450  Pennsylvania  Pharmaceutical  Ass'n.  {^x^h'J^m' 
Special  committee  to  prepare  resolutions  upon  the  deaths  of 
J.  H.  Redsecker  of  Lebanon  and  J.  H.  Stein  of  Reading :  Joseph  P. 
Remington,  chairman;  M.  N.  Kline  and  J.  L.  Lemberger. 
Some  additional  reports  from  delegates  and  reports  of  commit- 
tees were  then  received,  after  which  the  session  adjourned  to 
reconvene  at  the  formal  opening  at  8  p.m.  Tuesday.  At  this  even- 
ing session,  the  address  of  welcome  was  delivered  by  Hon.  John  M. 
Reynolds,  Congressman  from  Pennsylvania,  who  talked  very  inter- 
estingly., his  speech  being  largely  historical  in  its  nature,  concerning 
the  country  around  Bedford,  which  was  on  Braddock's  and  Wash- 
ington's line  of  march  from  Virginia  to  Fort  Pitt,  now  Pittsburg. 
The  speaker  was  also  very  emphatic  in  upholding  the  principles  of 
pure  food  an  J.  drug  legislation,  of  which  he  has  been  one  of  the 
steadfast  supporters.  The  responses  to  this  address  were  made 
for  the  members  and  ladies,  respectively,  by  Col.  Henry  C.  Dem- 
ming  of  Harrisburg  and  Mrs.  Wm.  E.  Lee  of  Philadelphia. 
President  Walton  then  called  Vice-President  Leedom  to  the 
chair  while  he  read  his  annual  address.  In  this  he  made  a  number 
of  recommendations,  among  the  more  important  of  which  were  the 
following : 
That  a  committee  of  five  be  appointed  to  draft  a  proposed  law 
providing  for  the  restriction  and  regulation  of  the  sale  of  opium, 
its  preparations,  and  derivatives  in  Pennsylvania;  that  the  by-laws 
be  amended  so  as  to  include  the  President  as  an  ex-ofrlcio  member  of 
the  Committee  on  Legislation  ;  that  suitable  provision  be  made  for 
the  finances  of  the  Entertainment  Committee  so  as  to  abolish  the 
present  practice  of  soliciting  aid  from  the  wholesale  trade ;  that  a 
special  committee  of  five  members  on  U.S. P.  and  N.F.  propaganda 
be  appointed,  three  of  whom  shall  be  delegates  to  the  State  Medical 
Society,  and  that  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  this  committee,  with  the 
co-operation  of  local  members,  when  necessary,  to  prepare  an 
exhibit  and  suitable  literature  for  furthering  this  important  work, 
funds  not  to  exceed  two  hundred  dollars  to  be  placed  at  the  disposal 
of  the  committee  from  the  treasury  of  the  association.  It  also 
containe  1  recommendations  concerning  the  relations  between  the 
association  and  the  recently  formed  Travelling  Men's  Auxiliary  and 
an  increase  in  the  salaries  of  the  treasurer  and  secretary  of  the 
association.  It  might  be  said  in  passing,  that  practically  every  one 
of  the  foregoing  recommendations  was  adopted  later  by  the  associa- 
tion after  hearing  the  report  of  the  Committee  on  President's 
Address. 
