, 1884-04-08

The following were the resolutions pre-
,onted by Mr.. Towers:

.ontpu Dy VT IONtGSs
WHEREAS, There is pending before congress
Mi 10 provide some governmental regulation
cattle disease with certain provisions as to .
o,oner Inspection of the cattle, termed the
P,IUssrican Cattle Industry bill and
AWHERRAs. The press reports state that some
tile brOkers or commission men OF Chicago
are IN washington lobbying against said bill
thRsursoIyEp, That we, the Wyoming Cattle
.sSociation. representing s25,Ovl,O0o Of capital
Isyesied In thousands of cattle. do hereby petit
, Mi ihe congress OF the United States TO pass
sSd bill with such proper guards for careful and
complete inspection OF Cattle In the leading
varis OF the country as in their wisdom shall
yysem free from any Contagious or other disease,
Ne vet feel that a careful system OF government
al Inspection can only serve 70 allay any fear o.
%sTonr cattle, and hence can work us no harm but
4 likely to save us from any sudden panic
broad, and will mitigate any unfair importa-
ions upon the values and healthfulness of
ARR,soIyED, That we ask OF the congress of
AZ United States that the quarantine laws for
trported cattle be amended so rs TO prevent the
iniermingling Of freshly arrived cattle with
weeks, and also to prevent the possibility Of any
infectious disease being disseminated among
he Quarantined cattle, either from the cattle
beIng Introduced anew or from carelessness or
Joyenliness on the part of attend ants, or In any
O REsoIyKp, That the secretary send copies of
these resolutions to each senator and member
J congress from Wyoming and Nebraska. &c
md To- telegraph o summary of the same to the
representatives. and senators from Colorado.
The resolution was unanimously
adopted.
W. G. Irvine presented the following:
BE IT RESOLVED, That this association ak
nress with strongest terms OF dissent at the
opposition to the Animal Industry bill which
has been made by several commission houses
At the Union stock yards, and that n copy
n this resolution, duly signed by the chair
man OF this meeting shall be forwarded by the
secretary to the firms, and that we do hereby
approve Of the bill drafted by the c1mmlttee
Ell from the National Cattle convention held
in Chicago. In November, 1883, and which has
been passed by the house of representatives
and now before the senate.
BE IT That In the face of strenu-
Gus opposition TO the Animal Industry bill be-
fore the senate, a committee of three gentle
men be sent to Washington to advocate the
views OF the association In connection with tue
bin. This resolution was likewise adopted.
The following named gentlemen were
selected to compose the roundup com
mittee: A II Reel, G b Goodell, Al
Bowie, G w Simpson, ii L Tesche-
macher, Robert Marsh, Gilbert Searight,
" G Irvine, ] III Kennedy. j II Durbin,
FA Kemp, w Guiterman, j II Pratt,
Joseph Scott, A c Beckwith, L A Page,
CG Weir, II A Glover, S Rosendale,
Harvey Booth, G w Baxter, T G Turner,
D II Andrews, w II Parker, j NJ
Adams, Thomas Quealy, John Hunter,
H Ford, I B Hood, J w Hammond,
George Keeline, NJ Goldschmidt, All
L0omis, 5 II Hardin, II A Blair, rs
Lusk, J NJ Carey, c w Wright, David
Hunter, W A Carter, w Swan, James
Lane, NJ Radcliffe, b Richards, c A
Guernsey, r S Van Tassell, A r Powers,
H 0elrichs, L Smith, jr., A Robertson,
Andrew Haas, ID Sheedy, John Snod-
gass, George Mitchell, Mr. Hines, l. C
Baldwin, Frank Coffee, JanA Brown,
Thomas Sun, w Il Guthrie WI Waite,
Levi Carter, Luke Voorhees,, w + Weaver,
Z Swazey, John Calling, ] S Hunter,
Hugh Jackson, j j Kinney, | A Low,
R A Torrey, o C Waid, A p Ballou, A 7
Babbitt, c Ferries, Mr. Berry, Mr. Colin
Hunter and j L Spencer.
The association then wentinto executive
session.