ILLINOIS STATE BEE-KEEPERS' ASSOCIATION 



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dress of last evening, I beg to report 

 verbally that the committee met, and 

 after some deliberation concluded 

 that the matter was so momentous, 

 had so much involved, and required 

 so much thought and deliberation, 

 that it would be unwise to proceed 

 with anything very definite at the 

 present time. We can't very well 

 get together and in a few moments 

 formulate anything that is going to 

 be at all accurate and far-reaching, 

 and so we concluded to do this, to 

 recommend the appointment of the 

 secretary and general manager of the 

 association — have this committee en- 

 larged by the appointment of that 

 many new members, ex officio — and 

 make it a standing committee, and 

 that they be given time to deliberate 

 and see what is best to be done. We 

 desire to do something effectual, and 

 something that will benefit all bee- 

 keepers, and' for that purpose we 

 make this recommendation. 



It was moved and duly seconded, 

 that the report of the committee be 

 approved of. 



Mr. Davenport — ^When will the 

 committee report, and to whom? 



Pres. York — They will have to make 

 all their recommendations to the 

 Board of DDrectors. 



Mr. Davenport — Will any action be 

 taken before the next annual meet- 

 ing? 



Mr. Hershiser — I don't think any- 

 thing can be done that would be of 

 any permanent value before the next 

 annual meeting. If there is any- 

 thing to- be done in the way of amend - 

 . ing the constitution, that can't be 

 done immediately. According to the 

 constitution it takes some 40 or 45 

 days' notice previous to the annual 

 election to get an amendment i>assed, 

 and, that being the case, we can't do 

 anything that is very permanent in- 

 side of that time; and that is w^hy we 

 conicluded that more time and delib- 

 eration would be of benefit. 



Dr. E. P. Phillips, on being called 

 upon by the President, saidi — I haven't 

 any desire at all to discuss this sub- 

 ject, but it is to me personally a mat- 

 ter of very great regret that the com- 

 mittee has taken the action it has. 

 "We all listened with great pleasure to 

 the address of the President, and on 

 account of his remarks we realized 

 something radical must be done, and 

 at once. 'Those members who are not 



present, and who do not have the op- 

 portunity of hearing the President's 

 address, and will merely read it (it is 

 not the, same to read an address as It 

 is to hekr it) will not be enthused in 

 this matter as we are. The result will 

 be, when it comes up to the ballot, 

 they will not know what to do. 

 Whereas, if those of us who are here 

 present could formulate some plan, 

 which seems to us to be the best that 

 could be submitted as the sense of this 

 convention, it would go through be- 

 yond all doubt. But, if that is going 

 to be left to the Board of Directors, 

 and to a committee, it will not be as 

 effectual as it will be if it is passed 

 on by this convention. It seems to me 

 it would have been a great thing if 

 we could have formulated some def- 

 inite line of action, and presented it 

 this morning for discussion, and have 

 the thing put up in definite shape. 



The Board of Directors have been 

 running the National now for a good 

 many years, and; with all due respect 

 to them, we know how they have been 

 running it; and if it is left to them to 

 change we can only assume they will 

 make changes in accordance with past 

 plans, and those of us in the conven- 

 tion got the idea something else was 

 necessary after listening to Mr. York's 

 stirring address. For that reason I 

 would like to have something done 

 right here and now. 



Pres. York — ^^The committee can 

 have tinother meeting before the con- 

 vention closes, and 'bring in a further 

 report. 



Mr. Stone — As a member of that 

 committee, I understand it is to talk 

 over and suggest the changes to be 

 made, then they will come before this 

 meeting at its next annual session. 

 Notice has to be given 45 days before 

 the next annual election, and I think 

 Dr. Phillips' point is well taken; but 

 won't it come before the convention 

 before any action is taken? It will 

 be the action of the convention, and 

 not of the Directors. 



Mr. Davenport — As the mover of that 

 motion, it was contemplated that what- 

 ever plan was formulated by the com- 

 mittee would be submitted to the 

 annual convention of the National Bee- 

 Keepers' Association. In view of the 

 suggestion that has been made, I move 

 an amendment to the motion to 

 approve of the report, that the Presi- 



