body of Directors would be likely to be selected. Persons who had 

 suggestions to make might go to the committee. In Convention they 

 could not speak so freely of the character of individuals. If he had 

 objections to any one, he did not wish it to go into the newspapers. 



After further discussion : 



