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equality before the law, and if the 

 members for any cause see proper to 

 elect a man that is a dealer in bee- 

 keepers' supplies, they have a right to 

 do so. If they find when they put him 

 in office that he warps and twists his 

 position for selfish purposes, they do 

 not have to re-elect him; but know how 

 to "sit down" on him in the future. 

 Some of the best and most worthy mem- 

 bers of the bee-keepers' associations in 

 the United States have certainly been 



and his will. An amendment of that 

 kind would bar the great Langstroth. 

 Our worthy friend Dadant (I give him 

 all praise that is due him; I would not 

 take a laurel irgm his brow) seemed to 

 favor an amendment of that kind to 

 our constitution, stating that some of 

 our Eastern bee-keepers, notably the 

 State associations of Pennsylvania and 

 New York, would withdraw from the 

 National if it did not become a part of 

 the organic law of that Association. 1 



Vice-President Emma M. Wilson. 



dealers in bee-keepers' supplies. Among 

 them was the great Langstroth himself. 

 A purer-minded man never lived, in my 

 opinion. I speak from having known 

 personally the man, having been in his 

 apiary and talked with him on different 

 topics, and he was a pure-minded man, 

 first, last and all the time. He never 

 would accept an office. I do not be- 

 lieve he was ever an officer. He may 

 have presided at one meeting in Cincin- 

 nati, but it was against his inclination 



do not believe that the bee-keepers of 

 New York and Pennsylvania feel that 

 way ; and i do not believe, if they are 

 fairly dealt with, and that question is 

 fairly discussed before them, that they 

 will vote in favor of that kind of an 

 amendment to the constitution. I hope 

 they will take the broad view of it, 

 that all the members are on a common 

 ground. If you do not want a man who 

 deals in supplies to be an officer, do not 

 elect him; and any other person who 



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