Excerpt from Proceedings of the Twenty-Fourth Annual Convention: Held at Washington, D. C., November 19-22, 1912 The convention met at 11 o'clock a. M., being called to order by the president, Charles H. Staples, of Minnesota, with William H. Connolly as secretary. The president. The hour has arrived for calling to order the twenty-fourth Annual Convention of the National Association of Railway Commissioners. I shall not devote any time to making any preliminary statements at this moment. I can not express the pleasure it gives me to present one who will make the address of welcome. My admiration for the gentleman is unlimited. I hope you all think as well of him as I. I introduce Judge Prouty, chairman of the Interstate Commerce Commission, who will welcome the convention. [applause. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.