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the fifth district, a young man who hatl the indorsement of the 

 meeting in Chicago of all the exhibitors of the International Ex- 

 position ill Cliieago. Delegated hy them to coine down here and 

 talk for a young man who has put Iowa on the map as a breeder 

 of Hereford cattle and pure-lired live stock, a young man who 

 represents agriculture, a booster for everything pertaining to agri- 

 culture. A young man whose whole time has been taken up push- 

 ing forward agriculture, a young man who will represent the 

 best interests of the younger generation in the state of Iowa. I 

 have the indorsement of the Jones County District Fair at Ana- 

 mosa in behalf of this young man, and the Beef Producers. I 

 was delegated to act for the Iowa Beef Producers Association, 

 the largest association, with the exception of the Dairymen, in 

 the state of Iowa. I say that he is the kind of a man we want 

 to push forw^ard. I nominate Mr. Cyrus A. Tow of Norway, 

 Iowa, to represent the fifth district. 



Nomination seconded by Mr. White of Benton county. 



President Cameron : If there are no further nominations, nomi- 

 nations are closed. Prepare your ballots, gentlemen. 



On motion of the chairman of the credentials committee the 

 following delegates were added to the list of delegates entitled to 

 take part in the convention : 



Boone Driving Park & Fair Association A. M. Burnside, Boone 



Warren County Farmers Institute W. F. Desenberg, Norwalk 



President Cameron : Has everybody voted ? If so, the ballot 

 is closed. Results of ballot: Cyrus A. Tow, 64; E. M. Went- 

 worth, 45. 



E. M. Wentworth : I desire to move to make the nomination 

 and the election of Mr. Cyrus A. Tow of Norway, unanimous, and 

 I wish to thank the gentlemen who have supported me in the 

 past four years, and the gentlemen who supported me today from 

 the bottom of my heart, and to say to those who saw fit to vote 

 for the younger man who is making a reputation for the state 

 of Iowa. He is our mutual friend, and there is no jealous streak 

 in my make-up. I hope when he leaves the board at the end of 

 three or four years, that he leaves it with the pleasant recollections 

 with which I leave it, and with the satisfaction which we, who 

 have been members of the board during the past four years have 

 had after undergong the closest scrutiny of the legislature of Iowa 

 and the city of Des Moines, who could find no fly specks on our 

 escutcheon. 



Motion seconded and carried. 



