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producing section of our country. Upon its success the prosperity 

 of the nation depends. It seems but just that the a]3pomtee to 

 the office of commissioner should be familiar with this great pro- 

 ductive section, one who has borne a fair share of work in its 

 development, who is acquainted with its advantages and familiar 

 with its needs ; who is yet not unmindful of all other sections of 

 our country, and willing and anxious to aid as well in their 

 development. Believing we have a man admirably qualified to 

 fill the ofiice — the honored first president of this Society, Ex- 

 Lieutenant Governor Norman J. Colman, of St. Louis, we present 

 his name in the fullest confidence that if appointed he will 

 reflect credit upon the office and the administration with which 

 he is connected. 



For a period of more than thirty years he has been one of the 

 leaders of progress in agriculture, horticulture and stock breeding 

 in the great west. He has been honored with the highest offices 

 in most of our agricultural organizations, has been called upon 

 time and again during that period to deliver addresses in most of 

 the states of this great valley and has generally, and generously, 

 responded thereto. He has, moreover, during that entire time, 

 conducted one of the leading agricultural papers of this section of 

 country. 



If high qualifications for this ofl'ce, if high character, com- 

 bined with great energy and business capacity, always exercised in 

 the right direction, should be the qualifications sought for in the 

 appointee then we may press, his name confidently; therefore, 



Resolved, That the Missouri State Horticultural Society, in 

 its twenty-seventh annual session, assembled at St. Joseph, Mo., 

 does hereby present to his Excellency, Grover Cleveland, President- 

 elect of the United States, the name of Ex-Lieut. Gov. Norman J. 

 Coleman, of St. Louis, for the office of Commissioner of Agricul- 

 ture. 



Resolved: That his long experience in connection with agri- 

 culture, practically and theoretically, his ability as a speaker and 

 writer, his practice as legislator and executive officer, and his high 

 character as a man and gentleman j^oint him out as the man of all 

 others, especially in this section of the country ,_ who should receive 

 the appointment. 



Resolved : That the President of this society is hereby re- 

 quested to transmit these resolutions to his Excellency, Grover 

 Cleveland, President-elect of the United States, and ask a favorable 

 consideration of them at his hands. 



