The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1884-05-01
THE CATTLE CONGRESS.
NJ. Louis preparing to Receive her
Long. Horned uuesis
Away Ahead Of tho Appointed Dates
"Details.
The Citizens Thoroughly In Earnest.

The Citizens Thoroughly IN Earnest
In rssp,nse TO Invitations i.sued by tn
live stock fem OF Hunter 4 Evans, a Tum q
Der of we'll known c,iigsns assembled ye.'
terday afternoon w the lower reception
room OF the Merc.nlilc club o make ar
Engagements Tor tho reception and entsr'
isinment OF TIE cattle growers OF The
United States aud isTrliorieB, who VIII
meat In conyention In 81. Loni Ia Noyem.
Der reIt. The exceedingly dissgreestle
stale OF The weather probably prevented
nABy from attending, but there were enough
on hand 10 show that sn unusual degree
OF interest would be manifested. Among
isosc eIs,sn. ws,. .opgo f MoSssn NOD o.
Nlson, john q. PFa,her, Colonsl N. j.
Oman, r. =, Tsnsev, Gensrai Noble, free.
man Bsrnum, Joan Fun, ". II. Sperry, o.
q. Rsinwn,er, Sandy Brown, Georgs A.
Goddard, J: IL. Campbell, Colonel Knox,
Goodman SS az. hp Moves AN Rom aw'' 0n'''''
frhe meeting was called to order by Col
ihel Hunter, who proposed that ID. X.
Francis be elected chairman. That gentle
man was daily elected, and, IN taking the
chair, said3 that he az at less to koow
why no had been CHOSEN, ~ there were so
msny otnen prsecnt who could fill the po-
Ation much more gracefully than he, but,
nc he had been chosen, aud ~ he could be
of sny assistance In advancing tho matter
10 bs Get beiore the meeting no would
accap. the place cheerIully.
IMPORTANT TO LOCAL DUsIsIss INTERESTS.
This PROMO ed oonysnticu OF catils-grow-
ers, he said, was most important one TO
the business interests OF 81. Louis, and
would be attended by representatives from
every part Of this couBtry and parts OF Ed
rope AS the iavits.ioD circular said they
would es a body embrace moneyed repre-.
~ frNn lhhuaxnA fniltlOnQ
dollars. II was TO BIO not only convention
for the cattls-growers Of this country, but
for ID ose of tho world. IL would be OF vast
benefit to ST.. Louis and the cattle interests
Mes,rs. Hunter d Evans vera eutiNsd TO
great credit for starting the project, aud
thsy should have the 3slp OF avery busi.
mesa nan OF ST. Louis to maks IL q COM
pleto success. 1t wou,d bn in order 10 Sc
iect secretary. 'and if no objection was
offered ne would appoint Mr.. Ame At
water, who had attended thus fsr TO the
correspondents relstlve 60 tho convention
and wss familiar Yilh .li tho necessary de-
tails. No objsnt;oD was offered and Mr..
Atwatsr was declsred elected.
GENERAL MOBILES REMARKS.
At the reQues. OF Colonel Hunter, Gem
erel Noble wis o,lled upon 20 msks few
rsmArls raiGtiya to the subject before the
meeting. The lslter responded ny saying
that he had attended tha meeting al the
request OF Colonel Hunter, but was not
there TO speak for him. He came AZ a c.i-
gen OF ST. Louis to heartily indorse the
movement TO give Yroper reception TO the
catt,e.growers. All knew how important
90 incsl material interests was large
polltics. or military conyentloa:
aud how much more important
was convention Of the char
acler pronosed, which would bring
together so many peopta from such vast
area Of territory. For st, Louis not to
,,4a In 81 la
absurd. II was selfevidonL that IL WIS of
the utmost importance that S.. Louis
should extend 10 The csttle-growers a proper
reception. 1t was the business OF this
meeting, therefore, to consider w1Gs dis
play should be made and what hospitality
should DO extended to those who would at
tend the convention. ST. Louis had
always been liberal in matters of
this kind, and o. this was
especially 81. Louis interest
it,was to her interest to be liberal broad
minded and to extend the visitors q hearty
WI ame with open arms. II was necessary,
the1efora, that On organization ehould bs
effectSd and that active work b, dons. Com
mittees should be appointed TO canvass the
matter. 1t wac q mistake TO suppose that
th3duty OF working up this matter should
IHeyolys upon mercantile people alone; dec
tors, lawyers and all classes or citizsns
should take hold ofit.
AsTo THEN NUMBER OF DELEGATES.
Mr. Francis stated that steps had been
taken by Messrs Hunter and Evans to
hold convention OF csttiemen in 81.
Louis, and large number OF catt!emen's
associations had agreed to send delegates in
November. They had ALEC recsived assur-
apces from parties abroad that they would
also send delegates. The number of dele
gates would probably ba bstween zoo and
500, but Colonel Hunter had assured him
that s Outside 81 'n estlem 1ns,e in w0a as
tendance. This was to be one Of the most
important conventions ever held in st.
Louis, and those who attended should be
given proper reception. Chicago had
bsen contemplating the holding of con-
vention of cattle men, bus had agreed to
first i'm portant step would be to appoint sn
executiye committee with power to appoint
sub-committees on hail, hotels, railroads,
etc. ,
{ Colouel Norman ]. Colman ives called
upon to address the meeting. do said
yention Of cst.legrowers In 81. Louis was
proposed he had appreciated ita great i'm.
portance, Messrs Hunter and Evans were
entitled to the thanks Of slt citizens for in
.augurating the project; 1t way favor to st.
Louis as well as to the cattle interes's OF
fthe country. There WAS no other interest
that had no national organization, and yet
States; the figures representing
+, the capital invested were
startling. Nothing had been
done to harmoaize this most import.
ant interest; Colonel Hunter saw this, and
with his usual foresight and broad and lib
eral views, he hsd conceived the idea Of
national convention.
WANTED TO BRING IT TO ST. LOUISE
Being citizen OF st. Louis, he want q to
bring this vast interest here, and he had 40
complishsd this end; 1t would do more for
St...Louis than presidential convention.
The cattle men from all parts OF the coun.
try would meet here and II would do more
good to bring the cattle trade here than
anything else that could be thought
Of, There was no use In deeying
the fact but Chicago and Kan.
sas City were overlapping 81. Louis In the
way ofcattle trade and it was only because
81. Louie was careless about the matter.
s The ST. Louis fair, he said. was admitted to
be the best in the world, sud now we were
hofng to have convention that would be .
edit thu city, and it was the duty OF 6t.
nujsRns to sustain the established charac.
OF the city for hospitality. This con:
venti0n would not always be held here, and
In the future it should not be said that this
vas q one-horss affair. Colonel Oolman
lcpoke at length Of the advantages, that
vould accrue from meeting OF cattlemen
\om all parts of America and Great Brit.
Yknd predicted that the coming conven-
ton would be great success.
NOTION FOR AN ExECUrIyE COMMITTEE.
Major O. a. RAinWater moved that an