Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-11-23
A Majority and Minority Report Made
on the Question Of Pleasing
the Arid Lands.
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Resolutions OF Thanks Adopted aud the
First National Cow Convention
Adiourna siue Die
The National Cattle and Horse GROW
ers' Association then Fer.
mally Organized.
Col. R, D. Hunter Chosen President
With Wee Preaiden. from
Every stateand Territory
An Executive Committee Is Appointed
and the First Annual Session
Closes The Exodus.

tlutthE NfHNtnl 81 Aio AAhNtNAntfs
81. Louis. Mo, Nov -. Tie sixth
days session OF the cattl0men's con-
vention began at 1880 this morning,
Gov. stone OF Colorado, chairman OF
the committee on resolutions reported
fAvorably the resolution OF MIR. Min Of
New Mexico with reference 20 the
arid lands between the Qsth meridian
and tho Sierra Nevada mountains,
the same being "A memorial
10 congress for legislation
permitting Cattlemen TO lease land in
those tracts FOR Rrazlng. The prenm-
BILE sets forth TINT under the exciting
laws the tenure of ranchmen cannot
he made secure, hence the ranchmen
arc not safe in proceeding with inns
movements which would re-
snlt in trebling the wealth
of the cattle Interests.
IL n not proposed 10 disturb the home
stead presumption laws, but 70 reserve
an rights to settlers under these laws.
II is proposed, however, to except
Colorado, Nevada and Oregon from
The provisions OF the propuHou act,
Judge Wallace Of Colorado Of the
same committee presented minority
report aigned by nimselbJ q, Mccoy,
4. parliu, OppnRing the resolution na q
measure In the interest Of large
owners 30 the prejudice of the small
owners, and that W nld work II sui.
stantial repenl OF the homestead law.
Judge w. Il Thornton uf Santa lie
smoke In support of the report. He
sald that lac believed the resolution in-
vnlyed the most important
question that had come before
lhe conventions, II was not proposed
20 disturb heiights of small holders
aud hon.eateaders, but simply 90 give
fragers assurance Will b would justify
them ia reducing the lands, otherwise
valuelesa, 10 condition suitable for
their purpuseB. He said that The pro-
posed lease system 40 the rate VI one
cent per re would be IN annual IN
come OF SO 500 QUO, aud this With 8reat
benefit 10 the ltsaee.
Bishop Faust of Utah opposed the
minority report as hostile TO the inter-
esIs OF al small hefdera.
Mccoy Of Kansas City aligned tue
minority report, because he dldn't be-
lieve that any Congressman would
dare ~ propose the BILL 10 IL meant
political suieide TO any man WHO
should do 80.
Judge Rhodes Of Colorado objected
10 the measure. He said the wonder
fnl progress in the cattle interest In
| fhe last twelve years had been under
the exciting laws, and be- FLAW no
resson,tor q change He believed chat
leasing the public domain would re-
suit IN thfoYlng the central ranch Inc
teresta into tile bands ef foreign enqi.
taliats and would build up great npn-
opoliea.
Col. Rabbit of Wyoming denied
that the resolution was 10 the interests
OF monopoly and said that tie interests
Of Wyoining demanded such leglsln-
on.
expressed himself nppueed 10 foreign
or home nionopoints, 80 he opposed
range fences, hut he btlleyed the
leasing OF the public domain necessary
to the success of the caitie interceis.
Hasgell OF Colorado favored the rea-
olution as being Ina the interest Of tie
small owner.
Judge Wallace Of Colorado opposed
the measure as one calculated 10 stop
im.uigration Into the West as IL would
nullify the Homestead and prc-emp-
ton law. He believed IL would have
the effect Of forcing the small owners
out Of business.
Gov Stone supported the resolution
on the grounds which he teclted AZ
langth.
Tne msjorIiy report was then
adopted BY q large majority.
An amendment was then pu3led by
which the territories Of IUAho and
Utah were also exempted FROM the
provisions Of the resolution.
Mccoy Of Kausas offered reholn-'
ton asking congress 70 set apart GER
tain tracts Of land where cattle ln-
feeted with contagious disease may be
held IN quarantina, which mas
adopted.
Tue GUAR announced the following
committee 70 present the memorial
an the trail To congress Hon, q. &.
Unson. Texas; Capt Henry Warren,
sxas, Gen, n II Curtis, New York;
Judge Frost, kanaas Alex II Swan,
Wyoming; J III. Hamilton, Cherokee
SUN; Ben Groom, Kentuckyf Judge
Is 81 Wallace, Colorado; a. J. Dali,
Pennsylvania, and DR.. Moore, Colo
Gen. Porter Of the Cherokee nallon
presented Joint resolution On the
Indiau question. eliminating the nb-
iectlouahle features Of the day OF -
bpfore. IL passed without dissent,
the committee on conference with
the Hide aud Leather association rec
ommending q memorial II IA santefeat
81 d mOre Judlcloua ssetea u bFendinK
cattle was referred % the c1lnmltfee0n
permanent organization.
on motion Of Gen. Bfisain. thanks
were extended 10 ChalFmau k7uii.
A resolution ge introduced ~
Ilalney of Missouri urging thai The
bureau OF ansmnl industry - pat
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