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American Fisheries Society. 
Mr. Titcomb: That is true. 
Mr. President: Any suggestion or resolution in connection 
with this? 
Mr. Titcomb: No. I thought it would get on the record in 
the report in this way, so that the members would contribute 
when anything occurs to them. 
President: It occurs to the president that this is a very 
wide subject. The representatives from the different states who 
are in charge of fish culture in those states, would do well to 
take heed to these suggestions by Mr. Titcomb, with a view to 
ascertaining what results can be produced. In a year or two we 
will be getting reports I believe that will be of value to all the 
states. 
We will now listen to the report of the committee on nomina- 
tions. 
Mr. Root: When you appointed me on this committee you 
gave me what you beheved to be a pretty difficult task. You 
were never more mistaken in your life. I never sat on a com- 
mittee where there was more unanimity. There was not a sug- 
gestion contrary to what I shall report. Of course in a society 
of this size there are a great many men who are worthy of being 
president and capable of it and whom we would like to see in 
that office but we cannot all get there the same year. 
The first nomination made was of a gentleman for.president 
and these are in- 

who not only has an international reputation 
ternational days, you know—we have to have a little “‘interna- 
tional” in everything—but he also has a great local reputation 
as a scientist and practical fish culturist; and I am glad to say 
that he is one of your western men. Without further remarks I 
will put in nomination the list decided on in a very few minutes 
with perfect unanimity. 
For President, Dr. E. A. Birge, of Madison, Wis. 
For Vice President, Dr. H. M. Smith, of Washington, D. C. 
And let me say right here that Dr. Smith would naturally 
have been nominated for president this year, but we all know 
of the great international congress that is coming, and it was 
the feeling of the committee that he should be nominated for 
