ILLINOIS STATE BEE-KEEPERS' ASSOCIATION 



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office, in addition to the nominations 

 obtained in the usual way." 



If the other two members of the 

 Committee are willing to present this 

 as a report, we can hand it in. 



The other two members stating that 

 they were agreeable, Mr. Dadant said, 

 As the Committee is unanimous on 

 that, we present that as a partial re- 

 port of the Committee on Resolutions 

 and submit it to the Convention. 



Mr, Kretchmer moved, seconded by 

 Mr. York, that the resolution be 

 adopted. 



Mr. Darby — I just rise to ask a 

 •question. If I mistake not, the re- 

 port said those members representing 

 the different States would be elected. 

 Am I right in that? 



The President — ^I think the resolu- 

 tion reads "elected." 



Mr. ' Darby — It seems to me we 

 might save a little time by having the 

 President appoint those members. It 

 would take quite a little time to elect 

 so many. 



The President — ^I think the Com- 

 mittee was very kind to the chair in 

 avoiding any feeling there might be 

 that the President was taking too 

 much upon his shoulders, but the 

 Convention can move any amendment 

 that they see fit. 



Mr. Foster — I think it would save 

 time to have it "appointment" instead 

 of "election." 



Mr. Poppleton — I move that the 

 resolution be amended to read "ap- 

 pointed" instead of "elected." 



Mr. Kretchmer — I accept the amend- 

 ment. 



The President — Then the resolution 

 will read "appointed" instead of 

 "elected." 



Mr. Dadant — I would like to hear 

 Irom Mr. France on that matter. Mr. 

 France has more experience than any 

 of us in regard to the manner of 

 nominating candidates. He has often 

 •expressed himself on the shortcom- 

 ings of the present method. We can- 

 not change the present method be- 

 cause it is in the Constitution, but we 

 can add to it through simply suggest- 

 ing to our members in our report what 

 names we prefer. It is only a tenta- 

 tive action on the part of the Conven- 

 tion, but Mr. France can show you, I 

 think, the necessity for such a move. 



Mr. France — Mr. President, I heart- 

 ily endorse the move in which we are 



starting. Those who are now in ofHce 

 •are re-nominated year after year, and 

 people ask me to fill out the blank 

 for, they don't know who. That, of 

 course, I would not do. It shows our 

 system is sadly defective. This same 

 idea was suggested by our Director 

 from New York, Mr. G. M. Doolittle, 

 and it has also come from the Cali- 

 fornia Director, somewhat upon this 

 same line of thought, and this puts it 

 in a way that I certainly approve of. 



The question was called for. 



The President put the motion to 

 adopt the resolution as amended, 

 which, on a vote having been taken, 

 was carried unanimously. 



Mr. Bohrer — The resolution does not 

 specify by whom these Committeemen 

 are to be appointed. 



The President — The gentleman did 

 not say the chair, but it is taken f»r 

 granted that he means the chair. 

 ' Mr. Darby — My suggestion was that 

 the President make the appointment. 

 I am not sure whether the gentleman 

 who made the motion placed it in that 

 manner or not. 



Mr. York — There is only one that 

 can appoint, and that would be the 

 President. 



Mr. France — As I want to present 

 to the members who are not here a 

 thorough understanding in regard to 

 this matter, I wish to say there must 

 be a time when a change will take 

 place. Will we expect this Commit- 

 tee to make suggestions or bring in a 

 nomination report that the members 

 at the coming election can consider, 

 or will it have to be held over for the 

 next election? We already have re- 

 ceived from thirty-four hundred and 

 some odd nominations ballots sent out 

 only 328 nominations. Now, if this 

 Committee can suggest, it is my im- 

 pression that the Committee's report 

 will be the one the members will 

 cater to. 



Mr. York — There ought to be s6me 

 way to amend the Constitution of this 

 Association. When this Committee re- 

 ports, if their report seems satisfac- 

 tory to the Convention, it might be 

 that they could recommend an amend- 

 ment to the Constitution, which ccfuld 

 be voted on in the next election which 

 would be in November. I would move 

 that this Committee on Nominations 

 be instructed to make a recommenda- 

 tion looking towards the amendment 

 of the Constitution on elections. 



