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to (li;i(, time, all i-esoliitioiis tluit are" dcsii-cMl to ho brought to 

 the Committee on Resolutions be sent to the desk, to be presented 

 to the Resohitions' Committee, 



Seconded by Dr. Rnssell Smith, of Pennsylvania. 



THE CIT AIRMAN : The motion is that we adjourn this meet- 

 ing at 11.30, to reconvene at 2 o'clock, and that at 11.30, the 

 Resolutions' Committee meet in the House Caucus room, which 

 is below this room, on the main floor, and that no resolutions be 

 received after 10.30 this morning, and that all resolutions should 

 be presented at the desk during the next sixty minutes. You 

 have heard the motion, Avliich has been seconded. Are there 

 any remarks? If there are no remarks, we will call for a vote. 



The motion was put and unanimously carried. 



MR. PEIRCE: I have a letter that has been sent me, that 

 I think it would be well to have read. 



THE CHAIRMAN : Let the Secretary read the letter. 

 Secretary I»esley read the following letter, written upon letter 

 head of the llarrisburg l>oard of Trade : 



''Dear Mr. Peirce: 



It occurs to me to suggest that it might be Avell to have Mr. 

 Pearson call the attention of the chestnut tree bark disease con- 

 ference to several things relating to the stay of the delegates 

 in Harrisburg. 



1. The Capitol llnilding, itself easily one of the ten great 

 buihliiigs of the world, with its appropriate and memorable art 

 decorations, is an exhibit worth h)oking at. There are courteous 

 guides at hand to explain to visitors its features. 



2. The State Museum, housed in the Library building, just 

 south of the Capitol building, is almost unicpie in character. 

 It presents an epitome of the life and manufactures of Pennsyl- 

 vania. 



3. The City of llarrisbni-g is a civic exhibit well woi'lli llie 

 all en (ion of any visitor to the conference. It has in ten years 

 made more progress, in proportion, than au}^ other city in the 

 United States, toward true civic improvement. Its two-mile-im- 

 proved water front, open to the public; its 55 miles of paved 

 streets; its great park system, including. 719 acres, which last 



