Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-05-09
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millar with all the necessary details.
No objection was offered. and Mr.. At
water was declared elected.
At the request of Col. Hunter, Gen.
Noble was called upon to make few
remarks relative to the subject before
the meeting. The latter responded by
stating that he had attended the meet
ing at the request of Col. Hunter, but
was not there TO speak for him. He
came as citizen of st. Louis to hearts,
ly endorse the movement to give prop
er reception to the cattle growers. All
knew how important to local material
interests was large political or militas
ry convention, and how much more inn
portant was convention of the characs
ter proposed, which would bring togeth.
er so many people from such vast area
of territory. For st. Louis not to take
an interest i'll this matter would be abb
surd. 1t was self-evident that il was of
the utmost Importance that st. Louis
shonld extend to the cattle growers a
proper reception. 1t was the Business
OF this meeting, therefore, to consider
what display should be made and what
hospitality should be extended to those
who would attend the Convention. st.
Louis had always been liberal in mat
ters of this kind, and as this was espe-
cially st. Louis interest it was to her
interest to be liberal, broad minded and
to extend the visitors hearty welcome
with open arms. 1t was necessary.
therefore; that an Organization should
be effected, and that active work bs
done. Committees should be appointed
to canvass the matter. 1t was a mistake
to suppose that the duty of working up
this matter should devolve upon mercan-
tile people alone /; doctors, lawyers, and
all classes of citizens should take hold
of it.
Mr.. Francis stated that steps had
been taken by Messrs. Hunter s. Evans
to hold convention of cattle men i'm
st. Louis, and large number of cattle
mems associations had agreed to send
delegates in November. They had also
received assurances from parties abroad
that they would also send delegates!
The number of delegates would proba-
bly, be between two ard three hundred,
but Col. Hunter had assured him that
outside of these there would be fully
three thousand cattle men in atten-
dance. This was to be 6re Of the most
| important conventions ever held in St.
Louis, and those who attended should
be given a proper reception. Chicago
hapr, 1rllo tiv,rv fIa h.1I
a convention of cattle men, but had
agreed to postpone in Difference TO st.
Louis. The first important step now
would be to appoint an executive COM
mittee with power to appoint sub-com-
mittees on hall, hotels, railroads, ETC.
Col. Norman J. Coleman was called
upon to address the meeting. He said
that ever since the idea of holding
convention of cattle men in st. Louis
was proposed he had appreciated its
Importance. Messrs. Hunter s. Evans
were entitled to the thanks of all citi-
zens for inaugurating the project it
was favor to st. Louis as we'll as to
the cattle interests of the country.
There was no other interest that had no
national organization, and yet it was
one of the largest in the United States
the figures representing the capital in
vested were startling. Nothing had
been done to harmonic this most inn
portant interest Col. Hunter saw this,
and with his usual foresight and libelal
views he had conceived the idea Of a
national convention.
Being citizen of ST. Louis, he want
ed to bring the vast interest here, and
he had accomplished this end; it would
do more good for st. Louis than a pres
| idential convention. The cattle men
from all parts Of the country would
meet here, and it would do more good
to bring the cattle trade here than any
thing else that could be thought of.
There was no use in denying the fact,
but Chicago and Kansas City were o. e.
topping st. Louis in the way Of cattle;
and it was because st. Louis was care
less about the matter. The st. Louis
| fair, he said, was admitted to be the
best in the world, and now we were 60
ing to have credit to the city, and it
was the duty of st. Louisans to sustain
the established character of the city for
hospitality. This convention would not
always be held here, and in the future
it should not be said that this was a
one-horse affair. Col. Colman spoke at
length of the advantages that would &C.
crue from a meeting of cattle men from
all parts of America and Great Britain,
and predicted that the convention would
be great success.
Maj. c. c. Rainwster moved that an
executive committee Of twenty-five be
appointed, with full authority to ar
range ways and means for the enter
tainment of those who would attend the
convention. Carried.
The chairman called the attention of
the executive committee to the import
ance of active wo. :. Maj. Rainwater
returned thanks for the honor conferred
upon him in making him chairman of
the committee, and the meeting adj
! journed. f
immediately after the adjournment a
meeting of the executive committee
was. called, with Maj. Rainwater in the
chair. Mr.. Atwater was elected secre-
tary.
II Mr.. Francis moved, at brief general
discussion, that the committee proceed
to appoint subcommittee of FIVE each
on hall and railroads ; the former to-
secure hall and attend to decorations.
etc, for the convention, and the latter
to attend to arranging for reduced rail-
road rates TO delegates.
The motion prevailed, and Messrs.
Kennard, Francis, Prather, Noble and
| Ilav,oc.r xraro a ov,,,o;vfrd xl,o 4.