The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-11-27
THE cAITLE MEN.

AT lU:oO THIS morning, CHAIRMAN R0utt
called the Convention to order The Chair
announced as the committee to confer with
the Chicago Live Stock Association COM
mittee, General N. NJ. Curtis, of New
York; ]. w. Hamilton, of New Jersey;
A. o. Hadley, of New Mexico; ]. M.
Coburn, of Kansas; Colonel Il. d. Hunter,
of st. Louis; General James B. Brisbin,
of Idaho; j. II. Lusk, of Iowa; ]. A..
Cooper, Of Colorado, and Judge Joseph
Carroll, Of Texas. s9st SO
ST. LOUIS vICTORIOUs.
The Committee on Constitution and
Bylaws made its report, making st.
Louis the permanent headquarters of the
National Cattle Association, which was
adopted.
THE CATTLE TRAIL.
Governor Stone, of Colorado, presented
the report of the Committee on Resolu-
tions, indorsing the resolutions favoring
q National cattle trail, with regard to tn
spread of cattle disease and disappearing
of the Indian Reservation system, and
stated that the committee was still hard
at work. Judge Carroll, of Texas, wished
the trail resolution brought before the
Convention Immediately, and it was read
As changed by the Committee ON Resolu-
lions, this resolution provided for the APP
pointment of committee of nine to
memorabilia Congress in favor of the
National trail. Here the first
IMPORTANT FIGHT
in the convention arose. Ed. Russell, of
al. a: \ A.
Kansas had had experience of tho trail
and was sick of it through the injury done
to home cattle by the Texas cattle driven
through the country and leaving disease
behind them. If the trail didn't run
through Kansas, Kansas didn't care IL
the resolution passed, but the trail would
| not run through Kansas next year. The
speaker instanced cases of Kansas stock
men ruined by Texas fever left among
their herds by Texas drives, and said he
spoke for Kansas when he asserted that
the State would oppose the trail, if neces-
sary, before Congress. He got the ear of
the convention in the beginning and kept
it through his speech, loudly applauded
by the Kansans
Elk Governor Norman j. Coleman, of
Missouri, editor of the I,nral World, fol-
lowed in support of the trail. Every COW
man wanted q trail, and the question
WAS simply where the trail should be and
how and when it should be used, Con-
gress could define that.
Granville Stuart, of Montana, was
spelling for fight with Texas. He want
cd it understood that Montana was a.
much a breeding ground as Texas, and
was unwilling to give Texas Government
aid to relieve its overstocked ranges and
ovcrcrowd those of the North, and Mon
tana especially, which had too many
Texas cattle already.
General N. NJ. Curtis, of New York
spoke for the consumers of beef raised by
the Western Stockncn. They wanted
cheap meat, and as the trail was the best
means by which they could secure that,
he hoped the resolution would pass.
TEXAS FEVER.
N. S. Culver, cattle inspector at Dodge
City, spoke of an experience in inspecting
Al 900 cattle which had Texas fever
among them but had not got it from the
trail. Texas had right TO drive through
the country; Kansas should be protected,
and he wanted fence trail.
W. ii. Grain, of the Southwest Texas
Cattle Exchange, paid his respects sar-
caSticaliy to Montana.
The resolution was voted on and car
ried, only few dissenting voices being
heard, these among the Kansans. To
c,inch the victory, Judge Carroll moved
to reconsider the vote and then to lay that |
motion on the table. This was carried,
and the subject of the trail will not come |
up again.
Chairman Routt here resigned the Chair |
to General Curtis, who retained it during |
the rest of the morning session. The res |
olution recommending the suppression of /!
rattle diseases by Federal appropriations |
was brought up and after some discussion |
and a futile attempt to insert Texas fever |
among these diseases, passed.
PLEA FOR THE INDIANS.
The resolution of Major W. H. LEVEL
Ign, the New Mexican Apache Agent, dis |
approving of the holding of large reserva-
tons by the Indian tribes, came up, and |
General =. Porter, as the representative |
of the Greek Indians, took the platform. |
He, as an Indian himself, spoke in behalf |
Of all the American Indians, who preced- |
ed the whites upon this continent and |
had right to recognition. The United |
States had always held its front posi- |
ton i'm dealing with the aborigines, that /
they held the posscssory right to the |
soil, and the Convention must recognize |
that. The Indians were farming, were |
becoming good citizens and making |
money raising cattle. The Government
could manage the Indians without any
help from the Cattle Convention. At least
he desired the preamble of the resolution
which did injustice to the American In
dian stricken out. General Porter spoke
with much feeling and gained the SYM
pathy of the Convention, the result being
that as he closed, a motion to strike out
the preamble was made.
General Brisbin, of Idaho, spoke as
from the army, which had for one of its
duties the keeping of the Indians in order,
and wished the preamble stricken out as
3 gratuitous insult to the Indian, who
would leave the cattle men alone If the
stockmen let them alone. In the name
Of Christianity and humanity he protest
ed.
William j. Pollock, of the Usage On-
dian Territory Association, supported
General Brisbin, and asked further that
the whole resolution be rejected. Gran
sillc Stuart, of Montana, attacked the
Indian policy.
Hon. j. J. Casper, of Arizona, support
ed the entire resolution. The resolution
was finally rccommitted to the Committee
on Resolutions.