Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1884-11-27
CattIemen,S Conventions.


this morning. the secretary read cable
gram from London, signed John Robinson
Whitley, director of the General American
Exhibition of 1886, extending a cordial
greeting and expressing the hope that the
ton in London in 1886; also telegram
| Montana, now Assistent Postmaster-Gen-
eral. endorsing any action of the conven-
ton for the protection and development OF
the great stock growing interest west OF
the Missouri river.
General Brisbin, chairman of this COM
mittee on credentials, presented report
embOdying 100 names Of accredited mem
bers Of the convention, the names accident
! ly omitted were added, swelling the list to
! over 1900. The report was unanimously
adopted.
The report of the committee on perman-
ent organization were read and adopted
without dissent, pertecting the election
of the following officers:
Governor John L. Routt, of Colorado,
President.
! General n NJ Curtis, of New York, First
vice president, and one vice president from
each State and Territory.
Amos T. Atwater. of st. Louis, Secretary.
J. L. McAfee, of Maryland, Assistant
Secretary.
J. w. Booth, of Texas, Reading Clerk.
Wood. of Missouri, offered resolution,
providing for a committee of five to con-
slider the question of the formation of a
National Association of Cattlemen Of the
Country, and draft a constitution and by
laws of such organization, which passed
unanimously.
Judge Carroll of Texas, presented reso-
luton, urging the Importance of memorial
izing Congress on the subject of the natur-
al trail, seXtending from the Red river OF
the South to the Red river of the North.
A motion to take the resolution in refer
ence to the trail from the committee on
resolutions and refer it to a special COM
mittee of five, raised an excited and lengthy
debate, but it was finally Withdrawn and
the resolution went to the committee, with
instructions added by Gov. Sayers to make
favorable report. Adjourned till o'clock.
ST LOUIS, November 20.-At $3.50
D. M the delegates gathered in front
of the Exposition building and reviewed
the State militia and city fire department,
which marched down Olive street and
made fine display, after which they took
seats in the hall and resumed their session.
New Mexico offered a resolution in
reference to the arid lands lying between
the 9Sth meridian and the Sierra Navada
Mountains, urging the appointment of a
committee to memorialiZe Congress to take
such lands from the homestead laws and
set them aside for grazing purposes. Re
ferred.
The following resolutions were also re-
ferred:
By Mccoy, of housekeeping the
width of trail and ground for cattle.
By Denman, of Montana-Calling the
attention of the Secretary of the Interior
to the rowing bands of Indians In Montana,
Idaho and Arizona.
By Wilson-For the appointment of a
committee on statistics.
Papers by Dr. J. W. Ralston, of the Col
lege of Physicians and Surgeons, on pleuro-
pneumonia and other cattle diseases, and
Dr. Hopkins, of Wyoming, on the same
subject, were ordered spread on the records.
Adjourned until tomorrow.
At o'clock in the evening delegates
| to the number of 800 gathered at the Lin
dell Hotel and sat down to banquet,
which occupied two hours. At 10 o'clock
! General Sherman, who presided, called the
gentlemen to order, and after a brief in
troductory speech introduced Governor
Routt, the permanent chairman of the
convention, who spoke to the toast THE
| first national convention of cattle men"
setting forth briefly the interest all the
world has in theirdeliberations.
General Sherman then introduced Capt
/ Pod EorJ Dvp, of tb., Poval unyy w hn was
greeted with great applause, and spoke to
the toast, Europe and America" The
| Captain exhibited an emblem of the COM
bined colors of England and America, and
made touching reference to the rescue of
Lieutenant Greely. He said he had the
fortune to know Wellington, the Iron
Duke" and found his American counter
part in General Sherman. Loud and
tremendous cheers for Sherman. He then
made humorous reference to the sensa-
| ton created in st. Louis by the cowboy
band of Fort Dodge, Kansas, and conclue-
ed by urging the delegates to extend the
proposed trail through California to Hud-
son Bay, and to make proper exhibit at
the New Orleans Exposition of the cattle
| interests.
A number of ther toasts were responded
to, and the party broke up at late hour.
ST. LOUIS, November 22-The resolution
introduced by Rain, of Missouri, urging the
bureau of animal industry be put under
the charge of an expert veterinarian was
adopted. On motion of Lane, of Texas,
| the thanks of the convention was extended
to the citizens of ST. Louis for their kind
entertainment. The convention then ad-
| iourned sine die.