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again have the meeting in New York. It is with much gratifi¬ 
cation that in this issue we can settle the question and make it 
known, as will be seen by the report of the Comitia Minora, 
which we publish, that the next annual meeting of the Associa¬ 
tion will take place on the regular day of September in Cin¬ 
cinnati. 
“ You will not have a quorum !” 
These were the conclusions of the minority when the question 
was put to a vote. 
If this is to be true remains for the Association to decide. If 
there is not enough professional ambition amongst the forty or 
fifty members of the Association who belong to the East; if the 
apathy characteristic of the American veterinarians cannot be sha¬ 
ken enough to make New York, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, New 
Jersey and the other States go for once towards their sister 
States of the West; if there are not enough interests at stake; if 
the officers of the Association, the members of the various com¬ 
mittees, that on Education, on Diseases, on Prizes, if all remain 
satisfied with the selecting of the place and nothing more, and 
quietly wait for the day when a few enthusiasts will start for 
Cincinnati; oh, then if—if—of course there w T ill be no quorum ; 
there will be no meeting; there will be a great failure, a great 
joy for those who are enemies of the Association—and the next 
best thing that the U. S. V. Med. Association will have to do 
will be to die, to cease her labors as unworthy of being a national 
institution. 
But, on the contrary, if, as we hope, the majority of the mem¬ 
bers will go, leaving aside personal interests, following the 
general professional welfare; if the President and the Secretary 
of the Association will fully appreciate their duties and what 
they ought to do ; if the Chairmen of the various committees will 
attend to their offices and bring reports of their departments ; if 
the various States Associations will send delegates, we see no 
reason why a quorum should not be obtained ; nor why the meet¬ 
ing should not be a success. What is needed is a little more 
energy and a little more professional love, and perhaps a little 
less self interest. We know it is hard for some to leave a prac- 
