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ciation for all the officers as nominated by the committee. Carried. 



The secretary reports that he so cast the ballot. 



Chairman: The secretary having so cast the ballot the following gen- 

 tlemen are elected: 



President — George H. Gurler, DeKalb. 



Vice President— S. G. SoverhilJ, Tiskilwa. 



DIRECTORS. 



George H. Gurler , . DeKalb, 



John Stewart Elburn 



Joseph Newman Elgin 



R. R. Murphy Garden Plain. 



S. G. Soverhill Tiskilwa, 



J. G. Spicer Edelstein, 



J. H. Coolidge Galesburg. 



Mr. Geo. H. Gurler, the newly-elected president responded in the fol- 

 lowing manner: 



"I thank the committee and the convention for the confidence placed 

 in me in electing me for the fourth time, regardless of my protests. I 

 hope the members will stand by me as faithfully as they have done the 

 last three years. If they do I will be satisfied. My relations with the 

 officers and members of the association have been very pleasant 



"The last thing when I left ho?ne my sen said to me. 'Look here, Mr. 

 Dad, remember you are getting to be an old man. If you come home with 

 any office attached to you, I shall have to mop the floor with you.' Now, 

 what am I to do? 



"Have you heard the story of the boy who ran away rather than be 

 punished? Now, I am going south tonight, and if you never hear from 

 me again, this committee is responsible. Gentlemen, I thank you for the 

 honor you have conferred upon me." 



