60 Thirhi-si.rlh Aim, ml Mrrlimj 



Mr. Kvans: 1 think llic idon of the cominiiicc on .•(■solu- 

 tions was, while il was to he inroi'iiial in a sense, at the same 

 time thai the re])reseiitativ('s would be largely the otlieials con- 

 nected witji the hureaiis of the different states. Was not that the 

 idea ? 



Mr. Meehan : Tliat was the idea. 



Mr. Fullerton: My idea was that this committee that wa> 

 to meet a like body from Ontario and the Dominion of Canada 

 — it would not be binding — they could not bind the dill'erenl 

 states to anything. 



Mr. Meehan. Yes. 



Mr. Fullerton : But they could lay a foundation^, and recoin- 

 niend to the Dominion government and to the government ar 

 vV^ashington their recommendations; which would be, in my es- 

 timation, a good deal more binding than if the other w^as taken 

 up first. Let us have a preliminary meeting, if you wish, of the 

 states interested first with the Dominion and the Ontario gov- 

 ernments, and then with the other two governments afterwards. 



President: If it is desired to accept tliis amendment, it will 

 be so considered. 



Mr. Meehan : I am instructed by the members of the com- 

 mittee, to accept that as an amendment to the resolution that 

 w^as offered; rather, to add it to that, as it is not an amendment 

 now. 



President: It stands a part of the report. 



Mr. Meehan : That the secretary of the society be directed 

 to request th(> governors of the states bordering on the great 

 lakes, the president of the United States, and the governor gen- 

 eral of Canada and the lieutenant governor of Ontario, to ap- 

 point on a certain date, delegates to this international confer- 

 ence. 



I'resident: 1 would point out that this throws ui)on the 

 president and seei'etary of the society the burden of making all 

 the arrangements foi' this conference. 



