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ELECTION OF OFFICERS. 



Pres. Bruce : — Shall we now proceed to the election of the 

 officers? It is customary to nominate from the floor. The first 

 officer to be elected is a president to serve you one year. 



Mr. J. J. Jackson of Morrisville was nominated by Mr. C. 

 F. Smith, and the nomination seconded by Mr. B. A. Hatt and 

 others. Mr. Dana H. Morse of Randolph was nominated by 

 Hon. Homer W. Vail, and the nomination was seconded by 

 Messrs. C. A. Bump, Geo. Aitken, Cassuis Peck and others. The 

 President appointed Messrs. Smith and Vail tellers, who having 

 collected and counted the ballots reported the results to the Presi- 

 dent who announced the result as follows : 



Total number of votes cast 75. Necessary for a choice 38. 

 Dana H. Morse 42 — and elected. 



On motion of Mr. Jackson seconded by Mr. Smith the choice 

 was made a unanimous one. The tellers were appointed to con- 

 duct the newly elected president to the chair who said: 



President Morse: — Gentlemen of the Vermont Dairymen's 

 Association: I came to this beautiful city with no aspirations, 

 no hopes, no expectations and even without desire to be placed 

 in any office within the gift of this Association. So, in placing 

 me in this position, at the head of an organization of which the 

 State is so justly proud, one which is doing and has done so 

 much to elevate the cause of the Vermont farmer not only in 

 the line of dairying but in every other line, you do me a great 

 honor, and I beg you to believe that the three words which I now 

 speak are from my heart depths, — I thank you. I am not before 

 you my friends to make a long list of promises as to what I can 

 or will accomplish. I am here simply to say this one thing, — that 

 I give you the benefit of my best judgment and my best efforts. 

 That is all I can do. And what do I expect and may I expect 

 in return ? The hearty cooperation of every member ! And when 

 my brother Jackson, a man whom I have long known and es- 

 teemed, moved that my election be made unanimous, my heart 

 leaped with joy at such magnanimity. Gentlemen, I thank you 

 and while I assume and accept the duties of the office and will 

 discharge them to the best of my ability, I not only appreciate th? 



