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of what I ought to have accomplished; but you bore with 

 me and I appreciate it. I now declare this convention ad- 

 journed sine die. 



COMPLIMENTARY DINNER 



On Wednesday, September 4th, 9.30 p.m., Mr. George W. 

 Pell, Jr., gave a dinner to the members of the American 

 Fisheries Society at Pell's Fish and Oyster House, 520 Six- 

 teenth St., Denver, Colo. Descriptions of various fish were 

 given, and addresses made, all winding up with a dinner 

 which lasted until midnight. 



BANQUET 



On the last day of the meeting, a banquet was given at the 

 Albany Hotel. It was a great banquet. It was a feast with- 

 out price, for the game wardens and the fishery society men 

 alone, of all in the United States, could give such a dinner. 

 And Colorado, with Col. James H. Shinn, State Game and 

 Fish Commissioner, as host, could alone, of all states in the 

 Union, furnish the viands that were served. 



Colonel William Jennings Bryan was called upon to make 

 a speech. He avoided politics. He spoke for the further 

 conservation of the fish and game of the country, and said 

 he would help as he could to that end. Later Mr. Bryan 

 became a member of the organization whose guest he was. 



"I have attended many banquets," said Mr. Bryan, "but 

 here I feel like a fish out of water, I am out of my element." 



"I have a speech for every ordinary occasion. I have 

 the political speech, I am always ready with the graduation 

 day speech. I know what to say to a Labor Day crowd, and 

 I am at home at a farmers' picnic, at a Y. M. C. A. gather- 

 ing, a women's seminary, but here I am stumped." 



Mr. Bryan said he never had been a hunter. He said after 

 he had finished a political campaign he was always looking 



