Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-02-08

with any papers, essays, ad
dresses and reports of discussions
furnished Herewith, and approved by the
secretary of the State Agricultural society
or its executive committee for publication,
shall be printed in the annual report Of
the State Agricultural society herein pro-
vided for, or so much thereof shall be
printed as there may be room for within
the limit of 600 pages herein prescribed.
Sec. 5. The members of the State Agri
cultural society designated and provided
for in sec. one % of this act shall meet at
the college of agriculture, University of
Minnesota, at the call of the professor of
agriculture, on the fourth Tuesday of
March of the present year, 1889 and shall
then elect by ballot the officers mentioned
in section two o. of this act, who shall
hold their offices till the close of the annual
meeting in 1884, and any business proper
to be done at any annual meeting under
the provisions of this act, may be trans
acted at said meeting in March, 1883.
Sec. 6. The present officers OF the state
Agricultural society shall turn over to the
officers elected, provided for In the preced-
ing section, all books, moneys or other
property of the State Agricultural So
ciety, remaining in their hands,
together with list of such books, papers,
moneys or other property and list OF all
assets an liabilities of the society, verified
under oath as correct and true, and a list
of members of the society, and their ten
ure of Office shall cease when their success
sors shall be elected as provided for in
section five (5).
Sec. Z, That the sum of six Thousand
dollars ($6,OOO) be annually appropriated
out of any moneys in the state treasury
not otherwise appropriated, to aid the
said State Agricultural society
in the work of preparing for
and holding its fairs, meetings, and con-
ventisns, in gathering material and data
for its annual report, in TIE distribution of
said report, in providing suitable place
for its books and other property, and III the
payment of the salary and expenses of its
secretary and the expenses of its commit
tees, for labor actually performed by them,
and other uses that may be necessary and
proper. The said sum shall be paid quar-
terly by the state treasurer on the order of
the president and secretary of the State
Agricultural society.
Sec. 8. All acts and parts of acts incon-
sistent with this act, including all previous
acts making appropriations to the State
Agricultural society, are hereby repealed;
provided that nothing herein contained
shall be construed to repeal or suspend any
appropriations now made or required to bs
made to county agricultural societies.
Sec. 9. This act shall take effect and be
in force from and after its passage.
The presentation of this bill stirred up
quite discussion.
Sam z. Adams said it appeared to him
that we had two agricultural societies, one
d statutory society and the other incorpo-
rated under the general law, wherein GER
tain individuals and their successors are
made incorporators. It was question
with him which of the two it was proposed
to reorganize. He favored the proposed
plan provided it was more thoroughly ma
tured.
Mr.. McHench explained about the
former organizations and the present one,
and thought the legislature had the power
to do what it has done and had from time
to time voted the $1,000.
Col. Stveerns briefly reviewed the
laws in regard to the organization of
the agricultural society and expressed the
idea that there was no difficulty about the
matter at all.
Mr.. Emery expressed the idea that the
whole matter could be easily managed.
Prof. Porter explained how he be-
came connected with the society, and
thought that the sooner the State Agricul-
tural society was dissolyedthe better for
the whole state If ne was a member of
the legislature he would vote against any
donation of money to the society. If this
society is close packet corporation it is
of no more consequence than any other
unimportant matter.
McHench thought that either we have or
have not got state fair society. If we
have not, let US say so, and reorganize at
once on proper basis.
Mr.Adams thought we ought to reorgan-
ize.
Prof. Porter wanted it understood that
he made no charges against the officers of
the society. He simply thought the society
does not meet the wants of
| the state of Minnesota. He
objected to the present organization that
| the whole business of the society is limited
| to the delegates from the county societies,
and no one else has right to vote on any
thing before the society. It is not organ
lied on popular basis. In other states
the agricultural societies are organized on
this popular basis, instead of on the repre-
sentative system which prevails here. The
advantage of the popular basis is evident.
The State Agricultural society here repre-
sents no one except few persons. So far
as he was concerned he proposed to have it
all changed.
MIR. Whitlock, of Belle PLANE, claimed
that the society had prescriptive right to
live, that it had an existence, and that if
anything was to be done it should be done
calmly and slowly. He was opposed to
revolution. If we could wait another
year we could arrange matters
in satisfactory manner and afterwards
have an old fashioned Methodist love feast.
He thought Prof. Porter intended well and
be did not wish to see any revolutionary
measures taken. He urged all to 60 slow.
McHench could not see what there was
revolutionary about this matter. All that
was proposed to do is to extend the scope
of the membership, to place
the membership in the hands
of the people instead of keeping It in a
few hands. There was nothing revolutiona-
ry about the proposition. What is it pro-
l.