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Mr. O'Connor: I move the nominations be accepted. 



The President : Just one moment. Up to this evening I un- 

 derstood that the president was to be elected for a year. I do not 

 know much about the condition prior to President Linton. He was 

 elected at Battle Creek at the same time I was elected vice president. 

 There were extenuating circumstances justifying the re-election of 

 President Linton. I feel that similar conditions do not prevail justi- 

 fying my re-election as president of this association. It is not going 

 to make any difference to me whether I am president or just simply 

 a soldier in the ranks. I want to see this association the success it 

 ought to be and I feel, in view of the wonderful work that has been 

 done in this association and for its best interests at all times by Mr. 

 Jones, that it is due him that the presidency should be passed to him 

 at this time. He is going to the next convention of the National As- 

 sociation of Nurserymen, he and Doctor Morris, Mr. Olcott and Mr. 

 Weber, to get before that convention of nurserymen something more 

 of the history of this association and its ambitions and desires. I 

 know he could appear before that convention in a much more ad- 

 vantageous way for the benefit of this association if he were presi- 

 dent of it. I feel that Mr. Jones ought to be elected president of this 

 association here tonight. 



Mr. Olcott: Mr. President, the presidents of this association 

 have been elected for two years and I think it has become an estab- 

 lished custom. 



The President: Mr. Bixby referred to that tonight. I didn't 

 understand it that way. I supposed I was elected last year at Lan- 

 caster for one year. 



Mr. O'Connor : Mr. President, I took that matter up with Mr. 

 Littlepage and he told me it was customary to elect the president for 

 one year at a time and to re-elect him for the second year if he 

 proved all right. So far I think every member of this association 

 has been well satisfied with the service you have given us and we 

 want you to continue on for another year. 



The President : Pat, I thought you were my friend. 



Mr. Spencer : I move the secretary cast the ballot of the as- 

 sociation in favor of the officers nominated by the committee on 

 nominations. 



Mr. O'Connor: I second the motion. 



(Upon the motion being put to a vote of the members, it was 

 declared duly CARRIED, the secretary cast one ballot for the per- 

 sons nominated, and they were declared duly elected.) 



The President: All right, ladies and gentlemen. Here we 

 are with our coats off and sleeves rolled up for another year ; but I 

 want to give you all fair warning that if we don't have that thous- 

 and memberships at that next convention, this child is going to drop 

 out. (Laughter.) 



The next in the order of business is the selection of a place for 

 the next convention. You heard the telegram this morning from 



