St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-01-07
The Annual Meeting Of the
State Agricultural Society
Next Week.
Will There Be Traces Of the
Old Fight Within the Or
ganization?
What Some Of Those Who Are
Informed Think of the
Coming Meeting.
A Possible Slate for the Elec-
ton, Which Is an I'M
portant One.

The State Agricultural society will
hold its annual meeting in the house
chamber at the state capitol Tuesday at
10 a. m. The society is made up by
delegations from all the county and dis
trict agricultural societies in the state,
three delegates from each society; the
presidents of all breeding associations.
and all societies having for their object
the promotion of the interests of agri-
culture, providing such societies pay
out for annual premiums as much as
they receive from the state, and have
annual memberships of twenty-five or
over; also the presidents eX-officiO of
the State Horticultural society, the
State Amber Cane association, the
State Dairymen's association. the State
Forestry association, the Southern Min
nesOta Fair association, the State Bee
keepers association. the president and
secretary of the State Farmers
alliance and a large number
of honorary members. The business
questions relating to the state fair, agri-
culture and kindred subjects, and to
elect officers, Since the recognizing
law of last winter only the president,
two vice presidents and two members of
the board of managers are to be elected
by the society. A week later the board
of managers will meet to elect a secre-
tary and treasurer. The two members
of the board of managers who are
elected will hold Office for a term of
three years. At the annual meeting,
after the credentials of each delegate
have been accepted and the report of
the present officers made, President
NOrthrop, of the State university, will
deliver an address upon the subject,
"HiStOric Lessons" Previous to the
annual meeting of the society the board
of managers will, have meeting in
President Merriam's room at the Mer-
chants National bank for the tranSac-
ton of the usual closing business of the
year, the meeting to be called to order
at 10 a. M. on Monday.
THE OLD FIGHT.
The recognizing law passed by the
last legislature does away with the pos
sibility of any fight over the secretary
ship at the annual meeting. There was
for long time extreme discord in the
state society. The bitterness between
the two factions exhibited himself with
the utmost recklessness at the last
meeting. N. P. Clarke, of st. Cloud, was
the moving power in the big split, and
he took occasion to express himself very
forcibly upon the floor. The one hum
bred and fifty or more members were
about evenly divided at the time, and
r. G. Judson, who had efficiently filled
the secretaryship for number of years,
and had done as much as any man in
the society to bring it from very hum
BILE beginning to its present inn
portance, was made the object,
of Mr.. Clarke's very caustic outburSt.
Mr.. Clarke won the day, but it de-.
prived Minneapolis of all representa-
ton upon the board or among the Off
GERS. There is better feeling this
year. Harmony prevails. and there
will be less of personal acrimony and
in the very best working condition, for
the state fair buildings are relieved of
their load of debt which the last annual
meeting had to struggle with, and the
work of the past year has been very en-
couraging. During 1885 and 1886 the
society had big elephant upon it's
hands in the fair grounds and the build
ing improvements, which neceSStated a
great deal of labor and large eXpendi-
ture, and if things did not run smoothly
enough it might have been owing to
this. l@ 49,,
The question most interesting now is,
who is to be the next president? Some
of the delegates-elect from the country
societies talk of recognizing St. Paul
and Ramsey county this year for the
| fair grounds gift by giving the preSi-
dency to St. Paul. w. r. Merriam
STANDS VERY HIGH
| in the estimation of the society. for it is
generally believed that the success of
the past year is largely due to his exec
utive ability and enthusiastic energy.
| There is no other candidate mentioned
| for the office. Horace Pratt's resigna-
Of no off fn xxrhi hn ha1
reelected gave Mr. Merriam chance to
| spread himself. The next thing is to
| give Minneapolis the recognition she
deserves. Fred C. Pillsbury is unani-
| mously regarded as the proper man for
| the Office of first vice president. That
| the society needs Mr.. Pillsbury's serv-
| ices was we'll enough proved by the
races of last year. The state at large is
said to be unanimous in its choice of
Clarke Chambers for the Office of second
vice president. MI. Chambers is good
practical man, who hasn't an enemy in
the society. and who is both enterpris-
ing and coOl-headed. To make any turf
meeting a success his services are al
ways required. Mr.. Chambers is good,
representative of the stock interests
of the state, and has been identi-
fed with the state fair from it's
beginning. The two new members
of the board OF managers
will in all probability be James
McHench, of Fairmont(to be re-elected),
and w. F. Cross, of Red Wing, who
distinguished himself as superintend-
ent of the fair last year. The delegates
who have so far expressed themselves
say that a board consisting of
McHench. of Fairmont; Cooper, of St.
Cloud; Norrish, of Hastings; johnson,
of Benson; Cross, of Red Wing; and
Prosser, of Wykoff, can create no pos
sible dissatisfaction, while the bestowal
of the offices upon Merriam, Pillsbury
and Chambers, it is believed, will rec
ognize and bind together the interests
of every agricultural element, and
place the honors where they belong.
The question of secretaryship is one
with which the board of managers will
struggle on the 18th. 1t is next to i'm
possible to predict who Senator Hoard's
successor will be.
ODnS AND ENDS