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EDITORIAL. 
We can only suffer in the end where the statute is the produc¬ 
tion of a class, or the creature of politics. To be lasting, to be 
an honor to the profession and a blessing to the people, it must 
be founded upon just principles, with the corner-stone of fairness 
and freedom from the spoils ” system. The profession is en¬ 
tirely too great to place this important department in the hands 
of any one who will use it to further any private ends, or use it 
against any section of the whole body. 
The papers read were of unusual interest and the discus¬ 
sions upon them animated, intelligent, and entertaining. The 
members may well feel proud of their eighth annual meeting, 
and in deciding to hold their next convention in this city they 
may be sure that a hearty welcome awaits them by the profes¬ 
sion of Greater New York. 
In electing Dr. W. L. Baker, of Cortland, to the position of 
President they have honored a man who has worked assiduously 
from the inception of the society to bring it to its present estate, 
and they may be assured that he will take with him into his 
new office a pride which will redound to their benefit. Dr. Bell, 
of the Review, became the Vice-President, and the old and 
tried Secretary, Dr. Claude D. Morris, of Pawling, could not be 
spared from his onerous duties, and, amid his protests, accepted 
the office for another term. The Censors elected were Drs. 
Huff, Kelly, Gill, Daw, and Poucher. 
THE REVIEW’S ADVICE EODDOWED. 
In an editorial in the July issue of the Review we com¬ 
mented upon the official inquiries by foreign governments for 
cavalry horses, and the subsequent suggestion by some leading 
agricultural journals to the Secretary of Agriculture, to appoint 
a special commissioner to investigate the proper line of breeding 
of such horses for the information of our American horse-breeders. 
The RevieVv^ advised the Department of Agriculture to select a 
veterinarian as such commissioner, and we are pleased to report 
that our advice has been followed. Secretary James Wilson 
has appointed Dr. William A. Bruette, of Chicago, as a commis- 
