TWENTIETH ANNUAL YEAR BOOK— PART III 243 



The Chairman : Now we will proceed to the election of officers. 

 It has been customary to elect our officers by ballot. The first office 

 is that of president. I am going to ask the vice president to take 

 the chair for a moment and receive the nominations. 



C. P. Harvey : Mr. Chairman, if I am not out of order, I will ask 

 that the rules be suspended and that the present officer be re-elected 

 by acclamation. 



The Vice President : You have heard the motion, gentlemen. 



Mr, Harvey : I move you that the secretary of the association be 

 instructed to cast the ballot of this association for the present 

 president. 



The Vice President : You have heard the motion, gentlemen. All 

 those in favor of the secretary casting the ballot for Mr. Stanberry 

 for president for the ensuing year, signify by saying aye. Motion 

 unanimously adopted. Secretary duly casts the ballot of the asso- 

 ciation as directed. 



The Chairman : I thank you, gentlemen. However, it wasn't 

 my purpose to become your president for another term. There is a 

 lot of good that can be done this year. We are in better position at 

 the present time than we have ever been before. We have been 

 seriously handicapped for years past and it has been awfully hard 

 to accomplish what we should have accomplished. During the past 

 year Mr. Lauer and myself and other officers, Mr. Gatch and Mr. 

 Stewart, have made trips to Des Moines on matters of legislation 

 and have paid our own expenses, and were glad to do it. Now, 

 after having received the increased aid, it has made it possible for 

 us to get more money in dues. Our dues now will be sufficient, I 

 think, to let us do and accomplish a good many things we haven't 

 been able to accomplish in past years. There are many things we 

 want to go into that will be of benefit to the fairs and secretaries 

 of the state. And right now I want to say this, that any time that 

 any problem comes up that you want information on, or want help 

 on, you want to remember that is what the state association is for. 

 We have a secretary just for that purpose, and you don't want to 

 fail to call on him for anything that you want to know along the 

 line of information, or anything else. We are going to have a 

 rearrangement of plans, and a dififerent means in the future of 

 informing you on topics that you can readily get by making the 

 request for it. 



We will proceed with the election of a vice president. 



