496 BOAKD or AGKICULTURE. 



SecTC'tary Flick: WIkmi (lie office was turned over to me I found 

 scarcely anything there but an empty desk and a considerable pile of 

 books called a library. Nothing could be locked. The locks were broken. 

 I went to the trouble of having a locksmith make new locks, but the 

 same thing happened again. 



Prof. Troop: What are the janitors in this building doing V 



Secretary Flick: It is a public room and the public can come and hold 

 tlieir meetings because it is claimed that it was set apart in that way. 



Prof. Troop: What are our custodiaus here for? Shouldn't they be 

 seeing about this? 



- Secretary Flick: I do not see that they could do anything under the 

 cU-cumstancos. The fact is we liave lost property out of that room 

 when under lock and key. That room is open for all sorts of meetings 

 according to the laws governing the State House. It is open to the public 

 for meetings. I understand tliere are numerous kej^s, so that quite a num- 

 ber have access to the room, at pleasure. As I understand the report we 

 were to have some other room that would be set apart especially and ex- 

 clusively for this society. 



Chairman Swaim: There are other matters to come before this society 

 this afternoon and Ave would lilve to hear this report read. It has been 

 called for. 



Mr. Zion then read the majority report. 



Chairman Swaim: The question before the house is to adopt the 

 minority report upon the President's address. 



A rising vote was taken and the motion was lost. 



Mr. Zion: I move the adoption of the majority report. 



Mr. ITowland: I second the motion. 



Mr. Reed: I move, as an amendment, that this report be referred to 

 a committee to be acted upon next year. 



Sylvester Johnson: I second the motion. 



Mr. Zion: This is simply a matter of killing good time. We have 

 tried the strength of this convention, and I feel that we should proceed 



with business. 



Mr. ITowland: If that motion carries it moans that this matter must 

 go over for two years, for the Legislature will not meet again for two 

 years. I thiidc we should take it up at once. 



