PROCEEDINGS STATE AGRICULTURAL CONVENTION 197 



great and useful citizen in the state of Iowa, and during war time he 

 was one of the best men in the state to finance the government in 

 that hour of our misfortunes and perils. He is one of the organ- 

 izers and builders up of the great Southern Iowa Exposition at 

 Oskaloosa, and he is a man of untiring energy, and if he is elected 

 on this board I will guarantee for him he will give you his best 

 energy in anything he undertakes, and he will perform it if it is 

 within human ability to do so. And I take great pleasure in second- 

 ing his nomination and would ask my friends to support Mr. Beman 

 because I know what he is, ard I know what he will do if you place 

 him on this board. I thank you. 



President Cameron: If there are no further nominations I will 

 appoint Mr. E. W. Williams, Delaware County; Mr. Chas. H. Bar- 

 ber of Cerro Gordo County; Mr. F. A. Gatch of Adair County, and 

 Mr. E. A. Phillips of Jackson County as tellers. 



Gentlemen, you will prepare your ballots and as the name of the 

 delegate is called by the Secretary, you will deposit your ballot with 

 one of the tellers. 



The tellers reported the result of the ballot as follows : C. Ed 

 Beman, 79 votes ; and E. H. Maytag, 40 votes. 



President Cameron : Mr. C. Ed Beman having received a majority 

 of all votes cast, I declare him duly elected as a Director of the State 

 Board of Agriculture for the ensuing two years. 



President Cameron : The next order of business will be the elec- 

 tion of a Director from the Eighth District. 



F. E. Sheldon, Ringgold County: I wish to place in nomination 

 the name of Mr. J. C. Beckner of Page County to succeed himself 

 as a member of the State Board of Agriculture from the Eighth Dis- 

 trict. 



B. W. Williams, Delaware County: I wish to second the nomina- 

 tion of Mr. J. C. Beckner. 



There being no further nominations, Mr. Sheldon moved that the 

 rules be suspended and that the Secretary be instructed to cast the 

 entire vote of the convention for Mr. Beckner of Page County to 

 succeed himself. The motion was seconded by Mr. Williams and 

 carried. The Secretary announced that he had cast the entire vote of 

 the convention for Mr. Beckner and the President declared Mr. Beck- 

 ner duly elected to succeed himself as a Director on the State Board 

 of Agriculture from the Eighth District. 



President Cameron: The next is the election of a Director from 

 the Tenth District. 



