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ri's])()ii(liii^' willi inc. and j)i'c)inisc(l to he liciv Id talk npon this 

 very subject. 



President: Was tliat :\rr. Evans? 



Secretary I'ealtodv: A. Kelly I']vans. Jle was vei'y mnch in- 

 terested, and I su])|)osed lie wonid l)e here yesterday. 



Mr. Chirk : Speaking of the meeting in Chicago, I was at 

 that meeting in Chicago. They have passed resolutions and 

 ilone everything, Minnesota and Wisconsin liave done some- 

 thing; the other states have not. Xow, that is all there is to it. 

 They have started the ball. Michigan has not, Illinois has not, 

 Indiana, has not, Oliio has not, Pennsylvania has not. At every 

 single meeting of whatt'ver nature. Avlu'ther it was the eommis- 

 sioners from the states and members of the Legislature, they 

 were all there, and they had a bully good time. They are always 

 unanimous and together and all harmony, and everything else, 

 just as we are here to-day, but they don't do anything — except 

 Minnesota and Wisconsin — and they have, and I say there is the 

 start. They have done something, let the other states get to 

 work and do likewise, and I do not think there ^\^ll be any diffi- 

 culty about congress passing the bill. 



Mr. Fullerton : Xo trouble at all. 



Mr. Clark : Xow Ohio wants to go at it, Michigan wants to 

 go at it, and get the states to pass that resolution, if they have 

 got the right one, ceding back to the national government. 

 Then there is nobody to blame. 



Mr. Bower: I don't just agree with the Secretary, that this 

 society cannot do anything. I think it would have a good deal 

 of influence if the secretary was directed to keep track of when 

 the legislatures convene and at that partic-ular time would for- 

 ward to the state board, or the several l)oards interested, a copy 

 of the resolution passed by this society, as it would call their 

 attention to the matter. A good many of the members of the 

 state boards are not salaried men; they could not be expected to 

 take up the matter unless their attention is called to it ; and 

 when they go before the committees, after this resolution is in- 

 troduced, it is a very potent, a very powerful argiiment which 



