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for it by Representative Klay, on a vote it received the broad axe on its 

 tender neck, and was ordered reported back to the house for indefinite post- 

 ponement. This was about 5 o'clock p. m. They say that bad news travels 

 fast. It seemed to in this case. It was my duty, as chairman of the com- 

 mittee, to report the bill for indefinite postponement in the house at its 

 next session. When I entered the house chamber the next morning l 

 was met by a distinguished delegation who looked like Wall street mag- 

 nates, but who introduced themselves as dairymen. They were looking 

 after this bill. They asked me to stretch my authority to let the bill go 

 back to the committee, there to receive further consideration and to get 

 the benefit of another vote. Now while I favored the bill I was not alto- 

 gether impressed with the bright scheme. Your committee was headed 

 by a gentleman by the name of Marsh, who I believe manufactures a 

 creamery specialty in a town up north of here, the name of which I do 

 not now recall. Mr. Marsh is a very plain talker. His language to me 

 was pointed and direct; in fact, it was much more pointed than diplo- 

 matic. We were not progressing rapidly toward an agreement until a 

 quiet, scholarly looking gentleman, whose name I do not even now know, 

 and who up to this time had said nothing, interposed and poured oil, or 

 perhaps cream, upon the troubled waters. As a result, we speedily came 

 to an understanding. My report was held up until a minority report 

 could be prepared. Both reports were presented to the house at the same 

 time, and on a vote the minority favoring the appropriation was substi- 

 tuted for the majority and in due time your bill was passed by the house 

 by a good safe vote. The bill passed the senate. How and when I do 

 not remember. 



Your association received the only appropriation made during the ses- 

 sion for a special interest. While, as a general thing, I believe it to be 

 bad policy for a state to appropriate money to be expended by societies 

 or associations not directly connected by law with the state institutins, 

 I felt that we could in this case, make an exception. It seemed particu- 

 larly proper to give you this special consideration when we remember 

 that the milk cow and the creamery have done more than any other two 

 things to place the farmer of the west on a cash basis and change him 

 from a petty borrower for six months in the year into a prosperous bank 

 depositor with a good account. 



Let me say to you that your success was largely due to your well or- 

 ganized pre-election campaign and to your excellent legislative committee. 

 You should appreciate the work of that committee, for they did their work 

 well, and as a general thing the job of a lobbyist is a thankless one. 

 They are a good deal like the boy hoeing in a corn field. A passing stran- 

 ger asked him what he received for his work. He said: "Nothing if I 

 do and the devil if I don't." 



You have received this appropriation, but with the word "annual" cut 

 out. I am responsible for the absence of that word. It was eliminated 

 for the good of the measure, for the good of the work, and for the good 

 of your association, and let me tell you why. You have received $10,000 to 

 spend. Spend it wisely and well, and you will then have established for 

 yourselves a credit and a record. You can go back to the next and to 



