Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-18
ARE AFTER, MORE STATE AID
Dairymen's Association Resolves to Ask for
Liberal Appropriations
NEED MONEY TO CARRY on EXPERIMENTS
VIII Ask g2a,oOO TO support the
Dairy nutt,IinE at the Stntc
Fnrm-rsplit on cabinet
Candidates.

LINCOLN, Dec. 17.--(Specinl)-Thc Ne
braska Datrymens association closed it's
annual meeting at noon today at the chapel
of the State university. At $3.50 the dairy
men Joined in chapel exercises with the
students, the officers and members occupy
ing seats on the platform In short ad-
dress Chancellor MacLean said that he con-
sidored this day second in Importance only
TO the dedication of the new library build
ing. The dedication of a dairy building
at the experimental farm marked a long
stride in the progress Of the university.
w. G. Whitmore OF Douglas county, repub-
lican candidate for regent, was called upon
by the chancellor and made a felicitous
speech, in which he heartily recommended
large appropriations for the university in
general and directed attention to the fact
that while he was a member Of the legis
lature he had invariably supported all the
appropriations asked for. At the conclusion
of the chapel exercises, Regent Morrill,
spoke of recent trip to the Minnesota
experimental farm, comprising 32O acres,
and said that the legislature appropriated
for the biennium for this farm $4,000.
1t was provided with dairy building cost
ing 100000. All the Minnesota farmers
had to do was to ask for an appropriation
and 1t was granted them. He claimed
that Nebraska was in as good shape, tinan-
cially, to make appropriations to this in
terost as was Minnesota.
w. A. Carpenter presented the report
on resolutions. The following were adopted:
Recommending an appropriation for the new
dairy building of $4,000 by the coming
Legislature; selection of delegate to the
meeting of the National Dairy union at
Chicago. on the Goth of January next Pres
George HaSp1l
Beatrice with power to select an alter
nate should he be unable to attend): to
provide a commissioner to enforce laws
against imitation dairy and other agr-
cultural products appropriation of funds
of the association for farmers Institutes
whenever the finances of the association
shall permit; endorsement OF federal house
roll No 4i,3i9 providing for trade mark
in different states to protect products.
The following officers were elected:
President, II. A. Vaughn Fremont; vice
president ]. w. Bush; secretary. s. c.
directors was selected: Z. f. Howe of
Crete, w. a. Carpenter, George A. Merrill,
B. f. Stouffer, ". A, Poynter
At 1;3O p. NJ. the association, accompanied
by many of the faculty and students Of the
university topk street cars and rode out to
the experimental farm, where speeches were
made by Chancellor MacLean, w. G. Whit
more and others Governor HOlcOmb made
an address directing attention to the great
importance OF the dairy interests Of the
state. and comDimenting the university on
the new acquisition to the experimental farm,
This was followed by an elaborate banquet,
thus Terminating one OF the most success
full and interesting meetings of the assoca
tion. =
There developed at this meeting of the as
sociaton quite az difference Of opinion re-
gardng two candidates for secretary Of ag
riculture in the c5blnct Of President Cleve-
land. 1t was supposed that the association
would be unit for PN-Governor Robert w
Furnas. and the address OF President Howe
strongly indorsed the veteran agrcultu-
rist. Later on it was found that quite 4 wing
of the asscciation, fay9yed Ex-Governor Hoard
of Wisconsin, In consequence Of this divi-
sion of opinion no Recommendation Of either
candidate was made i'm the resolutions.