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lions are peculiarly qualified and adapted to such work. When 
evils become so manifest that they command undivided public at¬ 
tention, the people seek for remedies, and when they recognize and 
accept such remedies, their executive power to apply and enforce 
the same are, in a human sense, simply omnipotent. Before that 
power individuals and minor organizations sink into insignificance, 
and are overwhelmed by the rising waves of the people’s will. The 
waters are already moving. 
Adjourned to 9 a. in., Wednesday. 
Wednesday, February 9 , 9 a. m. 
President Stilson called the convention to order. 
The following societies and industrial organizations were repre¬ 
sented as follows: 
State Agricultural Society. —President Eli Stilson, Vice-Presidents Geo. E. 
Bryant and John L. Mitchell, and Messrs. Dean, Boyce, and Field, members of the 
executive board, beside numerous life-members of the society. 
State Horticultural Society. —President J. S. Stiekney, and Messrs. J. C # 
Plumb and F. W. Case, secretaries, and A. G. Tuttle and Geo. P. Peffer, members. 
Northern Wisconsin Agricultural and Mechanical Association.— 
President J. M. Smith and numerous members of that society. 
Wisconsin State Dairyman’s Association. —President Hiram Smith, and 
other members of the association. 
Boscobel Agricultural and Driving-Park Association. —Hon. George 
Brown. 
Southern Wisconsin Sheep-Breeders’ and Wool-Growers’ Associa¬ 
tion. —Geo. Lawrence, Jr. 
COUNTY SOCIETIES. 
Racine County. —Vice-President J. A. Casswell. 
Sheboygan. —Hon. E. Eastman, Hon. J. E. Thomas, David W. Gilbert, Esq. 
La Crosse.—A. J. Philips. 
Fond du Lac. —Charles Heyer. 
Kenosha. —President Henry Blackman. 
GRANGES. 
Wisconsin State Grange. —Daniel Williams, L. G. Rogers, E. H. Benton, F. 
L. Bacon. 
Blake’s Prairie. —Geo. W. Lee, R. L. Bingham, D. Balentine. 
Black Earth. —A. M. Partridge, Enoch Wood. 
