SIXTH ANNUAL YEAR BOOK — PARTY. 847 



Mr. Anderson, of Oelwein: Gentlemen of this convention. 

 it gives me pleasure to rise and nominate a man in whom wc all 

 have confidence. In oiir outgoings and comings, in our wander- 

 ings up and down, we find some men fitted for dififerent 

 vocations in life; some are fitted for the plow some for the churn, 

 some for the church, some for the stage and some for the 

 executive office; and while I say this, I do not mistrust that all 

 those before me today are well fitted for the executive chair of 

 this organization, but I feel that this organizatio'U in the thirty 

 years that it has traveled through Iowa has made a continual 

 progress, and I feel that the man I am about to nominate is 

 practically well fitted to execute the duties incumbent upon 

 that office, and I trust that here will be no dissenting vote, and 

 that my nomination will receive hearty endorsement. It is 

 with much pleasure that I nominate Mr. S. B. Shilling, of 

 Mason City. 



Nomination duly seconded by many. 



The Chairman : All in favor of Mr. Shilling's election 

 as president of your organization for the ensuing year, by 

 accalamation, signify it by saying aye, contrary no. The ayes 

 have it, and Mr. Shilling is duly elected President of this associa- 

 tion. 



Mr, Shilling : Now, Gentlemen, I don't know how I can 

 stand before you and accept this office again. I told you a year 

 ago when I accepted the office at Mason City that I did it with 

 this understanding that if I took it last year you would not ask 

 me to accept it again. I don't want you tO' think it is not a 

 pleasure to serve you, but it does not seem to me, after what I 

 said to you in my address last evening, that I can accept this 

 office again. I will stand here now and make a solemn agree- 

 ment with you if you will elect another man president that I 

 will work just as faithfully in the future as I have in the past. 



W. S. Moore, Chicago: We cannot accept anybody else; 

 we have just elected a man. 



Mr. VVentworth : Mr. Chairman. I move that we proceed 

 with the regular order of business and elect the other officers. 



