FIRST SESSION 



Tuesday, 8 p. m., December 10 



The opening session of the convention was called to order by 

 President E. H. Dollar, of Heuvelton, IST. Y,, who expressed his 

 pleasnre at the large attendance and said that he believed the 

 association had made no mistake in selecting Syracuse as its meet- 

 ing place, after which he introduced President of the Syracuse 

 Common Council Pill as representative of Mayor Schoenick, who, 

 in the mayor's name, welcomed the association to the city of 

 Syracuse. President Pill gracefully extended the hospitality of 

 the city to all in attendance at the convention, directing attention 

 to the words on the city hall, "Syracuse Bids You Welcome," and 

 assured the audience that the city would always welcome them in 

 that spirit, whether they came in convention or individually. 



President Dollar then called upon Mr. George W. Sisson, Jr., 

 of Potsdam, N. Y., to reply to the address of welcome. Mr. Sisson 

 spoke as follows: 



To Mr. Rill, who is a representative of Mayor Schoeneek, 

 and who has so thoroughly voiced his welcome which we know 

 is sincere ; to your chamber of commerce and all the good citizens 

 of Syracuse and vicinity who have made possible the holding 

 of this convention in so genial and hospitable an atmosphere, I 

 desire in behalf of this iSTew York State Dairymen's Association to 

 return hearty thanks. Your beautiful and central city is fast 

 acquiring a reputation as a convention city. Early in September, 

 you safely quartered the charging herds of the Bull Moose, and a 

 little later up came the Tammany herd on what proved to be a 

 successful hunting .expedition. And now you have the dairy herds 

 without regard to breed or past party affiliations, all gathered here 

 in harmonious conclave for the general good. I believe we may do 

 more good than some of the others. Your political conventions may 

 have made more noise and attracted more newspaper space and 

 their affairs may have l)een momentous, but they were partisan in 

 character. We have here the delegates sent to represent the 



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