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to that time, all resolutions that are desired to be brought to 

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

 to the Resolutions' Committee. 



Seconded by Dr. Russell Smith, of Pennsylvania. 



THE CHAIRMAN : 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, which has been seconded. Are there 

 any remarks? If there are no remarks, Ave 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 Avell to have read. 



THE CHAIRMAN : Let the Secretary read the letter. 

 Secretary Besley read the following letter, written upon letter 

 head of the llarrisburg Board of Trade: 



"Dear Mr. Peirce: 



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

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

 ference to several tilings relating to the stay of the delegates 

 in llarrisburg. 



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

 buildings of the world, with its appropriate and memorable art 

 decorations, is an exhibit worth looking 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 unique in character. 

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

 vania. 



3. The City of llarrisburg is a civic exhibit well worth the 

 attention of any visitor to the conference. It has in ten years 

 made more progress, in proportion, than any 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 749 acres, which last 



