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order during the closing session of the Congress. A majority vote of the 

 Congress shall be necessary to approve the action of the Executive Com- 

 mittee.' " 



CHAIRMAN DERN: If there is no objection this resolution will be 

 referred to the committee on resolutions. I hear none, and it iS so ordered. 

 What is your further pleasure, gentlemen? 



A DELEGATE: I move you, Mr. Chairman, that we proceed with the 

 regular order. 



CHAIRMAN DERN: It is not necessary. 



MR. V. T. COOKE (Wyoming): I want to take this opportunity to 

 say. Be it Further Resolved, That the Officers and Executive Committee 

 of the Trans-Missouri Dry Farming Congress should be elected during an 

 early session of each meeting of the Congress, in order that matters per- 

 taining to the policy and work of the Congress may come before each Exe- 

 cutive Committee during the sessions of the Congress then being held. 



Resolved Further, That the election of officers and Executive Commit- 

 tee be made a special order for Thursday at 11 a. m. 



CHAIRMAN DERN: Do yon offer that as a resolution? 



MR. COOKE: I do. 



MR. BURNS (Colorado) : I second the motion. 



CHAIRMAN DERN: I believe it ought, to take the regular course. I 

 believe all of these resolutions ought to go to the Committee on Resolu- 

 tions. It will be referred to the Committee on Resolutions. 



MR. BURNS Colorado): Before the Chair acts, I wish to say that it 

 seems to me if the election of officers is to take place to-morrow morning 

 under this resolution, provided it is adopted, it would be well for this 

 Congress to have a vote on this, so that they can proceed under it early 

 to-morrow morning to select their committees. 



MR. BUFFUM (Wyoming) : It seems to me that this Resolution Com- 

 mittee should be appointed this afternoon. They will have time to report 

 back early in the morning on the resolution and the resolution could take 

 the regular course and still be in plenty of time. 



CHAIRMAN DERN: I believe these are matters of great importance, 

 and the Committee on Resolutions being so large, and being representative 

 of each state, I believe the best way is to refer this resolution and others to 

 the Committee on Resolutions, and I so order. We will now. proceed with 

 the regular program. 



MR. CHILCOTT (Washington, D. C): I would suggest that the Com- 

 mittee on Resolutions meet at once in order that they may organize and 

 take up the consideration of the resolutions already offered. Th^ names of 

 the Committeemen might be read so that we may know who they are, and 

 they could meet at once if that is the wish of the Convention. 



CHAIRMAN DERN: As suggested at the time of announcing the 

 committee, I believe it would be well for them to meet now, and I will 

 read the names again for the information of those who may not have been 

 in the room at the time the committee was announced: E. C. Chilcott, 

 Washington, D. C; H. T. Davidson, Wyoming; John T. Burns, Colorado; 



