ILLINOIS STATE i;p:e-kp:epers' association {,9 



posed til uiint is known as the ma- keeper in this State — and he is not too 



jority laile, I'or the simple I'act that a okl to imt in an oflice Ukv the presi- 



nian can so out and canvass, and you denc-y of tliis Assot-iation. 



are pledged to vote for some man: I don't lielieve we lan fill tiie place 



after he has Ijeen dropped, you conie ^\■itll an.v other man as \\f\\ as \se can 



to me, to vote for your niaii, and jieo- wWn him, so I nominati' Mr. C. P. Da- 



l)le can trade. If there ar<' ei.i;ht men dant \'nv Pr<>sident. 



in tliis room that are iTi favor of o)ie Mi-, l^yles — I mo\'e that the Secretary 



man, and there are seven m<'n that are be instructed to cast the l)al]ot foi- Mr. 



in favor of anotlier, and six for another Dadant for President of this Associa- 



one, and five for tlie next one — there lion. 



are foui' candidates. It doe.'<n"t look 'I'he motion was seconded and car- 



i-iH:ht. if I ;im in favor of this one man, i-ii-d. 



to have him dropped, because I am as Mr. Dadant — I want to thank this 



much in favor of him on the last hallot Associatiim for the \-ote. It is cer- 



cis I am on the lii'st one. I should tainly very kind, esiiicially under the 



have a rijifht to vote for tliat man circumstances, in th</ li.^iil of what 



just as lonj? a.s the voting- lasts, and '^vas said \estej-da\- in i-t-.i^ai'd to the 



that vote should count just as ni^uch. accusations made liy a certain man in 



If you are S'dnji;- to shut me off from Illinois; but I feel thei'e are liut few 



voting- for my candidate, you niight pefiple who helie\-<- w h;it h<' said, 



as well let i)lurality rule first as last. Mr. York — I want to congratulate 



It is the pkn-ality vote that really de- this Association on elec-ting a man like 



cides, in the long- run. l)ecause if I Mr. Dadant to the presidenc\'. He is 



think the man I vote for is the best known on two continents. He is a 



man, I would vote for him just as man that has lime to attend to these 



long as I stayed in this room, and things, and also to attend conventions. 



j-f)U folks would refuse to count it. ^li". York — l-"or five Vice Presidents: 



For my part, I would be in favor of T tliink it would l)e w-ell to write tiie 



the plurality rule, because that is what names on slijis of i)ai)er and let the 



decides it, anyway. five highest be thr ones elected. 



Mr. Bowen — It is. of course, iinder- Mr. Pyles — I move that this be done 



stood that if si>me one gets tihe ma- b>- ballot, and the five that receive 



jority of votes on the fli-st ballot, then the highest number of vfites dci-Iared 



you take his name. Sui)pose one Vice Presidents, in the order in which 



man gets 8 votes: another 7: the_\- rtK-eive them. 



another G: another ') — if those 7. fi and The motion was seconded and car- 



,") conclude they would rather have one ried. 



of the 7, 6 and r. candidates, there The result of the ballot was as fol- 



would be IS \-otes against S; now, lows: Mi-, ("oiiiiin. 1st: Mr. IJowen. I'd: 



that is a majority, and the majority ^'r. ^^^■|■neI-. :',d : Mr. Moore, ^tli. and 



elects tihe candidate. ^Ir. P\lc. ."ah Viei' Pi-rsid<-nt. 



On a vote being taken the motion -^'r. Pyles- In \iew of the r'-Cngnized 



"v\-as carried. abilit\- and i-aruestness of iln- m.-tn 



r'residenl — Proceed with the ilertinn. ^vho has ln-ld the otfiee of .Scet-ci,-i ry of 



]\Tember — I vote tin.' •'"hair api>oim the Ulinoi.-; I Ii-c-ke.-p. rs' Assmiation 



the Tellers. for so man\' > cai-s. 1 moyi' tlie ;i<-t- 



President — I apjioint the s;ime two ing Trisident cast the vot.- of ih.- as- 



as acted on the other. sociation for -Mr, Stone fm- the otfit-e 



The result of tlie balhiting \Nas: Mr. of Sei-retary of this AssociaT inii. 



Kildfiw. 17 votes: .Mr. roi)])in. ^^l. and .Mr. Hec-ker — 1 would liki to make ,-i 



Mr. Hinderei-, 2. .Mr. Kildow. receiving motion that the salai-.\ of the .<i-ire!ar>- 



the majority of vules. w:;s declared be lixed before wc elect him. and I 



elected to the office of fmil brood in- m(i\-e that the new- Se(-i-etar.\- recivi- 



speetor. the same amount as he gut t!;is >-car — 



.$7.-..00. 

 Election of Officers. 'Piie motion was seconded and car- 

 Mr. Stone — I don't think we can do ried. 

 any Vjetter than U> iJi(-k out one of the Mr. Dadant — T second the motion 

 men who is most widely known in the made by Mr. Pyle that the President 

 United States as a bee-keeper, and that cast the vote for Secretary, 

 is Mr. C P. Dadant — the largest bee- The motion was ]iut and carried. 



