Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-03-10
WEATHERFORD.
The Catilemen's Convention Called 10
Order BY Col. Slaughter Address
Of Welcome by the Mayor.
a Fun Corps OF Delegates Present "a,
Garter spoken OF M tho
Next President.

A gan 10 Ghlner W inc opera-nOuse, the an.
pointed place for holding the convention
Of the Northwest Texas Cattle.Raisers
r convention.
! The house was handsomely decorated
by several Of the good ladies' and gentle.
men Of tho city appointed some time aao
az committee for that purpose. AT II
, O'Clock the convention was called TO or.
Ter by Col. @. g. Slaughter, president Of
the association, after calling for Judge
Lindsey aud !. H. Evans, vice. presidents.
to come forward and take their places on
the stage. Col Slaughter then intro.
duced Rev. q. w. Smith, pastor of
the Baptist church at this place
to the association, who delivered n
very appropriate address, ending hia
address engaged IN prayer, and invoked
the blessings Of God on the assembly.
which served to sOlcmnlze and NJ the as.
ISOLATION for business
4 After prayer by Mr.. Smith, an address
OF welcome was delivered byC0l. Buster.
mayor OF Weatherford,in which he stated
nc saw IN the house several whom he had
known while In their childhood, and that
NO was glad to say, as a representative of
the city OF Weathcrford, that ns tbey had
returned to their old home they were not
strangers, and that no one could be n
stranger In Weathcrford who would nc |
cept the Inequalities OF the good people |
OF lhe cry. lie also stated that full ar. |
| engagements had been made TO take care
OF every one now In the city and those vet |
TO come, for those that had not been ma
signed TO house during their stay In tho
city to call at the mayors Office and the
committee Of entertainment would take
charge OF thom aud see that they were
cared for, Col, Buster rendered the
stockmen very hearty welcome In be.
hall OF the city. In thanking the cltj
zcns OF Weathorford Col. Slaughter
stated that he hoped the conduct and
character OF the delegates would be such
as would warrant their invitation To visit
thls city again, and stated that the con
yention was now open and ready for
business. Reading Of the minutes OF last
meeting OF the association was the FIRST
business to be attended TO and were
read by MIR. j. @. Loving, the secretary,
aud were adopted After which, the BY.
laws, rules and regulations Of
the Northwest Texas Cattle Rails.
ers' association were read bv
$. p Cunningham, assistant secretary.
motion was then made b9 Mr.. Loving
TO change the time OF collecting dues
from the members until after n report
was made by the executive committee as
10 the financial standing of the assocIa-
ZION, stating that probably some OF the
members would like to know what had
gone win the money paid in last year be.
fore paying any more.
On motion by Col John n. Slmpson. \
the association adjourned until 2,86 9
O'Clock. Among those invited To the a
stage with the officers OF the convention {
were Col. Buster, Senator Shannon, Roy
". w, Smith, Rev. NJ. II. Wella, Col
John Simpson and Col. Carter, Repre- y
sentaiiyes OF the Farm and Ranch. the I
Wcathoriord sun, the Wcatherford Times Y
ana The Fort Worth Daily GAZETTE were !
also invited to the stage with the officers. Y
Az the adjourned time the association y
was called to order by the president The y
nrst lllng was Il report from the executive .
committee which shows the financial con- !
ultlon OF the association TO be commented l
Oh, as the course pursued by the commit y
zee mas been Of great benefit TO the asso. J
clatlon, as llii cattle have been recoy- q
cred on the trail and In the market by the |
force OF Inspectors and detectives an. q
pointed by the committee, but the amount !
OF caltle rendered by members of the AZ. !
soclatloh was considerably less than the .
previous year ON account of the extreme y
nara winter OF '6i and 1885, Tho commit 4
tee reported that they had revoked the !
5000 reward heretofore offered for cnttle a
put the $3.50 remains unchanged ON \
horses.
Iho report Of the executive committee !,
was readily and hastily adopted and the \
committee discharged. &
A.. D. Monaghan was appointed sergeant. ?
a', arms Ny tne president. Collection of y
dues WAS next In order, to which Tho /
stockmen anxiously responded in such n at
way that made TUX GAZETTE corrc. d
spondent wish he was secretary of the II
association. Next thing in order was
nPpncation Tor membership, and the fol. al
lowing are the applicants, which was
hustiy moved and secondedtwlc A move
was then made by Mr.. Il, Jim Slmnson
70 suspend the rules of voting by ballot
ana eject Mr., Cunts by reclamation. The b'
'notlon was carried, and the applicant
elected member Of the association Tho y
secretary then stated that, according TO tn
wv rules and bylaws OF the
,, s',, ",, this was the day "
'oI cl.ctlng officers, but owing to the III
M. VI tllhe on account OF beng so late q
poneu uhtl Tomorrow, which was car. ~
led On motion the meeting then nd. 10
ourned until half.past O'Clock to.mor. OF
low morning, NV III
me prediction Of quito number of Ike
eaulhg and most influential stockmen 10
In mn, evening IL, that at the election Of co
'nleers tomorrow Col G. l.. Carter viii ur
% elected president beyond INV douht ca
without dissenting voice. some ~ Pill
mem say they feel almost ike bolIowlne %
,utIah tnis evening, they are so very san pr
'uine OF his election. ~ '"' wa
i. ING meeting Is a very large and en-. IN
.uslasuo one. The estimated number OF gu
lookmen now IN attendance Is from looo wv
~ isu1, with the expectation of s -.
NV NV nn,noer beng doubled by time of Uu
% taken by all members Of the asso. SCI
lauon, as they feel the benefit derived on
Iom thls strong association when oe
presents more capital than any other ue s
ssoulallon or Interest In the state Of als
,o,a Us liiH uALhTTE reporter learned 'o'
nat the cattle interest alone rs,,.,,s,,',..,