r of this society, men and women--and I certainly include the
women because oftentimes they are the best politicians, and they know
how to talk to people and get things--when the next legislature is
elected must use his or her influence with the senators and
representatives of the various districts of the state and make an
impression upon them and get a promise out of them to vote for and
support the bill. A bill will be introduced into the next legislature,
and it will probably be this same bill, and if you don't forget this,
but simply do your duty in seeing these representatives and taking the
matter up, why there isn't very much doubt in my judgment but what we
will be successful and have our bill passed.

We have members, I think, in every county of the state, haven't we,
President Cashman?

The President: Yes.

[Illustration: Mr. S. P. Crosby, St. Paul.]

Mr. Crosby: If we only have two or three in some counties, if they would
make an effort to see every representative and senator and talk the
matter over, that is what is going to count. It is a year or something
like that before the legislature meets again, but it don't want to be
forgotten, and if every live member of this society will put his
shoulder to the wheel, I don't think there is any possible doubt but
what we will succeed and have the bill pass.

We broke the ice last winter and got acquainted with some of the people.
And another thing I want to say, and that is if that bill the next time
is not reported favorably out of the committee I would be in favor for
one of having it reported to the house or senate without any
recommendation of the committee. I talked with probably fifteen or
twenty, I should say, of the different members of the senate and house
about that bill, and it had a great many friends both in the house and
senate. Some of them came to me and said: "Crosby, why don't you put it
in the house, and we will show you how we will vote." There was a whole
lot of feeling that way, because if men investigate and find out what
the society is standing for and what it has done they will know it is a
perfectly meritorious bill. I think with a reasonable amount of work we
will accomplish a great deal, and we shall succeed eventually in having
the bill passed.

Another matter that is proper to speak of now is to see where the
members of this organization stand. I am going to tell you something. I
didn't hear it personally myself, but I did hear