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are present and desire to offer any resolutions that they now do so, and 

 then adjourn until a later hour. By taking a recess it will probably take 

 ten minutes, it may take fifteen minutes or more to call the convention to 

 order again, and it will carry us over the hour in our deliberations until 

 very close to one o'clock. It is the judgment of the chair that the gentle- 

 man had better withdraw that motion and let us take it up in regular 

 order this afternoon. 



]\IR. DAY: I withdraw my motion, and move that we take a recess 

 and not an adjournment. 



]\IR. BURNS, of ]\Iontana: I would like to second the motion for 

 a recess and not an adjournment, owing to the action of this convention 

 yesterday, in which it decided that the election must take place during the 

 first session of the second day of the Congress. Should this Congress 

 adjourn the election would not be constitutional. I second the motion 

 that we take a recess until two o'clock and in the meantime these delega- 

 tions can do their talking between now and two o'clock. Call it a recess. 



CHAIRMAN DERN: Before putting this motion I wish to state 

 that the Secretary has some announcements to make. 



SECRETARY ROOT: A telegram from Tombstone, Arizona: 

 "Would be pleased to have next meeting Dry Farming Congress at 

 Douglas, Arizona." Signed A. Wentworth, Mayor. 



One from Cheyenne. "Don't forget Cheyenne wants the next Dry 

 Farming Congress. Give us your vote and influence." Signed P. S. 

 Cook and addressed to Fisher Harris, Secretary Commercial Club. (Ap- 

 plause.) 



A DELEGATE: Good for Cheyenne. 



SECRETARY ROOT: Another from Cheyenne. "The Industrial 

 Club of Chej-enne and the citizens generally extend to your organization 

 an invitation to hold your next Dry Farming Congress here. We are 

 sending a delegation to Salt Lake City to solicit the convention. A. H. 

 Marble, President." 



Another from Cheyenne. "Cheyenne wants next Congress and will 

 make it a success. W. C. Deming, Editor Tribune." 



The Credentials Committee has turned in its report, as follows: 

 "Your Committee on Credentials begs leave to report that the delegates 

 named in the subjoined list, in which they appear by states, are entitled 

 seats in this Congress. The committee will submit a further report 

 tomorrow morning." Here follows a list of the delegates. I take it it 

 is not necessary to read the list. In totals there are 382 delegates reg- 

 istered: 286 from Utah, Idaho 52. Washington, D. C, 5, Oregon 2, 

 jMontana 3, Nebraska 2, Nevada 2, California 3, Arizona 1, North Dakota 1, 

 Wyoming 18, Colorado 7. 



CHAIRMAN DERN: What shall be done with the report of the 

 Committee on Credentials? 



MR. EVANS: I move that the report of the Committee on Creden- 

 tials be received and approved. 



