The Red Cloud chief., 1885-12-04
|HE CATTLE KINGS.
ley Continue Their Work at St
Louis.
Iht' Third and Fourth Days ProreediDgs-
RESOLUTIONS Discussed and Adopted
Asked for Proper L.eIs-
latlon-Matt.rs Discussed.

ST. LorTs, Mo-, November 2G.-The Va
Nonai Cattle and Horse Growers ConYen-
t"n Resumed its session yesterday morning
with General Bri,bin in the char. TIE
committee Oh resolutions reported as fol-
lows:
Grd rcsplUsd. Thrt the United States Con
pF'E~ - respectfully pct t!oue: 80 enact q
IA" 10y winch III" setting of fire 10 ranch
a.h Y inter ca public domain of The United
stat 81 IN tire Indian country shall bc pun
i7GrI - Lu" and .IHpr.spuIIcut.
~ - y'-pirsf. That tins convent on t. IN
IhF"r 81 the adoption 81 a law that stall pro-
NtH' Tor tbc appointment ~ the frc-id"Hi OF
'he ' nl"i states oi IA commission 81 Eve
In"n. who shaIi Doe charged with TIA. duts 81
tnUpr"--.np airi cEtirpai nv Ia" cCHtHg.pu
'i Ul"urU-s pneumonia among cattle and sho
shall Ac authorized for that PURPOSE to
quarantine one portion of the country
's'in-t 20" -h.FiurHf 81 live stock from
where iH' ds'H-" exist: To employ a--.st-
Hr'r. including The test yrlcruar, II u to
ic irHH., and to make all rcr.--ary rules
ana T"Eu!ai pn- for enforcing the duf O.
WIKI winch tu"y are charged. the members
81 HhiG "BiU!Ai-s4DH 10 i' lam l8ar Giih mat
ter 81 breed ~ "Hd nauGi ny hIr stock and
fHrh 90 Ef-yH "tr"'Ei - ability: Tho nrtut"T-
Of NIsG commission - D." ia j a salary CON.
uiru-UTHfr with ~" I4'I.> they are r,qu RI
10 render. hHru"gcr % should h.rDus"
nrrr--sT. o. slaughter any sloca an order Ia
r&Irplte any disease. said mHLAz.al .!.a..
bO ~''t'f"rf7", ~ pay rOF the Same from a
thbsiffhA NBtEfIIF W. EltAs4s G1t inc I&l;-
pose of enforcing the law.
WnEEEAs. IL T. an accepted fact that the
passage Of apparcntiy healthy cattle from
Tho coast country ana IOwiaIds CDfulIuuH-
cHtcs Il disease called spleDctc or Spanish
fever To- the cattle Of the higher altitude.
aud the fact ia connection with this disease
~ that cattle coming from low attitudes
after has. ny been kept for u limited lime u
the higher altitude do not communicate This
disease. This infection has proven very dis
astrous 10 herds and cattle III these more
elevated regions. Huh crcutcd such appre-
tensions IN these sections that quarantine
ana other restrictive regulations have been
adopted I'm several Western States and Ter
rItorr- prob bitiBgthe passage of cattle 30
the.r accustomed markets. These rcgu!a-
iion- are not unifGrfn; ia some states and
Territories they are virtually an inierdictiou
upon inter state commerce.. IN others ODcr-
Gus take. are IMPOSED: therefore
Ia IL Jospirod, Tint your committee are OF
the opinion that these conflicting regIla-
Hons. some of them arbitrary mud difhCglt II
not mprnctcab;e TO he complied with. Wilt
persisted in. prove disastrous 70 the cattle
interests of the country. and Will greatly
diminish the value OF cattle IN certain i"Cn,i-
tics aud augment them in others. hy disturb
ing also the natural laws at trace and 9th
structing IT, avenues. so that moropOl"sa are
built MP at the expense Of The consumer in
view of these facts. your committee would
most respectfully recommend that this con
ycntion request Congress Ia pass sECh laws
n viii plac" the whole coniro! ana luIisd C.
ton with the general Government, giving
AUTHORITY ~ establish quarantine rt.griu-
tons within proper boundaries. ard 10 set
apart FROM the lands belonging to the United
States such quarnnt ne grounds nS shall hc
ample protection and Lest promote and sub
serve tho cattle interests of the entire
country.
The iiTst resolution was adopted. The
second provoked considerable debate.
Moore. al Colorado. urged the convention
! {" stand 10y the Bureau Of Animal Industry.
J Hancock, Of Texas, favored the reSolui' on
at length. General Brisbin moved that the
resolution be tabled. The motion was lost.
Eycrson, OF New Mexico, offered as a sub
stiiute the following:
R-soios.i. That this convention respectfully
asks Congress Ia enact such measures az
Will clcctually stamp out ih" disease of
pictiro pneumonia and other foreign Il Sras"s
SSh ich NAV hr brought t. or exist among the
.cattl. of the United States.
Adjourned.