The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-11-20
a Parallel Goodwin Case-A Tale of
Deep Distress-BIitish Politics
Wedding Gift.
The Cowboys Convention.


ST.. LOUIS, November 19.-At the open
ing of the third day of the Cattle Mems
Convention, at 1870 this morning, the
secretary read cablegram from Lon
don, signed John Robinson Whitley,
director general of the American exhi-
bitiOn of 1886, extending a cordial greet
ing and expressing the hopes that the
convention will decide to hold live
stock exhibition in London in 1886.
Also telegram from John S. Crosby,
late Governor of Montana, now First
Assistant. POStmaster-G General, endorsing
any action of the convention for the
protection and development of the
great stock growing interest west of the
Missouri river, General Brisbin. chair
man of the committee on credential, pre-
sented report embodying 11S0 names,
accredited members of the convention.
The names accidentally omitted were
added, swelling the list to over 1 200.
The report was unanimously adopted.
The report of the committee on perma
nent organization was read and adopted
without dissent, perfecting the election
of the following, officers: G 0vernor,
John L. Routt, Colorado; President,
Gen. n. McCurtis, New York First
Vice President, and one Vice President
from each State and Territory; Amos
/ I. Atwater, St Louis, Secretary j. l..
McAttee, Maryland, Assistant Secre
,tary, J. W. Booth, Texas, Reading clerk.
Z Wood, of Missouri, offered a resolu-
ton, providing for committee of five
/ to consider the question of the forma-
I -.
men of the country, 2and draft cOnsti-
tuition and bylaws for the government
/ of such organization, which was passed
unanimously.
Judge Carroll, of Texas. presented a
resolution, urging the Importance OF
1 memOrialiZing Congress on the subject
of a national trail, extending from Red
River of the south to the north A mo-
ton to take the resolution in reference
to the trail from the committee on reso-
lutions, and refer it to special commit
tee of FIVE, raised an excited and
lengthy debate, but was finally with
drawn, and the resolution went to the
IcomEittee with instructions added by
Governor Sayres, of Texas, to make &
favorable report. GsLFff Fffff
A resolution to appoint a committee
of nine to confer with the similar com.
mite of the recent Chicago convention
was referred.
A resolution was adopted, THAT al
resolutions presented to the convention
be referred to the committee on resolu
tons without debate"
Adjourned till 3 o'clock.
On reassembling, Mr.. Milne, of New
Mexico, presented resolution in refer
ence to the arid lands of his State, urg
IN that lza. 1i1a6 IL
permit the leasing of these lands TO
grazing purposes. Referred.
A resolution was also referred from
w. H. H. Lewellyn, of Lincoln county
Texas, protesting against the allotmen
of large tracts of land to wild Indians
which otherwise might be of value TO
grazing purposes, and suggested tina
the lands be leased TO stOckmen, thu
J proceeds to be spent for the benefit o
the Indians.
Bias Esconbro, of San Luis Potosi
Genaro Garcia, of Zacatreas, Hamsboro
Gonzales, of Gunajuets, trio OF dis
tinguished Mexicans, were invited t.
take seats on the stand. Several Othe
MeXicanS, who are members OF tn
T. ElPaso Live Stock Association, ar
e present and represent the Republic Q
e Mexico as delegates. ~ =
t P. Wood, of Missouri; H. M, Pollard
1 Indian Territory; General r. Peel
/ Kansas; G.. S. Snyder, Texas, and A
4 H. Swan, of Wyoming, were appointe
j Iby the chair, a committee TO draft
a lcoRstitutiOn and bylaws. 81 A TELEGRAM
greeting from the Union Stock YARD
Company, of Chicago, was receive
with great applause. sfh
Adjourned until tomorrow.